With Falgun underway, many young women were dressed in yellow saris and garlands in their hair while the young men wore panjabis. Didar, an Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholar, is on a short break from his graduate studies at Bangalore university. Giash Uddin Khasru of Jhinge Phul publication said the fair can be a way to build children’s minds by providing them with good books. Artists Eakub Ali, Abu Bakr Siddque and Shagorika Jamil judged the music competition whose results will be unveiled on February 24. Results of a children’s art competition were also made public, with the prize-giving ceremony to be held on February 25.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 17, 2017 18:31 UTC