International Mother Language Day

Today at Sreepur Village, Bangladesh, our mothers and their children along with members of staff celebrated International Mother Language Day, honouring the language movement martyrs.

The event, beginning at 6.30am this morning, took place at the Shaheed Minar monument inside the village grounds where single mothers, their children and staff placed wreaths to commemorate the language movement martyrs.

Today is all about expressing gratitude and respect to the brave individuals who sacrificed their lives during the language movement in Bangladesh. The language movement was a movement to recognise the Bengali language as the official language of East Pakistan, which is now Bangladesh. The movement ultimately led to the recognition of Bengali as an official language of Pakistan.

Today's celebrations also included speeches which highlighted the significance of the day and the importance of preserving and promoting all languages.