Staff Reporter:
Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon yesterday said the incumbent government wants to repair the state and society anew.
“And in every phase of this repair, steps will be taken on the basis of national consensus with the partici-pation of all the patriots,” he said.
“We are not talking about this change just to come to power, but for a qualitative change in the state and social system,” the information minister told during inaugural of a conference in city yesterday.
Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies arranged the ‘National Film Council Conference-2026’ at Bang-ladesh Film Archive auditorium in Agargaon yesterday morning.
Speaking as the chief guest, Swapon said in the 55-year history of Bangladesh, the country experienced both glorious stories and disasters.
The minister urged all concerned to transform the film council movement into a truly independent and free-thinking body for social change, without making it a tool for any special behind-the-scenes remote control.
Eminent art critic and film scholar Moinuddin Khaled was conferred with lifetime achievement award at the event for his outstanding contribution to the film industry.
Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies President Dr Jahirul Islam Kochi presided over the event, while Bangladesh Film Archive Director General M Javed Iqbal spoke as special guest.
Representatives from different film societies of the country, filmmakers and researchers participated in the conference.
