Nation to observe Martyred Intellectuals Day tomorrow

Dhaka (Dec 13, 2020): The Martyred Intellectuals Day will be observed tomorrow, commemorating the intellectuals killed by Pakistan occupation forces and their local collaborators in a planned way at the fag-end of the War of Liberation in 1971.

The country’s renowned academicians, doctors, engineers, journalists, artists, teachers and other eminent personalities were dragged out of their homes, blindfolded and taken to unknown places and then brutally tortured and murdered on this day in 1971.

Their bodies were later dumped at Rayerbazar, Mirpur and some other killing fields in the capital.

Sensing an imminent defeat, the Pakistani forces and their local collaborators like Al-Badr, Al-Shams and Razakar carried out the cold-blooded mass killing thwart emerging of Bangladesh intellectually.

Among the martyred intellectuals are: Prof Munier Chowdhury, Dr Alim Chowdhury, Prof Muniruzzaman, Dr Sirajuddin Hossain, Fazle Rabbi, Shahidullah Kaiser, Prof GC Dev, JC Guha Thakurta, Mofazzal Haider Chowdhury, Prof Santosh Bhattacharya, journalists Khandaker Abu Taleb, SA Mannan (Ladu Bhai), Nizamuddin Ahmed, ANM Golam Mustafa, Syed Nazmul Haq and Selina Parvin.

The government has chalked out different kinds of programmes to commemorate the tragedy of December 14 with due respect.

Bangladesh Television and private television channels will broadcast special programmes highlighting the significance of the day.