Bangladesh observed the Language martyr’s day on Sunday with Prime and Minister Sheikh Hasina President M Abdul Hamid paying tributes to the martyrs of the historic language movement by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka.
Ministers, members of parliament, chief of armed services and several other dignitaries also paid tributes to the martyrs of the language movement.
People from various walks of life, students, members of the society joined others in paying tributes to martyrs who sacrificed their lives in 1952 demanding that Bangla should be language of the nation. Discussions, Seminars and cultural programmes were held all over the country to mark this occasion.
Mathura Bikash Tripura got the award for his contribution in preserving and promoting mother languages of small ethnic groups in Bangladesh. Uzbek Researcher Islaimov Gulom Mirzaevich and a Bolivian organisation named Activismo Lenguas also got the biennial prize.
Activismo Lenguas is an online initiative for supporting the indigenous language digital activists in Latin America.
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