Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday paid homage to the 1952 Language Movement martyrs marking Amar Ekushey, the Language Martyrs Day, and the International Mother Language Day. The party’s central leaders led by its standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain reached the Central Shaheed Minar around 12:30 pm after waiting for nearly five hours and placed a wreath at its altar. The leaders and activists of the party gathered in front of Balaka Cinema Hall at Nilkhet at 7:30am wearing black badges. Later, they first offered fateha at the graves of Language Movement martyrs at Azimpur Graveyard. It took around five hours for the BNP leaders to go to the Central Shaheed Minar to pay tributes to the martyrs. Talking to reporters there, Mosharraf alleged that they were subjected to political vengeance as they came to pay homage at the Central Shaheed Minar on the occasion of Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day. "We start moving towards the Shaheed Minar with a procession at dawn from Balaka building at 7:30 am. We had to stand in front of Salimullah Hall for almost five hours to reach the Shaheed Minar,” he said. Read more: BNP chalks out 2-day programme to observe Ekushey February The BNP leader said the names of some organisations have been repeatedly announced through the loudspeakers and they did not leave the altar intentionally as they wasted time unnecessarily. “It is the failure of those who were in charge of administration here. Even today we’re subjected to political vengeance here (at Shaheed Minar). It is very sad. We strongly protest and condemn it. They have deliberately made it happen,” he alleged. BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan, chairperson’s advisers Aman Ullah Aman, Abdus Salam, Habibur Rahman Habib, joint secretaries general Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Khairul Kabir Khokon, Habib-Un-Nabi Khan Sohel, acting office secretary Syed Imran Saleh Prince and publicity affairs secretary Shaheed Uddin Chowdhury Anne were, among others, present there, Earlier on Monday, the party arranged a discussion at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, marking the day. BNP also kept their party and national flags at half-mast and hoisted black flags at its Nayapaltan central office at 6 am in observance of the day. Besides, BNP’s different units across the country also observed the day with due respect amid various programmes. Ekushey February is observed simultaneously as Shaheed Dibas and International Mother Language Day in recognition of the Bengali nation’s supreme sacrifice to the cause of their mother tongue. In 1999, UNESCO declared the 21st of February as the International Mother Language Day.  

International School Dhaka (ISD) has recently arranged separate assemblies for primary and secondary schools to observe International Mother Language Day 2022. Students from playgroup to Grade 12, their parents, and school staff attended the event online. Read: Discussion on International Mother Language Day held at Russian House There were performances by enthusiastic students on this occasion, including an instrumental entry in piano playing “Amar Bhai Er Rokte Rangano”.  The assembly came to an end with the concluding speech by Thomas Van der Wielen, the director of ISD)l. ISD is a community of 32 different nationalities, and throughout these assemblies, they have celebrated language diversity in their community.

BNP on Sunday paid homage to the martyrs of 1952 Language Movement, marking Amar Ekushey, the Language Martyrs Day and the International Mother Language Day.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid rich tribute to the martyrs of the Language Movement by placing wreath at the Central Shaheed Minar marking ‘Amar Ekushey’ -- the International Mother Language Day and Shaheed Dibosh.

The nation paid deep respects to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement on Friday, marking 'Amar Ekushey', the Language Martyrs’ Day and the International Mother Language Day.

A group of foreign students at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University, led by Bangladeshi students, observed the International Mother Language Day on the campus on Friday.

Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi paid tributes to the 1952 Language Movement martyrs on Friday.

The nation is paying deep respects to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement on Friday, marking 'Amar Ekushey', the Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day.

French Ambassador to Bangladesh Jean-Marin Schuh has paid tributes to the memories of the martyrs of the Language Movement on the occasion of International Mother Language Day to be celebrated on February 21.