DHAKA, Oct 29, 2024 (BSS) - The trustee board of the Kabi Nazrul Institute has been restructured, adding two new members—writer and journalist Ehasan Mahamud and Nazrul scholar Md Jehad Uddin.

The government has reconstituted the eight-member board of trustees under the authority of Section 6 of the Kabi Nazrul Institute Act, 2018, as amended on June 13, 2022, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs here today.

The newly formed board is chaired by Khilkhil Kazi, granddaughter of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, while the institute's executive director serves as the member-secretary by default. 

In addition to the two new members, the board includes Nazrul Sangeet artiste Ferdous Ara and Professor Dr Leena Taposi Khan from Dhaka University's music department.

 Other default members include a senior representative from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and a representative from the Ministry of Education's Secondary and Higher Education Division.

The trustee board will operate under the legal framework of Section 6 of the Kabi Nazrul Institute Act, 2018.