RANGPUR, Dec 8, 2018 (BSS) – The International Rhyme Writers’ Conference-
2018 was held here on Friday amid festivity entertaining hundreds of
children, students, socio-cultural and literary personalities and common
people.
The Rangpur divisional committee of ‘Rhyme Sangsad’ organised the daylong
event for the first time at Town Hall auditorium on the Public Library
premises in the city.
More than 100 rhyme writers from all over the country and 11 popular rhyme
writers from India, Nepal and Bhutan participated in the conference.
The rhyme writers began activities of the conference in the morning with
placing of wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar on the Public Library
premises paying rich tributes to the three million martyred of the Great War
of Liberation of Bangladesh.
Later, living legend of Bengali rhyme literature Rafikul Haque Dadu Bhai
formally inaugurated the conference after rendering the national anthem by
the participating rhyme writers.
Noted child litterateur and rhyme writer Aslam Sunny attended the
discussion in first session of the conference as the chief guest with Chief
Advisor of Rangpur divisional committee of ‘Rhyme Sangsad’ Shahidur Rahman
Bishu in the chair.
Convener of Kishoreganj Rhyme Festival Parishad Ahmed Ullah, Rhyme writer
Jahangir Alam Jahan, Founder President of Anon Foundation SM Shamsul Alam,
rhyme writers Adoitya Marut and Rezaul Karin Jiban addressed as special
guests.
With President of Rangpur divisional committee of ‘Rhyme Sangsad’ Sayeed
Sahedul Islam in the chair, Indian rhyme writers Maloy Chandra Mukherjee,
Satish Biswas and Dilruba Ahmed, Bhutanese rhyme writer Nikita Prodhan,
Nepalese rhyme writers Bhabna Pakhrel and Sonali Shrestha addressed the
discussion in the second session.
Noted literary personalities, including former Head of the Department of
Bengali of Rangpur Begum Rokeya Government College Professor Mohammad Shah
Alam, Dr Mofizul Islam Mantu and Chief Advisor of ‘Mouchak’ Rezaul Karim
Mukul addressed, among others.
The participating rhyme writers from both home and abroad recited their
self-composed rhymes in both of the sessions moderated by Rangpur Divisional
Committee’s General Secretary of ‘Rhyme Sangsad’ Rezaul Karim Jiban.
At the end, Rangpur Divisional Committee of ‘Rhyme Sangsad’ awarded Rafikul
Haque Dadu Bhai in the field of writing rhymes for this year.