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S amid much eXai-m a"4ToVSTn^Sdhthe f ration at Central Shaheed Chowdhurv hoisted the Na-U°T^o1school children delivered speeches on Ekushey and some others recited poems on the freedom struggle and tn □raise of the language martyrs P rn the afternoon, an International book fair was Inaugu-and a discussion held at S,mSn wnue of the month-Sng^rogramme at Laldlghi MatSguage hero Gaziul Haq ma^malcaihetxwkfmr

labour and Employment Minister M A Mannan was the chief guest at the discussion on Ekusney. CCC Mayor and Pres-

Ident of the International Mother Language Day and Ekushey Celebration Council Mohiuddin Chowdhury presided.

Executive President of the Council Prof Anupom Sen. so-called Agartala Conspiracy Case accused Bldhan Chandra Sen. Assistant High Commissioner of India In Chittagong Jaideep Sarker and Chief Executive of CCC Abdul Wahab took part In the discussion.

Wlille inaugurating the book fair Gaziul Haq called upon people to use Bangla In all spheres of national life. "Even after 48 years of the Language Movement. Bangla has not been widely Introduced." he lamented, adding that a vested group Is still working against our language and heritage.

Speaking on the occasion Labour and Employment Minister Mannan urged the people to come forward to build a happy and prosperous country as dreamt by the heroes of our Liberation War and the Language Movement.