On the occasion of the 18th founding anniversary of Prativa Prakash Publishing House, a writers’ gathering was held at the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) Shafiqul Kabir Auditorium from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm on Friday, May 2, 2025.
Seminars, literary awards, and rhyme and poetry readings were organized at this writers’ gathering. Renowned and promising writers from all over the country participated in this writers’ gathering.
The writers’ gathering was attended by various guests – National Press Club President Poet Hasan Hafiz, novelist Rafiqur Rashid, poet Rezauddin Stalin, Jessore Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board Chairman Dr. Asma Begum, writer and researcher Dr. Yahya Mannan, Bangla Vision Editor-in-Chief Dr. Abdul Hai Siddique, children’s writer Amirul Islam, children’s writer Rahim Shah, publisher of Ananya Monirul Haque, children’s writer Ahmed Jasim, fiction writer Mahfuzur Rahman, writer and journalist Selim Awal, poet and fiction writer Mahbuba Chowdhury, CEO of NRB Islamki Life Insurance Ltd. Md. Shah Jamal Howlader, publisher of Pratibha Prakash Moin Mursalin.
The NRB Life-Prativa Prakash Literary Award was presented to 5 accomplished writers at the gathering. The awardees are: Sumon Subhan and Parveen Shahnaz for poetry, Fazlul Haque Milan for short stories, Kaniz Fatema for novels, Rubel Habib for children’s literature, and the Kanamachi Children’s Literature Award was presented to 6 accomplished writers. The awardees are: Lifetime Honorary Children’s Writer Ahmed Jasim, Manik Chakraborty and Siraj Uddin Shirul for rhymes and poems, Alamgir Khorshed and Zakir Hossain Kamal for short stories, and Polly Rahman for feature/prose.
The writers who participated from all over the country are: Tahmina Shilpi, S. Afroz, Alamgir Khorshed, Sharaban Tahura, Ahmad Swadhin, Mahbuba Chowdhury, Dr. Yahya Mannan, Polly Rahman, Pulin Roy, Shahnaz Parveen Mukti, Nazmus Sadat Noman, Nepal Sutradhar Chayan, Firoz Ahmed Babul, Akash Ahmed, Sabuj Islam, Tah Mina Nisha, Sagar Ahmed, Hasina Sayeed Mukta, CM Shahin, Golap Amin, Mashiur Rahman Durjoy, Mousumi Sumi, Azim Syed, Zahurul Haque Sumon, Bablu Moula, Sirazia Parvez, Selina Akhtar, Rashidul Hasan Bachchu, Niyamul Bari, Nurunnahar Dolly, Mahful Akhtar, Akashmani, Md. Niaz Uddin, Manik Chakraborty, Jahangir Alam Likhon, Nur Mohammad, Ferdous Ara Shaheen, Suman Subhan, Tasriba Khan, Khairunnesa Rimi, Jannat Tayba, Sadia Mim, Said Khokon Naziri, Saiful Islam Chowdhury, Shamim Hasnain, Syed Shakil Ahad, Shammi Tultul, Arshina Ferdous, Syed Kamrul Hasan, Ratan Ali, Sarkar Zahidul Islam, Rina Rahman, Sheikh Amirul Islam, Fazlul Haque Milan, Sharif Prodhan, Mahbuba Farooq, Deen Muhammad, Rubina Ruby, Rubel Habib, Wali Jasim, Shamsuddin Hira, Nasreen Rekha, Sh. M. Wahiduzzaman, Nazrul Islam Mondal, Ruhul Amin, Halim Nazrul, Nadira Khanam, HM Javed Hossain, Abu Zafar Salehi, Sadiq Mosharraf, Dayal Farooq, Salim Awal, Tahmina Mallick, Moaz Afsar, Aleya Rahman, Omar Farooq, Asim Chandra Pal, M Kamruzzaman, Javed Ahmed, Supada Biswas, Zakir Hossain Kamal, Belal Ahmed Chowdhury, Koli Chakraborty, Ishraq Jahan Jelli, Naima Chowdhury, Sulekha Akhter Shanta, Kaniz Fatema, Fahmidur Rahman, Haris Mizan, Nur Kibria, Khandaker Rumi, Sumaiya Islam, Rafiq Anam, Shirina Yasmin, Arifa Rahman, Nazneen Shuvro, Supanth Mizan, Farida Yasmin, Fakhrul Hasan, Shelly Selina, Mohammad Badsha Gazi, SM Sathi Begum, Afroza Akhter, Shahnaz Parul, Alauddin Talukder, Haran Kanti Sen, Mina Farooq and others.
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