MYMENSINGH, Aug 27, 2023 (BSS) - Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University

(JKKNIU) in the district has chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the
47th death anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.

Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the university Professor Dr. Soumitra Sekhar Dey
placed a floral wreath at the mausoleum, which is situated in Dhaka
University (DU) area in the capital, of the Rebel Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on
behalf of the university this morning.

Treasurer Dr Ataur Rahman and Dean of the university's Business
Administration Faculty Professor Dr Md Riad Hasan were present at the time.

Prof Soumitra said Nazrul Islam made Bengali people confident. "His songs and
poems also inspired Bengali during the Liberation War in 1971," he added.

Meanwhile, another floral wreath was also placed at the statue of the Rebel
Poet on the premises of JKKNIU in Trishal to mark the death anniversary, some
22 kilometers from Mymensingh.

Dean of the Arts Faculty Dr Musharrat Shabnam, Dean of the Fine Arts Faculty
Dr Tapon Kumar Sarker, Register Dr Md Humayun Kabir and Proctor of the
university Sanjay Kumar Mukherjee were present, among others.

A Doa and Milad Mahfil was also organized at the central mosque of the
university. A special prayer was offered seeking eternal peace of the
departed soul of Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, who used to believe in equality died
on August 29 in 1976.