DHAKA, Sept 21, 2021 (BSS) - Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture

(BINA) has been awarded in the category of 'Outstanding Achievement Award' by
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for its outstanding
contribution to mutation breeding.

   In addition, Dr Shamshunnahar Begum, head of the Department of Plant
Breeding and Chief Scientific Officer, got the 'Women in Plant Mutation
Breeding Award' for her outstanding contributions to plant mutation breeding
and related biotechnology, an official release said here today.

   Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the IAEA, formally presented
the award to Muhammad Abdul Muhith, the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Austria
at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria on September 20, the release
added.