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Form haor board to save water bodies

A three-day national haor festival organised by Paribesh Bachao Andolon (Save the Environment Movement) will begin at Mohanganj in Netrokona tomorrow to protect the water body. Noted writer Muhammed Zafar Iqbal will inaugurate the festival, first of its kind in the country. The programmes of the festival include traditional songs, sports, exhibition and boat race. Mass Education and Cultural Affairs Adviser Rasheda K Chowdhury and Special Assistant to Chief Adviser Manik Lal Samaddar will be present at the inaugural ceremony of the festival.