In a continuous effort to cultivate reading habits among students, Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, in association with bKash, has expanded its nationwide book reading program to Cox’s Bazar district.

This year, the program will distribute 40,000 books to 330 educational institutions across the country.

As part of this program, a recent event was held at the BIAM Foundation auditorium in Cox’s Bazar, where books were presented to students of several schools, including Biam Laboratory School and College, Saikat Girls High School, Kalatali Adarsha High School, and Cox’s Bazar Model High School.

The books were distributed by MA Mannan, deputy commissioner and district magistrate of Cox’s Bazar.

Khandakar Md Asaduzzaman, retired secretary and former trustee of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro and Sayma Ahsan, vice president, regulatory and corporate affairs department of bKash, among others, were also present on the occasion.

To make the book-reading program more popular, a quiz competition on contemporary topics was organized for students in grades 6 to 10. At the end of the event, prizes were handed over to 40 students as winners of the quiz competitions. 

With the aim to inculcate book reading habits among the students, Bishwo Shahitto Kendro has been conducting this Nationwide Enrichment program.

This initiative will help the students to shape their minds as enlightened human beings.

To further expand and implement this objective, bKash has been associated with this program since 2014.

Through this program, around 400,000 books have been distributed to date, benefiting over 3.3 million readers in nearly 3,000 educational institutions across the country.