26 March

26 March

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What Gen Z actually demands from freedom

For Gen Z, freedom is no longer symbolic—it is deeply personal, politically urgent, and increasingly shaped by forces both visible and invisible

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The people who rebuilt Bangladesh after 1971

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Barricades built of voices: How music armed a nation in 1971

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From ashes to autonomy: The legacy of 25 March 1971

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What if 1971 happened today?: The Liberation War in the age of Wi-Fi

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Dread of ‘death’ on the day of a nation’s birth

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26 March: Cities of resistance

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25 March: The night Bangladesh lost its fear

Garo community members fought alongside Bangali freedom fighters despite differences in language and identity, driven by the same immediate reality of violence and displacement. Photo: Collected

When Garo freedom fighters took up arms against Pakistan

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A night of fire, a dawn of freedom

President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman pay tribute at the National Memorial on 26 March 2026. Photo: PMO

President, PM pay tribute to martyrs at National Memorial

Former president and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman. Photo: Collected

'It was then 2.15 am...March 26 in 1971'

The writer Shaheed Ahmed (on extreme left) at the Tejgaon Airport on 17 December 1971 standing with a group of freedom fighters and others in front of an Alouette helicopter of the Bangladesh Airforce. Photo: Courtesy

Man in immaculate white and the mannequin hand: 27 March 1971