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Ekushey: the shootings . . . and after

2022-02-21 00:00:00

On February 21 in 1952, tragedy struck Dhaka, indeed the whole of East Bengal, when the police fired on the student demonstrators gathered in defence...

Many laws, little avail

2022-02-21 00:00:00

On another return of the historic occasion of commemorating the sublime sacrifice for mother tongue, it's worthwhile to inretrospect on how far a mandate for...

A brief account of the Language Movement

2022-02-21 00:00:00

Language Movement began in 1947 and reached its climax in the killing of 21 February 1952, and ended in the adoption of Bangla as one...

Language as a basis for nation-building

2022-02-21 00:00:00

Mother languages may be compared to a mother's milk because of the joy and freedom associated with expressing in mother-tongue. Bangladesh is a land where...