The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

To observe the 100 years of International Women's Day, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will jointly organise a concert at Gulshan Youth Club in the city on March 8.

The concert will start at 2:00pm and will conclude at 9:00pm where artistes Farida Parvin, Syed Abdul Hadi, Kangalini Sufia, Azam Khan, Fahmida Nabi, Shahed, Mehrin, Kafil and Krishnakoli and band groups Souls, Renaissance, Maksud O Dhaka, Dalchhut, Aurthohin, Black and Yatri will perform. Besides, a band group of garments workers named 'Awaz' will also perform.

This was disclosed at a press conference at the National Press Club yesterday.

Dr Iftekharuzzamn, Executive Director of TIB, Abu Taleb Mian, Director General of ACC, artistes Shahed, Bappa Majumder, Fahmida Nabi, among others, spoke at the conference.

Dr Iftekhar said, "The aim of the concert will be to establish women rights and create awareness about anti-corruption as women rights and anti-corruption movement are close to each other. In one hand, it is impossible to establish women rights without effective prevention of corruption, on the other hand it is the first pledge to empower the women in the country."

Chairman of ACC Lt Gen (Retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, Chairman of Trustee Board of TIB Prof Muzaffar Ahmed, Secretary General Mahfuz Anam, Trustee Sultana Kamal and Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed, educationist and writer Muhammad Zafar Iqbal and human rights activist Khushi Kabir, among others, will be present in the concert, he said.

An advisory council was formed to organise the concert. The members are - Dr Syed Manjurul Islam, Begum Mushtari Shafi, Dr Maleka Begum, Dr Geeti Ara Nasrin, Dr Kaniz Siddiqui, Dr Sumaiya Khayer, Ayesha Banu, Sonia Nishat Amin, Ayesha Khanam, Selina Hossain, Mili Rahman, Ferdousi Priyobhashini, Dilara Zaman, Angella Gomez, Shirin Akhter, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Sara Zaker, Zobaira Rahman Linu, Kanak Chanpa Chakma, Naquib Khan, Samia Zaman, Munira Morshed Munni and others, said the organisers.

If someone wants to enjoy the concert, he or she has to collect coupon from the organisers and the FM band radio stations. The contact number is 01711-405148, they said.