21st February, 2021 10:34:06
The Central Shaheed Minar is adorned with flowers as people paid tribute to the martyred language heroes marking the Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day on Sunday. Photo: Reaz Ahmed Sumon
The nation observed Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day on Sunday, paying glowing tribute to the martyrs of the historic Language Movement of 1952.
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led the nation in paying homage to the valiant sons of the soil who sacrificed their lives to establish Bangla as state language of then Pakistan.
On behalf of the President and the Prime Minister, President’s military secretary Major General SM Salahuddin Islam and Prime Minister’s military secretary Major General Naquib Ahmed Chowdhury placed wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital at zero hours.