Bangladesh has paid deep respect and homage to the immortal martyrs of the Language Movement. On this day in 1952, February 21, young students took to the streets of Dhaka and shed their blood to ...

In Bangladesh, the day honors the martyrs of the Bangla Language Movement of 1952 who died when police opened fire on protesters objecting to the Pakistan government’s decision to impose Urdu as the ...

On International Mother Language Day, the story of the Bawm language in Bangladesh stands as both a testament to resilience and a warning of fragility. Spoken by a small Indigenous community ...

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 ...

DALOIPARA (Bangladesh): Bangladesh can justly claim to be a nation born of language, but its status as a cradle of linguistic diversity is under threat from nationalist pride and economic growth. Of ...

Part of our First Person series, where we invite writers to share personal stories. Of the world's 6,000-plus languages, half are expected to be extinct by the end of the century. I knew nothing about ...

Bangladesh is observing Language Martyrs’ Day on Saturday, paying homage to the heroes of the 1952 Language Movement whose sacrifices ensured the rightful place of Bangla as the mother tongue. With ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...