Dhaka, Feb. 15 -- Bishwa Sahitya Kendra celebrated its 40th founding anniversary amid festivities on February 8 at its Bangla Motor Head Office. A procession was brought out from Central Public Library in Shahbagh, which concluded at Bishwa Sahitya Kendra in Bangla Motor.

At the celebration programme, founder of Bishwa Sahitya Kendra Abdullah Abu Sayeed, former minister Rashed Khan Menon, former cultural minister Asaduzzaman Noor, poets Muhammad Samad and Tarik Sujat, rhymester Lutfor Rahman Riton, former director general of Bangla Academy Shamsuzzaman Khan, theatre activist Khairul Alam Shabuj, artist Mustafa Monowar, seasoned folk singer Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, TIB executive director Iftekharuzzaman, science fiction writer Dr Muhammad Za...