Chief Minister of West Bengal Buddhadev Bhattacharjee and other poets paid tributes to late poet Shamsur Rahman at a ceremony in Rabindra Sadan’s Nandan Chattar in Kolkata.
Paschimbanga Bangla Academy organized the memorial service. The Chief Minister said Shamsur Rahman’s death is not only a loss for Bangladesh but a loss for the both the Bengals.
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