Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday unveiled the cover of the 'Mujibpedia', an encyclopaedia on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Prime Minister's Office.
'Mujibpedia' Chief Editor Kamal Chowdhury, Editor Farid Kabir, Executive Editor Abu Md. Delwar Hossain, sponsor City Bank Limited's Chairman Aziz Al Qaiser and its Managing Director Masrur Arefin were present on the occasion.
According to a media release, Mujibpedia contains true information about Bangabandhu's life and work and his long struggle along with the history of Bangladesh's independence.
Sheikh Hasina revised and edited the entries related to Bangabandhu's family that has been included in 'Mujibpedia'.
The book has been published by History and Culture Circle Bangladesh Limited with Agami Prakashani as the distributor.
It contains 591 entries and about 750 historical photographs. Some 97 writers, researchers, historians and journalists have contributed to the book.
Veteran politician Tofail Ahmad, National Professor AK Azad Khan, writer and historian Muntassir Mamoon, cultural personality Ramendu Mazumder, historian Professor Syed Anwar Hossain, Sheikh Hafizur Rahman, Haroon-ur-Rashid, Atiur Rahman, researcher and essayist Mofidul Haque, cultural personality and former minister Asaduzzaman Noor, educationist and litterateur Abul Momen, among others, wrote entries in the book, added the release.
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