Dhaka – Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, in association with mobile financial service provider bKash Limited, has expanded its book reading programme at Rangpur and Lalmonirhat, aiming to enlighten the future generations through book reading.The book distribution programme was held at RCCI Public School and College of Rangpur and KarimUddin Public Pilot High School, of Kaliganj, Lalmonirhat recently.
Noted children’s writer Ali Imam, bKash’s General Manager on Regulatory and Corporate Affairs HumayunKabir were present on the occasions, said a press release on Sunday.
Bishwo Shahitto Kendro has been carrying out various outreach programmes for school and college students in the last 40 years with a dream of building an enlightened society.
Currently, the book reading programme covers around 200,000 students of 2,000 educational institutions across the country.
bKash has been supporting the ‘Nationwide Enrichment (Book Reading) Program’ of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro since 2014 and provided around 178, 000 books for the program.UNB
