BSS, Dhaka :
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Cultural Affairs recommended taking necessary steps for collecting and preserving folk songs and literary works across the country. The committee made the recommendations at its 4th meeting held on Wednesday with the committee Chairman Simin Hossain Rimi in the chair at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS)
Bhaban here.
The committee had an elaborate discussion regarding the work progress of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy regarding preservation of the traditional Bhawaiya songs particularly from Kurigram’s Chilmari area. The meeting was informed that a total number of 13,481 folk songs were preserved in the National Archives and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in 2016, through the ‘Collection and Preservation of Folk Culture’ activities. The committee also recommended increasing the honorarium allowance for the acrobatic artists, added the release.
The meeting was informed that, to mark the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a letter was sent to the UNOs and Secondary Education Officers to confirm the participation of the ninth and tenth grade students in the programme ‘My proposal, my belief’.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Cultural Affairs recommended taking necessary steps for collecting and preserving folk songs and literary works across the country. The committee made the recommendations at its 4th meeting held on Wednesday with the committee Chairman Simin Hossain Rimi in the chair at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS)
Bhaban here.
The committee had an elaborate discussion regarding the work progress of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy regarding preservation of the traditional Bhawaiya songs particularly from Kurigram’s Chilmari area. The meeting was informed that a total number of 13,481 folk songs were preserved in the National Archives and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in 2016, through the ‘Collection and Preservation of Folk Culture’ activities. The committee also recommended increasing the honorarium allowance for the acrobatic artists, added the release.
The meeting was informed that, to mark the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a letter was sent to the UNOs and Secondary Education Officers to confirm the participation of the ninth and tenth grade students in the programme ‘My proposal, my belief’.
