On the occasion of the commemoration of the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, the Alliance Française de Dhaka has organised an exhibition and an international conference on the theme of War and Colonies. The exhibition showing 35 rare photographs of colonial troops in the Great War was inaugurated by H E Mr Michel TRINQUIER, ambassador of France in Bangladesh, yesterday. Dr Ferdinand von Weyhe, deputy head of mission, German Embassy Dhaka, KH Masud Siddiqui, secretary, ministry of Liberation War affairs and world famous mime artiste Partha Pratim Majumder were also present as distinguished guests among others.
The exhibition will continue till March 8 and will remain open on Monday to Thursday from 3pm to 9pm and Friday from 9am to 12 noon and Saturday from 5pm to 8pm.
This exhibition will also be shown at the Liberation War Museum from March 11 to 18.
The two-day conference will begin today at the Senate Building of the University of Dhaka. It will bring together French, German, Irish, American, Indian and Bangladeshi historians who will present papers related to the chosen theme. Besides presenting relationship between WWI and the colonies from diverse angles, this two-day seminar will offer an exceptional focus on Bengal during the period, with no less than five papers devoted to it.