Something about the way the bangle media had been announcing numbers without any suffix had been bugging me for quite some time.

I would like to have some feedback from anybody who can shed some light on this.

I am talking about the way dates are mentioned without any suffix. For example instead of saying “ekush-e august”, they are saying “ekush august” without the “-e” suffix. Same thing with numbers in general. Instead of saying “ponero (15) jon loker shomabesh” they are saying “ponero loker shomabesh”.

When did this evolution happen? Why did this happen? Was it a move initiated by Bangla Academy or contemporary writers?

Please, if anybody knows something please post your comment here.