Ali Raj became the first Bangladeshi to win the Merlin Award, the Oscar in magic, in the category of the \u2018Best Family Magic Show\u2019 given every three years by the International Magicians Society.
\nThe society\u2019s chief executive officer and world president Tony Hassini handed over the award to Ali Raj in a ceremony at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on\u00a0Tuesday.
\nThe achievement has put Ali Raj in the House of Fame for illusionists along with world famous magicians David Copperfield, Harry Blackstone and Criss Angel of the United States and many others.
\nAli Raj was one of the 10 finalists chosen from more than a hundred contestants from all over the world.
\nThe IMS, which has more than 37,000 members worldwide, has been giving the Merlin Award since 1968.<\/p>\n

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