Welcoming festival-goers, with opening addresses by the Honourable Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University,
Professor A.A.M.S. Arefin Siddique, British Council Country Director
Rosemary Arnott, Hay Festival Director
Peter Florence, Editor of
The Daily Star Mahfuz Anam, British High Commissioner in Bangladesh
HE Mr Robert Gibson and Advisor to the Prime Minister
Gowher Rizvi. Chaired by Festival Counsellor
Tahmima Anam.
Followed by tea on the lawn with the Festival writers and the producers Sadaf Saaz Siddiqi, Tahmima Anam and Peter Florence, 9.30–10.30am.