KATHMANDU: To commemorate the National Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day, the Bangladesh embassy organised a special art and painting workshop along with an exclusive discussion programme on February 21.

The workshop saw some of the most prominent artists and persona from Nepal and Bangladesh expressing their solidarity towards the cause of respecting one’s mother language. Since art is an expression of what one strongly believes in, there could not have been a better way to celebrate this auspicious occasion.

“The success of our collective effort to turn Language Martyr’s Day into International Mother Language Day is a testimony to the excellent leadership Bangladesh has provided to ensure the most basic of all human rights — right to mother language to all people of the world,” expressed M Humayun Kabir, ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal.

Many pioneers of art including Kiran Manandhar, Uttam Nepali, Khaled Mahmood Mithu had gathered to mark this occasion and manifest their immense talent on canvas.