First-ever Shaheed Minar in Hague inaugurated

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Published : 17:54, Feb 22, 2019 | Updated : 18:01, Feb 22, 2019

The first-ever Shaheed Minar has been built at the Zuider Park of Hague in Netherlands.The first-ever Shaheed Minar has been inaugurated at the Zuider Park of The Hague on 21 February 2019.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands Sheikh Mohammed Belal, along with Deputy Mayor of the city Saskia Bruines, inaugurated the monument, says a media release of the embassy.
Ambassadors of India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Russian Federation, Indonesia, Brazil, Kenya, Yemen, Vietnam, high officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands, the members of diplomatic corps and Bangladesh community living in the Netherlands attended the programme.
Following the sustained efforts of the embassy of Bangladesh, The Hague municipality- a city known as the 'City of Peace and Justice' allocated a piece of land in the Zuider Park, a heritage park of the city for the construction of the Shaheed Minar.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands Sheikh Mohammed Belal, along with Deputy Mayor of The Hague Saskia Bruines, inaugurated the monument.Bangladesh has financed the physical construction while the municipality financed the design of the monument as part of joint collaboration between Bangladesh and the Netherlands to promote culture of peace and multilingualism.
In his welcome address at the inauguration ceremony, Ambassador Belal paid tribute to the language martyrs and expressed gratitude to the municipal authority for their support and cooperation for the construction of the Shaheed Minar.
The Deputy Mayor in her address congratulated both Bangladesh embassy and The Hague Municipality for the successful completion of the project.
She mentioned that in The Netherlands there are 20 languages, all languages are important.
She observed that the language monument in the Zuider Park would not only enhance the dignity of The Hague but also remain as ever inspiration for the future generations to preserve and promote the mother tongue.
Rabin Baldewsingh, former Deputy Mayor of the Hague, who played a vital role in allocating land for the Shaheed Minar, highlighted that the message of multilingualism and multi-culturalism encouraged them to extent cooperation to have the International Language Monument in The Hague.
It is mentionable, Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque laid the foundation stone of this Shaheed Minar on Feb 19, 2017.

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