M Amanullah, Chairman of Mercantile Bank Limited, speaks at a press briefing at the bank’s Head Office in Dhaka on Saturday.

Mercantile Bank Limited will award Mercantile Bank Achievement Award 2013 on the occasion of the 14th anniversary.

The bank will observe 14th anniversary at Pan Pacific Sonagaon Hotel today (Sunday) where nine listed personnel and one organisation will be awarded for their contributions in their respective fields.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith will hand over the awards as chief guest.

The announcement came from a press briefing that the bank management made ahead of the 14th anniversary of the bank at the bank’s Head Office in Dhaka on Saturday. M Amanullah, Chairman of the bank, presided over the press briefing, said a press release.

M Ehsanul Haque, Managing Director and CEO of Mercantile Bank, Directors, Senior Executives of the bank and Entrepreneurs attended the function.

M Amanullah presented the list of nine virtuous personnel and 1 organisation for the Mercantile Bank Achievement Award-2013.

The persons selected for the awards are Dr. AM Harun Ur Rashid – Education, Prof Rashiduddin Ahmad – Medical, Feroza Begum – Culture, Lt. Col. (Retd) Kazi Sajjad Ali Zahir Bir Protik,

Research on Liberation War, Dr. Humayun Ahmed (post humus), Bangla language and literature, Anisur Rahman Sinha,

Industry and Trade, Mahfuz Anam, Journalism, Nishat Majumder, Sports, and Sree Kartik Chandra Pramanik, Agricultural research and development and the organisation is Bangladesh Rice Research Institute – Science and Technology.

These virtuous personnel will be awarded gold medal, cash and a crest as recognition.