International Mother Language Day in photos

in #news6 years ago


The nation is paying rich tributes to the martyrs of the 1952 historic Language Movement with the clock striking 00.01am on Wednesday marking 'Amar Ekushey', the Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day. Here are some photos taken in Dhaka on the occasion.
Children going to the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka with flowers to pay homage to the Language Movement martyrs on February 21, 2018. Photo: Star/ Rashed Sumon

People throng the central Shaheed Minar in the city with flowers and letters of the mother language Bangla on February 21, 2018

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is placing wreath at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka in the wee hours on February 21, 2018 to pay homage and respect to the Language Movement martyrs

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