** Wednesday 21st February from 11am – 12.30pm **
ELREC in partnership with The City of Edinburgh Council, Thistleshapla Cultural Group and Heriot-Watt University marks and celebrates this day to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.
Join us on the 21st February at City Chambers:
11.00 – Registration and Refreshments
11.20 – Event begins in the European Room with a welcome speech from the Rt. Hon. Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Robert Aldridge.
11.30 – Mr Foysol Choudhury MBE MSP
11:40 – Sir Geoff Palmer OBE
11.50 – Mrs Min-Hsiu Liao from Heriot Watt University
12.00 – Cultural presentation
Priti Fakhrul reciting Gaelic Poem
A short speech by Mr Bodrul Husain Babu and Mr Shahnoor Chowdhury
Music composed by Johnny Ahmed:
” Salam Salam”
Fakhrul Islam – Poem in Sylheti Nagri
12.20 – Make your way to the Quadrangle where the floral wreath will be laid at a temporary memorial