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Published: 02 Jun 2021 03:22 PM BdST
Updated: 02 Jun 2021 03:58 PM BdST
Bangladesh has finalised a decision to take away gallantry awards from four of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s killers, who received them for their actions during the Liberation War. );
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A gazette stripping the awards from fugitives Shariful Haque Dalim, Risaldar Moslemuddin, M Rashed Chowdhury and SHMB Noor Chowdhury will be released in four or five days, said Minister of Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Huq.
“An ethical decision has been made,” the minister said. “Now we will issue it in a gazette.”
He did not comment further on the matter.