President Mohammed Shahabuddin. File PhotoDHAKA, Feb 20, 2026 (BSS) - President Mohammed Shahabuddin urged all the Bangla-speaking people to be ever more mindful in its proper practice and in preserving its quality and dignity. As Bangla was earned through immeasurable sacrifice and the sacred blood of martyrs', we must be ever more mindful in its proper practice and in preserving its quality and dignity,” he said in a message on the Martyrs' Day and International Mother Language Day being celebrated tomorrow. “Through supreme sacrifice, they secured the right to their mother tongue, giving birth to our distinct national consciousness. The Language Movement was, in essence, a struggle to safeguard our national identity, individuality, and cultural uniqueness,” said President Shahbuddin.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 20, 2026 23:36 UTC