<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>The Artist Journalist Foundation of Bangladesh (AJFB) has awarded director Polash Moni Das with the ATN Bangla-AJFB Star Award.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the AJFB Star Award 2023-2024, Polash Moni Das has been honored as the best director. The Artist Journalist Foundation of Bangladesh (AJFB) organized a grand ceremony on Sunday, 26 May, 2024, at the ATN Bangla Auditorium of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) to recognize outstanding contributions in various branches of culture, presenting lifetime honors and awards.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The event organized by the Artist Journalist Foundation of Bangladesh (AJFB) was attended by chief guest Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman, Chairman of ATN Bangla and ATN News, and renowned film director Kazi Hayat. During the event, Dr. Mahfuzur Rahman presented the Best Director Award to Polash Moni Das for his special contributions to the field of drama.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Polash Moni Das expressed his gratitude by respectfully greeting and thanking everyone present for deciding to honor him. He also extended his continuous love to his countless well-wishers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Regarding the honor, he further stated that an honor is a commemorative recognition of a person's work, which encourages them to perform better and increases their responsibility towards their work. He committed to contributing to meeting the expectations of everyone and the audience.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The event was also attended by former successful Railway Minister Mujibul Haque Mujib, AJFB's founding president Abul Hossain Majumder, AJFB President Faruq Hossain Majumder, General Secretary actor Nirab, among many others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The ceremony awarded lifetime honors and recognition for outstanding contributions in various cultural branches. Lifetime honors were awarded to theater and film personality Dilara Zaman and music personality Ferdous Wahid.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Special honors were received by film personalities Rozina, Shabnam Parvin, Amit Hasan, Nirab Hossain, Elina Shammi, Shirin Shila, and singer Balam.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>