President, PM pay homage to language heroes

President Abdul Hamid and prime minister Sheikh Hasina have paid their tributes to the martyrs of the language movement on the occasion of Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day.

They paid the homage by placing wreaths at the Central Shaheed Minar at one minute past Tuesday night.
President Abdul Hamid and prime Minister Sheikh Hasina proceeded to the altar of the Central Shaheed Minar together in slow pace as the song on Amar Ekushey--"Amar bhaiyer rakte rangano Ekushey February(My Brothers Blood Spattered 21 February)"-- was playing.
The president was the first to lay the wreath at the Central Shaheed Minar. Just after the president, the prime minister placed the wreath at the Shaheed Minar.

They stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memories of the language heroes.