Abrar Hussain: President M Abdul Hamid yesterday applauded the contribution of artists and cultural activists to all achievements of the nation as he inaugurated the month-long Asian art exhibition at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the capital.
“The art-culture too has a huge contribution to our nation building . . . The cultural activists always play a brave role during the crisis period or any crucial moment of the nation,” he said while opening the ‘18th Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh 2018’, the largest fine arts festival in Asia, at the National Art Gallery of BSA, reported BSS.
President Hamid also said cultural activists have been playing a very significant role in all democratic movements as well as praising their role in the country’s Language Movement and Liberation War.
He stressed the need for practicing different cultural activities to stir up the spirit of discipline, nationalism, patriotism and to flourish the communal harmony among the adolescent and youths of a nation.
“Fine arts have a huge contribution to develop friendship and ties . . . It can help a country and a nation to mount its pride and dignity in the world map,” President Hamid observed.
Thanking the organizers for arranging this international event, he hoped that the exhibition would enrich the culture, fine arts, history and tradition of this country and this region as well.
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