SAVE THE RIVER BURIGANGA
Babus solo photo exhibition begins at AFD
DL desk
A solo photography exhibition titled Save the River Buriganga by photographer Fojit Sheikh Babu has begun at the Galerie Zoom, Alliance Franaise de Dhaka in the capitals Dhanmondi area.
Emeritus Professor Anisuzzaman, eminent artist Shahabuddin Ahmed and vice-chancellor of World University of Bangladesh Professor Dr Abdul Mannan Choudhury attended the inaugural ceremony of the exhibition yesterday.
The environment and ecology of Bangladesh facing adverse effects of the disaster by global warming and climate change in other countries around the world. Most of the rivers of riverine Bangladesh are in a lost because of the hostile environment. Global geopolitics and built river-based unplanned industry is one of the main reasons of polluting rivers. Polluted river is an extreme threat to the natural environment and the ecology. The river being polluted behind us constantly, as a result is lost of living creatures. Dhaka city founded about four hundred years ago on the banks of the Buriganga, since it was the life of Dhaka city. The extreme pollution Buriganga river is due to unplanned industrialization, a lack of public awareness and illegal occupation of the river banks. But we can save the river if a little concerned are still in.
Fojit Sheikh Babu is a photojournalist, as well as an environmentally conscious. He is trying to create public awareness through the photography exhibition. He already had three photography exhibitions with the same topic. Save the River Buriganga is his fifth solo photography exhibition, which aims at creating public awareness in order to prevent illegal occupation and pollution of the river Buriganga.
The exhibition is open to all till 24 December and can be visited according to the following schedule: Monday to Thursday from 3 pm to 9 pm, Friday and Saturday (9 am to 12 noon and 5 pm to 8 pm). Closed on Sunday.
AFD: 26, Mirpur Road
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