Dhaka's Russian House organized a seminar on "Russian Language as Native" in commemoration of International Mother Language Day.

The seminar "Russian Language as Native" was organized under the initiative of the Russian House of Dhaka in cooperation with the Liberation War Affairs Academy Trust.

Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Central Office in Moscow, Pavel A. Shevtsov was the chief guest at the seminar.

In his welcome speech, Pavel Dvoychenkov, the director of Russian House in Dhaka highlighted its activities in the promotion of Russian language education in Bangladesh and the important role in increasing the scholarships provided by the Russian government for Bangladeshi students, as well as various programs of the Russian government for the development of youth in Bangladesh.

Pavel Shevtsov said in his speech that it is proven that Bangladeshis love Russia very much, and he is impressed to hear Russian spoken by Bengalis. He assured that the scholarship of the Russian government for Bangladeshi students will be gradually increased.

In the seminar also spoke Soviet Russian Graduates Sattar Mia, President, Russian Friendship Society with Bangladesh; Yasmeen Sultana, Russian Language Teacher, Russian House in Dhaka; Zaheed Reza Noor, Deputy Editor, Ajker Patrika and Teacher, translator, and writer from Russian literature; Olga Roy, Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering (NSE), Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST); Freedom Fighter Shahjahan Sardar; and Dr. Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad, Chairman of Liberation War Affairs Academy Trust.

They all recalled Russia's friendly relations and humanitarian assistance with deep respect and expressed hope that the Russia-Bangladesh friendship would be stronger.

They also emphasized higher education in Russia and the study of the Russian language in order to truly understand the rich Russian literature.

Freedom fighters from different districts of the country, Russian language students, media representatives of Bangladesh, and other dignitaries were present at the event.