Bangladesh: National policy needed to safeguard indigenous languages</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Bangladesh: National policy needed to safeguard indigenous languages"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Bangladesh,National,policy,needed,to,safeguard,indigenous,languages"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">04-01-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Bangladesh: National policy needed to safeguard indigenous languages</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_1mdmAfIXApfA3YHbO2v9_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Dhaka, Bangladesh (Daily Star): A national language policy is needed to help promote the proper use of Bangla and safeguard endangered languages of indigenous communities in the country, Prof Anisuzzaman said yesterday. There is a number of ethnic communities in the country, but their languages are struggling to survive and many of them do not have written forms, he said while presenting the keynote paper on 'The state of languages in Bangladesh' at the 56th Founding Day Lecture of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh in the city. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=17777 " target="blank">www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=17777 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show