UNB, Dhaka :The 116th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be celebrated today across the country in a befitting manner.The celebration of the day will start with placing wreaths at the poet’s grave at Dhaka University campus in the morning. The government and various socio-cultural and political organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the day.The programmes include placing of wreaths at the poet’s grave on the premises of Dhaka University Mosque, discussions, rallies and cultural functions. This year, the main national programme would be held at Comilla Town Hall ground. Comilla district administration is going to arrange a three-day colourful programme at the Town Hall ground to mark the day.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to inaugurate the programme on Monday.The Shilpakala Academy and Nazrul Institute will organize cultural programmes at the Shilpakala Academy to celebrate the day.The Nazrul Institute will organize various programs to mark the day.Special programmes on Nazrul’s works, including his plays, poetry and songs, will be broadcast on TV channels and radio stations marking the national poet’s birthday.Born on May 25 in 1899 at village Churulia in Burdwan district of West Bengal in India, Nazrul through his fiery poems had inspired the people to fight against injustice and repression of the colonial rule.The fearless voice of the poet also earned him the wrath of the British rulers who had jailed him several times for igniting people’s desire for independence through his poems.Nazrul’s songs and poems were also great sources of inspiration for the freedom fighters during the Liberation War in 1971. .Nazrul is officially recognised as the national poet of Bangladesh.
