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
The High Court has directed the government to include names of 208 freedom fighters in the official gazette and take necessary steps to give them monthly allowances.
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.
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Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, 66, known for ruthless massacre of unarmed civilians, torturing freedom fighters and pro-liberation forces in 1971 is finally close to gallows.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina comes down heavily on the Amnesty Intentional for its reported remarks on Bangladesh’s freedom fighters and the trial of war criminals.
Forty-one Biranganas (war heroines) are recognised as freedom fighters for their contribution in the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
Family members of condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed will meet him at Dhaka Central Jail tomorrow.
High Court asks the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to determine the definition of freedom fighters before it finalises their list.