Mercantile Bank Limited has selected 10 virtuous persons and one organisation for the Mercantile Bank Achievement Award-2014.

M. Ehsanul Haque, Managing Director of the bank said this at a press conference at the bank’s head office in Dhaka on Sunday.

On the occasion of the 15th anniversary, the bank will give the awards at a function at Pan Pacific Sonagaon Hotel today. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed is expected to attend the function as chief guest, he said.

The persons who have been selected for the awards are AF Salahuddin Ahmed (Education), Valerie Ann Taylor (Medical), Mostafa Monowar (Culture), Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) A K Khandker, Bir Uttom (Research on Liberation War), Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed, (Economics Research), Selina Hossain (Bangla language and literature), Mahbubur Rahman (Industry and Trade), Nurjahan Begum (Journalism), Zobera Rahman Linu (Sports), Dr Ainun Nishat, (Science and Technology) and Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (Agricultural Research and Development).