Shaheed Dibosh.

21 February. The day Bangladesh remembers those who died for the Bengali language in 1952. The world marks it as International Mother Language Day.

01At a glanceNational days

Kind of event: National days
When: 21 FebruaryEvery year; a public holiday. The school announces how it marks the day.

02What happensThe day, in short

A day for the mother language.

On 21 February 1952, students in Dhaka were killed while calling for Bengali to be a state language. Bangladesh remembers them on Shaheed Dibosh, Martyrs' Day.

Since 2000 the world has marked the same day as International Mother Language Day, declared by UNESCO.

Playpen marks Shaheed Dibosh every year. Bangla is part of school life from the first classes: children are encouraged to read, write and recite from the beginning.

A Shaheed Minar of white columns with red paper flowers and Bangla letters, set against a brick wall, with no one in the frame.

The school's album "Ekushe February" holds 10 photographs. The Shaheed Minar at the top of this page is the one in which no child can be recognised; the rest are on the school's current website and come here when the school agrees in writing.

See the album

From the school's photograph album "Ekushe February", screened 2026-10-22.

03See it for yourselfOne door for new families

See it for yourself

Bangla is part of school life from the first classes.

Junior School Book a visit

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