Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed the inauguration ceremony of a special art exhibition titled "1973-2023 Retrospective" with the selected paintings of Independence Award-winning and internationally-acclaimed artist and valiant freedom fighter Shahabuddin Ahmed at Bangladesh National Museum in the city's Shahbagh area, yesterday.

The “4th Bangla Art Fest 2022, Mymensingh”, dedicated to Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin, recently successfully concluded at the BGB Park in Mymensingh. The four-day festival featured an international art camp; art activities by the children, promising artists, contemporary artists and renowned artists both local and foreign.The festival was, organised by Art Bangla Foundation and was jointly inaugurated by renowned artist Shahabuddin Ahmed and Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin’s youngest son, engineer Mainul Abedin.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the exhibition as chief guest at National Theatre Hall auditorium of BSA at 4:30pm today. Liaquat Ali Lucky, director general of BSA, will deliver the welcome address while Smita Bajoria, director of Ganges Art Gallery, will speak at the opening programme.

The interview of renowned Bangladeshi artist Shahabuddin Ahmed, who is currently living in France with his family, is published in Anandabazar Patrika. The Daily Star is publishing a translated version of his accounts after the carnage in Paris that has killed at least 127 people.