Marking the 58th birthday of Sheikh Russel, the youngest child of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, a children’s art competition titled Shaheed Sheikh Russel Shishu Chitrangkan Protijogita is being held on Monday at the Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Club Complex in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential Area.

Over 150 child artistes aged between six and ten years took part in the competition which was begun at 10:15 am and ended at 11:45 pm.

Subject of their painting was ‘anything they like to paint regarding Sheikh Russel.

Eminent author and director of East West Media Group Limited Imdadul Haq Milon is the chief judge of the competition while Shaheed Anwar Girls College’s art teacher Sheikh Farhana Tumpa and young artiste and daily Kaler Kantha’s cartoonist Prasun Halder were associate judges.

While preparing this report, judges were evaluating the art works.

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Limited Chairman and Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir will distribute attractive prizes among the winners of the competition.

First prize of the competition is Tk 100,000 while the second and third prize winners will get Tk 50,000 and Tk 25,000 respectively.

Sheikh Russel, also the younger brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was born on October 18 in 1964 at the historic Bangabandhu Bhaban in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi.