Book fair held at Bangladesh mission in Korea

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DHAKA, Dec 4, 2018 (BSS) – To commemorate the month of Victory of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Embassy in Seoul, Korea organized a Book Fair followed by a cultural program on Monday.

The event was the first of its kind which was held at the `Bangabandhu Memorial Library’ on the embassy premises, according to press release received here today.

A wide range of books including literature, fiction, novel, liberation war, poem, socio-economic development of Bangladesh were displayed in the fair.

Ambassador Abida Islam inaugurated the book fair.

The evening program commenced by reading out some paragraphs from the `Unfinished Memoir’ of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

A significant number of Koreans as well as expatriate Bangladeshis participated in the recitations of poems and the patriotic songs in the evening.