News desk: Mother's Day is being celebrated today in Bangladesh and many other countries across the world. Every year, the Mother's Day is observed on the second Sunday in May. It is a time to honor mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers for their contribution to family and society. Mother's Day is also a celebration for motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. Mother's Day is celebrated with by family members offering gifts, cards, flowers to the mothers, a special meal out, jewelry, or chocolates and candy. Mother's Day
celebrations originated in the US in the earth 19th century and began with two US women – Julia Ward Howe and Anna Jarvis. Julia Ward sponsored Mother's Day each year in Boston around 1870 for 10 years to promote pacifism and disarmament with women. Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother's Day in Grafton, West Virginia at St. Andrew's Methodist Church in 1908 in memory of her late mother. In 1914, the second Sunday of May was recognized as a national holiday in the US to honor mothers.
