PRAN national pickle winners awarded

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Business Desk :
The gala awards ceremony of 18thPRAN National Pickle Competition-2017 was held on Friday night at Bangabandhu International Conference Center, says a press release. A total of 3,692 participants across the country took part at the competition with 8,308 pickles prepared by them.
Pickle of SharifaAkterPanna of Sunamganj was judged as the ‘Pickle of the year’. She received Tk 2 lakh as prize money.
Meanwhile, a total of 12 women in four categories – sweet, sour, hot and mixed – won the awards while another 35 were given complimentary awards.
RabeyaAktarShanta of Comilla, HasnatJahanShimu of Sylhet and MonowaraHaqueof Dhaka won first, second and third prizes respectively in sour category while Ushan of Narayanganj, RajiaKhanam and KhadejaHossain of Dhaka got first, second and third prizes respectively in sweet category.
IrtifaMoumi of Barisal, DilrubaKakon of Dhaka and KumkumHajera of Sylhetwon first, second and third prizes in hot category whileAfroja Begum of Narayanganj, TaslimaSharkar of Nilphamari and Asma Begum of Dhaka won first, second and third prizes respectively in mixed category.
Winners of 1st places were awarded with Tk 50,000 each, winners of 2nd places with a washing machine each and winners of 3rd places with a microwave oven each. A ten-member panel judged the winners of the competition. Renowned singer Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya handed over the awards as chief guest while Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, CEO of PRAN-RFL Group, EleashMridah, Managing Director of PRAN Group, Uzma Chowdhury, Director (Corporate Finance) of PRAN-RFL Group, Shahidul Alam Sachchu, Deputy General Manager of Channel I and participants of pickle competition, among others, were present at the function.
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