Footages of 1971 Liberation War
A walk through the Liberation War Museum
Visitors now can learn about the glorious Liberation War of 1971 at much wider spectrum as the Liberation War Museum has been shifted from its old building at Shegunbagicha to its new premises in Agargaon of Dhaka.
Most mass graves in 3 southern districts still unmarked
Eighty-five percent mass killing grounds in three southern districts of Bangladesh are yet to be marked and conserved even 45 years after the victory of Liberation War.
Alamdanga killing field could have more to say
The Pakistan army's killing field in Alamdanga of Chuadanga could be holding further proof of the brutality of the anti-liberation forces.
Gaibandha mass grave now a barren ground
Shoddy fencing and a few worn out signboards are the only things that separate a piece of land in Gaibandha’s Fulchari – where over 4,000 people were slain by the Pakistan forces in 1971.
Killing fields of 1971: Our grief, our strength
Around 3,000,000 people were brutally killed by the then West Pakistan forces during the nine months of Liberation War in1971, their bodies were dumped and buried in hundreds of mass graves and killing fields across the country.
Secret operation of a young surgeon
He always kept his duties well above everything. Even when his mother and newly married wife were undergoing treatment at a hospital the day after the Pakistan army crackdown on March 25, 1971, Dr Azharul Haque did not walk away from his duties towards patients and the nation.
Massacre of 437 Marwaris By Pak Army in Saidpur's Golahat / Mass grave in utter neglect
Golahat mass grave near Saidpur railway station in the district bearing the horrifying memory of the massacre of 437 Marwaris by
BBC's Michael Clayton reports on March crackdown
NBC News on March 29, 1971 reports quoting sources in India that West Pakistan is continuing to bomb parts of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The attacking West Pakistanis claim that the situation here is under their control. Video footage recorded by BBC newsman Michael Clayton before he was expelled from East Pakistan along with other western journalists shows West Pakistani military crackdown on virtually unarmed people of Dhaka city.
Bangladesh Genocide: Dhaka University Massacre
Ron Nessen, reporter of NBC News, reports on massacre at Dhaka University on March 26, 1971.
Killing of intellectuals at Rayerbazar
The killings of intellectuals were a well planned strategy to divest a Bangladesh that has just emerged as an independent country of its thinkers, professionals and teachers to cripple its progress.
Bangladesh’s struggle for Independence '71 and after Part 2
Bangladesh’s struggle for Independence '71 and after Part 2
Indian troops attempt to cross Comilla border in 1971
Indian troops attempt to cross Comilla border in 1971
Bangabandhu’s speech on March 7, 1971
In the afternoon of March 7, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman addressed a historic congregation of almost 10 lakh people at the then Race Course ground (now Suhrawardy Uddayan) in a key point of Bangladesh’s history. In his 20-minute speech, Bangabandhu announced: “Ebarer Shongram amader muktir shongram, Ebarer shongram, shadhinotar Shongram” (This war is a war for independence, this war is a war for Freedom).
