Rainbow Paints, popular paint brand of RFL Group, honored the winners of the art competition titled 'Rainbow Rong a tomar Bijoy’. RN Paul Managing Director of RFL group, handed over the prizes to the nine winners at a restaurant in the capital's Badda on Saturday.
In the competition, a total number of 920 paintings were submitted in three categories- A, B and C. From there, 45 artists were selected for the final round. Group 'A' contestants were under 10 years of age, group 'B' was between 11-20 years and group 'C' was between 21-35 years of age.
In category 'A', Shuaib Wasit secured 1st position, Norah Muhsanat got 2nd while Joyeeta Bonik achieved 3rd position. In 'B' category, Prabal Dey secured 1st position, Md. Shahadat Hossain got 2nd and Nabanita Haldar won 3rd position. In category ‘C’ Mithun Kundu got 1st position, Md. Abdul Malik Nobel and Shamim Ahmed won 2nd and 3rd position respectively.
The winners received prize money of Taka 50,000, Taka 30,000 and Taka 20,000 respectively. In addition, a monument will be painted under the supervision of Rainbow Paints in the respective educational institutions or in their respective areas of the winners.
Kamrul Hasan, Executive Director at Rainbow Paints, said “We got a good response in this drawing competition. From now on, we want to organize this event every year.”
Professor Dr. Malay Bala and Assistant Professor Amit Nandi of Department of Oriental Art of Dhaka University were present as judges in the final round of the competition.
Fahim Hossain, Head of Marketing of Rainbow Paints and Nazmul Akand, Brand Manager, among others, were present on the occasion.-Press Release.