The National Poetry Council announced that the “National Poetry Festival 2026” will be held on February 1 and 2 in Dhaka under the theme “Poetry will resist anti-cultural arrogance.” The announcement came at a press conference on January 4, 2026, at the National Press Club’s Zahur Hossain Milonayatan, attended by poets Mohon Raihan, Rezauddin Stalin, Manab Surat, Matin Bairagi, Hasan Hafiz, Anamika Haque Lili, and other council leaders. The festival will be inaugurated by Mir Mostafizur Rahman, father of martyred freedom fighter Mir Mahfuzur Rahman Mugdho, with Mustafa Sarwar Farooki, adviser to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, as chief guest.
The two-day event will feature seminars, poetry readings, recitations, music, and dance performances with participation from poets, writers, journalists, cultural activists, intellectuals, and political figures from home and abroad. Registration for local and foreign poets opened on January 4, with a fee of 200 taka, and the festival office has been set up at Dhaka University’s TSC swimming pool area.
Speakers at the press conference emphasized the role of poetry in defending democracy, resisting cultural aggression, and promoting artistic expression for the nation.
আমার দেশ অনলাইন প্রকাশ : ০৪ জানুয়ারি ২০২৬, ১৭: ০৯ আমার দেশ অনলাইন আগামি ১ ও ২ ফেব্রুয়ারি "সংস্কৃতি বিরোধী আস্ফালন রুখে দিবে কবিতা" প্রতিপাদ্য সামনে রেখে "জাতীয় কবিতা উৎসব-২০২৬" আয়োজন উপলক্ষ্যে ০৪ জানুয়ারি ২০২৬, রোববার সকাল ১১: ৩০
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