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Nation celebrates international mother language day today in commemoration of martyrs of language movement this day on February 21 in 1952. Salam, Barkat ........More
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| Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hands over Ekushey Award among the winners at Osmani Memorial Auditorium on Friday. Photo: Focus Bangla |
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has sought opinions to preserve and develop Bengali language, culture and creativity, and said her administration ........More
A Foreign Ministry official on Friday said State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Hasan Mahmud's remarks were not correctly reported by local and international ........More
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Importance of linguistic diversity and multilingualism
As many of his readers and critics couldn't understand his writing, French Senegalese novelist Boubacar Boris Diop, author of Doomi Golo, started to meet the needs of his language community by offering 'Wolof' workshops to interested children and youth in order to ensure a next generation of Wolof speakers. He decided to use writing not just as a tool to communicate his language "Wolof," but also as a political ........More
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Diplomatic efforts against the Gulf of Aden pirates
Twenty thousand ships pass through the Gulf of Aden each year, transporting cargo that includes 12% of the world’s daily oil supply. In 2008, maritime piracy gangs operating from Somalia focused worldwide attention on the region by attacking a hundred vessels, hijacking ships, and seizing crew as hostages. Reminiscent of the Barbary pirates who terrorized the ........More
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