Editorial
Bangladesh Business Awards 2003
Recognising the nation builders
Inadequate infrastructure, limited access to finance, over-regulation, extortion and corruption are usually the problems that entrepreneurs and businessmen and women in Bangladesh have to contend with. In this climate, the achievements of the winners of the Bangladesh Business Awards 2003, jointly sponsored by The Daily Star and DHL, stand out and their contributions to the nation's development do merit a high degree of appreciation.What the recipients of the awards, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman, chairman of PHP Group, Monjulika Chakma, proprietor of Bain Textile, MM Ispahani Ltd., and Coats Bangladesh Limited, have shown is that it is possible to build thriving, successful and profitable enterprises, and that too in a manner which is socially responsible. The award-winners stand as living testimony to the fact that there is no incompatibility between conducting business legally and morally and being competitive and successful. They have also demonstrated the benefit that accrues to the nation through the efforts men and women under their charge who worked tirelessly to establish profitable businesses and enterprises. The four award-winners have been recognised not only for their innovative business acumen, but also for their contribution to the nation's economic development. These are individuals and businesses who create employment, help build the economy, and pay their taxes. We applaud them not merely for their success and their ability, but also for all they have done for Bangladesh. Without the innovative, risk-taking, and socially conscious individuals and companies like the award-winners, we would never get ahead. These are the kinds of people that the nation needs in greater numbers. They are truly worthy of emulation by the new generation entrepreneurs. The Bangladesh Business Awards 2003 recipients are heroes for our modern world. Hats off to them.
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