Published : 26 Feb 2026, 11:24 PM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 03:24 PM
Without warning or explanation, the Bangla Academy has left poet Mohon Raihan empty-handed at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair, withholding the literature award for which he had been selected.
The poet left the ceremony bewildered, alleging that a decades-old poem about Colonel Taher had barred him from receiving the honour.
