A two-day long poetry festival is set to begin tomorrow on the premises of Dhaka University’s Central Library where hundreds of poets will join and recite their poems.
Organisers of the programme said along with the Bangladeshi poets, 30 other poets from India, Nepal, Bhutan, Italy, Syria, Australia and America will join the country’s largest poetry festival.
Jatiya Kabita Parishad is organising the National Poetry Festival 2014.
Convener of the festival Prof Muhammad Samad, at a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters Unity in city said the festival would feature elaborate programs, including recitation of poems, songs on language movement, seminar and photo exhibition on poets and poetry.
He added that a colourful procession will be brought out from the venue of the programme where renowned poets and litterateurs from both Bangladesh and India will participate.
Among others, Jatiya Kabita Parishad’s President Habibullah Siraji, and General Secretary Aslam Sani were present at the press conference. The country has been observing the festival since 1987.
