Two-day tourism carnival begins in Kuakata

A two-day tourism carnival began in Kuakata here this morning.

The carnival opened with a beach football competition, while other events included a kite festival and a drawing competition.

The kite festival was held at Lembur Bon Beach in Kuakata at 4:30 pm, with colourful kites filling the sky above the beach.

In the drawing competition, children depicted various tourist destinations, historical monuments and elements of the country's heritage in their drawings.

Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister M Rashiduzzaman Millat, State Minister for Planning Md Zonayed Abdur Rahim Saki, Patuakhali-4 lawmaker A B M Mosharrof Hossain and senior administrative officials, among others, attended the event.

A concert featuring popular Bangladeshi artistes was scheduled for tonight, while a beach marathon, a traditional pitha festival and other programmes were scheduled for tomorrow morning.