The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Speakers at a press conference demanded of the Government to enact a law for making Bengali as court's language and give state honour to the language heroes.

They also urged the Government to formulate a language policy in the country.

They were speaking at a press conference organised by the Bhasha Andolon Museum at its Dhanmondi office in the city yesterday.

Presided over by Begum Piary Mahbub, Convener, Bhasha Andolon Museum, Prof Munsur Musa, former Director General, Bangla Academy, Prof AKM Fazlul Haque, Chairman, Department of Bengali , University of Dhaka, Syed Ziaul Haque and Mili Rahman, among others, addressed the press conference.

M R Mahbub, member secretary , Bhasha Andolon Museum, in his written speech said the Central Shaheed Minar should be taken under the government management.

He alleged that only on February 21, the Government shows their responsibilities by decorating the monument.

The Government should take the state guests to the Shaheed Minar to honour the language heroes he said adding, the language heroes are also to be buried with state honour like freedom fighters.

Prof Munsur Musa said, ''Though we fought for our mother language, we are yet to formulate the language policy in Bangladesh.''

Prof AKM Fazlul Haque said in all forms of education, learning Bengali is to be mandatory.

The students of the English medium do not know the history and culture of their own country that is why they tend to follow the foreign culture rather than their own.

They stressed the need for launching a social movement to press home the demands.