United News of Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Press Photo Contest 2025 has begun at Drik for the fourth consecutive time to celebrate the professionalism, skill, and courage of the country's photojournalists.  The names of seven winners were announced at the inaugural ceremony held on Saturday evening,m at Drikpath Bhaban in Panthapath, Dhaka. The contest began on February 9 with an open call for submissions, and a total of 252 photojournalists submitted 1,310 photographs taken over the past year, covering political, economic, social, cultural, wildlife, and documentary themes.  From these, 31 photographs were selected for the exhibition, which is now open to the public. The Picture of the Year 2024 award was presented to Ashraful Alom, former photojournalist of Prothom Alo, who received a cash prize of Tk 1,00,000.  Six other photographers were awarded under three categories.  In the Politics category, Kazi Salahuddin Razu of Bonik Barta was named winner, and Dr Kumar Bishwajit of Reviewthatplace.com received an Honourable Mention.  United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Photojournalist Tahiyat Nazifa Noor's one of the nominated photographs is being exhibited in this exhibition under this particular category. In the Public Interest Journalism category, M Yousuf Tushar of Business Bangladesh was named winner, while Md Abu Noman Omit of limerickbd.comreceived an Honourable Mention.  In the Arts, Culture and Sports category, Jahir Ahammed Shakil of Image Ghor Photographic Society was declared winner, and Rashed Shumon of The Daily Star received an Honourable Mention.  Each category winner received Tk 50,000 and Honourable Mentions received Tk 10,000, along with crests and certificates. 

The exhibition of Bangladesh Press Photo Contest 2022, organized by Drik Picture Library, is going on at Drik Gallery in the capital. The exhibition, inaugurated on Friday, will be open to the public every day from 3pm to 8pm until March 2. Read:Traveling art exhibition 'Heroes of Our Time' begins in city