AZM Anas, economic editor at The Financial Express, has been named a gold prize winner of the Prince Albert II of Monaco and UNCA Awards for the coverage of climate change, the first Bangladeshi journalist to get this honour, says a press release. This year, he is the only Asian reporter to be awarded this coveted prize.

The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) will award the winners of its 2019 awards for best print, broadcast and online media coverage of the United Nations, UN agencies and field operations on December 6 in New York, the association announced on its website.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres will be the guest of honour while United Nations Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd will be present as the UNCA Global Advocate of the Year at the 24th awards ceremony.  He has more than 20 years of professional experience. He had worked for The Independent and The New Nation newspapers before being hired by the FE in 2005.