Martyred Intellectuals Day

Martyred Intellectuals Day

Pakistani generals accuse one another of conceiving the plan to deploy Al-Badr, compiling lists of intellectuals, and overseeing their systematic elimination. Photo: Collected

Denial as politics: How Jamaat’s revisionism of 14 December threatens post–July unity

The Awami League regime weaponised 1971. But that does not mean Jaamat will get a free pass on denying their past crimes, nor use the July Uprising as the Trojan Horse to rewrite their history of...

Martyred Intellectuals Memorial (Badhya Bhumi Smriti Soudha in Bengali), a memorial situated in Rayerbazar, built on the site of the brick kilns where the dead bodies of the intellectuals assassinated on 14 December 1971. Photo: Wikipedia

Martyred Intellectuals Day observed with due solemnity

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir speaks at an event at the Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh in Dhaka on 14 December 2025. Photo: Collected

Pro-Bangladesh and regressive forces facing off ahead of polls: Fakhrul

Martyred intellectuals. Photo: Collected.

How New York Times reported the killings of intellectuals in 1971

From the early hours of the day, people began placing floral wreaths at the memorial. Photo: Rajib Dhar/ TBS

Nation pays tribute to martyred intellectuals at Rayerbazar memorial

The killing of intellectuals in 1971 was not an isolated act of wartime brutality. Photo: Collected.

54 years after the massacre, why Bangladesh still faces an intellectual crisis?

Martyred Intellectuals Memorial (Badhya Bhumi Smriti Soudha in Bengali), a memorial situated in Rayerbazar, built on the site of the brick kilns where the dead bodies of the intellectuals assassinated on December 14 1971. Photo: Wikipedia

Nation recalls its brightest minds 

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Jamaat to hold rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on Victory Day

Tarique Rahman. Sketch: TBS

Pluralistic politics key to realising martyred intellectuals' ideals: Tarique

Martyred intellectuals. Photo: Collected

Our lost luminaries and the light they still shine 

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Munshiganj observes Martyred Intellectuals Day

Jamaat wants judicial probe into killing of intellectuals on 14 Dec 1971

Jamaat wants judicial probe into killing of intellectuals on 14 Dec 1971

People pay respect to martyred intellectuals at Rayer Bazar Memorial on 14 December. Photo: TBS

Martyred Intellectuals Day: Flood of people at Mirpur, Rayerbazar memorials to pay tribute