DHAKA, Feb 20, 2022 (BSS) - Posts and Telecommunications Minister

Mustafa Jabbar today said from now on, all mobile operators in the
country will send SMS and notifications in Bengali to customers
instead of English and this matter is historic.

  "The task behind converting SMS or notification in Bengali was
challenging but it has been done properly. It is a historical event
for the mother tongue and motherland," he said.

  He came up with the remarks while inaugurating the program of
sending notification or SMS in Bengali to the customers at Bangladesh
Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) auditorium here as the
chief guest on the occasion of International Mother Language Day, a
press release said.

  BTRC has initiated the activity to send Benglai SMS or notifications
in Bengali, the release added.

   Highlighting the various programmes undertaken by Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina for the introduction of Bengali everywhere, Jabbar said:
"Today is a historic day, a great achievement of my life to be able to
do this extraordinary work on the golden jubilee of independence."

  The minister directed the mobile operators to send cent percent SMS
or notifications to the customers in Bengali by June next.

  With BTRC Chairman Shyam Sundar Sikder in the chair, the inaugural
programme was attended, among others, by Secretary to Posts and
Telecommunications Division Md Khalilur Rahman as special guest.

  BTRC Director General Brig Gen Md Nasim Parvez presented the keynote
paper in it.