In the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the nation Friday digitally celebrated the 159th birth anniversary of Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism, reports BSS.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate message on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.
Marking the birth anniversary of Rabindranath, a special one-hour programme titled ‘Ami Voi Korbo Na, Voi Korbo Na’ was aired on Bangladesh Television simultaneously and various private Television (TV) channels under the auspices of Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
State Minister for Cultural Affairs K M Khalid gave welcome speech at the programme. The special programme on Rabindranath was jointly organized by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and Bangladesh Television under the auspices of Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) Director General Liaquat Ali Lucky made the programme while Director General of Bangladesh Television SM Harun- ur-Rashid was in the overall supervision.
On the 25th of Baishakh in 1268 Bengali year, Rabindranath, the fountainhead of Bengali wisdom, was born at Jorasanko in Kolkata.
