City Desk :
The 67th birth anniversary of noted playwright Prof Selim Al Deen, founder Chairman of Drama and Dramatics Department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) was celebrated on the campus on Thursday in a befitting manner.
The Drama and Dramatics department of the university has chalked out a 3-day programme including screening documentary films on the life of Selim al Deen and staging drama at the Selim Al Deen Muktamancha on the campus.
Marking the day, a colorful rally, led by JU Treasurer Professor Dr. Abul Khair, was brought out from the Old Arts faculty premises at around 10.30 am.
The rally ended at the graveyard of the late playwright behind the central mosque of the university after parading the main streets of the campus.
JU Treasurer Prof Dr. Abul Khair placed wreaths on behalf of Vice- Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam while wife of Selim Al Deen Begumzadee Meherun Nessa, JU Drama and Dramatics department, the Jahangirnagar Theater, the Bangladesh Gram Theater, the Dhaka Theater, Selim Al Deen Foundation as well as teachers and students of the university including various cultural organizations also placed wreaths at the grave of Selim Al Deen.
Selim Al- Deen was born to Mofizuddin Ahmed and Firoza Khatun in Shenerkhil village of Sonagazi Upazila under Feni district on August 18, 1949.
He breathed his last in city’s (Labaid Cardiac) hospital on 14 January 2008 after admitted to the hospital following a cardiac attack.
The 67th birth anniversary of noted playwright Prof Selim Al Deen, founder Chairman of Drama and Dramatics Department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) was celebrated on the campus on Thursday in a befitting manner.
The Drama and Dramatics department of the university has chalked out a 3-day programme including screening documentary films on the life of Selim al Deen and staging drama at the Selim Al Deen Muktamancha on the campus.
Marking the day, a colorful rally, led by JU Treasurer Professor Dr. Abul Khair, was brought out from the Old Arts faculty premises at around 10.30 am.
The rally ended at the graveyard of the late playwright behind the central mosque of the university after parading the main streets of the campus.
JU Treasurer Prof Dr. Abul Khair placed wreaths on behalf of Vice- Chancellor Prof Farzana Islam while wife of Selim Al Deen Begumzadee Meherun Nessa, JU Drama and Dramatics department, the Jahangirnagar Theater, the Bangladesh Gram Theater, the Dhaka Theater, Selim Al Deen Foundation as well as teachers and students of the university including various cultural organizations also placed wreaths at the grave of Selim Al Deen.
Selim Al- Deen was born to Mofizuddin Ahmed and Firoza Khatun in Shenerkhil village of Sonagazi Upazila under Feni district on August 18, 1949.
He breathed his last in city’s (Labaid Cardiac) hospital on 14 January 2008 after admitted to the hospital following a cardiac attack.
