News Desk : dhakamirror.com
People from all walks of life have been paying tributes to the martyred intellectuals by placing wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Rayerbazar this morning, marking the Martyred Intellectuals Day.
Most of the people, including teachers and students from different educational institutions, were wearing black clothes, a symbol of mourning. Many people were carrying small placards and festoons in their hands.
Meanwhile, on the occasion of the Martyred Intellectuals Day, children’s organisation Kendrio Khelaghar Asor is holding a symbolic sit-in programme there to pay tributes to the martyrs.
Just two days ahead of the country’s final victory in 1971, the Pakistani occupation forces with the help of their local collaborators — Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams — killed the most prominent intellectuals.
As many as 200 illustrious intellectuals, including professors,
