A senior Bangladesh minister on Tuesday exhorted the United Nations to formally adopt Bangla as one of its official languages, on the day when the country celebrated the Language Martyrs Day to ...

The road to Bangladesh’s next general election, due on Feb 12, could decide far more than who governs next. It could determine ...

Bangladesh on Monday marked its Language Martyrs’ Day and the International Mother Language Day with somber ceremonies to honor the sacrifices of people killed in the country’s 1952 Language Movement.

Bangladesh on Tuesday recalled the supreme sacrifice of the language heroes on this day 71 years back with a fresh call for recognizing Bangla as one of the UN official languages, marking Martyrs' Day ...

The Bangladesh Embassy in Seoul and Korean National Commission for UNESCO (KNCU) on Monday commemorated Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day 2022 in Seoul. Delivering opening ...

The Language Movement of 1952 is the result of our country's fight to identify as a liberated nation. The present-day economy and culture of Bangladesh are also a consequence of the independence that ...

Bangladeshis have begun paying homage to the heroes of the nation who sacrificed their lives for the right to Bangla as a state language in 1952, foiling a Pakistani conspiracy to destroy their ...

On the occasion of International Mother Language Day (February 21), Bangladesh recalled with horror the role of Pakistan in subduing the Bangla language and culture. Different socio-cultural ...

Bangladesh's indigenous languages are under threat and some could die without positive action to preserve them. Catholic and ethnic community leaders have called on authorities to protect several ...