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Amar Desh ( Bengali: আমার দেশ; "My country"), a Bengali-language newspaper published between 2004 and 2013. [ 35][ 36] The Bangladesh Observer, an English-language daily published between 1949-2010 and last edited by Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury. [ 7] Kishore Bangla, a Bengali juvenile weekly published between 1977 and 1983.
165,158,616. The national language and official language of Bangladesh is Bangla according to the third article of the Constitution of Bangladesh. [2] Almost 99% of Bangladeshis speak Bengali (including dialects) as their first language. [3] [1] Bengali Language Implementation Act, 1987 made it mandatory to use Bengali in all government affairs ...
'Bangladesh Islamic Congress'), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, [9] is the largest Islamist political party in Bangladesh. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Its predecessor, the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan , strongly opposed the independence of Bangladesh and break-up of Pakistan.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman[ c] (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), popularly known by the honorific prefix Bangabandhu[ d] ( lit. 'Friend of Bengal ' ), was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist and diarist. As a politician, Mujib had held continuous positions either as Bangladesh's president or as its prime minister from ...
International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. First announced by UNESCO on 17 November 1999, [ 1 ] it was formally recognized by the United Nations General Assembly with the adoption of UN resolution 56/262 [ 2 ] in ...
Bengali is the fourth fastest growing language in India, following Hindi in the first place, Kashmiri in the second place, and Meitei ( Manipuri ), along with Gujarati, in the third place, according to the 2011 census of India. [ 19] Bengali has developed over more than 1,300 years.
Dhakaiya Urdu is a dialect native to the city of Old Dhaka in Bangladesh, dating back to the Mughal era. However, its popularity, even amongst native speakers, has been gradually declining since the Bengali Language Movement in the 20th century. It is not officially recognised by the Government of Bangladesh.
Native speakers of Urdu are spread across South Asia. [note 1] [13] [14] The vast majority of them are Muslims of the Hindi–Urdu Belt of northern India, [note 2] [15] [16] [17] followed by the Deccani people of the Deccan plateau in south-central India (who speak Deccani Urdu), most of the Muhajir people of Pakistan, Muslims in the Terai of Nepal, and Muslims of Old Dhaka in Bangladesh.