Ordinance on freedom fighters creates confusion, controversy
A local BNP leader allegedly said that Sheikh Mujib had fled the country in 1971
The interim government has decided to include the family members of those injured or killed in the July uprising in the admission quota in government secondary schools for the children of freedom fighters and martyred freedom fighters.
Following violent clashes between student protesters and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists at different public universities around the country, celebrities have voiced their support for the quota reform movement. The July 15 incident left approximately 300 people injured, including female students and BCL members. As of July 17 (3:00pm), six fatalities have been reported due to the ongoing unrest.
These words are not just some veils adorning the valour and victory of our freedom fighters; they're not just tributes but testaments to the rare occasion of the oppressed overpowering the oppressor.
The government’s decision to allow Jamaat-e-Islami back in active politics, instead of bringing it to book for its 1971 role, will be suicidal for the ruling Awami League and above all, the country, said freedom fighters, families of the martyrs and war crimes researchers.
Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Foundation revisits the spirit of liberation in March.
There will be no half fare for students travelling on the Metro Rails, MAN Siddique, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited, said today.
Repeated failure to recognise his ultimate sacrifice is an affront to our history
A platform of freedom fighters announces an agitation programme from July 19 to September 2 to press home their six-point demand including removal of the family members of Jamaat-Shibir men and war criminals from public offices.
The liberation war affairs ministry has once again lowered the minimum age for being recognised as a freedom fighter.
The burial ground of 49 martyred freedom fighters at Dalura of Sunamganj is unique in the country.
The government is giving allowance to 1, 84,394 freedom fighters after conducting a scrutiny to find out real beneficiaries for honorary allowances.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday announced that the 1971 war veterans of different forces would get allowance from January next year.
The High Court questions the legality on an age restriction placed on the freedom fighter status, placed by the government last year.
Many people, who have falsely claimed to be freedom fighters, continue to enjoy government allowances by obtaining court orders, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque told parliament yesterday.
A group of BCL men and freedom fighters of Chuadanga district on Monday disfigured the memorial plaque at the graveyard of Major Bazlul Huda, one of the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, where he was portrayed as a “national hero”.
Twenty-three more Biranganas (war heroines) are recognised as freedom fighters for their contribution in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
The High Court questions ed the legality of the government’s action of not including the names of 40 freedom fighters of Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila in the gazette notification.
