Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was the chief guest. Eminent educationist Professor Anisuzzaman was the guest speaker. M. Abdul Karim, secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs and A.B.M. Abdul Hoque Chowdhury, secretary, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, were special guests at the programme. Noor-e-Hafza, vice president of Annit, delivered the welcome speech. Director General of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Quamrul Hassan, ndc and Mahmudul Hassan, general secretary of Annit, also spoke on the occasion.

The discussion was chaired by the President of Annit, Shafi Kamal.

Appreciating the endeavour taken by the organisation, Professor Anisuzzaman said, "There are many organisations in Bangladesh that arrange recitation programmes, however, they mainly focus on Bangla poetry. It's admirable that Annit will cover classics from other languages as well, which will surely enrich our cultural practices."

Chief guest, Professor Muhammad Yunus suggested, "In this era of globalisation, one has to devise innovative efforts to engage the audience. Since audio-visual medium is very popular these days, presenting recitation along with choreography and music may prove to be more attractive to the viewers."

On the future plan of Annit, President of the organisation, Shafi Kamal informed, "We will arrange language based recitation session. Besides, the original poems in foreign languages (other than English) Bangla and English translations will be recited in those sessions.”

The discussion was followed by a recitation programme. Child artistes presented a group recital titled Towards Humanity, a compilation of poems on humanism, edited and directed by Mahmudul Hassan. Guest recitors presented poetry from Australia, Brazil, Egypt, France, Japan and USA.

This was followed by Abdul Aziz presenting a 'Puthi Path'. Mahmudul Hassan recited Shamsur Rahman's poem Swadhinata Tumi. The English version of the poem was presented by Fareeha Sultana.

Excerpts from Rabindranath Tagore's play Raktokorobi was also recited at the programme. Shafi Kamal, Noor-e-Hafza, Abu Zafar, Nusrat Jahan and Ziaul Hassan took part in the recital.

The programme ended with a choral presentation by the artists of Annit. They recited Bangla and English versions of Shantir Jonyo Prarthona by Noor-e-Hafza.