Bengali language is now facing threats in the face of technology
As Information and Communication Technology has improved day by day, Bengali language has been facing threats. We used to say that we are ‘suffering’, while we went through a difficult situation to face. By dint of social media, the expression of suffering has been changed to catchy word like 'Para' on social media. This is how our beloved mother tongue is losing its true essence.
Speakers made these remarks at a program titled ‘Bangla language and culture under threat due to the excellence of technology’ organized by Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumer Association at Bangladesh Press Council Auditorium on Saturday.
While speaking as the Chief Guest, Bangladesh Press Council Chairman Justice Nizamul Haque Nasim said that, “It would have been better if I had given the verdicts in Bengal when I was discharging my duties as a judge. We looked at foreign judgments, studied, researched and made judgments in this country. But writing it in Bengali was difficult and time consuming. Although lower courts have made it mandatory to give judgments in Bengali. Many high court judgments are also done in Bengali. Some judges are regularly giving verdicts in Bengali. I am hopeful that all the judges in the high court will give verdicts in Bengali in the future.
He said, ‘First of all, I want justice to be established, then verdict can be given in Bengali language. Although I come to the Press Council and speaking here in Bengali. Because there is no opportunity to deliver speech in English here.
Nizamul Haque Naseem said that many compound English words are being used in TV advertisements. For example, I saw a shampoo advertisement saying, hair makes ‘shining’. It goes without saying that the hair shines. It would have been more understandable and acceptable to people if it was all in Bangla.
Why shall you import Abotar for A? It would have been better if we had written what it was in our Adarshalipi. He also commented that there was no need to change them and replace with new words.
Other speakers on the occasion said, Bangladesh Computer Council is working on a project named 'Enrichment of Bengali language in information technology through research and development'. But intellectuals are sharing the money allocated by the government for the development of Bengali language in technology. In fact, nothing is in progress at work.
Journalist Mizanur Rahman Sohel presented the main article at the beginning of the program. Social analyst, literary critic, political thinker and Dhaka University teacher Professor Abul Kashem Fazlul Haque, Curator of National Museum Dr. Shihab Shahriar, Abbas Farooq, Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Fiber@Home and others shed light on that article.
Mohiuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh Mobile Phone Consumer Association, presided over the event.
