An event was held recently at the BIAM Foundation auditorium in Cox's Bazar, where books were presented to students of several schools, including BIAM Laboratory School and College, Saikat Girls High School, Kalatali Adarsha High School, and Cox's Bazar Model High School. In a continuous effort to cultivate reading habits among students, Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, in association with bKash, has expanded its nationwide book reading programme to Cox's Bazar district.
This year, the programme will distribute 40,000 books to 330 educational institutions across the country, says a press statement.
As part of this programme, a recent event was held at the BIAM Foundation auditorium in Cox's Bazar, where books were presented to students of several schools, including BIAM Laboratory School and College, Saikat Girls High School, Kalatali Adarsha High School, and Cox's Bazar Model High School.
The books were distributed by M. A. Mannan, Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate of Cox's Bazar. Khandakar Md. Asaduzzaman, Retired Secretary and Former Trustee of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro and Sayma Ahsan, Vice President, Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Department of bKash were also present.
To make the book-reading programme more popular, a quiz competition on contemporary topics was organised for students in grades 6 to 10. At the end of the event, prizes were handed over to 40 students as winners of the quiz competitions.
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