Nishiddho Sompadokiyo

Nishiddho Sampadokiyo (Bengali: নিষিদ্ধ সম্পাদকীয়, lit. 'Banned Editorial') is a poem written by Helal Hafiz in 1969. Set against the backdrop of the Bangladesh Liberation War, the poem primarily focuses on the 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising and calls for the movement to take up arms. Later, it was included in the poetry collection Je Jole Agun Jole, published in 1986.

When the poem was submitted for publication in the Daily Pakistan, literary editor Ahsan Habib refused to publish it, deeming it anti-state. Subsequently, Ahmed Sofa and Humayun Kabir wrote the first two lines of the poem on flyers and pasted them on the walls around the University of Dhaka. The poem was frequently recited at various political gatherings of the East Pakistan Students' League. After Bangladesh won its independence (from the Mujib era onward) leftist political parties in Bangladesh widely used the poem. It also gained significant attention during the 1990 Bangladesh mass uprising, resonating deeply with the people.