A weekly 'Bangla Kagoj' article on the waning position of the Bangla (Bengali) language in Bangladesh (Click on the above images to read them in an expanded format)
Through struggle and blood, the Bangla (Bengali) language earned
its rightful place as one of the two state language of Pakistan after 1952.
Salam Saleh Uddin, in his Bengali-language article, published
in the weekly Bangla Kagoj (February 17, 2015), provides the background of this
language movement in Bangladesh culminating in the independence of the country in
1971 and Bengali being its sole state language.
The writer then demonstrates with facts and reasoning how the
preeminence of this language in the country is gradually being jeopardized by unfocused
and unthoughtful government policies and decisions. He says among 114 universities
in the country, only 18 have the Bengali as a subject in the curricula. This is all the more shameful because countries around the world in every February 21 observe the International Mother Language Day following Bangladesh's example of the Bengali language movement.
In addition, the globalization with its free economy and incursion
of the international communication media (Internet, TV and films), the Bengali language
in Bangladesh is under aggression from both English and Hindi languages.
To read the complete article of the Bangla Kagoj in an expanded
format, you may click on the two images above.
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