National Poetry Festival on Feb 1-2

The 36th National Poetry Festival would be held at Hakim Chattar adjacent to Dhaka University Central Library on February 1-2.
Poets from Argentina, Nepal, Germany, Iraq, Philippines and other countries would participate in the festival.
'Jatiya Kabita Parishad' disclosed the information at a press conference held on the 2nd floor of the Teacher-Student Centre building of the university on Saturday.
Tariq Sujat, general secretary of Jatiya Kabita Parishad, reading a statement said, "We have continuously talked about dictatorship, communalism, fundamentalism, war crimes trial and the trial of Bangabandhu's killers. Born from the spark of betrayal of poets, this festival has evolved from a national into an international festival. Poets of Bangladesh have always stood for progress."
"For almost three and a half decades, the struggling poets of different countries and languages of the world have spoken shoulder to shoulder with us about the liberation of people in this festival. We have managed to turn this festival into a gathering of poetry," he added.
President of Jatiya Kabita Parishad and Pro Vice-Chancellor of DU Prof Muhammad Samad presided over the conference. Highlighting the historical context of the National Poetry Festival, Muhammad Samad said, "It's not possible for today's generation to imagine how poetry originated in Dhaka University campus. However, we got support from people. Journalists, writers, publishers all supported us."
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