A 3-day dance festival with participation of 75 dance troops will begin on Thursday at Jatiya Natyashala in Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA). The dance festival will be inaugurated at 4 pm by State Minister for Cultural Affairs  KM Khalid as the chief guest and President of Bangladesh Nrityashilpi Sangstha Minu Haque as special guest. READ: Singer Asif Akbar indicted in ICT case Director General of BSA Liaquat Ali Lucky briefed reporters about the festival on Wednesday. He said, through this event BSA has been able to patronize 75 dance troops.  Of the troops, 50 have been provided  with financial assistance of TK 1 lakh and remaining 25 troops  with TK 80,000 each. READ: Kylie Jenner becomes first woman with 300 million Instagram followers