Bangladeshi community marks National Language Day today

[Francis Hult]

Saipan Tribune

 

Bangladeshi community marks National Language Day today

 

Over a hundred members of the Bangladeshi community on Saipan are expected to join their nation in celebrating their national language today.

In 2000, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared Feb. 21 International Mother Language Day for the whole world to celebrate, in tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for the Bengali Language Movement and the ethno-linguistic rights of people around the world.

 

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