Dhaka, Feb 21: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday paid rich tribute to the martyrs of the Language Movement by placing a wreath at the Central Shaheed Minar marking ‘Amar Ekushey’ — the International Mother Language Day and Shaheed Dibosh.
On behalf of the Prime Minister, her Military Secretary Major General Naquib Ahmed Chowdhury paid homage by placing a wreath at the Central Shahid Minar in Dhaka at one minute past midnight.
Later, on behalf of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, the party’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader along with presidium members Matia Chowdhury and Muhammad Faruk Khan, and Joint Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud and Cultural Affairs Secretary Asim Kumar Ukil placed the wreath. – UNB
