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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

August 30, 2017
August 30, 2017

Singer Abdul Jabbar passes away

Abdul Jabbar whose powerful songs inspired the freedom fighters during the Liberation War passes away at a hospital in Dhaka. He was 80.

August 5, 2017
August 5, 2017

Taramon Bibi to be taken to Dhaka CMH from Rangpur

Bir Protik Taramon Bibi, who was undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Rangpur, is set to be taken in Dhaka CMH as her physical condition deteriorated.

July 9, 2017
July 9, 2017

15 more Biranganas recognised as freedom fighters

The government recognises 15 more Biranganas (war heroines) as freedom fighters for their significant role during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

July 2, 2017
July 2, 2017

The valiant fighter is no more

Syed Shahidul Haque Mama, a valiant freedom fighter, died at a Qatar hospital on Friday, ending over a two-month-long battle for life following a massive cardiac arrest. He was 66.

August 13, 2016
August 13, 2016

Travails of a freedom fighter

Had it not been for his becoming a witness in the trials of the war criminals we might not ever have come to know of Miron Sheik.

July 11, 2016
July 11, 2016

Jamalpur freedom fighter dies in ‘police torture’

A freedom fighter has died after alleged police torture in Jamalpur Sadar upazila today when he went in the aid of a relative booked for boarding a local train without ticket.

June 26, 2016
June 26, 2016

Govt sets definition of freedom fighters

After 45 years of independence, the government defines as to who will be eligible to be considered as freedom fighters of Bangladesh’s Liberation War of 1971.

June 16, 2016
June 16, 2016

Death sentence for 6 confirmed

The High Court yesterday confirmed the death penalty of six persons, including a central Jubo Dal leader, for killing Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master, a decade after a trial court sentenced 22 people to death and six others to life term for the 2004 murder.

May 17, 2016
May 17, 2016

Order to attach assets of Tangail MP Rana, his brothers

A Tangail court orders attachment of assets of 10 persons including Awami League (AL) lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana and his three brothers in a case filed for the murder of a freedom fighter.

May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016

NO to Jamaat war criminal NIZAMI'S plea

The legal battle in the war crimes case against Motiur Rahman Nizami has finally drawn to a close after 69 long months. The man, who led the ruthless militia Al-Badr in the massacre of Bangalees including intellectuals and professionals during the 1971 Liberation War, has now only one option left -- seeking presidential clemency by confessing to the crimes he committed during the nine-month war.