[lg policy] Still a lot to be done Rashad Ahamad | Published: 23:23, Feb 20, 2019 | Updated: 23:29, Feb 20, 2019 The use of Bangla in all spheres of life is still limited to some empty rhetoric as two Supreme Court directives and Bengali Language Introduction Act 1987 remain largely unimplemented. Not only at individual level but also at government level, disregard for the language has been blatant, belying the spirit of the historic Language Movement of 1952. For distortions, academics have blamed the apathy of the ruling elites, lack of awareness and government policy for language development. Abdus Salam Rony runs a sports item shop at Bangabandhu Avenue named Bangladesh Sports. When asked why he hung the signboard of his shop only in English, Rony said it was comfortable for him as his clients prefer English cash memo and other papers. In many mass media, Bangla is pronounced in foreign accents while different businesses are still displaying signboards written in English in the ci
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