Home Minister Sahara Khatun yesterday in parliament said an investigation is being conducted into the incident of not hoisting of black flag and not keeping the national flag at half-mast at the Jatiya Press Club premises on the occasion of the National Mourning Day.
Four Heroines of the Liberation War of 1971 cladding the national flag yesterday demanded of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to shift the graves of those seven people who were against the Liberation War from the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban (National Parliament building) premises to somewhere else.
Holding the spirit of the Liberation War, people across the country gathered at various monuments to pay tributes to the national heroes amid calls for trial of the war criminals and voting them out in the national polls.
Streets were flooded with the enthusiastic people carrying banners of different political, social, cultural and professional organisations, and singing patriotic songs.
The nation celebrated the 37th anniversary of liberation saluting the valiant sons and daughters of the soil who made supreme sacrifices for the independence in 1971 with a dream of building a modern democratic state.
A boy plays with the national flag during a Victory Day parade celebrating Bangladesh's independence in Dhaka December 16, 2008. Bangladesh celebrated its 37th Victory Day on Tuesday. --Reuters
রক্ত দিয়ে স্বাধীনতা এনেছি, রক্ত দিয়েই যুদ্ধ অপরাধীদের রুখতে হবে। ওদের দাড় করাতে হবে বিচারের কাঠগড়ায়। আগামী বিজয় দিবসের আগেই যুদ্ধ অপরাধীদের বিচার করত
