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MARTYRED INTELLECTUALS DAY

Nation recalls their supreme sacrifice today

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
The nation observes the 33rd Martyred Intellectuals Day today, recalling the supreme sacrifice of the illustrious sons of the soil to free the motherland and pledging afresh to materialise their dream for a society free of exploitation and injustice.
With defeat looming large,
the Pakistani occupation army and their collaborators --Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams -- abducted frontline Bengali intellectuals and professionals on December 14, 1971 and killed them to cripple the nation intellectually.
Intellectuals, academics, doctors, engineers, journalists and other eminent personalities were hand picked from the city and were massacred at Rayerbazar and other killing fields.
Political, cultural and civil society organisations will reminisce about the great tragedy that took place only two days before the fall of the Pakistani army in Bangladesh at the end of a ninemonth war.
To mark the day, different socio-cultural and political organisations have planned elaborate progra-mmes, including discussions and wreath-laying at Mirpur and Rayerbazar monuments.
The Awami League, Communist Party of Bangladesh, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) will hold discussion meetings on the occasion.
Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Gosthi will hold discussion meeting and cultural function to mark
the day.
President Iajuddin Ahmed, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Leader of the Opposition in parliament Sheikh Hasina gave separate messages on the eve of the Martyred Intellectuals Day.
In his message, the president described the brutal killing of the country's intellectuals by the occupation forces with the help of local collaborators on the eve of victory as a black chapter in our national history.
"The nation will never forget the evil design of the killers, and the supreme sacrifice of the intellectuals will inspire all to be imbued with patriotism," the president said.
He paid homage to the martyred intellectuals and prayed for eternal peace of their souls.
Khaleda in her message said,
"The supreme sacrifice of the intellectuals will be meaningful only if we can work together for the welfare of the country, sinking all differences."
She conveyed sympathy to the members of the martyred intellectuals' families.
Sheikh Hasina called upon the people to build a vigorous movement against "unholy forces" to uphold the spirit of the War of Independence to pave the way for a democratic and non-communal society.
Hasina paid tribute to the martyred intellectuals and conveyed sympathy to their families.
Former president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury in a statement yesterday also paid tributes to the martyred intellectuals.