International Mother Language Day, which falls on 21 February, has been recognised by the UN since 1999. However, this celebration of cultural and linguistic diversity has its roots in a 1950s ...

At the roundtable, Professor Salimullah Khan of University of Liberal Arts of Bangladesh ... That means language is the medium through which the two persons interact with each other.” He said those ...

"The language Bangla is spoken by over 250 million people worldwide, primarily in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal," she said, arguing the case. "The Bangladesh Parliament ...

A senior Bangladesh minister on Tuesday exhorted the United Nations to formally adopt Bangla as one of its official languages, on the day when the country celebrated the Language Martyrs Day to ...

The Bangladesh national book fair ... in commemoration of those who died during the February 1952 Language Movement to establish Bangla as one of the state languages of then-East Pakistan.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh was working to make Bangla an official UN language considering the vast number of its speakers and its rich literary heritage. It is also ...