The ABU Radio Song Festival, the biggest international radio song festival of the Asia Pacific, was held on Thursday as part of conclusion of a three-day Radio Asia Conference at Hotel Intercontinental in the city.
The Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in association with Bangladesh Betar and Bangladesh Television arranged the three-day event.
Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud attended the closing ceremony as the chief guest while State Minister for Information Dr Md Murad Hasan, Information Secretary Abdul Malek, Bangladesh Television Director General SM Haroon-or-Rashid and Bangladesh Betar Director General Narayan Chandra Shil also attended the function.
“We are very much pleased that you (foreign participants) have come to Bangladesh to make the event successful. Now our artistes and artistes from other countries will perform here,” Hasan Mahmud told the closing ceremony.
He said: “I believe over the three days you have enjoyed the festival and You went around the Dhaka city to see some historic places.”
