4 get maiden Int’l Mother Language Award
Staff Correspondent
21st February, 2021 10:18:45
Three persons and an organisation on Sunday received the maiden International Mother Language Award for their contributions to preserving and promoting mother languages nationally and internationally.
Education Minister Dipu Moni handed over the award to the winners at the International Mother Language Institute in Dhaka on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who joined the ceremony via videoconferencing from her official Ganabhaban residence.
The awardees are national professor Md Rafiqul Islam and Khagrachhari’s Jabarang Welfare Association’s executive director Mathura Bikash Tripura at the national level and Uzbekistan researcher Islaimov Gulom Mirzaevich and the Activismo Lenguan or Language Activism of Bolivia at international level.
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Staff Correspondent
19th February, 2021 10:46:17
Fine Arts students of Dhaka University paint alpana decorative motifs at the foot of the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital on Friday ahead of the International Mother Language Day tomorrow. Reaz Ahmed Sumon
Three individuals, including national professor Md Rafiqul Islam, and an international organisation, have been nominated for International Mother Language Medal by the government.
International Mother Language Institute’s Director (language, research and planning) Md Safiul Muz Nabeen stated about the announcement on Thursday night.
He said the biennial award has been launched this year, with two at the national level and two at the international level.