Bangladesh has honoured 83 foreign nationals and organisations for their outstanding contributions in the Bangladesh’s war of independence. President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday conferred two categories of honours on distinguished personalities from different countries and
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THE AWARDEES
Recipients of “Bangladesh Liberation War Honour” 1. Dr Ram Baran Yadav, President of Nepal 2. Late Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, the Third King of Bhutan 3. Late president Leonid IIyich Brezhnev of
4.5 lakh women raped during liberation war
A recent study revealed, about 4.5 lakh women surrendered their chastity and were humiliated by the Pakistani army and its collaborators during the liberation war. There is no data of the rapes, killings and kidnappings of women during the liberation war but some data were collected from sources in the last few years, War Crimes ... Read more
Story of a Teenage Freedom Fighter
“Amar Bondhu Rashed” opens tomorrow Morshedul Islam’s latest film on the Liberation War, “Amar Bondhu Rashed”, will be released tomorrow. Initially the film will be released in Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi and Dinajpur. Based on a novel for adolescents by Dr. Mohammad Zafar Iqbal, the film narrates the courage and patriotism of a teenager in 1971. ... Read more