Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the United Nations to make Bangla one of its official languages.
Addressing the UN General Assembly in New York on Saturday, Hasina said, "Bangla is spoken by over 300 million people worldwide."
"I earnestly appeal to you to back my proposal to declare Bangla as one of the official languages of the United Nations," she said. This is the third consecutive year she has made the call at UN.
Parliament passed a resolution endorsing the call in 2009, following which the Indian state of West Bengal also passed a similar resolution in its parliament.
Bangla is the sixth largest language in the world in terms of native speakers. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) observes Feb 21 as the International Mother Language Day, recognising the sacrifice of lives made by Bangladeshis for the right to use their language on Feb 21, 1952.
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