Star journalist Sukanta Halder wins Bangladesh Agro-Industry Media Award

Sukanta Halder, staff reporter at The Daily Star, has won the Bangladesh Agro-Industry Media Award 2025 in recognition of his outstanding reporting on Bangladesh’s agriculture and agro-processing sectors.

Sukanta won the award in the print media category for his report titled “Potato Paradox: Just another curry on the rice plate? This will not solve the price problem,” published in The Daily Star on December 27, 2025.

Alongside Halder, six other journalists were also recognised for excellence in reporting across print, television, and online media platforms.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapan handed over the awards today at a ceremony held at the MCCI Conference Hall in Gulshan, Dhaka.

Read more

Potato Paradox: Just another curry on the rice plate? This will not solve the price problem

In the print media category, awards were also presented to Rafikul Islam and M Munir Hossain of The Daily Sun.

In the television category, the winners were Delowar Hossain Dolon of Channel 24 and Rakib Hossain of Ekattor TV.

In the online media category, the award winners were Nazmul Hossain of Jagonews24.com and Shariful Rukon of Ekusheypatrika.com.

The winners were selected by a three-member jury board based on special reports focusing on the agro-processing sector.

The jury board members were Professor Robaet Ferdous of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at the University of Dhaka; Khurshid Ahmad Farhad, general manager of Bombay Sweets & Co. Ltd.; and Mohammad Touhidul Islam, director of outreach and communication at Transparency International Bangladesh.

Among others present at the event were Hasan Hafiz, president of the National Press Club and editor of the Bangla daily Kaler Kantho, and Kamruzzaman Kamal, marketing director of Pran-RFL Group.

Introduced for the first time by PRAN Group, the Bangladesh Agro-Industry Media Award aims to recognise journalists whose reporting contributes to greater awareness, innovation, and development within Bangladesh's agriculture and agro-processing industries.