Mymensingh, May 23 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday said Kazi Nazrul Islam is an inseparable part of Bangladesh's identity and deplored that the national poet was not given due respect at the national level during the past two decades.

"Bangladesh and Kazi Nazrul Islam are an inseparable entity. He is a true representative of our national identity, a symbol of our national consciousness, and a pioneer of our nationalism," he said.

The Prime Minister made the remarks while inaugurating the three-day programme marking the 127th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in Trishal, Mymensingh.

On the occasion of the poet's birth anniversary, he urged all to take inspiration to remove injustice, inequality, hunger, p...