Dhaka, June 21 -- The Nazrul Award 2018 was officially handed over on June 14 at a seminar at the Kabi Sufia Kamal Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbagh in the city. The awardees were vocalists Selina Hossain and Josef Kamal Rodrix for their contributions to Nazrul Music. State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid was present as chief guest with the aim to honour the recipients not out of benevolence but because they deserve their awards. He also mentioned in his laudatory address to the recipients that the government would very soon reestablish the 'Nazrul Corner' in the National Museum and also construct a new complex for Nazrul Institute worth fifty crore taka.

The state minister added that the revived Nazrul Corner, w...