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...
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...
A section of people, including political activists, on Thursday allegedly vandalised toll plaza offices and set fire to different places of Bhasha Shaheed Rafiq Bridge over the River Dhaleswari in Manikganj demanding stopping of the toll collection from the bridge...