“Mr. Peter Haas, today is December 14th. You would do well to go to the Intellectual Memorial,’ he added in his speech. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Kader said that there are many BNP activists, who voluntarily went missing to avoid hearing the cases filed against them. BNP leader Salahuddin himself had visited India, saying, […]
Remembering the martyred intellectuals
“A committee has been formed at the national level to prepare a list of martyred intellectuals. One list has already been prepared. Hundreds of new applications have been received. It is expected that the complete list of martyred intellectuals will be out within March 26, Independence Day. Will come.” the minister added. When asked about […]
On the night of December 14, 1971, over 200 intellectuals including academicians, journalists, litterateurs, physicians, scientists, lawyers, artists, philosophers and political thinkers were picked up by the Pakistani occupation forces in Dhaka with the help of their local collaborators. The intellectuals were taken to torture chambers in Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Nakhalpara, Rajarbagh and other places in […]
Bangladesh is paying homage to the nation’s best minds who were killed indiscriminately by the Pakistani Army and their local collaborators on 14 December 1971 in the final moments of the Liberation War. Realizing that they had lost the war, in a last ditch effort to exact revenge, the Pakistani occupation forces and their accomplices […]
On 14 December, the country will observe Martyrs Intellectuals Day in the memory of those intellectuals who were killed during the 1971 Liberation War, especially on 25 March and 14 December 1971, by the Pakistan Army and their collaborators. The country’s Victory Day will be observed on 16 December to pay homage to the martyrs […]
