Bangladesh is progressing with spirit of sacrifices: PM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh is making progress as the country is run following the spirit of great sacrifices taught by the martyrs of the Language Movement and the Liberation War. “Today the fate of the country’s people has changed since Bangladesh has been marching forward with the ideology that we had...

Our art and literature have to be spread all over the world through proper translation: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (21 February) laid emphasis on preserving, practicing and strengthening the mother tongue, urging all to spread Bangla art and literature all over the world through proper translation. "Our art and literature have to be spread all over the world through proper translation alongside preserving our mother tongue,...

Sacrifice of language martyrs gives world an occasion to celebrate diversity: Sajeeb Wazed pays tribute to language heroes

In a profound reflection on the significance of Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day, ICT Adviser to the Prime Minister, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, honored the valor and sacrifice of the 1952 Language Movement martyrs. Through a message shared on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account, he recounted the historic struggle that not...

Our Language, Our pride: Bangla Secured through Blood

Every year, we take a step back to commemorate our gallant heroes who sacrificed their lives on the fateful day of February 21, 1952 in a bid to defend and uphold our mother tongue and secure it as state language. Taking on the powerful state machinery of Pakistan, these young men defended the right of every Bengali citizen to speak their own...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for research to preserve and develop mother languages

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid emphasis on the necessity of research on languages, saying that International Mother Language Institute (IMLI) has the responsibility to preserve all the languages existing in the world. “I think IMLI has the responsibility to preserve all the languages prevailing in the world as well as conduct res...

Bangabandhu's Vision of Literature and Culture

Hiren Pandit: The great architect of Bangladesh's independence, Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is known worldwide as a freedom fighter and great politician. He is a man of politics; politics is the meditation-knowledge of his life. He is the best nationalist leader of the Bengali nation. The political entity is Bangaban...

How Ekushey created Bangladesh

Hiren Pandit: The nation had to set out twice to establish the Bangla language -- the mother tongue of the Bangali nation -- as one of the state languages of Pakistan. The first time was in 1948, and the second time was in 1952. After the birth of Pakistan, they had started a heinous conspiracy to reduce Bangla to a third-class status. Bangla ...

Weeds of our land remain blind to the developments: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that those who fail to appreciate the country's achievements are the "weeds of the land" and the people have to think what they would do with this section. "The Father of the Nation used to say one thing, the land of the country is so much fertile that there are plenty of crops along with weeds. This...

Use familiar words to make science education easy: HPM Sheikh Hasina

To make science education easy, Sheikh Hasina has put accent on employing familiar words instead of being too conservative in using a particular terminology.Speaking at an event marking Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day via a video call from the Ganabhaban on Monday, she said her government is prioritising research in every spher...

International Mother Language Day and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Barrister Shah Ali Farhad: During her first tenure as Prime Minister of PR of Bangladesh (1996-2001), H.E Sheikh Hasina played a crucial role in establishing 21st February and the Bangla language movement internationally. An initiative was undertaken by two expatriate Bangladeshi in Canada, Freedom Fighter Mr. Rafiqul Islam and Mr. Abdus Salam...

Language Movement paved way for independence: HPM Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the struggle to establish the primacy of Bengali as the mother language started by the Father of the Nation paved the way for Bangladesh's independence.Hasina also urged the people to take pride in their heritage and history as Bangalees while virtually addressing the presentation ceremony of the Ekushey Padak-2...

Nation pays respect to Language Martyrs

The supreme sacrifice of the language heroes on this day 66 years back is being remembered as people in thousands are thronging the Central Shaheed Minar at midnight to pay their glowing tributes to the 1952 language martyrs by placing wreaths at the altar of the monument.President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led the nation in p...

Ekushey and all its forgotten details

Syed Badrul Ahsan: Story is always underpinned by substance. It is not history when facts are trifled with. Again, there are all too often the forgotten or sidelined historical realities which need to be retrieved in the interest of adding richness to the future, for it is the past that reaches out to the times to be. There is much that we nee...

HPM Sheikh Hasina for delivering verdicts in Bangla

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has requested the judges to deliver the verdicts of lawsuits in Bangla taking into consideration the poor knowledge of most of the litigants in the foreign language. “Because of poor knowledge in English, most of the litigants need to depend on their lawyers to understand the verdict. The litigants have no sco...