President to open folklore festival in Netrokona Wednesday

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DHAKA, Oct 01, 2018 (BSS) – President M Abdul Hamid will visit Netrokona on October 3 to open the first International Folklore Festival as the chief guest at Mukterpara ground of Netrokona town.

“The President will inaugurate the International Folklore Festival-2018 in Netrokona on October 3,” President’s press secretary Mohammad Joynal Abedin told BSS this afternoon.

The press secretary said, the President, during his visit, will lay the foundation stone of Sheikh Kamal IT Park at old hospital road in the district town.

Our Netrakona correspondent adds: the ‘Greater Mymensingh Cultural Forum’ (GMCF) will organize the festival where the prominent folklore researchers and scholars from various countries will be present at the inaugural ceremony on the day.

Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and the GMCF president Mustafa Jabbar will preside over the function scheduled to begin at 2:30 pm on the day.

Meanwhile, all necessary preparations have already been taken by Netrokona district administration with intensified security vigilance while the people from all walks of life are eagerly waiting to welcome the head of the state in Netrokona.