President of the Governing Board of BU, Mr. Fazle Hasan Abed inaugurated a four-day workshop on Contemporary Asian Art at BRAC Centre for Development Management (BCDM) on January 14, 2002. The Workshop is being organized jointly by Bengal Foundation and Bangladesh Shilpa Kala Academy. Seventy-two artists from Bahrain, Bangladesh, Denmark, Egypt, India, Iran, Khirgistan, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Sri Lanka, Syria and Yemen are participating in the workshop. In his inaugural speech, Mr. Abed said, "This is a rare opportunity for those who are not able to go abroad and see such art works". He added that "interaction among artists would bring some new ideas for art and our lives".