The Language Martyrs Day Observe in Bangladesh

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Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina places wreaths and silence a moment in front of at the Central Shaheed Minar Dhaka to honors Language Movement martyrs on International Mother Language Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, February 21, 2013. The Language Movement martyrs, who fought and died on 21 February 1952 to make their mother tongue a state language, took up arms against the Pakistani army and secured the independence of Bangladesh. © Monirul Alam

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Nation paying tribute to martyred intellectuals in Bangladesh

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 14.Dec 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh- People from all walks of life reiterated the demand for trial of the war criminals as they paid tribute to the martyred intellectuals on Wednesday at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Monument . On this day in 1971, the Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators including Al-Badr, Al-Shams and Razakars brutally killed the country’s leading intellectuals, just two days ahead of the final victory. © Monirul Alam http://monirul.photoshelter.com/