The season 2 of the popular reality show 'Ispahani Mirzapore Banglabid’ has been launched aiming to motivate the young generation to use and practice Bangla language correctly.
Channel-i organised a inaugural ceremony of the Bangla language and knowledge-based reality show at its office in the capital on Saturday.
Professor Emeritus Anisuzzaman inaugurated the programme as the chief guest, while managing director of the Channel-i Faridur Reza Sagar chaired the event.
The country's leading brand Ispahani Mirzapore is the key initiator and sponsor of the Banglabid (experts in Bangla) competition.
The main objective of the competition is to find out the best of people who are skilled in Bangla spelling and grammar.
Bangladeshi students of class six to ten from all over the country can take part in the competition primarily.
The participants will have to go through several different selection processes and only those with deep interest in becoming modern day language expertsw are encouraged to register.
The first three winners will get Tk 1.0 million (10 lakhs), 0.3 million (three lakhs) and 0.2 million (2 lakhs) respectively.
The registration for the contest has started on March 25 and will remain open till April 19, 2018.
Professor Dr Shamsuzzaman Khan, director general of Bangla Academy, and Shantanu Biswas, chief operating officer of Ispahani Tea Limited, among others, attended the function.
