DHAKA, Oct 1, 2021 (BSS) - Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa
Jabbar said that Bangla or Bengali is established as the sweetest language in
the world.

   "Bengali is established as the sweetest language in the world. It has
gained all the qualifications to be recognized as the official language of
the United Nations," he said.

   The minister was speaking as the chief guest at a reception programme
organized by Sahitya Sangathan Purbo-Paschim on the occasion of the 72nd
birth anniversary of Director General of Bangla Academy and poet Mohammad
Nurul Huda last night.

   He hoped that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's efforts to establish Bengali
as the official language of the United Nations would be successful.

   With National Professor Rafiqul Islam in the chair, the programme was
addressed, among others, by Poet Asad Mannan, chairman of Bangladesh
Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Shyam Sunder Sikder, Cultural
Affairs Additional Secretary Ashim Kumar Dey and Writers Club President
Sheikh Rabiul Haque.

   Jabbar said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has
elevated the Bengali language to a unique height by giving a speech in
Bengali at the United Nations.

   Following this, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has established the status of
Bengali language in the World Assembly by giving 17 speeches in Bengali at
the United Nations.

   He said: "We are very proud of the Prime Minister's demand for the
recognition of Bengali as the official language of the United Nations this
time."

   He also praised poet Mohammad Nurul Huda's contribution to the Bangla
Academy and the Bengali literature.