The nation will observe International Mother Language Day today, and pay tributes to the heroes of our Language Movement.
This year marks the 73rd anniversary of the 1952 Language Movement. Drawing on research based on various published books, this 21-part series tells the story of the historic struggle for our mother tongue.
The three-part book, “Purbo Banglar Bhasha Andolan O Tatkaleen Rajneeti”, by Badruddin Umar is considered a key document of Language Movement history. The renowned researcher, writer, theorist and communist leader recently discussed the 1952 movement, the use of Bangla and different other matters with Star’s Ahmad Istiak.
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Many brave souls, both men and women, fought for our mother language Bangla during the 1952 Language Movement. However, the names of women language fighters hardly appear in written history.
The nation pays rich tributes to the martyrs of the 1952 historic Language Movement with the clock striking 12:01am, marking 'Amar Ekushey', the Language Martyrs' Day and International Mother Language Day.
Based on the 1952 Language Movement, the film Phagun Hawa is set to release on February 8, under the banner of Impress Telefilm Limited. The film is adapted from a story named Bou Kotha Kou, written by Tito Rahman. Directed by Tauquir Ahmed, the film was shot in Paikgachha Upazila of Khulna.
Syed Abdul Hannan, a language movement veteran and Freedom Fighter, died from old age complications at a private hospital in Dhaka city early Tuesday. He was 87.
Phagun Hawa is scheduled to release on February 8. We have chosen the month of February for the release, because the film is about the 1952 Language Movement.
Zainul Abedin, a Urdu speaking senior journalist and one of the 1952 Bengali Language Movement veterans, is buried at Intellectual Martyrs graveyard at Mirpur in Dhaka.
Hundreds of children, men and women from as many as 10 countries join in a solemn pledge at Zuiderpark in The Hague, Netherlands saying they will do what they all can to save their mother tongues, cultures and unity in diversity.
Two crude bombs are exploded at central Shaheed Minar in Jessore at midnight when people were paying tributes to the martyrs of the Language Movement in 1952.
Throngs of people walking barefoot, singing songs of patriotism are paying homage to the Language Movement martyrs, who sacrificed their lived for mother tongue Bangla marking a day of supreme sacrifice.
Language hero Abdul Quader Bhasani says he gets teary eyed when he sees people have no patriotism in them. “I shall never forget Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani’s advice of loving this country, my nation with patriotism. And I still continue to do that.”
