Hasan Hafizur Rahman's 'Ekushey February' created huge turmoil and faced police persecution.

International Mother Language Day is definitely a misnomer for February 21, because the then Pakistani authorities did not deny our right to speak our so-called mother language.

Countless stories, poems, essays, and novels have been written about the Bangla language movement of 1952. Biographies of martyrs have been authored.

Language movement veteran Professor Dr Mirza Mazharul Islam died at a hospital in Dhaka this morning. He was 96.

The historic Amtala, where the Language Movement activists gathered on February 21, 1952, has now become almost untraceable.

The Daily Star & Pran Milk brings a quiz competition on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day to encourage our readers to test their knowledge, and learn more about the history of Bangladesh.