Barisal Correspondent :
A nine-day long book fair was inaugurated at Aswhini Kumar Town Hall of Barisal on Friday afternoon calling for expanding book reading habit.
Dr. Abu Naser Kamal Chowdhury, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration inaugurated the Fair.
The inaugural ceremony was presided over by Shohidul Alam, Deputy Commissione, Barisal and it was addressed among others by Shamsuzzaman Khan, Director General Bangla Academy, Md. Gaus, Divisional Commissioner, Shoibal Kanti Chowdhury, Commissioner Barisal Metropolitan Police.
The speakers called for expanding book-reading habit and creating movement for that to prevent social decay and create patriotic good citizenship.
They also urged proper use of libraries in educational institutions.
The speakers said history of library connected with the history of civilisation and classes of book-reading and using library must be part of academic activities.
But now a day area-based libraries almost extinct and libraries in educational institutions became almost inactive,
The area-based and educational institution-based libraries also be established more and should be connected with wide range of socio-economic-cultural activities to develop social morality and creating good citizenship, they added.
A nine-day long book fair was inaugurated at Aswhini Kumar Town Hall of Barisal on Friday afternoon calling for expanding book reading habit.
Dr. Abu Naser Kamal Chowdhury, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration inaugurated the Fair.
The inaugural ceremony was presided over by Shohidul Alam, Deputy Commissione, Barisal and it was addressed among others by Shamsuzzaman Khan, Director General Bangla Academy, Md. Gaus, Divisional Commissioner, Shoibal Kanti Chowdhury, Commissioner Barisal Metropolitan Police.
The speakers called for expanding book-reading habit and creating movement for that to prevent social decay and create patriotic good citizenship.
They also urged proper use of libraries in educational institutions.
The speakers said history of library connected with the history of civilisation and classes of book-reading and using library must be part of academic activities.
But now a day area-based libraries almost extinct and libraries in educational institutions became almost inactive,
The area-based and educational institution-based libraries also be established more and should be connected with wide range of socio-economic-cultural activities to develop social morality and creating good citizenship, they added.
