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BSS, Dhaka

Jatiya Press Club (JPC) honoured its 64 members who have books to their credit with Writer Award-2008 on the club premises on Monday afternoon.

Chaired by JPC President Shawkat Mahmud, the function was addressed, among others, by advisory editor of the Daily Janakantha Toab Khan, acting editor of the Daily Ittefaq Rahat Khan, former JPC president and editor of News Today Reazuddin Ahmed, editor of the Daily Amar Desh Amanullah Kabir, JPC General Secretary Kamal Uddin Sabuj, veteran journalist and litterateur Mohammad Mahfuzullah, convenor of award distribution committee Syed Abdal Ahmed and poet Belal Chowdhury.

Shawkat Mahmud said the club is contributing to establishing Bengali language in every sphere of national life as the number of creative writers is increasing among the club members.

Kamal Uddin Sabuj said books are not only a means of learning, but also a medium of intellectual recreation.

The function was followed by a musical programme.