Gazette issued recognising Kazi Nazrul as National Poet

The government officially recognised Kazi Nazrul Islam as the National Poet, issuing a gazette notification on Tuesday, reports UNB.
The Ministry of Cultural Affairs made the announcement formalising a recognition long considered overdue.
This decision follows an earlier proposal approved at the Advisory Council meeting held on December 5 last year, suggesting the National Poet status be retroactively effective from May 4, 1972.
Kazi Nazrul Islam, widely revered as the 'Rebel Poet,' was brought to Dhaka from Kolkata with his family on May 24, 1972. The government allocated him residence at Dhanmondi.
In a further gesture of respect, Nazrul was granted Bangladeshi citizenship on February 18, 1976 and was also awarded the prestigious Ekushey Padak that same year.
The Kazi Nazrul Islam Institute Act of 2018 officially addressed him as the National Poet, though an official gazette notification was pending until now.