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...
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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...
MINORITY LANGUAGES: Hardly any progress in preservation, education
The International Mother Language Institute has made little progress in preserving 40 national minority languages in 14 years since its inception in 2010...
Role of Popular Life in economy discussed
A discussion titled 鈥楻ole of Popular Life in employment, poverty alleviation and economic development of the country鈥� was held at the International Mother Language Institute Auditorium at Segunbagicha in Dhaka...
NATIONAL MINORITY LANGUAGE GRAFFITI: 2 confronting platforms to hold demos before NCTB
Two confronting students鈥� platforms are scheduled to stage demonstrations today cordoning off the National Curriculum and Textbook Board building in the capital over removal of graffiti on the national minority groups from a textbook...
Mohiuddin Ahmed鈥檚 birth centenary today
The birth centenary of Language Movement hero and former lawmaker Mohiuddin Ahmed will be celebrated today...
Language Movement heroine Marium Begum dies
Language Movement heroine and former lawmaker Marium Begum passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Thursday....
Chhatra Kalyan Trust holds national seminar
Bangladesh Chhatra Kalyan Trust organised national seminar on 鈥楻ole of Student鈥揚eople鈥檚 protest in building future Bangladesh鈥� and released Student鈥揚eople鈥檚 uprising-2024 calendar at International Mother Language Institute in Dhaka on Monday.
BRAC University holds confce on evolution of language education
The Institute of Languages of BRAC University held a three-day international conference titled Language Metamorphosis: Implications for Language Education in Decolonial Contexts commenced at the university on Thursday...
DU Persian dept holds orientation, farewell programme
The Department of Persian Language and Literature of the University of Dhaka held an orientation and farewell programme of the new and outgoing students of the department at the Teacher-Student Centre auditorium of the university on Wednesday...