
The ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· photojournalist Md Saurav bagged the first place in the competition titled July Mass Uprising 2024 organised by the Khulna University Photography Society.
On Friday, the exhibition judge announced Saurav as the titleholder, while the first runner-up and second runner-up were Mazharul Islam Setu and Mehir Kanti Mondal respectively.
‘It is worth mentioning that photojournalists of the country had to work in a much unforeseen circumstances in the July-August uprising.
We are eyewitness of the indiscriminate firing, which claimed lives of people of the country,’ said Md Saurav.Â
‘I am honoured to receive the award,’ he added.
Raj Hossain, Saddam Hossain, and Farhan Sadik’s works were selected in the Honourable Mention category of the competition.
The selected artworks of the competition are being displayed in a two-day exhibition commenced on Friday.
Pro-vice-chancellor Khulna University, Professor Md Harunor Rashid Khan, inaugurated the exhibition as chief guest under way on the KU Adamya Bangla Chatwar.