Today is February 21st, the Great Martyrs' Day and International Mother Language Day. This day is a glorious and sorrowful day for the Bengali nation, the day when many unknown language soldiers, including Salam, Rafiq, Barkat, Jabbar, and others, shed their fresh blood to establish the right to their mother tongue.
Today is February 21, the Great Martyrs' Day and International Mother Language Day. Today marks the 72nd anniversary of the Mother Language Movement.
Before the Prothom-alo of dawn, the President and Prime Minister paid tribute to the language martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Shaheed Minar. After that, people from all walks of life, political and social organizations, students and the general public, wearing black badges, rushed towards the Shaheed Minar, paying tribute to the language martyrs with flowers in their hands.
The day is being celebrated with due dignity across the country today. Various educational institutions, government and private departments, cultural organizations and social institutions have organized day-long discussions, cultural programs and documentary screenings.
This day is a day of extreme sorrow and pain for the Bengali nation. On the other hand, the mother tongue is reflected in the glory of the highest sacrifice for the rights of Bengal. The greatest and rarest legacy for any nation is the legacy of death - the legacy of knowing how to die and being able to die. The martyrs of February 21, 1952, gave that great and rare legacy to the nation.
This day of sacrifice for the Bengali language is not limited to Bangladesh alone, but is celebrated as International Mother Language Day all over the world. Since 2000, the day has been celebrated as a symbol of linguistic diversity and the importance of mother tongues worldwide, as recognized by UNESCO.
We respectfully remember those fearless martyrs, whose sacrifice earned us the right to speak our mother tongue. Our humble tribute to their memory.
