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The 8th Rapport Award for Excellence in Human Resource Development-2008 Ceremony was held on Thursday at Summer Palace Hotel.

This annual event of Rapport Bangladesh Limited was chaired by Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, Governor, Bangladesh Bank.

Dr Hafiz G A Siddiqi, Vice-Chancclor of North South University spoke on the occasion as special guest.

Chief Guest on the occasion was Prof (Dr) Muzaffer Ahmed, President, Transparency International presented citation to 10 award recipients. The recipients of award were Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, Governor, Bangladesh Bank, Salahuddin Ahmed and Manzoor UI Karim, former secretaries of the government, Dr Nazrul Islam, former Member of the Planning Commission, Fariduddin Ahmed, Managing Director, Islami Bank, Bangladesh, Shykh Seraj, Director, Channel i, Rakibuddin Ahmed, Secretary General, Dhaka University Alumni Association, Mrs Mun Mun Rahman, communication expert, Mrs Shahina Rahman, Managing Director, Academic Press and Publishers Limited and Dr Selina Akhter Jahan, Associate Professor, Bangladesh Open University.

In his speech Prof Muzaffer Ahmed emphasized the need for human resources development and appreciated the role played by Rapport Bangladesh Limited in his area as the lone private sector training institute.

He described and narrated the story of a few persons who were silently contributing in different fields of our national development. Those persons should be identified and recognized so that others get inspired, he added.

Earlier, Dr Salehuddin Ahmed unwrapped the cover of the book "Let Us Honour Them" written by Dr M Mosharraf Hossain, Chairman and Managing Director, Rapport Bangladesh Limited on the life of the award recipients.

The function was addressed by all the recipients, special guest Dr Siddiqui, Chairman of the function Dr Salahuddin Ahmed. The function was moderated by Dr M Mosharraf Hossain.