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What Dhaka Lit Fest has in store on closing day

What Dhaka Lit Fest has in store on closing day
Literature

The fourth and closing day of the 10th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest is packed with activities.

The day started with spiritual music “Kirtan” at Bangla Academy Lawn at around 9am.

The hour-long sitting will be followed by four sessions from 10am to 11am, which are - “SandBox: Future is Now”, “Nobody's Children”, “The Bangla-English Conundrum”, and “Future Scientists.

A total of six other sessions are scheduled for 11:15am to 12:15pm, which are - “Desertion”, “On Ground Zero”, “The Future of Poetry in Today's Era”, “Childhood”, “Micro Tales”, and “ Is the World of Gaming Sexist?”

There will be many more hour-long sessions throughout the day till 5:15pm.

The closing ceremony is set to start at around 5:30pm. It will include a dance performance at Bangla Academy's AKSB Auditorium.

Later, at around 6:30pm, the main attraction of the closing event -- a concert by Coke Studio Bangla-- will take place.

The lineup for the show is artists Animes Roy, Pantha Kanai, Rubayat Rehman, Rituraj, Nandita, Sunidhi Nayak and Boga Taleb.

The first three days of the 10th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest attracted huge crowds from all around the globe.

Defying the biting cold and foggy weather hundreds of writers, academics, researchers, journalists, artists, and book lovers came together to experience the biggest literary event in Bangladesh,

Dhaka Lit Fest is featuring winners of the Pulitzer, International Booker, Neustadt International, and PEN/Pinter prizes, as well as the Prix Médicis, Academy Award, Windham-Campbell Prize, Albert Medal, Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and Aga Khan Award.

Bangladesh's biggest event on world literature and culture began on Thursday with around 500 writers, poets, performers, intellectuals, journalists, and internationally acclaimed prize-winning speakers taking part in over 170 sessions over four days.

Children up to 12 years of age will not need any ticket to enter. People can complete their registration by visiting the event website and entering their names, ages, gender, occupations, mobile numbers, and email. After entering all the information correctly, they can select their ticket categories.