Interview: Boishakhi Mela organiser Sheikh Shamimul Haque

This year’s Boishakhi Mela 2018 will be held on Saturday, 14 April at Sydney Olympic Park. This is the largest cultural fair of Bangla speaking communities in Australia. More than 25 thousands people attend and enjoy Bangla cuisine and celebrate their cultural heritage with various activities.

Bangabandhu Council Australia has been organising Boishakhi Mela: Bangla New Year Celebration for last 26 years in Sydney.

This is a leading, prestigious, popular and dynamic community organisation in Australia.

It was founded in 1989 as the Bangabandhu Parishad Australia. To make it fully understandable in English the name was changed a little in 2009. They replaced the Bangla word “Parishad” with the English word “Council”.

SBS Bangla interviewed its President Mr Sheikh Shamimul Haque.

Source: Bangabandhu Council Australia

Listen to Sheikh Shamimul Haque’s full interview (in Bangla) with SBS Bangla in the audio player above.