In the early hours of the International Mother Language Day, the President said. Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on behalf of the nation have paid deep tributes to the heroic martyrs of the great language movement. On behalf of Abdul Hamid, his Military Secretary Major General SM Salahuddin Islam and on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina his Military Secretary Major General Naqib Ahmad Chowdhury laid a wreath at the Shaheed Minar.

After handing over the wreaths by the President and the Prime Minister, the two military secretaries stood in silence for a while and paid deep homage to the memory of the language martyrs. On behalf of Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, a high level official laid a wreath at the Shaheed Bedi.

On behalf of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, General Secretary Obaidul Quader along with senior leaders of the party again laid a wreath at the Shaheed Minar on behalf of the party.