Nation to honour Ahmed Rafiq today
The nation will bid a solemn farewell to Language Movement veteran, eminent poet, essayist and Rabindra researcher Ahmed Rafiq as his body will be kept at Central Shaheed Minar today for the public to pay respects.
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Language hero Ahmed Rafiq dies
Language movement hero and writer Ahmed Rafiq died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in the capital Dhaka on Thursday...
Islam, hajj and the English language
In his monumental book titled Muslim Narratives and the Discourse of English (2005), MacEwan University professor of English literature Amin Malak states: 鈥楤eing associated with conquest and colonialism, English is seen as inherently inhospitable to Islam鈥� (p. 2). Although this sense of irreconcilability between Islam and English is now considered a matter of the...
Tomoshibi Academy launches Japanese language school in Dhaka
Tomoshibi Academy on Sunday launched Japanese Language School in Dhaka to empower Bangladeshi youth.
Kunming eyes medical tourism boost for Bangladeshis amid language barrier
Kunming, the capital city of China鈥檚 southern Yunnan province, is positioning itself as a potential medical tourism hub for Bangladeshis, offering quality healthcare at lower costs...
Microsoft looks to boost AI performance in European languages
US tech behemoth Microsoft is investing millions of dollars to funnel more European-language data into AI development, company president Brad Smith told AFP Monday...
Dhaka University Day celebrated
Dhaka University vice-chancellor Professor Niaz Ahmed Khan on Tuesday said that the historic events of the Language Movement in 1952, the mass uprising in 1969, the War of Independence in 1971, the anti-autocracy movement in 1990s and the 2024 student-mass uprising complemented each other...
Mamata slams Modi govt for labelling people as Bangladeshis only for language
The West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday launched a sharp attack on BJP-ruled governments in states and at the Centre over the alleged 鈥榩ush back鈥� of migrant workers from Bengal to Bangladesh, accusing the administrations of labelling those individuals as Bangladeshis only because they speak in Bengali, reports The Telegraph online...
MBUST inaugurates Japanese Language Centre
Dr Momtaz Begum University of Science and Technology inaugurated Japanese Language Centre at the university at Banshgari under Bhairab in Kishoreganj on Sunday...
BB lets banks send fees for language courses abroad
The Bangladesh Bank has widened access to foreign currency for overseas education by allowing banks to release foreign currency for language courses abroad without prior approval from the central bank...
9th death anniv of journalist Sadeq Khan today
Today is the ninth anniversary of the death of language movement hero, freedom fighter and senior journalist Sadeq Khan...
Technical education not for producing carpenters: adviser
Education adviser to the interim government Professor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar has urged for a change in the pervasive belittling mindset about technical education, stressing that technical education should be integrated with mainstream education...
Francophonie Film Festival 2025 under way in Dhaka
A ten-day film festival titled Francophonie Film Festival 2025 featuring French language films from different countries is under way at Alliance Fran莽aise Dhaka...
Making English the United States鈥檚 official language
ON 1 MARCH 2025, president Donald Trump made English the official language of the United States by an executive order. This is a significant step in the history of the country from linguistic as well as sociopolitical perspectives. However...
Power of language: double-edged sword
As February marks the month of language, it is an opportune time to reflect on the profound significance of language in shaping societies, movements, and individual lives. Language, as a tool of communication, holds immense power 鈥� it can inspire revolutions, unite communities, or incite chaos. Yet, it is also a double-edged sword, capable of both creation and destruction...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Crowd, festivity, sale delight publishers
The Ekushey Book Fair became festive with the presence of a large crowd on Bhasha Shaheed Dibas and International Mother Language Day on Friday....
Amar Ekushey observed
The nation on Friday observed Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day paying homage to the memory of the Language Movement martyrs, who made the supreme sacrifices in the 1952 Language Movement.
Shaheed Minar broken in Cumilla
A Shaheed Minar was broken at Gunabati Degree College at Chauddagram in Cumilla early Friday after tributes had been paid to the Language Movement martyrs placing wreaths at the altar of the Shaheed Minar marking Bhasha Shaheed Dibas and International Mother Language Day...
Foreign ministry observes International Mother Language Day
Foreign affairs ministry on Friday organised a programme to commemorate Martyrs鈥� Day and International Mother Language Day 2025 paying deepest respect to all language martyrs and the language movement veterans.
We respect other languages besides Bangla: Bidhan Roy
Bangladesh interim government primary and mass education adviser Professor Bidhan Ranjan Roy Podder on Friday said, apart from the majority percent of Bangla-speaking people, we have to inquire about other people speaking in remaining 40 languages.
Nation pays homage to language heroes
Thousands of people in bare feet began pouring into Shaheed Minars across the country as the clock ticked midnight past Thursday to pay tributes to the heroes who sacrificed their lives in 1952 for their mother tongue...
LANGUAGE MOVEMENT: More than language
THE history of Bangladesh鈥檚 independence is deeply rooted in the Language Movement of 1952, a struggle that set the stage for an eventual liberation from the oppressive regime of West Pakistan. This movement was not merely a fight for linguistic recognition; it was the first organised resistance against the systematic political, cultural, and economic subjugation...
Ongoing struggle for Bangla language
IN THE digital world, we are constantly engaged in communications, with English being the dominant medium. It is the language of globalisation, power and the centre. We have never fully escaped its colonial influence. We exist simultaneously in local and global spheres, inhabiting both the real and virtual worlds. The digital era presents both challenges and...
Govt should protect, promote minority languages
LITTLE progress in the preservation of 40 national minority languages, which the International Mother Language Institute is mandated to do, and the advancement in multilingual education for national minority children, which the Directorate of Primary Education supervises, largely brings up a glaring government failure. The International Mother Language Institute...
Mother tongue and beyond
FEBRUARY 21, 2025 marks the first observance of the historic language movement since the July 2024 mass uprising in Bangladesh. The groundbreaking political change brought about by last year鈥檚 student-led movement is likely to provide new or more nuanced ways of reflecting on the language struggle of the Pakistan period that, among other things, fundamentally...
BHADRALOK TO SUSHEEL: Language, identity and hegemony in post-colonial Bangladesh
IN MY small town, Bheramara, Ekushey February was a ritual. Barefoot we roamed, demanding the same of every passerby 鈥� a shedding of shoes, a mark of respect. Bangla, bhasha shaheed 鈥� these weren鈥檛 just words, they were close to the heart, a pulse. And how could they not be? Bangladesh, a nation birthed from language, its very being woven into the...
Nation set to pay homage to language martyrs tomorrow
The nation is set to pay tributes to the language martyrs on Friday on the occasion of 鈥楽haheed Dibash鈥� (Martyrs Day) and the International Mother Language Day.
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Few titles on Language Movement
Ekushey programmes at the ongoing month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 began with a 10-day theatre festival on the Mukta Mancha stage on the Suhrawardy Udyan premises on Wednesday, with only a few books on the Language Movement...
Nation set to observe Amar Ekushey
The nation is set to observe Amar Ekushey on Friday, paying rich tributes to the language movement martyrs of 1952 who made the supreme sacrifices to establish Bangla as a state language...
