Staff Reporter:
BNP yesterday announced a two-day program to observe the Shaheed Day and International Mother Language Day with due respect on February 21.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programs at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office.
February 21 will be observed simultaneously as Shaheed Dibash and International Mother Language Day on Wednesday in recognition of the nation’s supreme sacrifice to the cause of their mother tongue. In 1999, UNESCO declared the 21st of February as the International Mother Language Day.
As part of the programs, Rizvi said their party will hold a discussion at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh on Tuesday, marking the day.
He said they will keep their party and national flags at half-mast and hoist black flags at the BNP’s Na-yapaltan central office at 6 am on February 21.
The leaders and activists of the party will also gather in front of Balaka Cinema Hall at Nilkhet at 6m wearing black badges the same day. Later, they will first offer fateha at the graves of Language Move-ment martyrs at Azimpur Graveyard and then go to the Central Shaheed Minar to pay tributes to the martyrs.
Besides, BNP’s different units across the country will also observe the day with due respect through var-ious programs.
