Liberation War

Liberation War

Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan speaks in parliament on 15 April 2026. Photo: BSS/Screengrab

481 non-freedom fighters dropped since August 2024: Minister

The government has begun taking strict action against non-freedom fighters included in the freedom fighter gazettes and the Indian lists, says Liberation War Affairs Minister Ahmed Azam Khan.

More than five decades on, the genocide during the Liberation War in 1971 remains unrecognised. Photo: UNB

US House resolution seeks recognition of 1971 genocide in Bangladesh

Photo: Collected

Govt to verify freedom fighters list, preserve Liberation War history

Born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 24 October 1935, Tully was the chief of bureau for the BBC in New Delhi for 22 years/Collected

Sir Mark Tully: The voice that brought Bangladesh Liberation War to the world

Born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) on 24 October 1935, Tully was the chief of bureau for the BBC in New Delhi for 22 years/Collected

Veteran BBC journalist Sir Mark Tully, who covered Bangladesh's Liberation War, dies at 90

Liberation War Deputy Chief Of Staff AK Khandaker. Photo: Focus Bangla

AK Khandker, deputy chief of staff of 1971 liberation forces, no more

Representational photo of when Soviet ambassador Yakov Malik cast a veto at the UN Security Council in December 1971, blocking a US-backed ceasefire resolution aimed at preserving a united Pakistan and halting the liberation of Bangladesh. Photo: UN

1971: A veto, a new world order and the bloody birth of Bangladesh

In a street of old Dhaka, Mukti Bahini guerrillas hunt Pakistani snipers during the Liberation War of Bangladesh. Photo: Kishor Parekh

When freedom came home: A 12-year-old’s memory of Victory Day

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman spoke virtually at a discussion marking Victory Day at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, in the capital on Monday, 15 December 2025. Photo: Collected

Defeated forces trying to rewrite Liberation War history: Tarique Rahman

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus pays homage to martyred intellectuals on 14 December 2025. Photo: CA Press Wing

CA pays homage to martyred intellectuals

Illustration: TBS

Historic Battle of Shiromoni; 17 December marks liberation of Khulna

Meherunnesa was an active member of the Mirpur Action Committee led by Poet Kazi Rozy. Her courage had already alarmed hostile sections of the local Bihari community, but she ignored their threats. Photo: TBS

‘Surjyajyotir Pakhi’: Remembering Meherunnesa, the first martyred female poet of ’71

Photo: Collected

Pakistani violence: Ted Kennedy calls it genocide