DHAKA, July 25, 2023 (BSS)- Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today reached Kolkata to inaugurate the fifth Bangladesh Films Festival.
 
The minister will inaugurate the three-day film festival on July 29 at Nandan 1 Film Center in Kolkata, said a release received here today.

On his arrival at the airport, Indo Bangla Press Club leaders welcomed Dr Hasan this evening and they presented a bouquet to the minister at a hotel. Later, they exchanged views with the minister.
 
Press club president Kingshuk Chakrabarty, vice president Satyajit Chakrabarty, secretary Shuvojit Puttundu, convenor Bhaskar Sarder, executive member Sukanta Chattopadhyay, members Shakil Abedin and Bikkram Laha, among others, were present.
 
School and Higher Education Minister of the West Bengal government Bratya Basu will attend the inaugural function as special guest.
 
Besides, Bangladeshi actors - Ferdous, Mamunuzzaman and Goutam Shaha, actress - Purnima, Aruna Biswas, Nusrat Faria and Apu Biswas, among others, will join the inaugural function.
 
Twenty four Bangladeshi films will be screened during the festival.
 
 Dr Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary, will visit Bangladesh Bhaban in Santiniketan and exchange views with Bangladeshi students of Visva Bharati University on Wednesday.
 
The minister will exchange views with journalists at ‘Meet the Press’ to be organised by Kolkata Press Club on Thursday morning. He will also exchange views with the civil society members on the same day.