The Shaheed Dibash and the International Mother Language Day was observed with due respect in Canberra with the wider participation of Bangladesh community and foreigners. People representing government offices, ACT ministers, ambassadors, multilingual community groups and Bangladeshi diaspora assembled at dawn and spontaneously joined the "Probhat Fery" with flowers, festoons and banner singing the song of Ekushey “Amar bhaier rokte rangano ekushe February, ami ki bhulite pari”.   Read: Amar Ekushey, International Mother Language Day observed in Tokyo Australian dignitaries, including the Australian Capital Territory Attorney General and Leader of the ACT Greens Shane Rattenbury, Minister for Health, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and Minister for Families and Community Rachel Stephen-Smith, ambassadors, including from India and Russia and other members of the diplomatic corps, First Assistant Secretary of North and South Asia Division of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Gary Cowan, and Bangladesh community members passionately attended the "Probhat Fery" at the cusp of dawn.  "Probhat Fery" was organised for the fourth consecutive year around Manuka Oval that ended at makeshift Shaheed Minar at Telopia Park.  After the walk, the ministers and other dignitaries paid their homage to the language heroes by placing floral wreaths at the altar of the Saheed Minar.