However, this time the musician and actor received a special honour from Junior Chamber International (JCI), a non-profit international non-government organisation, for his overall contribution in culture.
On Saturday, October 1, 2016, Tahsan was conferred with JCI's Ten Outstanding Young Person (TOYP) award.
State minister Nasrul Hamid of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, and state minister Shahriar Alam of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, were present on the occasion.
Tahsan said, “It's really encouraging to receive an award from an international organisation. I am honoured to receive an award from a business organisation, despite being a cultural person.”
Other recipients of this year's awards are Syeda Kamrun Ahmed, Mehedi Hasan,Razee Mohammad Fakhrul, Imran Karim, Sumdany Don, Nafisa Kamal, Mohammad Hedayetullah, Saifur Rahman and Shamim Kabir.
Junior Chamber International is a non-profit international non-government organisation of young people between 18 and 40 years old. It has members in about 124 countries, and regional or national branches in many of them.