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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been awared a doctorate in literature from West Bengal\u2019s Kazi Nazrul University during a special convocation on Saturday.\nShe was awarded with the honorary D Lit degree at the event in Asansol on Saturday.
\nVice Chancellor Sadhan Chakraborty said the degree was awarded to Hasina for her role in creating a democratic society free of exploitation and discrimination, for empowering women, alleviating poverty and promoting socio-economic development.
\nThe event was part of West Bengal\u2019s celebration of poet Kazi Nazrul Islam\u2019s 119th birthday on Saturday. Bangladesh celebrated the birth of its national poet on Friday.
\n\u201cI am honored to receive this award on such a significant say because I have been able to visit the great poet\u2019s place of birth on his birthday and have received an honorary \u2018Doctor of Literature\u2019 degree from the university named after him,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cI believe this honour is not for me alone, but for all the people of Bangladesh.\u201d
\nShe dedicated the degree to \u2018all Bangalees\u2019.
\n\u201cNazrul was more than a poet. He was an essayist, a songwriter, a singer, a lyricist, a musician, a playwright, a journalist, an editor and a soldier. He was a man of many talents,\u201d she added.
\nShe also highlighted his contributions to the literature of both Muslim and Hindu Bangalees.
\n\u201cBengal may be divided,\u201d she said. \u201cBut Nazrul and Rabindranath cannot be. They both belong to both Bengals.\u201d<\/p>\n