Newly appointed Bangla Academy President Selina Hossain joined her office on Sunday (Feb 6). Following her joining, a reception programme was organized at the Shaheed Munir Chowdhury conference room of the academy today at 11 a.m., said a press release.
Presided over by Bangla Academy Director General (DG) Mohammad Nurul Huda, Secretary AHM Lokman delivered the welcome address in the function. Bangla Academy Directors Md Mobarak Hossain and Dr Jalal Ahmed, and Deputy Directors Sarker Amin and Dr Tapan Bagchi also spoke at the function, among others.
At the beginning of the programme, eminent fiction writer Selina Hossain was received with bouquet while one minute silence was observed in the memories of former Bangla Academy presidents late national professor Anisuzzaman, late national professor Rafiqul Islam and late professor Shamsuzzaman Khan, and former DG late poet Habibullah Sirajee.
Earlier, Independence Award and Ekushey Padak-winning fiction writer Selina Hossain was appointed as the president of Bangla Academy for a three-year term. The public administration ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Feb 3.
