BSS:President M Abdul Hamid today called for discarding the unnecessary alien degenerate culture which has infiltrated the country through the sky culture.
“Alien culture is constantly infiltrating our local cultural arena due to the sky culture . . . You must discard the unnecessary alien degenerate culture,” he told a function at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy here marking the distribution of ‘Shilpakala Padak 2019 & 2020′.
Virtually joining the function from the Bangabhaban’s Gallery Hall, the President said initiatives should be taken at the grassroots level to develop non-communal culture imbued with the spirit of the War of Liberation war. To develop sound and humane citizens, he said a healthy culture should be flourished at the individual, family, social and national levels.To turn the country’s youth into modern, skilled manpower, they should be involved in cultural activities, he observed.President Hamid also asked for starting the cultural practice from the grassroots, especially from the respective families. Referring to the contribution of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the development of the country’s cultural arena, the President said Bangabandhu established the ‘Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’ on February 19, 1974 and its activities have now expanded to 492 upazilas of 64 districts countrywide.