Cartoon Competition & Exhibition 2007

A total of 747 Entries were received from different parts of the country for this year's competition. 368 cartoonists took part in this competition in two age groups; Group A (Ka) 13-18 years and Group B (Kha) 19-35 years. Besides the winners 20 cartoonists from each group recdived the credit of Special Mention. The Winners' names have been announced at the inaugural ceremony of an exhibition organized with all the winning and special mention cartoons. The exhibition was inaugurated in the Drik Gallery, Dhaka at 3:30 pm on Friday, 7 December 2007 and remained open for all till the 11th December 2007, everyday from 3pm to 8pm.

Winners of Cartoon Competition

Group A (Ka)

Group B (Kha)

Those who received the credit of Special Mention

Group A (Ka) - 13 to 18 years of Age

1. Mohammad Shadman Hossain
2. Fariba Mahjabin
3. Nuhash Chowdhury
4. Sadaf Sumyia Khan (Tahiti)
5. Fablia Tabassum
6. Reshad Monsur
7. Md. Arafat Hossain (Rony)
8. Mian Ahmed Nafis Salman
9. Hafsa Haque Mumu
10. Syed Nafis Sadique
11. Sabit Hasan
12. Md. Jewel Rana
13. Anika Sharmin
14. Taher Ferdous Kanon
15. Md. Rafayel Raj
16. Showmik Ahmed
17. Shaeiqa Sarwar
18. Azim Uddin Ahmed
19. Safwan Mahmud
20. Khan Abdullah Taium

Group B(Kha) - 19 to 35 years of Age

1. Md. Shafiul Azam Chowdhury (Shiblu)
2. Kawsar Mahmud
3. Mohammad Raisul Islam Rassel
4. H. M. Raihan Alam Johney
5. Md. Monjur Rashid
6. Juton Chandra Roy
7. Nasreen Sultana Mitu
8. Sumon Wahed 1 2
9. Mamun Hossain 1 2
10. Ahmed Kabir Kishore 1 2
11. Mehdi Haque 1 2 3
12. Sayed Fida Hossain
13. Md. Karidul Islam 1 2
14. Md. Ahsan Aziz Uzzal
15. Srijib Bhattacharjee
16. Shahana Akter
17. Afanur Rashid
18. M.A. Munim Ratul
19. Md. Moneruzaman
20. Anahid Zafri

TIB published a compilation of Anti-Corruption cartoons. This was the first publication ever of this type in Bangladesh. All the prize winning cartoons of TIB organized Anti-Corruption Cartoon Competition, 2006 and some very popular Anti-Corruption cartoons published in different national dailies were included in this compilation. In a discussion seminar titled cartoon for public awareness organized by TIB on the occasion of launching this book speakers asserted that cartoon is acting as a catalyst in the present anticorruption drive. They have depicted the irregularities and injustice in the society and were able to create a deep impression in the mind of the people. In this discussion the main article was presented by cartoonist Shariar Khan