Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) A day after the International Mother Language Day was celebrated with a lot of fanfare in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Sunday, said she was pained deeply that divisive forces were attempting to malign and target those who speak Bangla, labelling them as “ghuspaithiya (illegal infiltrators), subjecting them to humiliation and persecution”. At the same time, the Chief Minister claimed that she would continue with her relentless struggle and movement agai…
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Dhaka, Feb 21 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday unveiled commemorative postage stamps to mark Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day, local media reported.The stamps were released in the morning at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Tejgaon in the presence of several ministers and senior officials.Prime Minister Rahman also paid tribute to the language martyrs, laying a wreath at the altar of the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka in memory of the mar…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The government sanctioned a budget of Rs 16.97 crore in 2025-26 for promotion and preservation of 11 classical languages, Minister for Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said in a written reply in Lok Sabha on Monday. He said the Sanskrit language is promoted through three Central Universities – Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi; Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University, New Delhi and National Sanskrit University, Tirupati. The Minister identif…