Dhaka, March 21 -- Three leading film societies chose

to abstain from the Federation of

Film Societies of Bangladesh (FFSB)'s golden jubilee celebration event,

which was held on Sunday at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

Zahir Raihan Film Society and Jahangirnagar Cine Society, two film societies affiliated with Jahangirnagar University, as well as Jagannath University Cinema Society, a member of the FFSB, boycotted the ceremony once it emerged that a leading

corporate group was one of the

sponsors of the event.

In a joint statement signed by

its President Nafis Mahmud and General Secretary Bhabna

Mukherjee, the Jahangirnagar

Cine Society announced its decision to abstain from the ceremony,

stating that the celebration event ...