Programmes to observe Ekushey
Different socio-cultural and political organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the International Mother Language Day today with a vow to build a hunger-free and illiteracy-free prosperous Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will arrange special programmes including poem recitation, songs and cultural programme at Jatiya Nattashala in the city.
Jatiya Party will observe a two-day programme including wreath placing at Central Shaheed Minar, national flag hoisting at the party's head office, offering Fateha at the martyrs' graveyard and discussion programme.
Shanto-Mariam Foundation, Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology and Shanto-Mariam Academy of Creative Technology will jointly initiate two-day long programme including painting exhibition, film show, poem recitation and wreath placing.
Bangladesh Sangskritikkormee Shangha will bring out a procession on the Dhaka University campus while Bangabandhu Lalitakala Academy and Sonar Bangla Jubo Parishad will place wreaths on the Central Shaheed Minar premises.
Different political leaders and officials of non-government organisations issued separate statements marking the day.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, in a statement, said the Language Movement in 1952 accelerated the country's War of Liberation in 1971.
Although the country is independent now, but international forces are still conspiring to continue political, cultural and economic domination over the country, she said.
"The spirit of the Language Movement will inspire us to resist any conspiracy of the dominant forces," she added.
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad President Ayesha Khanom and General Secretary Maleka Banu, in a joint statement, urged all to build resistance against human rights violators in light with the sprit of the day and demanded acceleration of the trial of war criminals.
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