The Cox’s Bazar Literary Academy’s ‘Young Writers Project’ is playing an important role in nurturing creativity and intellectual development among young people, speakers said at a certificate distribution programme in Cox’s Bazar.
They made the remarks at the closing and certificate distribution ceremony of the first batch of the poetry workshop under the long-awaited ‘Young Writers Project’ at the district government public library.
The initiative was launched to engage the younger generation in literary activities and help build a knowledge-based, thoughtful society, the speakers said.
Cox’s Bazar Government Women’s College principal, Professor Rezaul Karim Mohammad Tarek, attended the programme as the chief guest. The event was chaired by senior journalist Muhammad Nurul Islam, founder and president of the Cox’s Bazar Literary Academy.
Former district education officer Mohammad Nasir Uddin, former child affairs officer Ahsanul Haque, Young Writers Project convener Professor Dilwar Chowdhury and short-story writer Sohel Iqbal, among others, spoke at the event.
The speakers said regular workshops and creative activities were important for encouraging children, adolescents and young people to engage in literature.
They said such initiatives would not only encourage the younger generation to read books and practise literature but also enrich their thinking and intellectual development.
Certificates and books were handed over to the young writers as prizes at the event.
Later, the 558th fortnightly literary gathering of the Cox’s Bazar Literary Academy was held. Poets and literature enthusiasts attending the gathering recited poems and performed songs.
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