22 February 2024
A ceremony to commemorate the 2024 Language Martyrs Day & International Mother Language Day was held at the Bangladesh Embassy in Yangon on Wednesday evening.
Bangladeshi Ambassador to Myanmar Dr. Md Monwar Hossain delivered an opening speech, stressing the purposes of the 2024 Language Martyrs Day & International Mother Language Day celebration, importance of multilingual education and preservation of mother languages.
During the ceremony, a commemorative message sent by the UNESCO Head of Office was read out, to honour the celebration of International Mother Language Day.
Moreover, diverse cultural musical performances and entertainments were also staged by personnel from foreign embassies in Myanmar, students from Indonesian International school in Yangon and Yangon University of Foreign Languages.
Ref;MITV