UNB, Faridpur :
Six young men have come to Bangladesh from Kolkata of India by riding bicycles to pay their tribute to the martyrs of the Language Movement ahead of the International Mother Language Day.
The six young men, led by Chandan Biswas, embarked on the adventurous journey ‘Akkhorjatra’ arranged by Touch of Heaven and arrived in Bangladesh on Monday (February 15).
The other members of the group are-Angur Barman, Rahul Sen, Rajat Saha, Subrata Chatterjee and Rensodel Manuel.
After reaching Faridpur district around 9 am on Thursday, the six adventurers placed wreaths at the Shaheed Minar on the campus of Faridpur Government Rajendra College paying tribute to the martyrs of the Language Movement.
Later they started for Manikganj.
Chandan Biswas, leader of the group, said, “We have ardent respect for each of the letters of Bangla language. That’s why, we named our journey ‘Akkhorjatra’.
Subrata Chattarjee said their journey will be fulfilled through placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on February 21.
Mahabubur Rahman, principal of the college, said to pay respect to Bangla Language, the six Indian young men came here by riding bicycles and of them only one named Ransodel Manuel made his journey by running.
They will go to Dhaka by the same way, he said.
Six young men have come to Bangladesh from Kolkata of India by riding bicycles to pay their tribute to the martyrs of the Language Movement ahead of the International Mother Language Day.
The six young men, led by Chandan Biswas, embarked on the adventurous journey ‘Akkhorjatra’ arranged by Touch of Heaven and arrived in Bangladesh on Monday (February 15).
The other members of the group are-Angur Barman, Rahul Sen, Rajat Saha, Subrata Chatterjee and Rensodel Manuel.
After reaching Faridpur district around 9 am on Thursday, the six adventurers placed wreaths at the Shaheed Minar on the campus of Faridpur Government Rajendra College paying tribute to the martyrs of the Language Movement.
Later they started for Manikganj.
Chandan Biswas, leader of the group, said, “We have ardent respect for each of the letters of Bangla language. That’s why, we named our journey ‘Akkhorjatra’.
Subrata Chattarjee said their journey will be fulfilled through placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on February 21.
Mahabubur Rahman, principal of the college, said to pay respect to Bangla Language, the six Indian young men came here by riding bicycles and of them only one named Ransodel Manuel made his journey by running.
They will go to Dhaka by the same way, he said.
