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The 36th National Poetry Festival will be held on February 1- 2. Poets from Argentina, Nepal, Germany, Iraq, Philippines and other countries will participate in it, which will be held in the square adjacent to Dhaka University Library (Hakim Chattar).
'Jatiya Kabita Parishad' held a press conference on the 2nd floor of TSC on Saturday, 20 January.
Tariq Sujat, General Secretary of Jatiya Kabita Parishad, read the written statement at the press conference. It says, "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 to 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."
President of Jatiya Kabita Parishad and Pro Vice-Chancellor of DU, Prof. Muhammad Samad, presided over the conference.
Muhammad Samad highlighted the historical context of the National Poetry Festival, "It is not possible for today's generation to imagine how poetry originated in Dhaka University campus. However, we got support from people. Journalists, writers, and publishers all supported us.
Regarding the global context, he said we always favour peace; Poets have advocated peace since ancient times.
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