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Published: 17 Jan 2021 08:29 PM BdST
Updated: 17 Jan 2021 08:29 PM BdST
The government is thinking about letting the Amar Ekushey Book Fair begin in person this year after a delay amid the coronavirus pandemic but no date has been decided. );
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KM Khalid, the state minister for cultural affairs, said they will send a proposal to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on beginning the fair on Feb 20, or Mar 7 or Mar 17.
“Because we want to end the fair before Ramadan begins on Apr 12,” he said at a press conference on Sunday after meeting with the organisers of the fair – Bangla Academy and Gyan O Srijanshil Prokashok Samiti or the Academic and Creative Publishers Association of Bangladesh.
By Namini Wijedasa
Moves are afoot to remove Dr Rupesinghe via a Cabinet paper from Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s office, in his capacity as Cultural Affairs Minister // Dr Rupesinghe has received backing of academics, researchers and practitioners who have benefited from the changes she introduced at the instituteView(s):
The Department of National Archives is embroiled in controversy over allegations that copies of historical Dutch records in the custody of the institution have been sold to outsiders.
The accusations mostly target the Department’s Director General, Nadeera Rupesinghe, a young historian educated in the Netherlands, who senior staff insist has been tirelessly streamlining and modernising the institution. A three-member committee appointed by the Cultural Affairs Ministry earlier last year to investigate the claims first made in 2018 by three employees of the same Department found no evidence of malpractice.
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By Namini Wijedasa
The Department of National Archives is embroiled in controversy over allegations that copies of historical Dutch records in the custody of the institution have been sold to outsiders.
The accusations mostly target the Department’s Director General, Nadeera Rupesinghe, a young historian educated in the Netherlands, who senior staff insist has been tirelessly streamlining and modernising the institution. A three-member committee appointed by the Cultural Affairs Ministry earlier last year to investigate the claims first made in 2018 by three employees of the same Department found no evidence of malpractice.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Commission to Investigation Allegations of Bribery and Corruption have also inquired, taking lengthy statements from Dr Rupesinghe and other staff, as well as written representation.
Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, National Museum of India ink deal
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DHAKA, Dec 17, 2020 (BSS) – A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum in Dhaka and the National Museum in New Delhi today.
On behalf of their respective sides, Nazrul Islam Khan, former secretary and curator of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, and Subrata Nath, additional director general of National Museum of India, signed the MoU at the state guest house Padma here this morning, said a press release of the Cultural Affairs Ministry.
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque, State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid, Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Masud Bin Momen, Agriculture Secretary Md Mesbahul Islam, Cultural Affairs Secretary Md Badrul Arefin, Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Vikram Kumar Doraiswami and Additional Secretary of the Agriculture Ministry Md Abdur Rauf were, among others, present on the o