Now it is an International Mother language Day celebrating the countries ... Bengali as the state language. The movement was a turning point in Bangladesh's history and played a crucial role ...

International Mother Language Day, observed on February 21, commemorates the Language Movement of 1952 in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). On this day, several students in Dhaka were martyred while ...

The chatter is, this year, the Language Day celebrations on 21st February lacked the pomp and splendour ... one can now hear elements undermining the language agitation of their independence movement.

Bangladesh remembers the heroes, who laid down their lives for their mother language, by paying its tribute at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Friday. Language Movement Day or Martyrs Day is ...

Bangladesh became an independent country with Bengali as its official language. On November 17, 1999, UNESCO proclaimed February 21 to be International Mother Language Day and it was first ...

Local authorities in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh, demolished a mural depicting significant events from the Liberation War on the ...

Days after covering the mural of the Liberation War Memorial Mancha in the Lalmonirhat district in Bangladesh with cloth on the country's Independence Day, it was demolished at the instruction of the ...

The United States has extended its congratulations to the people of Bangladesh as they celebrate their National Day, according to ... rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the ...