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Today is dark 25 March, Genocide Day
Dhaka, March 25: Today is 25 March, Gendddocide Day. At the end of this day in 1971, a terrible night came in the life of the Bengali nation. At midnight on this day, the barbaric Pakistani invasion forces armed with sophisticated weapons attacked the unarmed Bengalis all over the country, including the capital Dhaka, with the heinous aim of silencing the voice of the Bengali nation forever, according to their pre-planned Operation Search Light blueprint.
International Association of Genocide Scholars proposes recognition of the 1971 genocide
Dhaka, April 26: The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IASG) has adopted a resolution to recognize the brutal massacre of Bengalis by the Pakistani army in 1971 during the Liberation War. Such information was given in a press release sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday night.
Prime Minister Hasina calls for international recognition of Genocide Day
Dhaka, March 26: Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has called upon the international community, including the United Nations, to recognize the day that Pakistan's military forces carried out genocide on the Bengali nation on March 25, 1971 as 'International Genocide Day'. She made this call in the president's speech at the Awami League Parliamentary Board meeting at Ganobhaban on Saturday (March 25).
March 26, Dhaka turned into a mortuary
Special Report, Dhaka, March 26: Mominul Haque Khoka was the regular companion of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from the fifties. Being in Bangabandhu's company for a long, he became a silent witness of many incidents in the past. After Bangabandhu was arrested on the night of March 25, 1971, he shouldered the responsibility of the the former's entire family. He kept Bangabandhu's family safe until they were caught by the Pakistani forces. At this time, he remained in hiding with everyone in different places of the capital. From Mominul Haque Khoka's memorial book titled 'Astaragae Smriti Samujjwal: Bangabandhu, Tar Poribar O Ami', the events after March 25 are highlighted:
1 Minute 'Blackout' on the night of Genocide Day
Dhaka, March 7: Blackout will be observed across the country for one minute on March 25 to mark Genocide Day.
1971 Genocide: DU Vice-Chancellor calls for collective action to seek UN recognition
Dhaka, November 21: The Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University (DU) Prof. Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman called upon the organizations and institutions based on the liberation war to work together for the international and UN recognition of the genocide committed in Bangladesh during the 1971 liberation war. He made this call in the president's speech at a coordination meeting organized by 'Amra Ekattar', an organization of liberation war ideals, held at DU's vice-chancellor building on the occasion of the preparation of the International Genocide Remembrance Day on December 9.
The 1971 Genocide of Bengalis- An obliterated truth
Bangladesh has been campaigning for getting recognition of March 25 as the International Genocide Day by all the countries in the world. The conflict in erstwhile East Pakistan, during 1970-71, was one of the bloodiest and most contested in the post-WWII era.In the 9-month-long war of liberation against Pakistan about three million innocent people were killed and more than 200,000 women were violated.
Bangladesh urges World Genocide Day on March 25
Dhaka, October 1: Half-a-century after it suffered, Bangladesh urges that the world recognize the genocide of unarmed civilians by the Pakistan Army, March 25, the day it began, be observed as International Genocide Day.
Indian High Commission in Dhaka observes symbolic 'blackout' to mark Genocide Day
Own Correspondent, Dhaka, March 26: The Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Friday paid tribute to the 1971 Genocide by observing a symbolic one-minute blackout of the Chancery complex to honour the sacrifice of untold millions of Bangladeshi people killed and women assaulted during the Pakistani army's ‘Operation Searchlight’ 51 years ago.