, May 25 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is working to take the country forward, drawing inspiration from National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.

"Prime Minister Tarique Rahman is trying to move the country toward development. Nazrul is the inspiration behind his work," Rizvi said while speaking to reporters after paying tribute at the poet's grave at the University of Dhaka on the occasion of Nazrul's 127th birth anniversary.

He also said National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was a major source of inspiration in the struggle against fascism.

"When we were tortured in remand, Nazrul's songs, poems and literary works inspired us to survive and resist," he said.

He said Kazi Nazrul...