
Dr Ranjit Kumar Biswas, secretary, Ministry of Cultural Affairs delivered the welcome speech at the event.
Jahangir Hussain, keeper of Department of Contemporary Art and World Civilization and Faizul Latif Chowdhury, director general of Bangladesh National Museum were also present at the programme.

Bangladesh National Museum is devoted to archaeology, classical, decorative and contemporary art, history, natural history, ethnography and world civilization. It has splendid collections which range in date from prehistory to the present time. Both in number and uniqueness, the museum is extremely rich in stone, metal and wooden sculptures, in gold, silver and copper coins, in stone inscriptions and copperplates and in terracottas and other artifacts of archaeological interest. The Museum has one of the largest collections of arms and armour in the Indian subcontinent. Quite fascinating are its collections of decorative art, especially of woodwork, metalwork and embroidered quilts. It has items of natural history and ethnographic interest. The museum is noted for its collection of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin and works of other contemporary artists. The Museum also illustrates the freedom struggle culminating in the liberation of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh National Museum establishes a link between the vanishing past and the vibrant present with a view to ensuring the acquisition and advancement of knowledge for intellectual growth, national pride and awakening, social progress, and international harmony, all in the service of the public and in accordance with professional standards.