Kabi Nazrul College Correspondent:
The Kabi Nazrul Government College Journalists' Association (KANCSAS) laid wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar of Kabi Nazrul Government College in memory of the language martyrs on the first hour of Ekushey.
On Friday morning, February 21, other members of the association, led by Convocation Speaker Shahin Ahmed and Member Secretary Sraboni Kabir Amy, paid tribute to the language martyrs by placing flowers.
CONCESS's convening committee members, Partha Saha, Rezaul Islam Reza and other members of the association were present at the time.
Shaheen Ahmed, convener of the College Journalists' Association, said, "On February 21, 1952, when the Bengalis took to the streets demanding 'Bangla as the national language', the Pakistanis responded with bullets. The brave sons of Bengal marched on the streets with the fresh blood of their hearts for their mother tongue, Bangla. The entire nation, touched by that blood, woke up with amazing speed to the pull of its roots."
Srabani Kabir Amy, member secretary of the College Journalists Association, said, "The communalism created by the Pakistanis could not make any difference. Regardless of religion or caste, Bengalis unitedly made one promise that day - we will respect our mother tongue and preserve our culture. Bengali is the wealth of our lives. Therefore, on the eve of the great Ekushey, the pledge of the young generation of this time should be to protect the dignity of the Bengali language."
Earlier at 9 am, college principal Professor Mohammad Habibur Rahman, vice-principal Professor Muhammad Haider Mia and teachers' council secretary Professor Milki Amatul Mugni paid tribute to the language martyrs.
Then, one by one, various social and cultural organizations including various departments, employee associations, Chhatra Dal, Chhatra Shibir, Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, Nazrul Debate Angan, BNCC, Rover Scout, Bangla Sahitya Parivar, Sahitya Sangsad, Bandhan paid tribute to the language martyrs.
