Nation vows to safeguard secularism
Pays solemn tribute to martyred intellectuals
Some leaders of Awami League and its affiliate bodies take a huge national flag to the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Rayer Bazar and shower flower petals to pay their respect and mark the Martyred Intellectuals Day yesterday. A number of children joined them. Photo: Rashed Shumon Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh yesterday paid a solemn tribute to martyred intellectuals of 1971 at a time when religious fundamentalist forces were gaining their strength.
On this day, the best sons of the soil made supreme sacrifice just two days before the country got liberated.