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Narail freedom fighter killed in clash on Eid Day

A freedom fighter was hacked to death during a clash between two rival groups in Lohagara upazila of Narail on Eid day

Freedom fighter Sakhina now battling old age and illness

Freedom fighter Sakhina Begum, who killed six razakars with a scythe, is now bedridden and suffering from respiratory problems

Independence Day special / The legend of Nader gunda

The tale of a fearless freedom fighter from Old Dhaka

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

April 4, 2016
April 4, 2016

Freedom fighter killed by ‘robbers’ in Gazipur

Armed robbers have allegedly broken into the house of a freedom fighter and shot him dead in Gazipur city.

March 26, 2016
March 26, 2016

A friend in need

He was here only for his job. When the Liberation War broke out, he could have slipped out of the country to safety. But William AS Ouderland, who came to East Pakistan in the 70s as the CEO of Bata Shoe Company, chose to join the fight for the independence of Bangladesh. It was because of the “love and affection” he “felt for the Bangalee people”, as he once wrote in a letter to a friend.

March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016

Freedom fighter killed in Kurigram

A freedom fighter is killed allegedly by unidentified miscreants in Garialpara area of Kurigram town.

March 12, 2016
March 12, 2016

Freedom fighter, poet Rafiq Azad dies

Renowned poet Rafiq Azad passes away at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital in Dhaka at the age of 73.

February 24, 2016
February 24, 2016

War crimes: Mir Quasem’s appeal verdict Mar 8

Supreme Court concludes hearing and sets March 8 for delivering verdict on appeal filed by convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem challenging his death penalty. Prosecution prays court to uphold death for Quasem, while defense seeks acquittal in conclusion hearing.

February 18, 2016
February 18, 2016

Freedom fighters' age reduced to 13

The Jatiya Muktijoddha Council (JMC) yesterday fixed 13 as the minimum age limit for being recognised as a freedom fighter.

February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016

MP, ex-MP, 23 others sued for war crimes

A freedom fighter yesterday filed a case against 25 people including an incumbent and a former Jatiya Party lawmaker for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971.

February 7, 2016
February 7, 2016

Trishal freedom fighter sues MP, 24 for war crimes

A freedom fighter in Mymensingh’s Trishal sues a running lawmaker and 24 others for crimes committed against humanity during 1971 Liberation War.

January 19, 2016
January 19, 2016

Cabinet's no to retirement age extension

The cabinet yesterday rejected a proposal to raise the retirement age of freedom fighters in public service to 65 years from the existing 60.

December 22, 2015
December 22, 2015

Swadhin Bangla Betar engr Rashidul dies

Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra sound engineer Rashidul Hossain die at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital, He was 72.