FILIPINIANA SECTION NOW OPEN AT THE NATIONAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, DHAKA

PHOTO, 20 April 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh: Ambassador Bandillo delivers his speech during the opening ceremony of the Filipinana Section at the Sufia Kamal National Public Library on 20 April 2019. Ambassador Bandillo candidly expressed his hope that at least one of the 3000 daily readers that visit the National Public Library would venture into the Filipiniana section and examine its books and map, and learn about his beloved country, the Philippines.

PHOTO, 20 April 2019, Dhaka, Bangladesh: (foreground, from left) Department of Public Libraries Director General Ashish Kumar Sarker, State Minister for Cultural Affairs Mr. KM Khalid, MP, and  Philippine Ambassador to Bangladesh Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo cut the ribbon to offically open the Filipiniana Section to the public at the Sufia Kamal National Public Library in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 20 April 2019. They are joined by Madame Alma Bandillo, standing to the left hand side of the Ambassador.