Language Movement activist, veteran journalist, and teacher Abdul Gafur has died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital. He was 95 years old. His son, Tarik Al Banna said: “My father died at the Asgar Ali Hospital in Dhaka’s Shamibag at 2:43pm.” Gafur had been admitted to the hospital with heart problems
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AL destroyed language movement spirit: BNP
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday accused the current Awami League government of destroying the spirit of the Language Movement by imposing a "fascist" rule on the country's people. "This is our bad luck now there's a government in power which has distorted the spirit of Amar Ekushey.
Nation pays homage to language movement martyrs
The nation on Monday paid deep tribute to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement, marking Amar Ekushey, the Language Martyrs' Day and International Mother Language Day. The great Language Movement, a significant event in the nation's history, was aimed at establishing the right of the mother tongue as well as
