Through remembrance, music, poetry and quiet procession, the nation once again marks a day when language was defended with lives and transformed into a universal call for dignity, identity and human r ...

There is clear evidence that learning in multiple languages, starting with the mother tongue and then gradually adding national and global languages, is good for cognitive abilities and does not ...

For the first time in history, language evolution is partly being steered by machines trained on digital data.

"Every time I hear my mother tongue, Bangla, it feels like home, even when home is far away," writes Steinbach's Itrat Anwar. "That's why everyone should celebrate their own mother language, no matter ...

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku has said that slogans such as “Inqilab Zindabad” should not be promoted if Bangla is to be preserved as the mother tongue ...

The American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS) is delighted to announce the intensive, immersion-based Bangla language training program. This program offers participants an excellent opportunity ...

The day will also be observed around the world as the UNESCO recognised the 21 February (Ekushey February)’ as the International Mother Language Day on 17 November 1999.

Bangladesh pays deep respect to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement who died for the Bengali language. President ...

At the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, people gather annually-- often barefoot--to lay flowers in remembrance. The ritual is solemn, ...