A three-member team from Bangladesh has won the Unilever Future Leaders' League competition, a business case competition that connects students from all over the world.

With this win, Bangladesh holds two champions and three runners-up trophies of the Unilever Future Leaders' League.

The global competition aims to create a "better business and a better world through empowering the youth" to solve real-life business challenges.

This year over 54,000 applications were received from 45 universities globally.

Abrar Mahir Ahmed, Afnan Sayed and Rafsaan Muhab Shams won the award after competing with 23 countries in the final round. All three of them are now management trainees of Unilever.

Rafsaan is an alumnus of Dhaka University's Institute of Business Administration, and Abrar and Afnan are alumni of North South University.

As the winners, they will receive a career development opportunity of an all-inclusive trip to the Unilever headquarters in London.

In Bangladesh, the opportunity to participate in this global forum is awarded to the champions of BizMaestros – the flagship business competition of Unilever Bangladesh.

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From 340 students of undergraduate final years, the BizMaestros finalists had to go through multiple rounds with increasing levels of challenges to solve. Through these rounds, the participants were provided with hands-on training from managers, learning sessions with real business cases and mentorship from leaders of Unilever.

Mohammad Zaved Akhtar, chief executive officer and managing director of Unilever Bangladesh, said: "It is a moment of pride for Unilever Bangladesh to witness our talented team's glorious win in the Unilever Future Leaders' League competition. The team showcased their skills and talent on an international platform and upheld the Bangladesh flag."