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    Celebrating Mother Language Day

    by st editor Sunday 21st February 2010

    language day paradeIn the year 2000 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization declared Feb. 21 as International Mother Language Day in tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for the Bengali Language Movement and for the ethno-linguistic rights of people around the world.

    The Bengali Language Movement advocated the recognition of the Bengali language as an official language of Pakistan when Bangladesh was still part of it. Picture Gallery