Bangla Academy nominated Mohon Raihan for literature award. Yet he was not honoured

He alleges he was denied the award for a poem written 40 years ago on Colonel Taher

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.