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Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus paid tribute by placing a wreath at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur around 7:20am and observed a minute of silence.

Earlier, around 7:00am, President Mohammed Shahabuddin placed a wreath at the memorial.

After the state observances, the memorial was opened to the public.

BNP leaders, led by Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, laid wreaths at the memorial.

Speaking to reporters, Fakhrul said as the nation strives to build a democratic Bangladesh, hostile forces are once again engaging in violence and killings to obstruct the country’s democratic journey.

National Citizen Party leaders, led by its Convener Nahid Islam, also paid tribute. Nahid said the systematic killing of pro-Liberation War intellectuals on December 14, 1971, was aimed at preventing Bangladesh from standing on its own feet.

Meanwhile, people from all walks of life paid tributes at the Rayerbazar Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in the capital from early morning.

DU ADMIN ERASES WAR CRIMINAL CARICATURES

Dhaka University authorities removed caricatures of war criminals painted on campus roads by students of Jagannath Hall. The artwork, created under a programme titled “Tuli’r Achore Droho” (Defiance Through Brushstrokes) on Saturday night, depicted Matiur Rahman Nizami, Ghulam Azam and Abdul Quader Mollah. The caricatures were erased yesterday following instructions from the university administration.