International Mother Language Day
Film Festival to celebrate indigenous languages
Marking the significance of the day, two prestigious organisations, Zahir Raihan Film Institute and the Govt. Graphic Arts Institute has joined forces to organise a film festival titled “Matribhashar Chalachitra Utsab”, dedicated to distinctive mother languages.
REFLECTIONS / Bangalis and the “cutification” of English
On a single visit to the Chadni Chowk gully at the Gawsia/New Market area, I had witnessed, store by store, the gradual devolvement of the name for Mysore cotton to Maisha cotton.
For the love of mother language
As the nation observed International Mother Language Day, members of the Bangladesh Scouts collected flowers from the surroundings of the Central Shaheed Minar and designed a large decorative motif in front of the monument yesterday morning.
INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY / Of language and sexism: We are what we speak
Amanda Montell states that gender is directly linked to power in many cultures, as is language. It’s just that we are unable to identify the difference. People use language to express gender. Gender also impacts a person’s speech and how that speech is perceived.
Our dream is to make Bangla an official UN language: FM
In a heartfelt tribute to the heroes of the 1952 Language Movement, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud today articulated Bangladesh's aspiration to accord Bangla the status of an official language of the United Nations
Tributes to language martyrs pour in at Central Shaheed Minar
On the occasion of Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day, people from all walks of life flocked to the Central Shaheed Minar late last night and early today to pay their respects to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement
UNDP launches "Sign Language E-Dictionary" on International Mother Language Day
This initiative underscores UNDP's ongoing commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and accessibility in all facets.
President, PM pay homage to Language Movement heroes
President Md Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day
How Ekushey was commemorated during the Pakistan period
The Language Movement began in the immediate aftermath of the establishment of Pakistan, spurred by the demands of student organisations in the then East Pakistan. It was a crucial component of a broader set of demands addressing the realities of East Pakistan.
Film Festival to celebrate indigenous languages
Marking the significance of the day, two prestigious organisations, Zahir Raihan Film Institute and the Govt. Graphic Arts Institute has joined forces to organise a film festival titled “Matribhashar Chalachitra Utsab”, dedicated to distinctive mother languages.
Bangalis and the “cutification” of English
On a single visit to the Chadni Chowk gully at the Gawsia/New Market area, I had witnessed, store by store, the gradual devolvement of the name for Mysore cotton to Maisha cotton.
For the love of mother language
As the nation observed International Mother Language Day, members of the Bangladesh Scouts collected flowers from the surroundings of the Central Shaheed Minar and designed a large decorative motif in front of the monument yesterday morning.
Of language and sexism: We are what we speak
Amanda Montell states that gender is directly linked to power in many cultures, as is language. It’s just that we are unable to identify the difference. People use language to express gender. Gender also impacts a person’s speech and how that speech is perceived.
Our dream is to make Bangla an official UN language: FM
In a heartfelt tribute to the heroes of the 1952 Language Movement, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud today articulated Bangladesh's aspiration to accord Bangla the status of an official language of the United Nations
Tributes to language martyrs pour in at Central Shaheed Minar
On the occasion of Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day, people from all walks of life flocked to the Central Shaheed Minar late last night and early today to pay their respects to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement
UNDP launches "Sign Language E-Dictionary" on International Mother Language Day
This initiative underscores UNDP's ongoing commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and accessibility in all facets.
President, PM pay homage to Language Movement heroes
President Md Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day
International Mother Language Day: Languages we may lose soon
Mang Pu Mro, 78, from Kranchipara of Bandarban’s Alikadam upazila, is among the last seven speakers, all of whom are elderly, of Rengmitcha language.
Through the lens of Rafiqul Islam
National Professor Rafiqul Islam’s profound contribution to documenting the Language Movement in Bangladesh was the culmination of a lifelong passion for photography.