, Aug. 28 -- Stressing the need for working on the concept of the 'creative industry', BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday pledged to integrate arts and culture from rural areas into the country's economic mainstream if his party comes to power.

"To utilise our potential, we must take advantage of the demographic dividend. For this, along with education, everyone must build themselves up with skills," he said while addressing a youth-focused event at a city hotel.

The former minister said democracy in politics was not enough and explained that if the economy could not be democratised, no politics would work and democracy would be of no use, and emphasised that democracy should be established for all wi...