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Reading weapon against fanaticism

World Book and Copyright Day programme told

Staff Correspondent
Laying stress on growing the habit of reading books, speakers yesterday said this would help people fight religious fanaticism and fundamentalism.
"We should grow love for books to create a democratic, science-based and civilised society," said Prof Shamsuzzaman Khan, director general of Bangla Academy.
He was addressing a discussion organised to observe "World Book and Copyright Day 2018" by Bangladesh National Commission for Unesco and Bishwo Shahitto Kendro (BSK) at the latter's office in the capital.
The theme of the day is: "Reading, it's my right".
BSK's founder Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed said there are plenty of things in the society that could lead the youth to astray.
"Good books can save them from this," he added.
To help students develop the reading habit and provide academic performance-based incentives to them, the government undertook the Secondary Education Quality and Access Enhancement Project (SEQAEP).
With the help of BSK, the government reached out to 12,000 secondary educational institutions under 250 upazilas through the project, which ended last year.
Prof Sayeed said though the project concluded, they will carry on the programme of their own to promote the reading habit among young people. Giving emphasis on the copyright issue, Sohorab Hossain, secretary to the Secondary and Higher Education Division, said, "A person should be given due recognition for her or his work. It's reflective of mental poverty when we don't give them proper credit."
Among others, Mahbubur Rahman, director general of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), and Monjur Hossain, secretary to the Bangladesh National Commission for Unesco, also spoke among others.
This year, he said, about 20.82 lakh students participated in BSK's book reading programme.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid said about 83 lakh students got opportunity until December 2017 to read books and 35.67 lakh books were distributed to schools and madrasas under SEQAEP.
Nahid said students first need to grow the habit of reading their textbooks well. When they will know better, they will find interest in other books, he added.