Gouripur (Mymensingh) Correspondent

Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day-2025 was observed in Gouripur upazila of Mymensingh district in a befitting manner, paying rich tributes to the language martyrs on Friday .

People from all walks of life placed floral wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar of Shahid Harun Park in the middle town and elsewhere in the upazila, recalling the supreme sacrifice made by the language heroes, who laid down their lives for the mother tongue ‘Bangla’.

The beginning of Amar Ekushey, the Language Martyrs’ Day started at one minute-past zero hours of midnight M. Sazzadul Hasan, UNO of Gouripur upazila, AC (Land) and Administrator of Gouripur Pourashava Sunanda Sarkar Proma as well as councilors of Gouripur Pourashava and other officials of the upazila administration and the police department placed floral wreaths, members of Gouripur Press Cub, Bangladesh Press Cub (Gouripur upazila unit), Gouripur Reporters Club, Gouripur Sangbadik Oykka Forum, Banglsdesh Mafashal Sangbadik Forum, BNP and local political leaders, freedom fighters and students of different educational institutions placed floral wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar of the upazila town. Soon the Central Shaheed Minar was bedecked with flowers and wreaths. Volunteers and councilors of Gouripur Pourashava spent a hard night tackling the streams of people who lined up in a long queue for their turn to place wreaths at the Minar.

In the morning, different organizations and institutes, including Bangladesh Scouts of Gouripur Upazila unit, Gouripur Pilot Girls High School, Nurul Amin Khan High School ,Gouripur R.K. Govt High School, Agradut High School, Gouripur Govt College, Gouripur Women College, Gouripur Govt Technical School and College,—singing in chorus the song of Amar Ekushey and carrying banners and placards, to pay homage to the language martyrs which paraded through the main roads of the town and joined to the Central Shaheed Minar and also their respective Shaheed Minars .

Besides, to mark the day, different political, professional and sociocultural organisations held daylong programmes, including discussion meeting, milad mahfil, poetry recitation, arts competition for children, and cultural functions.