A two-day long international conference on 'Fifty years journey of Bangladesh: Genocide, Nation-state, and Bangabandhu cherished Bangladesh' began at Bangla Academy on Thursday.
State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid inaugurated the conference at the Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad auditorium, said a press release.
Lt. Col. (Retd.) Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir Bir Protik and Journalist Manash Ghosh also attended the inaugural session of the conference, with president of '1971: Genocide-Torture Archive and Museum Trust' Muntasir Mamun in the chair.
Director General at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies Binayak Sen presented the keynote speech at the inaugural session.