Martyred Intellectuals Day observed
DU Correspondent :
The nation on Thursday observed the Martyred Intellectuals Day in a befitting manner to commemorate the intellectuals killed by Pakistan occupation forces and their local collaborators just before the end of the Liberation War.
On this day in 1971, the country’s renowned academicians, doctors, engineers, journalists, artists, teachers and other eminent personalities were dragged out of their homes, blindfolded and taken to unknown places, brutally tortured and killed.
Their bodies were later dumped at Rayerbazar, Mirpur and some other killing fields in the capital.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals in the morning by placing wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur.
After that, family members of the martyred and freedom fighters and people from all walks of life paid tributes at the memorial in Mirpur and Rayerbazar Killing Ground in Mohammadpur.
Different political parties including Bangladesh Awami League, Jubo League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Moin Khan placed wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial.
Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh University Science and Technology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh, office of Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh, Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU), Engineers Institute of Bangladesh (IIB) and different socio-cultural organization paid tributes to the Martyred.
Besides, a discussion programme was held at Jatiya Press Club organized by Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) chaired by DUJ President Sohel Haider Chowdhury making the day where senior journalist Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul, BFUJ President Omar Faruk were present.
The Dhaka University administration and different students and socio-cultural organization organized various events on the campus on the occasion of Martyred Intellectual day.
The DU administration also organized a discussion programme at TSC auditorium of the university where DU Vice-Chancellor Dr ASM Maksud Kamal, Pro-vice Chancellor Muhammad Samad, teachers, students and employees were also present.
Emphasizing creating history awareness among the new generation, DU Vice-Chancellor said, “The country’s intellectuals portrayed the sectarianism and brutal massacres of the Pakistani occupation forces to the world.
They protested against all injustices, misdeeds and discrimination.
These best children of the country were killed in a planned way to suppress their voice and distort history, to make the nation untalented and subjugated.”
