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The Prime Minister said people hear the speech of political leaders due to its appeal, but if any message can be conveyed to the people through literature, its effectiveness would last for long in their heart.
Though books now can be read through electronic gadgets like mobile phone, tab and other electronic and digital devices, the appeal of (print version) books will never be ended, she said.
Alongside translation of books, Sheikh Hasina also called for conducting research on the languages further.
She requested all to visit the book fair maintaining health safety protocols strictly to contain spread of Corona so that book lovers are not deprived of the joys seeing new book visiting stalls that is why the fair has been organized even after delay.
“The second wave of Covid-19 has already started somewhere while the third wave elsewhere . . . no one should think that they all are protected after being vaccinated,” she said, adding, “Protecting yourself means protecting others.”
Noting that February 21 was declared as the International Mother Language Day due to her government timely action, Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh got recognition for protection of not only Bangla rather all mother tongues across the world.
She said the government also established the International Mother Language Institute to this end.
The premier recalled the contribution of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the Language Movement. But, once there was an attempt to erase the name of the Father of the Nation from the movement of making Bangla as the state language, which is very unfortunate, she said.
Sheikh Hasina urged all to read the different volumes of the secret documents of Intelligence Branch of Pakistan on Bangabandhu, Amar Dekha Noya Chin (New China 1952), Oshomapto Attojiboni (Unfinished Memoirs) and Karagarer Rojnamcha (Prison Diary) to know the real history as these are exceptional and true documents for research.
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