Sajeeb Wazed Joy, adviser to the PM on Information and Communication Technology, has received "South-South Cooperation Visionary Award" of the United Nations on behalf of his mother Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
He received the award on the concluding day of the five-day "Global South South Development Expo-2014" held in the US capital of Washington on Friday, Prime Minister's Office sources said.
The Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General, Ei Ping Jhu, handed over the award to Joy.
Sheikh Hasina has been nominated for the "South-South Cooperation Visionary Award" for her role in advancing Bangladesh towards digital system and expansion of education.
At the award-receiving function, Joy presented a written speech of the Prime Minister.
