President Mohammad Sahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid humble respect to language martyrs at Shaheed Minar on the first hour of International Mother Language Day on February 21. Maximum security measures have been taken at Shaheed Minar around the day.
President Mohammad Sahabuddin first laid wreath at Shaheed Minar at the first hour of twenty one. After that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid wreath at Shaheed Minar. At this time, the President and the Prime Minister stood in silence for a while and paid their respects to the memory of the martyrs of the language movement.
After the president and prime minister paid their respects, Sheikh Hasina, as the party chief of the Awami League, paid her respects along with the party's general secretary Obaidul Quader along with the leaders, activists and members of the cabinet. Later Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad Shireen Sharmin Chowdhury laid wreath. Deputy Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad Shamsul Haque Tuku laid wreath after Speaker. Wreaths were also presented by the Army, Air Force and Navy one by one.
On behalf of the opposition party in the Jatiya Sangsad, members of the Jatiya Party laid wreaths at the Shaheed Minar. Ambassadors and High Commissioners of various countries and heads of foreign organizations attended Shaheed Minar to pay their respects. The war dead freedom fighters also paid their respects.
Later, the University family paid tributes under the leadership of the Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University. After that, the leaders and activists of various political and social organizations paid their respects. They commemorated the martyrs who gave their lives for the language by placing wreaths at the martyr's altar.
Since the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recognized the International Mother Language Day as a tribute to the great Ekush, the day has been celebrated at the international level for more than two decades.
On February 21, 1952, the young people stepped on the road in front of Dhaka Medical College. They demanded to recognize Bengali as the state language. The police fired to suppress their just demand. The fresh life of Salam, Rafiq, Barkat, Jabbar, Shafiur was pouring out. On that day, a memorial tower was built there for the martyrs. It was also destroyed by the Pakistani invaders in the night. Later it was rebuilt. Every year common people pay respect to the martyrs there.
Alpana has been painted on the road of the central Shaheed Minar square of Dhaka University. The events of February 21, 1952 are depicted in the mural. The day has become a day to protect the mother tongue of all speaking people of the world. May the practice of mother tongue survive from generation to generation.
Let the new generation know the sacrifice of the martyrs to protect the mother tongue. So the children also came holding the hands of their parents. People of different classes and professions have come.
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