Blood-soaked August 15

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- a leader who brought to fruition a centuries-long quest for freedom and an ideology now inextricable from Bangalee identity -- was assassinated along with most of his family on this day 46 years ago.

But how can the essence of an entire civilisation be eradicated with a mere 18 bullets?

Star Multimedia commemorates the essence of Father of The Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the day he and most of his family were brutally murdered.