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Bangladesh Genocide of 1971: Time for the West to walk the talk

The genocide that Pakistan’s occupational forces committed in Bangladesh in 1971 has yet to get due recognition.

Tribute / The poet who shook the Ershad regime

As he had actively protested against Ayub's dictatorship, and was indeed jailed, he felt compelled to protest against Ershad's dictatorship through his poetry.

PM hands over houses to underprivileged freedom fighters

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today handed over keys of 5,000 houses built under the government's "Bir Nibash" project for underprivileged freedom fighters.

Victory Day Today: Freedom dawns

It was like a radiant dawn shining after a long and dreadful night. The cool wind of freedom was blowing in mid-December 1971.

INTERVIEW / In Iffat Nawaz’s debut novel, 1971 is not an open wound

Shurjo’s Clan uses magic realism to conjure Shurjomukhi’s freedom fighter uncles, who were martyred in Sylhet’s tea gardens during the 1971 Liberation War, and her grandmother, who took her own life shortly after the 1947 Partition. 

Guerrilla Hafiz and the freedom fighters we have failed

Almost 50 years after the war, freedom fighter Guerrilla Hafiz is yet to receive state recognition

Longer wait for Biranganas to get same privileges as freedom fighters: TIB

Biranganas have to wait for up to more than three years to be gazetted as freedom fighters in the absence of a timeline in the process, says a new report of Transparency International Bangladesh.

Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Foundation hosts discussion on freedom fighters of Dhaka

On November 27, Saturday at 7 PM, Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Foundation hosted its fifth episode of their discussion series,‘Bidyapeeth Baithaki: Antaranga Alape Gunizan, online’. The topic of this week’s episode was ‘Crack Platoon: The Freedom Fighters of Dhaka’.

OC withdrawn for allegedly assaulting freedom fighter in Faridpur

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Faridpur's Saltha Police Station Mohammad Ali Jinnah has been withdrawn for allegedly physically assaulting and verbally abusing a freedom fighter.

October 18, 2023
October 18, 2023

Bangladesh Genocide of 1971: Time for the West to walk the talk

The genocide that Pakistan’s occupational forces committed in Bangladesh in 1971 has yet to get due recognition.

August 12, 2023
August 12, 2023

The poet who shook the Ershad regime

As he had actively protested against Ayub's dictatorship, and was indeed jailed, he felt compelled to protest against Ershad's dictatorship through his poetry.

February 15, 2023
February 15, 2023

PM hands over houses to underprivileged freedom fighters

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today handed over keys of 5,000 houses built under the government's "Bir Nibash" project for underprivileged freedom fighters.

December 16, 2022
December 16, 2022

Victory Day Today: Freedom dawns

It was like a radiant dawn shining after a long and dreadful night. The cool wind of freedom was blowing in mid-December 1971.

November 18, 2022
November 18, 2022

In Iffat Nawaz’s debut novel, 1971 is not an open wound

Shurjo’s Clan uses magic realism to conjure Shurjomukhi’s freedom fighter uncles, who were martyred in Sylhet’s tea gardens during the 1971 Liberation War, and her grandmother, who took her own life shortly after the 1947 Partition. 

November 4, 2022
November 4, 2022

Guerrilla Hafiz and the freedom fighters we have failed

Almost 50 years after the war, freedom fighter Guerrilla Hafiz is yet to receive state recognition

June 16, 2022
June 16, 2022

Longer wait for Biranganas to get same privileges as freedom fighters: TIB

Biranganas have to wait for up to more than three years to be gazetted as freedom fighters in the absence of a timeline in the process, says a new report of Transparency International Bangladesh.

November 30, 2021
November 30, 2021

Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Foundation hosts discussion on freedom fighters of Dhaka

On November 27, Saturday at 7 PM, Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Foundation hosted its fifth episode of their discussion series,‘Bidyapeeth Baithaki: Antaranga Alape Gunizan, online’. The topic of this week’s episode was ‘Crack Platoon: The Freedom Fighters of Dhaka’.

January 13, 2021
January 13, 2021

OC withdrawn for allegedly assaulting freedom fighter in Faridpur

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Faridpur's Saltha Police Station Mohammad Ali Jinnah has been withdrawn for allegedly physically assaulting and verbally abusing a freedom fighter.

September 21, 2020
September 21, 2020

HC stays cancellation of freedom fighter status of 192 retired BGB, BAF personnel

The High Court has stayed for six months the government decision that cancelled the freedom fighter status of 192 retired members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), and also directed the government to give them benefits as freedom fighters.