Own Correspondent: The Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CHSIC), Bir Muktijoddha, has commented that the Ekushe Book Fair has been organized to revive the spirit of the liberation war. Rezaul Karim.
The mayor made this comment while inaugurating the Ekushe Book Fair organized by the Chittagong City Corporation at the gymnasium ground adjacent to MA Aziz Stadium on Wednesday. He mentioned that this book fair has been organized to reawaken the spirit of the liberation war among the people by breaking the spell of lies through the book fair.
Mayor Rezaul Karim said in the speech of the chief guest at the opening ceremony of the fair that the spirit in which the whole nation fought unitedly at the call of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1971 has weakened today. After the untimely death of Bangabandhu, the anti-independence forces seized power, brainwashed the people, and tried to mislead them.
The main speaker of the program is Chittagong University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Shirin Akhtar, who said that the development of the state requires the development of education. And it is not possible to build a good education system without good-quality books. This book fair has become popular with thousands of book lovers in Chittagong, which will give us courage in our fight to build a better Bangladesh.
The event was presided over by Chittagong City Corporation Chief Executive Officer Sheikh Muhammad Touhidul Islam, brave freedom fighter Mozaffar Ahmad, President of Chittagong Press Club Salahuddin Md. Reza, book fair convener councilor Nishar Uddin Ahmed (Manju), councilor Gazi Md. Shafiul Azim, Hasan Murad Biplab, Nazmul Haque Duke, Abdus Salam Masum, Md. Sheikh ZaRezaul Karim, Special Magistrate Manisha Mahajan, etc.
The fair will be open to the public from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on holidays. Apart from this, the country’s famous poets, journalists, intellectuals, freedom fighters, academicians, and eminent persons from the cultural arena will participate in daily topical discussions.
