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PM for protection of own language, culture

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all to protect and practice own language and culture for ensuring a healthy environment for the future generation.

"It's our duty to protect, exercise and take forward our independence, language rights and culture as well as create a decent environment for the next generation," she said.

The Prime Minister made the call while addressing a function marking the distribution of Ekushey Padak-2019 in Dhaka on Wednesday, report UNB and BSS.

The Ministry of Cultural Affairs arranged the function at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.

Urging all to come forward to build the motherland she said, "We want the next generation to have a decent life and enjoy the fruits of what we've achieved through our struggles."

Noting that Bangladesh is marching forward and will continue to do so, she said the people of the country will move at the global stage keeping their head high as the Ekushey (Language Movement) has taught them not to bow down.

"Ekushey has taught us how to protect our own existence, mother tongue, culture and tradition as well as show respect to all this," Hasina said.

She said her government's goal is to take Bangladesh to a dignified position. "We've been working to accomplish that goal," she added.

Congratulating this year’s Ekushey Padak recipients, Sheikh Hasina called upon the future generations to follow them to build themselves as worthy citizens of the country.

“Those who received Ekushey Padak today are eminent persons and they demonstrated their talents in their respective fields and we always remember their contributions,” she said.

“I think that the future generations will build themselves as worthy citizens of the country by following them (awardees),” she added.

Mentioning that the aim of her government is to put Bangladesh on a dignified position in the world, Sheikh Hasina said the government is working tirelessly to achieve the goal.

“We’re Bangalee nation, Bangladesh is our country and Bangla is our language. We want to build the country in such a way that it’s put on a dignified position in the world and the Bangalee nation could move keeping its head high,” she said.

Ekushey Padak winners of this year are: Late Prof Halima Khatun (posthumous), Advocate Golam Arif Tipu and Prof Monwara Islam for Language Movement; Subir Nandi, late Azam Khan (posthumous) and Khairul Anam Shakil for music; Lucky Inam, Suborna Mostafa and Liakat Ali Lucky for acting; Sayeda Khanam for arts; Jamal Uddin Ahmed for fine arts; Khitindra Chandra Bioshya for Liberation War; Dr Biswajit Ghosh and Dr Mahbubul Haque for research; Dr Pronab Kumar Barua for education; and Rizia Rahman, Imdadul Haque Milon, Asim Saha, Anwara Syed Haque, Mainul Ahsan Saber and Hori Shankor Joldas for language and literature.

State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid chaired the function organised by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.

Acting Secretary of the ministry Dr Abu Hena Mostafa Kamal delivered the welcome address, while Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam conducted the award-giving part of the function and read out the citations of the awardees.

Cabinet members, the PM’s advisors, judges, parliament members, foreign diplomats, litterateurs, poets, academics, writers, poets, journalists, Ekushey Award laureates of previous years and high civil and military officials attended the function.

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