Nasim gifts shital pati to PM, cabinet colleagues

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DHAKA, Jan 22, 2018 (BSS) – Health Minister Mohammad Nasim and State Minister for Health Zahid Malek today presented shital pati to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and members of her cabinet to celebrate the UNESCO recognition to the object as Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity.

Before the cabinet meeting today at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the health minister, state minister and acting secretary of the ministry gave a shital pati to each member of the cabinet, secretary of the cabinet division NM Ziaul Alam said while briefing reporters at Bangladesh Secretariat.

UNESCO recognized the traditional art of weaving of shital pati in Sylhet and included the object in the Unesco’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity in the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the ICH in December last.