State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md. Zakir Hossen on Saturday said Bangabandhu book corner and Shahid Minar will be set up at all government primary schools across the country.

He said this while making a surprise visit to Mudafat Thana Government Primary School in Chilmari Upazila under Kurigram, said a PID handout.

The state minister visited the classrooms of the schools and talked to the students.

He said Bangla reading capacity among Class-III to Class-V students will be increased to cent percent on the occasion of Mujib Borsha (Mujib Year).

The government announced the Mujib Year (March 2020- March 2021) celebration, marking the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.