Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:12pm on 09 Sep 2023,Saturday Art & Culture
Deputy High Commissioner Sujit Ghosh inaugurated the annual United Kingdom Bengali Convention (UKBC) in London. The 2-day event on September 9-10 brings together renowned Bengali artists including Rupankar Bagchi and Rezwana Chowdhury Bonnya as special guests. Organized by the UKBC, a non-profit charity, the convention unites over 60 UK-based community organizations to celebrate Bengali culture through music, drama, food and more. Now in its 15th edition, the UKBC aims to celebrate the diaspora and foster Bengal's arts and heritage. Supported by dozens of groups, it has emerged as the largest annual gathering of Bengalis in the UK. The inauguration kicked off the festivities that will continue over the weekend.
