Nazrul's 122nd birthday today
Staff Correspondent
25th May, 2021 09:39:08
The 122nd birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam is being celebrated across the country today through various programmes.
A poet, journalist, lyricist, composer, playwright and novelist, Kazi Nazrul is one of the most celebrated cultural icons of the nation.
His fiery poems had made him a rebel poet and encouraged the subjugated mass people to fight against repression and injustice of the British colonial rule.
The nation got inspirations from his poems and songs during the Liberation War and all democratic movements and struggles.
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of the national poet, President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages, paying rich tributes to the polymath.