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STANDARD CHARTERED Star INITIATIVE

Celebrating Life 2018 contest launched

This year's theme is 'Architecture of Bangladesh'; sbumission deadline till July 31

Staff Correspondent
With a view to representing the historic architecture of Bangladesh, Standard Chartered Bank and The Daily Star yesterday announced the launch of "Celebrating Life Contest 2018".
They have welcomed submissions from across the country.
The theme of this year's competition is “Architecture of Bangladesh", said the organisers during a press conference at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka.
Like previous years, there will be three categories - lyrics, photography and film. A participant is allowed to submit his or her works in all the categories. The last date for submission is July 31,2018.
Starting in 2008, it has become a platform for photographers, lyricists and filmmakers to showcase talents on themes connected to Bangladesh's heritage.
Details about the contest are available on www.celebratinglifebd.com
At the press conference. The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam said the reason for selecting the theme on architecture is to revisit Bangladesh's culture and present different aspects of the country's history to the world.
"We are enriching ourselves [with the knowledge of our cultural history] by scooping different aspects of our heritage... and thus we are letting the world know about the cultural diversity of us,” he said while explaining different aspects of the competition.
Stressing the need for promoting the native culture more, he said the country’s rich history of architecture is not as familiar as of music, dance and drama.
Naser Ezaz Bijoy, CEO of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), Bangladesh, said SCB has been with the initiative since its inception to pave the way for
the young generation to nurture their latent talents in those fields.
Last year, the theme was "Celebrating Diversity of Bangladesh" and the winners were Salma Moon (lyrics), Hasan Mahmud Prottoy (photography) andNuhas Humayun (film).
This year, Celebrating Life contest will honour the personalities, who have been involved in filmmaking or
television production, photography, music and lyrics writing for decades, with Lifetime Achievement Awards through a gala event.
The contest's Festival Director Rafi Hossain, Country Head of Corporate Affairs of SCB, Bangladesh Bitopi Das Chowdhury and lyricist Mohammad Rafiquzzaman were present at the press conference.