“…Then after dark, a tentative ‘Joy Bangla’ in the back streets. Older men came out and persuaded the lads back into their homes; ‘there is still a curfew’. Then a more determined ‘Joy Bangla’. The Mukti Bahini had taken over the streets.
The tin shack was almost hidden behind a bush. A thick canopy of mango and coconut trees kept it under a blissful shade. Behind its backyard was a wide canal that separated it from the rest of the village.
When the Liberation War began in March 1971, former organising secretary of Bangladesh Girl Guides Association Maleka Khan like many others also faced the atrocities of war and made it to safety by escaping from Dhaka to her in-law’s house in Narsingdi. In this episode, Maleka Khan shares her experience of the war.
War crimes researcher Shahriar Part 3
Shahzaman Mozumder Bir Protik goes back to the heroic days of our 1971 Liberation War and tells the story of the battle of Ashuganj and the Muktibahini's march towards Dhaka.
Guerrilla Commander Nasiruddin Yusuf Bachchu gives an account of the last battles of freedom fighters who were under his command against the Pakistani army just days before December 16 in 1971.
Guerrilla Commander Nasiruddin Yusuf Bachchu gives an account of the last battles of freedom fighters who were under his command against the Pakistani army just days before December 16 in 1971.
Writer, historian and war crimes researcher Shahriar Kabir talks about...