DHAKA, April 29, 2024 (BSS) - This year, bKash has provided another 39,680

books to the Nationwide Enrichment (Book Reading) programme of Bishwo
Shahitto Kendro (BSK), following a decade of successive years of partnership.

These books will be distributed in various schools across the country with
the aim of shaping and enlightening the young minds of the students.

Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed, the artisan of creating enlightened minds and
the founder of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, received the books from Major General
Sheikh Md Monirul Islam (retd), chief external and corporate affairs officer
of bKash, said a press release here today.

With the aim to inculcate book reading habits among the students, the
responsible corporate organisation bKash has been associated with this
Nationwide Enrichment programme of Bishwo Shahitto Kendro since 2014.
 
Under this initiative, bKash has provided more than 300,000 books to various
educational institutions that have benefitted nearly three million readers
nationwide.

Mentionable, bKash has been engaged with various initiatives to encourage
book reading habits since its inception.

Since 2018, bKash has been cooperating in organising Bangla Academy's 'Amar
Ekushey' Book Fair as the main sponsor. In addition, the company is
distributing 20,000 copies of the graphic novel series 'Mujib' every year to
500 Bangla and English medium schools across the country to inspire school
students with the ideals of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
 
bKash has also been bearing the annual tuition expenses of the students of
Proyash, a specialised school in Jashore, since 2019.