Dhaka to celebrate declaration of Asian Islamic cultural capital
Reported by: Md. Owasim Uddin Bhuyan, UNB Staff Writer
Reported on: July 04, 2012 12:13 PM
Reported in: National
Reported on: July 04, 2012 12:13 PM
Reported in: National
Dhaka, July 4 (UNB) – Dhaka is set to celebrate the declaration of 'Capital of Islamic Culture of the Asian Region for 2012' through yearlong cultural programmes beginning July 14.
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) earlier this year declared Dhaka as the Asian Islamic cultural capital because of its rich Islamic heritage.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to open the three-day inaugural programme at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city on July 14, a senior official of the Cultural Affairs Ministry told UNB.
The inaugural function of the yearlong programmes will be telecast live by state-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) and Bangladesh Betar. The country's cultural and Islamic heritage will be projected by those programmes,
The official informed that the joint programmes of the Cultural Affairs Ministry and the ISESCO will be held in phases from July to November this year.
The programmes will include national symposiums on Islamic thinkers, cultural tourism workshop with the participation of members in Asian region, exhibition of Dhaka's best traditional artworks, foods, calligraphy, book fair, open discussion on Islamic heritage, regional training course, and drama on Islamic heritage.
Marking the occasion, the Cultural Affairs Ministry will also organise photo and video exhibition on historic Muslim establishments, calligraphy exhibition and sufi songs while Islamic Foundation will organise recitation from the holy Quran.
Meanwhile, Mohamed Shafiqul Islam, director general of Archaeology Department, and Parag Mohammad Nurul Huq, joint secretary of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh, paid a working visit to the ISESCO headquarters in Rabat, Morocco, on 13 June 2012.
The visit was part of the coordination meeting between ISESCO and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh to review the celebration programme of Dhaka as the Asian region’s capital of Islamic culture for 2012.
The celebration falls within the ten-year programme approved by the fourth Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers (Algiers, November 2004) on the celebration of capitals of Islamic culture.
The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) earlier this year declared Dhaka as the Asian Islamic cultural capital because of its rich Islamic heritage.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to open the three-day inaugural programme at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city on July 14, a senior official of the Cultural Affairs Ministry told UNB.
The inaugural function of the yearlong programmes will be telecast live by state-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) and Bangladesh Betar. The country's cultural and Islamic heritage will be projected by those programmes,
The official informed that the joint programmes of the Cultural Affairs Ministry and the ISESCO will be held in phases from July to November this year.
The programmes will include national symposiums on Islamic thinkers, cultural tourism workshop with the participation of members in Asian region, exhibition of Dhaka's best traditional artworks, foods, calligraphy, book fair, open discussion on Islamic heritage, regional training course, and drama on Islamic heritage.
Marking the occasion, the Cultural Affairs Ministry will also organise photo and video exhibition on historic Muslim establishments, calligraphy exhibition and sufi songs while Islamic Foundation will organise recitation from the holy Quran.
Meanwhile, Mohamed Shafiqul Islam, director general of Archaeology Department, and Parag Mohammad Nurul Huq, joint secretary of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh, paid a working visit to the ISESCO headquarters in Rabat, Morocco, on 13 June 2012.
The visit was part of the coordination meeting between ISESCO and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh to review the celebration programme of Dhaka as the Asian region’s capital of Islamic culture for 2012.
The celebration falls within the ten-year programme approved by the fourth Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers (Algiers, November 2004) on the celebration of capitals of Islamic culture.
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