Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- Barrister Monowar Hossain, a distinguished British-Bangladeshi lawyer, has been honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award in the fields of law and human rights at the 15th World Leaders Summit, an international conference held at Keble College, University of Oxford. The award was formally presented to him at the recently concluded conference and award ceremony.

The international conference and award programme were attended by diplomats, members of parliament, Oxford alumni, professionals, and representatives of charitable organisations from more than 30 countries around the world. The honour was presented to Barrister Monowar Hossain by Mr Virendra Sharma, a former British MP who served for 18 years, and ...