1,418 students get prize for reading books in Rajshahi

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RAJSHAHI, March 8, 2019 (BSS) – A total of 1,418 students from 35
schools in Rajshahi city received prizes for their laudable performance in
book reading here today.

Bishwa Sahitya Kendra (BSK) provided the students with the prizes at a
ceremony held on Rajshahi Education Board Government Model School and College
premises.

Over 4,000 students took part in the year-round book reading programme
for flourishing their latent talents.

BSK under its Reading Habit Programme organised the programme in
association with Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project
(SEQAEP) and GrameenPhone to give away prizes among the students who show
their good performance in the evaluation phase.

Eminent litterateur Hasan Azizul Haque attended the award-giving
ceremony as the chief guest.

Cultural personality Khairul Alam Sabuj, television presenter Dr Abdun
Nur Tusser, Regional Director of Department of Secondary and Higher Education
Prof Dr Abdul Mannan, Everest Conqueror Abdul Muhit and Principal of Rajshahi
Education Board Government Model and School Prof Taifur Rahman, among others,
joined the event.

Speaking on the occasion, Professor Haque said book always makes people
beautiful, brighten and prosperous. Only the people enriched with prosperous
heart can build bright Bangladesh.

He also underscored the need for reaching books at the doorsteps of the
readers to make it happened.