Amid pandemic, tributes paid in Assam s Silchar to 11 language martyrs
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Amids pandemic, tributes in Assamâs Silchar to commemorate 11 language martyrs. Image Source: IANS News
Amids pandemic, tributes in Assamâs Silchar to commemorate 11 language martyrs. Image Source: IANS News
Silchar, May 19 : Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, corona curfew and heavy pre-monsoon downpour, tributes were paid on Wednesday to the 11 people who died in police firing on May 19, 1961 in Silchar during the Bengali language agitation.
Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli, Lok Sabha Member Rajdeep Roy, newly elected BJP MLA Dipayan Chakraborty led the main event at the Silchar railway station in Tarapur. A very limited number of writers, singers, artists from all the three districts of Barak Valley Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi gathered at the railway station and paid their tributes.
Calcutta samaritans join hands to provide food Slum dwellers around Jadavpur railway station will get cereals and pulses from this week
People living in shanties near Ballygunge railway station will get hot khichdi from Wednesday evening.
Slum dwellers around Jadavpur railway station will get cereals and pulses from this week.
The Covid containment measures announced by the state government, and which came into effect on Sunday, have robbed thousands of people of their daily earnings and two square meals.
But from young students to social activists, people across the city are extending a helping hand to feed as many as they can.
Speaking up to save Bangladesh s indigenous languages from dying
About 45 indigenous groups with an estimated population of three million have distinct languages and cultures
Bangladesh s indigenous languages are under threat and some could die without positive action to preserve them.
Catholic and ethnic community leaders have called on authorities to protect several indigenous languages that face extinction due to a lack of government support and community efforts.
The call was made as people, irrespective of faith and ethnicity in Bangladesh and across the globe, marked the United Nations-designated International Mother Language Day on Feb. 21.
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High ranking dignitaries ranging from Military secretaries to the President and the Prime Minister got wreaths placed on their behalf at the Central Shaheed Minar at one minute past zero hours today.
The immortal song on Amar Ekushey–“Amar Bhaiyer Rakte Rangano Ekushey February”- was playing on the loudspeaker on the occasion.