FE Report

Raihan M Chowdhury, Special Correspondent of The Financial Express has won Tokyo-based Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA) 2009.

According to an invitation sent by the director of Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Raihan has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious annual competition among the ADB member countries.

The write-up written by the FE journalist titled 'facing the natural disasters' published July 15 last brought the international award for Raihan.

The announcement of the final winners will be made at the awards dinner and ceremony to be held in Tokyo October 23 next.

The ADBI invited journalists from developing Asia and the Pacific to submit published articles on four categories--poverty impact of the global financial crisis, government responses to the global financial crisis, infrastructure development and climate change adaptation.

An international panel of judges selected the 20 best articles written by journalists who have been invited to ADBI in Tokyo for a four-day training programme running from 20-23 October.

Raihan earlier won the Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) award in 2006.

Son of late Altafur Rahman Chowdhury and late Mir Ayesha Begum, Raihan hails from Moniandha of Akhaura thana in Brahmanbaria district.