Int'l Mother Language Institute opens in Feb
Sunday, 5 December 2010
Preparations are underway to launch the International Mother Language Institute (IMLI) officially, an education ministry official said Saturday, reports BSS.
A legal basis has been created to establish a full-fledged IMLI after passing the IMLI Act-2010 in the parliament.
Additional Secretary (development) of the ministry M Sirajul Islam told the news agency that a director general would be appointed for the IMLI soon.
Islam said the IMLI would be conducted under a 21-member board of directors with a chairman.
The IMLI building would be extended up to 12-storey and a proposal involving Tk 777.2 million (77.72 crore) is now waiting for approval, he said.
He said the IMLI would have as international standard language museum and archive.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the IMLI Bhaban on February 21 this year. The Bhaban is a three-storey building built at a cost of Tk 215.8 million (21.58 crore).
Construction of the IMLI Bhaban was first started in 2001 with the aim to develop Bangla language and other languages across the world but the BNP-led alliance government stopped the construction work. Later, the AL government restarted the construction of the IMLI.
A legal basis has been created to establish a full-fledged IMLI after passing the IMLI Act-2010 in the parliament.
Additional Secretary (development) of the ministry M Sirajul Islam told the news agency that a director general would be appointed for the IMLI soon.
Islam said the IMLI would be conducted under a 21-member board of directors with a chairman.
The IMLI building would be extended up to 12-storey and a proposal involving Tk 777.2 million (77.72 crore) is now waiting for approval, he said.
He said the IMLI would have as international standard language museum and archive.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the IMLI Bhaban on February 21 this year. The Bhaban is a three-storey building built at a cost of Tk 215.8 million (21.58 crore).
Construction of the IMLI Bhaban was first started in 2001 with the aim to develop Bangla language and other languages across the world but the BNP-led alliance government stopped the construction work. Later, the AL government restarted the construction of the IMLI.