The Dhaka Times Desk West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit Bangladesh on Language Day in February. He intends to be present on February 21 to pay floral tributes at the Central Shaheed Minar.

According to media reports, India's West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed her desire to spend the International Mother Language Day in Bangladesh next February. Mamata Banerjee wants to be present on February 21 to pay floral tributes at the Central Shaheed Minar. Although the date is not officially fixed, the decision is fairly ripe - this is what the media reported.
According to the Anandabazar newspaper, quoting sources from Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, the media said that it has already been said that the date of Mamata's visit from the West Bengal Chief Minister's office 'Nabanna' will be announced within a day or two.
The media said that the official invitation to visit Dhaka on behalf of the Bangladesh government was received at Mamata's office last Monday. On behalf of Foreign Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali, Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Kolkata handed over this invitation to Navanne Mamata. It is said that the Chief Minister informed that Mamata Banerjee wants to stay in Dhaka on February 21. After the initial discussion, it was informed that after going to Dhaka on February 19, he wanted to return to Kolkata by plane on the night of February 21.
It is to be noted that it is known that Mamata Banerjee will invite Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to visit Kolkata after coming to Dhaka. In addition, the Chief Minister has ordered to open a chair in the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Calcutta University.