Daily Waadaa’s Ashfaq features among Max BSPA Journalist Awards 2025 winners
Daily Waadaa’s Ashfaq-Ul-Alam Niloy was among those honoured at the Max BSPA Journalist Awards 2025 held at the Sindurpur Hall of Fars Hotel in Paltan, Dhaka on Saturday.
He was named the first runner-up in the print and online feature category. Shahjahan Kabir of Kaler Kantho won the first prize, named the Ranjit Biswas Trophy, while Sanjay Saha Piyal of Samakal finished as the second runner-up.
Rahenur Islam of Agamir Somoy was named Sports Journalist of the Year 2025.
Rahenur, senior sub-editor at Agamir Somoy, won the title for a second time after 2023, topping the independent judges’ scoring again. He took the Towfiq Aziz Khan Trophy and a 1 lakh taka cheque, with Prothom Alo's Tarek Mahmud and Dhaka Posts' Arafat Jobayer being named the first and second runners-up respectively.
SM Iqbal Kawsar of Somoy TV won the Exclusive Report category and the Bodi Uz Zaman Trophy, with Tarek Mahmud and Zahir Uddin of Prothom Alo among the runners-up. Arafat Jobayer of Dhaka Post won the Abdul Hamid Trophy in the Series Report category.
Rahenur also won the Ataul Haque Mallick Trophy in the print and online Interview category, ahead of Tarek Mahmud of Prothom Alo and Tanzim Ahmed of Bangla Tribune. Shuvo Debnath of News24 won the television interview category, ahead of Mehedi Hasan Nayeem and Mousumi Mou.
SK Shaon of Ekhon TV won the television documentary category ahead of Rowshan Sharif and Rahul Roy, while Shamsul Haque Tanku of Prothom Alo took the Badrul Huda Chowdhury Trophy for photography, with Firoz Ahmed and Mosharraf Hossain runners up.
Senior sports journalist Mostafa Kamal and sportswriter Major retired Shahabuddin Chakladar received special honours during the ceremony to mark World Sports Journalists Day.
The Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA) staged the ceremony. Max Group sponsored the awards for the 11th consecutive year, with prizes once again spread across eight categories.
BSPA president Rezwan Uz Zaman chaired the event, and State Minister for Youth and Sports Mohammad Aminul Haque presented the awards as chief guest. Max Group chairman Engineer Golam Mohammad Alamgir, also senior vice president of the Bangladesh Swimming Federation, attended as special guest.