BNP pays homage to martyred intellectuals

BNP placing wreaths at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur in the city

Dhaka, Dec 14 - BNP on Saturday paid tributes to martyred intellectuals by placing a wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur in the city, marking the Martyred Intellectuals’ Day.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir along with some party senior leaders placed the wreath around 9:15am and stood in solemn silence there for some time as a mark of respect to the great national heroes who lost their lives for the cause of the country.

Talking to reporters, Fakhrul recalled the self-sacrifices of the intellectuals in the country’s Liberation War.

He urged all to take a vow to build a self-reliant, democratic Bangladesh to materialise the dream of the martyred intellectuals.

BNP kept the national flag at half-mast and hoisted black flags atop all its offices, including the Nayapaltan central one, to mark the day.

The party arranged a discussion at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh on Friday in observance of the day.

On this day 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.

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