DHAKA, July 27, 2021 (BSS) - As part of the Birth Centenary

Celebration of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman, the Embassy of Bangladesh in Seoul established a Bangabandhu
Corner in the library at the main campus of Yonsei University in
Seoul.

  In presence of the officials of the Embassy as well as from the
Library of Yonsei University, Ambassador Abida Islam and Seoung Hwan
Suh, President of the Yonsei University Library, jointly inaugurated
the Bangabandhu corner, said a press release.

   It may be mentioned that Yonsei University is one of the top
private universities in the Republic of Korea and presently it is
ranked 79 in the QS Global World Rankings 2022 among the universities
of the world.

  Yonsei Library contains more than 3 million books, journals, and
magazines and over 30,000 students are pursuing higher studies in this
university.

   Apart from Korean versions of 'Historic 7th March Speech',
'Bangabandhu: The People's Hero', and 'The Unfinished Memoirs', the
corner contains a number of publications in English on Bangabandhu,
his life and works, history of Bangladesh's War of Liberation
including a few on the rich cultural heritage and tradition of
Bangladesh.

  From all these books of 'Bangabandhu Corner', the young generation
of other countries including from South Korea will be able to enrich
their knowledge about the history, heritage, and culture of
Bangladesh.

  They can also gather knowledge of Bangabandhu's life, his struggles
and sacrifices, his contributions to founding an independent
Bangladesh.

   Resultantly, Bangabandhu's political philosophy and ideology will
spread to the younger generation of different countries of the world
beyond the borders of South Korea and they are expected to become more
interested in Bangladesh and Bangabandhu.