Bishwo Shahitto Kendro to award young readers

Bishwo Shahitto Kendro (BSK) will award 6,092 school students of its book reading programme in Dhaka through a prize giving ceremony on Friday and Saturday.

The ceremony will be held at the capital's Ramna Batamul.

A total of 30,000 students participated in the reading programme in the capital, said Abdullah Abu Sayeed, founder chairman of BSK, at a press conference at its office yesterday.

The non-profit institution that promotes reading habits among students will later hold similar ceremonies in the cities of Chittagong and Khulna on January 23 and 30 respectively.

About 8,000 students from Chittagong and Khulna will receive the awards.

Sponsored by Grameenphone, 65,000 books will be given to students of about 1,500 schools of the three cities, said the litterateur.