25 March

25 March
National Martyrs' Memorial in Savar, Dhaka

Bangladesh observes Independence Day

The nation is observing the 52nd Independence and National Day in a befitting manner

National Memorial in Savar

Nation set to celebrate Independence and National Day

The nation is set to celebrate the 52nd Independence and National Day on Saturday (26 March) in a befitting manner.

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the nation on occasion of the Independence Day, the golden jubilee of independence and the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, on Thursday.

Bangladesh must take fresh vow to heighten nation’s stature further: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh must take a fresh vow to heighten further its stature as the nation celebrates the golden jubilee of independence simultaneously with the ...

Operation Searchlight’ cast open ‘gates of hell’: Pakistan major

Operation Searchlight’ cast open ‘gates of hell’: Pakistan major

The world history recorded 25 March, 1971 black night as a rare case when the military of a country launched a sudden brutal assault on a sleeping civilian population of the same country the way ...

Tamil women cry as they hold up images of their disappeared family members during the war against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at a protest in Jaffna, about 400 km (250 miles) north of Colombo on 27 August 2013

Human rights in Sri Lanka Why no moral stance on the question of genocide?

According to UN estimates, around 80,000 to 100,000 people died in the civil war which lasted or over two decades, resulting from the struggle for an independent Tamil state

One minute blackout on 25 March night

One minute blackout on 25 March night

The government has decided to observe one-minute symbolic ‘blackout’ at night on 25 March throughout the country marking the Genocide Day

PM accuses post-75 rulers of executing Pakistani junta's agenda

PM accuses post-75 rulers of executing Pakistani junta's agenda

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday accused the post-1975 rulers of implementing the agenda of the then Pakistani junta to appease Islamabad."They didn't want that the people of Bangladesh will ...

One-minute blackout to mark 25 Mar

One-minute blackout to mark 25 Mar

Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Saturday said Bangladesh would observe a one-minute blackout on the night of 25 March in memory of the brutality carried out by the Pakistani Army in 1971."The ...