Dhaka: Bangla Academy on Thursday announced Rabindra Award 2015 marking the 154th birth anniversary of great poet Rabindranath Tagore.

Prof. Sanat Kumar Saha and singer Saadi Mohammad have been nominated for this year's Rabindra Award, said a Bangla Academy press release.

The awards would be handed over at a function at Bangla Academy on 10 May.

Cultural Affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor will give away the awards as the chief guest while Bangla Academy chairman Prof. Anisuzzaman will preside over the function.