The 65th birth anniversary of noted playwright and founder chairman of Drama and Dramatics Department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) Professor Selim Al Deen was observed on the campus on Monday.
Marking the day, Drama and Dramatics Department of the university chalked out two daylong various programmes from Monday. The programmes included a rally, placing floral wreaths on the grave of Dr Al Deen, screening documentary on him, staging drama and a seminar highlighting the life and works of the eminent playwright.
A colorful rally led by JU Vice-Chancellor Professor Farzana Islam was brought out from the Old Arts faculty around 10.30 am and ended on the graveyard of the late playwright behind the central mosque of the university after parading the main streets of the campus.
JU Vice- Chancellor Professor Farzana Islam, wife of Selim Al Deen Begumzadee Meherun Nessa, noted playwright Nasir Uddin Yousuf, the Gram Theater, the Dhaka Theater, Selim Al Deen Foundation, teachers and students of the university and various cultural organizations placed floral wreaths on the grave of Selim Al Deen, among others.
Selim Al- Deen was born to Mofizuddin Ahmed and Firoza Khatun in Shenerkhil village of Sonagazi Upazila of Feni on August 18, 1949.
