Bangladesh Culture

Govt working to establish Bangladesh’s culture on world stage: PM

" Prime Minister's Commitment to Cultural Advancement and Technological Integration in Bangladesh "

"As we are heading towards socio-economic advancement, we also have to march ahead culturally. We will take required measures as our culture can put a strong footing on the world stage," she said while laying the foundation stones of six development projects of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and inaugurating another. She virtually joined the function from Ganabhaban through a video conference organized by the cultural affairs ministry at the Bangladesh National Museum at Shahbagh. The prime minister said her government has been working to incorporate technology for further improvement of the country's culture. "The thoughts and beliefs of our children are ever-changing at the advent of newer technologies. We have to improve our culture in accordance with their thoughts so that they never forget the culture of Bangladesh," she said. She reiterated her government's commitment to doing whatever is necessary, as they had done in the past, to improve and develop Bangladesh's culture. The premier said they have already completed 41 development schemes at a cost of Tk1,862 crore while implementing 14 other projects alongside 41 others that are waiting for approval in the last 14 and a half years for enhancement of Bangladeshi culture. She said Pakistani occupation forces had tried to ruin Bangladesh's culture as they killed Bangladeshi intellectuals at the end of the Liberation War, knowing their confirmed defeat. "We have always tried to hold our culture alongside boosting it up and thus to march the country ahead," she said. The prime minister said her government has been working to build an educated nation with technological knowledge since 2009 by protecting and preserving the history and culture of the Bangalee nation, the spirit of the Liberation War, and literary and research works. "The world is gripped by technology. We have to incorporate technology with our culture to build the nation a modern and knowledge-based one generation after generation," she added. The six development schemes whose foundation stones were laid by the premier are a new multi-storied building for the Department of Public Libraries, the Rose Garden in old Dhaka city, Kabi Nazrul Institute Bhaban in Dhaka, President Md Abdul Hamid Shilpakala Academy and Regional Cultural Centre at Mithamoin in Kishoreganj, Muktagacha Cultural Centre in Mymensingh, and Children Library in the National Museum. She also inaugurated a newly constructed 12-storey building of the Copyright Bhaban. State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid, MP, and Cultural Affairs Secretary Khalil Ahmed spoke on the occasion.