Tagore's 78th death anniv observed

The 78th death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore was observed on Tuesday through elaborate programmes recalling the great poet who did not leave any human emotion untouched in his works, especially poems and songs, reports BSS.

Tagore died at the age of 80 on August 7 in 1941, according to the Gregorian calendar.

But, his death anniversary is observed in Bangladesh on Sraban 22 of the Bangla calendar.

Marking the day, Bangla Academy arranged a seminar on the academy premises at 04:00 pm.

Bangla Academy Chairman Professor Emeritus Dr Anisuzzaman chaired the seminar while Professor Syed Azizul Haque presented the keynote paper.

Besides, different government and non-government institutions and cultural organisations have drawn up various programmes in observance of the day.

Seminar, discussion and reminiscence was arranged at Patisar in Naogaon, where Tagore had long association and memories.

Indian Assistant High Commissioner in Rajshahi Shri Sanjeev Kumar Bhati attended the seminar as the chief guest while Rabindra researcher and former governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr Atiur Rahman presented the keynote paper on the occasion.