Abrar Fahad is the vanguard of sovereignty: Farooki
Abrar Fahad is the vanguard of sovereignty: Farooki

Abrar Fahad, a BUET student who was brutally beaten by Chhatra League cadres for posting on Facebook against Indian aggression, is being posthumously awarded the Swadhinata Padak 2025. Discussions are ongoing on the issue after Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, advisor to the interim government, shared...

Work underway to convert public library books into e-books: Farooki
Work underway to convert public library books into e-books: Farooki

Cultural Affairs Advisor Mostafa Sarwar Farooki said work is underway to convert all public library books into e-books. He made this announcement at a press conference at the National Museum on Tuesday on the occasion of Library Day. Mostafa Sarwar Farooki said, The work on e-books is...

'Govt has no plan to censor books'
'Govt has no plan to censor books'

Cultural Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki on Saturday said the interim government has no plans to censor books. He made the statement while speaking at the National Poetry Festivals inauguration at Dhaka University A media report quotes a police officer suggesting pre-publication review by the...

Names announced for Bangla Academy Award suspended
Names announced for Bangla Academy Award suspended

The names announced for Bangla Academy Literary Award has been suspended, said Cultural Affairs Advisor Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. He said this in a post on his verified Facebook page on Saturday night. In the post, the Cultural Affairs Advisor wrote, The list of names announced for Bangla...

Eight directors selected to make films on July uprising
Eight directors selected to make films on July uprising

The cultural ministry has selected eight directors to make films on the July uprising under its Remembering Monsoon Revolution program, reports UNB. These directors will lead workshops in eight divisions of the country and produce medium-length films with the trained personnel. Suman Rahman,...