Three individuals, three institutions get National Environment Award

To recognise significant contributions in environmental technology, the government has finalised the nomination of three individuals and three institutions for the National Environment Award 2024, reports BSS.
The nominees were judged based on the categories: environmental conservation; pollution control; education and awareness; and research and innovation.
The final nominations were approved at a recent meeting of the national committee formed for the award at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, a ministry press release said on Wednesday.
In the category of Environmental Conservation and Pollution Control, Md. Mahmudul Islam, a resident of Aziznagar village in Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh district, has been nominated in the individual category.
In the institutional category, Snowtex Outerwear Ltd., located in Dhamrai, Dhaka, has been nominated.
In the section of Environmental Education and Awareness, Mohammad Munir Chowdhury of the CDA Residential Area in Chattogram, has been nominated in the individual category, while environmental organisation Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) Trust has been nominated in the institutional category.
In the section of Environmental Research and Innovation in Technology, Professor Dr. M. Firoz Ahmed has been nominated in the individual category, while the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has been nominated in the institutional category.
All awardees will be formally honoured at the National Environment Day event.
Each winner will receive a crest, a certificate, a cheque of Tk 50,000, and a gold medal.