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Clad in black and white and carrying flowers, people thronged the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country to honour the language martyrs on the occasion of International Mother Language Day and Martyrs’ Day yesterday.

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On  Friday mornings, the otherwise quiet veranda of a house in Haktiarkhola village under Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar turns into a classroom.

From midnight yesterday, people from all walks of life thronged Shaheed Minars across the country to pay homage to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement, observing Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day.

On the occasion of International Mother Language Day and Language Martyrs’ Day, no patriotic songs were played on the central Shaheed Minar premises in Lalmonirhat district yesterday, drawing flak from local eminent citizens and cultural activists.

A competition was held yesterday on making temporary Shaheed Minars on the occasion of the Martyrs’ Day and the International Mother Language, featuring children from local marginal families in Rasulpur shoal within Kirtankhola river in Barishal.