Art & Culture Report :
Patua Quamrul Hasan Art School organised a prize giving ceremony among the winners of the children painting competition titled Boishakh-e Chhobi Anko Jyoishth-e Prodorshoni at Shawkat Osman Memorial Auditorium of the Central Public Library in the city’s Shahbagh area recently.
Around five thousands children took part in the competition in the category of four groups aged from five to 14 years old. Among them 60 children got the prizes.
Abhinandan Kundu from Sylhet received the champion award, while Hamidur Rahman Rahi, also from Sylhet, got the Best Child Artist of 2014 award.
State Minister for the Finance and Planning Ministry MA Mannan MP was present as chief guest in the function, noted educationist and former vice chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, also Chairman of Patua Quamrul Hasan Art School, Prof Zillur Rahman Siddiqui presided over the ceremony.
Noted artist Samarjit Roy Chowdhury, former chairman of Mercantile Bank M Amanullah, Managing Director of AB Bank Ltd Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury, former captain of national cricket team Rakibul Hasan were also present as special guests on the occasion.
Director of the school Anwar Hasan Babu and noted banker and child litterateur Kaiser Chowdhury gave the welcome speeches, while noted litterateur Ata Sarkar and Md Faruk Ahmed announced names of the winners of the contest. n