The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp- oration (HSBC) Limited in Bangladesh recently honourded five exporters with the ‘HSBC Export Excellence Awards 2010’ for their outstanding performance in 2010.

Each of the exporters was awarded with the ‘Exporters of the Year’ trophy during a function at a city hotel recently, said a press release.

The award is an initiative of the bank to recognise the ingenuity of Bangladesh exports, the statement said.

Planning Minister AK Khandker attended the function as chief guest.

The awards were given five categories including RMG (readymade garments) and textiles exporters (Group A and Group B), EPZ enterprises, traditional and emerging sectors and SMEs.

Square Textiles and Intertab Shirt Manufacturing Limited received the awards in Group A and Group B, Pacific Jeans Limited in EPZ enterprises, Apex Adelchi Footwear Limited in traditional and emerging sectors and Graphic People Limited won the award in SMEs category.

Sanjay Prakash, chief executive officer, Md Mahbub-ur Rahman- head of Corporate Banking, of HSBC Bangladesh, were also present at the function.

News: Daily Sun/ Bangladesh/ Jun-09-2011