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The 7th March Speech of Bangabandhu, or the 7/3 Speech (Bengali: সাতই মার্চের ভাষণ, romanized: Sāta'i Mārcēra Bhāṣaṇa), was a public speech given by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh on 7 March 1971 at the Ramna Race Course (now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka to a gathering of over one million (1,000,000) people. [1]
In October 1968, two fractions of East Pakistan Students Union, led by Rashed Khan Menon and Matia Chowdhury, and East Pakistan Students League formed an alliance called the Sarbadaliya Chhatra Sangram Parishad (All Party Student Movement Council in Bengali) The Parishad announced an 11-point demand that called for education reform, restoration ...
The students of East Pakistan opposed this report and agitation was started by Dhaka College students. [4] In 1962, they decided to observe the Language Movement Day 21 February and the birth day of Rabindranath Tagore as a way to oppose that report. [6] The West Pakistani Government arrested Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy on 30 January 1962.
Current government projects to promote the education of children in Bangladesh include compulsory primary education for all, free education for girls up to class 10, [25] stipends for female students, a nationwide integrated education system and a food-for-education literacy movement. A large section of the country's national budget is set ...
The Bengali language movement [a] was a political movement in East Bengal [b] (modern-day Bangladesh) in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government affairs, the continuation of its use as a medium of education, its use in media, currency and ...
Teachers and students should say the slogan 'Joy Bangla' at the end of daily gatherings and for concluding speeches at meetings and seminars in all educational institutions. [26] [27] However, in December 2024, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh ruled that it will no longer be the national slogan of Bangladesh. [28] [29]
[5] [6] It had 60 students in the beginning. [7] With funding from the Government of Denmark Cheiney was able develop a three-year program for the education of children from low-income groups in South Western Bangladesh. [5] The program established a technical school in Dhaka in 1983 later expanded in Chittagong and Khulna. [5]
The day was declared as National Children's Day after the Awami League came to power in 1996. The decision was made to honour Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's affection for children and his vision for their welfare. [3] Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, popularly known as "Bangabandhu" (Friend of Bengal), was born on 17 March 1920. His birthday is a public holiday ...