Staff Correspondent
The Children’s Painting Competition Award Giving Ceremony was held recently at Embassy of Japan. A total of 15 winners from 5 groups has received their prizes. It is worth mentioning that students from Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, also attended the prize giving ceremony online. Along with young students, Mayor of Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Mr. Tatsuya ITO and representatives from the city sent a video message encouraging the participants and hoped that more such events will deepen Japan-Bangladesh relations.
Ambassador IWAMA Kiminori congratulated the winners and said “ Today, the prizes are given not only to the children of Bangladesh but also to the Japanese boys and girls in Bangladesh and Japan ”. He further said “I do hope that after today’s competition, many of the participants from Bangladesh show strong interest to Japan. Embassy will give relevant information about Japan for your future activities. I do also wish that some of you will one day travel to our country and experience our culture directly. ”
Honorary Prof. Syed Abul Barq Alvi, Department of Printmaking, University of Dhaka, and Md. Zahirul Hasan, Founder President, Bangladesh-Japan Cultural & Friendship Exchange Forum, and Special guest Engineer, Utpal K Das, attended the prize giving ceremony.
