Tagore鈥檚 mural refurbished after being defaced with black ink
The mural of poet Rabindranath Tagore at Kumarkhali in Kushtia has been restored after miscreants blotted it with black ink...
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EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: More volumes of poetry, fewer readers
The number of volumes of poetry at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 this week reached 300 but the sale of collections of poems decreased as people read poems in different ways, publishers said on Thursday...
Associate professor poet Galib made OSD
The government on Thursday made associate professor Sohel Hasan Galib, also a poet and essayist, an officer on special duty and attached him to Shyamnagar Government Mohsin Degree College in Satkhira...
Kazi Nazrul Islam officially declared as national poet
Kazi Nazrul Islam has been recognised as the 鈥楴ational Poet鈥� of Bangladesh from the date of his arrival in Bangladesh on May 24, 1972...
Helal Hafiz buried with state honours
Renowned poet Helal Hafiz, widely known as poet of rebellion and love, was laid to rest at the Martyred Intellectuals鈥� Graveyard at Mirpur in Dhaka on Saturday...
Journalist Ershad Majumder laid to rest
Poet and journalist Ershad Majumder was laid to eternal rest at the Martyred Intellectuals鈥� Graveyard at Mirpur in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Poet Ershad Majumder dies
Poet, translator, researcher and journalist Ershad Majumder died of old age complications while undergoing treatment at Dhaka鈥檚 United Hospital Sunday night. He was 84...
Bijoy Sarkar鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the 39th anniversary of death of poet and composer Bijoy Sarkar...
Rabiul Husain鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the fifth anniversary of death of poet and architect Rabiul Husain...
Poetry for upholding mass uprising spirit held at BSA
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy held a poetry recitation programme to uphold the spirit of the recent student-led mass uprising at its National Art Gallery Auditorium in Dhaka on Sunday...
Belal Chowdhury birth anniv today
Today is the 86th anniversary of the birth of poet Belal Chowdhury.
Study of Bangladeshi poems incomplete without poet Farrukh Ahmad: seminar
Speakers at a seminar to mark the 50th death anniversary of poet Farrukh Ahmad at Bangla Academy said that study of Bangladeshi poems was incomplete without poet Farrukh Ahmad...
Remain alert to fascism, dictatorship in future: poets
Poets and writers at a programme on Monday urged people of the country to remain alert so that no government could be a 鈥榝ascist鈥� and 鈥榙ictator鈥� in the name of development or any other issues in future...
Kazi Nazrul鈥檚 death anniv today
Today is the 48th anniversary of the death of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
Al Mahmud鈥檚 birth anniv observed
The 88th anniversary of the birth of poet Al Mahmud was observed on Thursday.
Poet Makid Haider dies
Bangla Academy award-winning poet Makid Haider passed away on Wednesday at his residence at Uttara in the Dhaka city...
135th birth anniversary of Anna Akhmatova observed
The 135th anniversary of the birth of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova was observed on Tuesday...
Poet Abul Hussain鈥檚 10th death anniv today
Today is the 10th death anniversary of renowned Bangladeshi poet Abul Hussain.
Rudra鈥檚 literary works embody love, rebellion, social justice: discussion
Speakers, including lyricists and academicians, said that the literary works of poet Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah embodied love, rebellion and social justice...
Poet Ashim Saha passes away
Ekushey Padak-winning poet and novelist Asim Saha passed away on Tuesday at the age of 75.
Kazi Nazrul Islam: voice of commoners
KAZI Nazrul Islam, one of the eminent poets of the Bangla literature, composed poems and songs mostly. The number of his poems would go beyond 500 and the songs 2,500. He also wrote three novels and at least three collections of stories. Some essays were part of his literal pursuit, too. However, his poems and songs are valued as gems of the Bangla literature...
Kazi Nazrul Islam鈥檚 125th birth anniv today
Today is the 125th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. The birth anniversary of Nazrul, widely known as the...
Bangladeshi poets observe Nakba Day in Dhaka
Renowned poets of the country said that any aggression or war destroyed people鈥檚 freedom and displaced them from their homes...
Nadira Bhabna鈥檚 鈥楻udra and Beyond鈥� available at bookshops
A collection of translated poems in English of poet Rudra Muhammad Shahidullah titled Rudra and Beyond is now available at different bookshops.