BSS :
The 122nd birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was celebrated on Tuesday in a limited scale maintaining the health guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Marking the day, State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid, on behalf of his ministry, placed a wreath at the grave of the poet besides the central mosque of Dhaka University at 7.30am.
Secretary of the ministry M Badrul Arefin and Kabi Nazrul Institute executive director (additional secretary) Mohammad Zakir Hossain, Joint Secretary
Ashim Kumar Dey and Bangla Academy Secretary AHM Lokman, among others, were present on the occasion.
Besides, the Dhaka University (DU) authority, led by its Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman, also placed a wreath at the grave of poet with a procession.
On this occasion, doa and fateha were offered seeking eternal peace of the poet’s departed soul. DU teachers, students and officials were present on the occasion.
The ruling Awami League (AL) also paid glowing tributes to National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam by placing wreaths at his grave besides Dhaka University central mosque marking his 122nd birth anniversary.
AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader along with the party’s central leaders laid wreaths at the poet’s mazar on the occasion.
AL Presidium Member Shajahan Khan, Organizing Secretaries Ahmed Hossain, Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud Swapan, SM Kamal Hossain and Advocate Afzal Hossain, Science and Technology Affairs Secretary Engineer Abdus Sabur and Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua and Deputy Office Secretary Sayem Khan were present, among others.
Later, a doa was offered seeking eternal peace of the poet’s soul.
Earlier, on Monday, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages paying rich tributes to the memory of the poet on the occasion of his 122nd birth anniversary.
Bangladesh Television (BTV) and other private TV channels are airing special programmes highlighting the poet’s life and works. Kazi Nazrul was born on the 11th Joishtha in Bengali calendar year 1306 in Churulia, near Asansol in the Burdwan district of West Bengal.
He was famous for his fiery poem Bidrohi (The Rebel) and his many melodious songs. He was a poet, lyricist, musician, revolutionary and philosopher.
The nation got inspirations from Nazrul’s poems and songs during the great Liberation War and all democratic movements and struggles.
