All ministries, divisions and public offices were asked to ensure implementation of the High Court order on the use of Bangla language in every sphere of life.
The secretaries and top officials of the public offices were instructed to inform the public administration ministry about progress made in this regard in 15 days.
The instruction was given in a ministerial coordination meeting of the Public Administration Ministry Senior Secretary Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdhury in the chair.
Kamal told reporters that all secretaries and high officials of the government were asked to implement the court order.
“They will also inform us about their problems to implement the order, if they have any. The progress report will be forwarded to the court as per its direction,” he added.
“The direction was given to execute the Bangla BhashaProcholon Ain (Bengali Language Implementation Act)enacted in 1987.
It was mandatory to implement the law. But it has not yet been implemented,” he said adding: “We will also ask private organisations to follow the order of the court.”
Requesting the media to stop using English or mixed language in programmes or advertisements, Kamal Chowdhury said: “The information ministry has already discussed with the media bosses in this regard. They will sit again with them and take initiative to execute the court’s order.”
The city corporations and local government institutions will take necessary steps to ensure use of Bangla on billboards and name plates of different public or private or business offices in their areas, he said.
The High Court on February 17 issued a ruling asking the government to take steps to implement and ensure the use of Bangla in every sphere of life as per the Bengali Language Implementation Act.
The court also ruled that all signboards, number plates of vehicles and the names of mass media should be written in Bangla everywhere.