Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) celebrated the 126th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on Monday evening with a cultural event titled 'Chetona O Jagorone Nazrul' at BSA's National Theatre Hall Auditorium in Segun Bagicha.
The programme was organized by the academy’s Music, Dance and Recitation Department.
Mohammad Wares Hossain, Secretary and Acting Director General of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, presided over the event, while Mehjabeen Rahman, Director of the Music, Dance and Recitation Department, delivered the welcome address.
In his remarks, Mohammad Wares Hossain highlighted the historic significance of the government's recent official recognition of Kazi Nazrul Islam as the National Poet through a gazette notification for the first time.
“Although Nazrul has long been regarded as our national poet in spirit, the current interim government has made it official. This recognition fulfills a long-cherished dream of Nazrul lovers and researchers,” he said.
He further noted, “Nazrul was a poet of equality and rebellion; whenever he saw oppression, he voiced resistance through his poems and prose. We witnessed that same spirit during the mass uprising of July 2024.”
