News Desk :
Today (Tuesday) is the December 1, the first day of “Bijoyer Maash” (Month of Victory).
Forty nine years ago on December 16, Bangladesh was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces – after a nine-month-long Liberation War – and the sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of people, and the honour of nearly half a million women.
Different socio-political, educational and cultural institutions and organizations have chalked out numerous
virtual programs to mark the nation’s victory that was achieved under the leadership of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The programs will include placing of wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in Dhaka, processions, discussions, photo exhibitions and cultural events.
Different organizations will observe the first day of December as Freedom Fighters Day.
On December 14, the nation will observe Martyred Intellectuals’ Day to commemorate the intellectuals who were killed by the Pakistani forces and their local collaborators during the 1971 Liberation War, particularly on March 25, and December 14, 1971.
Victory Day will be celebrated on December 16 through paying homage to the martyrs for their supreme sacrifices in freeing the country from the misrule and occupation of Pakistan’s colonial rulers.
This year the month of victory will be broadly celebrated via virtual programmes due to Covid-19 pandemic.
