President's call to ban foreign bad culture

President Md urged to discard all the foreign unnecessary, foreign and uncultured things that have infiltrated the sky culture. Abdul Hamid.

He made this call at a function of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital on Thursday. He said, due to sky culture, foreign culture is constantly infiltrating our cultural arena. We have to discard unnecessary and bad culture.

Joining the 'Shilpakala Padak 2019 and 2020' ceremony virtually from Banga Bhavan, the Head of State said that initiatives should be taken at the grass root level to develop non-communal and liberation war spirited culture. Therefore, to develop them as healthy and humane citizens, healthy culture should be developed at the individual, family, social and national levels.

President Hamid also urged to start the practice of culture from the grassroots, especially from the family. The President mentioned the contribution of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the development of the country's culture and said that Bangabandhu established the 'Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy' on February 19, 1974 and its activities have now expanded to 492 upazilas of 64 districts.

Abdul Hamid said, various activities organized by Shilpakala Academy as a part of 'Mujib Centenary' celebration have played a commendable role in spreading the life and works of Bangabandhu and his art and cultural ideas among the people at home and abroad, especially at Trinamool level. We have to make everyone, irrespective of caste and religion, aware of modern culture and traditions at the grass root level'.

Referring to culture as the mirror of life, the President said, the development and tradition of our culture shows how advanced and modern we are as a nation. To turn the youth of the country into modern, skilled manpower, they should be involved in cultural activities. Our culture can play the role of the main weapon against militancy and terrorism.

The President expressed concern and said that children and the youth community are tired of chasing various apps including Facebook, YouTube, Tik Tok, games. Mobiles and laptops are the main entertainment and sports equipment for them. If they continue like this, they will forget their history and heritage one day.

He said, culture is a safeguard against social degradation. The development of culture is very important to remove militancy, fundamentalism, violence and hatred from the society. The more culture is created at every level, from the village to the city, from the lower class to the upper class, the more enlightened the society will be. And an enlightened society can build a humane society and ensure the desired prosperity and welfare of a country and nation.

Medals were awarded to 20 talented artists on the occasion. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, State Minister for Culture KM Khalid, Secretary of the Ministry of Culture Md. Abul Mansoor and Director General of Bangla Academy Liaquat Ali Lucky and others spoke. The concerned secretaries of the President's office were present at the gallery hall of Banga Bhavan.

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