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...

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 ...

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...

Language Movement and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had a special contribution to the Language Movement. A lifelong supporter of the mother language, he dedicated his services to acquiring the due recognition of Bangla language in the initial phase of the Language Movement in 1947 and later on as a lawmaker and as the President. Till his deat...