RANGPUR, March 1, 2020 (BSS) – The colourful “Spring Poem Festival-2020”
enchanted a huge audience at Shilpokola Academy auditorium in the city on
Saturday night.
‘The Anjolika Sahitya Potra’, a local weekly literary magazine, organised
the festival with the theme of “Let Us Sing the Song of Victory in Life” and
participation of writers, poets, lyricists, educationists and socio-cultural
personalities.
Editor of magazine poet Dilruba Shahadat presided over the festival where
recitation of poems, self-composed poems and lyrics dedicated to the queen of
the season “spring” enthralled the audience.
Nazira Banu, wife of Deputy Commissioner of Rangpur Md. Asib Ahsan,
attended the festival as the chief guest.
Noted writer and poet Abu Jafar Abdullah and literary organiser and
lyricist AKM Shahidur Rahman Bishu addressed the festival as guests of
honour.
Writers and poets Dr. Nasima Akhter, Delwar Hossain, Basher Ibne Jahur,
Nahida Yasmin, Mahmud Elahi Mandal, Soilendra Nath Barma, ATM Murshed,
Mahbubul Islam, Shahjahan Mandal, Bimolendu Roy, Nur Nahar Begum, Laila
Shirin, Rashida Begum Rubi, Ayesha Siddika, Momin Uddin Patwari and Rezaul
Karim Jiban recited poems, self-composed poems and rhymes dedicated to the
spring season.
Thanking the organisers for arranging the festival, the chief guest
stressed nurturing Bengali literature, culture and heritage to build a
peaceful and prosperous Bangladesh free from drug, corruption, militancy and
terrorism.