Entertainment Desk:

UNESCO, the United Nations’ top educational, scientific and cultural organization, will celebrate the silver jubilee of International Mother Language Day. This event has been organized at the organization’s headquarters in Paris on February 20-21.

UNESCO has invited Dr Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor to the Interim Government of Bangladesh, as the ‘Guest of Honor’ for the opening ceremony of the main event of the Silver Jubilee celebration. He will deliver a speech online. In addition, the Advisor to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, will be present at the ministerial-level discussion of the member countries.

The special attraction of this event is the cultural program performed by Bangladeshi artists. A fusion of Baul songs with band music and new genre songs will be presented in Paris.

Shezan, the artist behind ‘Kotha Ko’ fame, Islam Uddin Palakar, Emil of Shunno, emerging musician Parsha, famous Baul music artist Tutul Baul, legendary flute player Jalal, Mithun Chakra, F Minor and music director Jahid Nirob are going to Paris to participate in this event.

Islam Uddin Palakar will be performing a medley of the July Matano song ‘Kotha Ko’ and a song by 52 exclusively for this event on the world stage. Parasha will sing Lalon’s famous song ‘Jat Gelo’ in unison with Tutul Baul. Emil will be sing ‘Shono Mohajon’.

F Minor and Parsha will sing the song “Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano” in four languages ​​- Nagri, Garo, Chakma, and Bengali. Islam Uddin will also perform the famous ‘Pashan Monre Amar’.

This event will be broadcast live from Paris on several TV channels in the country. After the speech of the Honorable Chief Advisor, the Honorable Advisor of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Mostafa Sarwar Farooqui, will speak at 8:45 pm Bangladesh time.

Performances by Bangladeshi artists can be seen in the cultural event from 11:15 pm to 11:35 pm. A documentary about writer-researcher, politician, activist Badruddin Umar and Tahmina Saleh will be shown there. The documentary has been directed by Tanim Noor.