Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Sunday said literature gives real knowledge about culture and contemporary society.
He said the poets and writers are pathfinders for overall development of a country.
The minister as chief guest said this while inaugurating the three-day International Literature Conference at Bangla Academy in the Dhaka city.
Information and cultural affairs minister Abul Kalam Azad and state minister for cultural affairs Promod Mankin addressed the function as special guests while poet Muhammad Nurul Huda presented the keynote paper.
Acting secretary of cultural affairs ministry Suraiya Begum and Bangla Academy director general Shamsuzzaman Khan also addressed the function with National Professor Kabir Chowdhury in the chair.
A number of seminars will be held in the conference where poets and writers from home and abroad will present papers.
Source : New Age
