BCN had celebrated the International Mother Language Day-2012 various states in Nigeria

Celebration the International mother Language Day 2012

Dear All

We are pleased to invite all of Bangladeshi to celebrate the International mother Language Day 2012 on 25th February 2012 at 6 PM which is organized by Bangladeshi Community in Nigeria.

BCN.

International Mother Language Day, 21st February

Why International Mother Language Day?

Linguistic and cultural diversity represent universal values that strengthen the unity and cohesion of societies. The recognition of the importance of linguistic diversity led to UNESCO’s decision to celebrate International Mother Language Day.

International Mother Language Day has been observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The date represents the day in 1952 when students demonstrating for recognition of their language, Bangla, as one of the two national languages of the then Pakistan, were shot and killed by police in Dhaka, the capital of what is now Bangladesh.

History of 21st February:

On 21 March 1948, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Governor general of Pakistan, declared that Urdu would be the only official language for both West and East Pakistan. The people of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), having mother language Bangla, started to protest against this. On 21 February 1952, (8th Falgun 1358 in the Bangla calendar), students in the present day capital city of Dhaka called for a provincial strike. The government invoked a limited curfew to prevent this and the protests were tamed down so as to not break the curfew. The Pakistani police fired on the students despite these peaceful protests and a number of students were killed. Four of them were Abdus Salam, Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, Abul Barkat and Abdul Jabbar.

On 16 May 2009 the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution A/RES/61/266 called upon Member States "to promote the preservation and protection of all languages used by peoples of the world". By the same resolution, the General Assembly proclaimed 2008 as the International Year of Languages, to promote unity in diversity and international understanding, through multilingualism and multiculturalism.

Bangladeshi Community In Nigeria (BCN).

Today 1st Falgun

Humayan Faridi Passes Away (1952-2012)

This is to express from our condolence at the sad demise of the rewarded actor and we pray for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed sincere sympathy to the bereaved family members. BCN.

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