1971

MARCH 2, 1971: First flag flies

March 2, 1971 -- a historic day when Bangladesh announced its imminent arrival to the world by waving its flag for the
1 March 2018, 18:00 PM

British Council unveils memorial for its martyrs

British Council in Dhaka unveils a memorial in honour of eight policemen who died defending the institution on the black night of March 25, 1971.
27 July 2017, 07:59 AM

A tribute: Schanberg who first broke Pak atrocities to the world

The Daily Star is paying a tribute to Sydney H Schanberg, a correspondent of The New York Times who upheld before the world the atrocities of Pakistani military in Bangladesh in 1971 through his reporting.
10 July 2016, 08:22 AM

War crimes: Death for Habiganj man, jail for his 2 brothers

A special tribunal has found three brothers from Habiganj guilty of all the four charges brought against them and handed one death for war crimes. Two of his brothers have been given jail till death.
1 June 2016, 06:26 AM

Pro-liberation body for trial of 195 Pak war criminals

Pro-liberation platform Sector Commanders Forum – Muktijuddho ’71 today demands to start trial of “195 identified Pakistani war criminals” of 1971.
15 May 2016, 13:25 PM

War crimes: Charges framed against 2 Shariatpur men

A special tribunal has framed 4 charges against two Shariatpur men for allegedly committing crimes during the Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971.
2 May 2016, 05:55 AM

War crimes: 4 Netrokona men sent to jail

A special war crimes tribunal sends 4 Netrokona men to jail, a day after police arrested them in a war crimes case following the court’s arrest warrant.
13 April 2016, 06:09 AM

War crimes: Verdict on 5 Kishoreganj men any day

International Crimes Tribunal-1 will deliver verdict any day in a case filed against five Kishoreganj men for allegedly committing war crimes in 1971 as the argument of both sides have been completed.
11 April 2016, 07:58 AM

Unfinished agenda of the Liberation War

Forty five years ago, at zero hour on March 26, 1971, Pakistan Army launched one of the most heinous genocides in human history which could put Halaku and Hitler to shame due to the scale of the carnage.
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Into The 46th Year of Independence

The nation celebrates the 45th Independence and National Day today to pay tributes to the martyrs and valiant sons of the land who laid down their lives for the country's independence.
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM

1971: Our war, their battles

In 1971, during Bangladesh's Liberation War, much of the action was confined to the territory of Bangladesh, but there were battles being fought in locations many oceans away.
25 March 2016, 18:00 PM

The Black Night that still haunts the nation

The nation today recalls the Black Night of March 25.
24 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Nixon was advised to recognise Bangladesh

US intelligence analysis had predicted early that the separation of Pakistan was imminent as the political situation in East Pakistan descended into chaos in March 1971.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Liberation War Denial Crimes Act drafted

The Law Commission has drafted the Liberation War Denial Crimes Act, 2016 with a provision for five years' imprisonment as the highest punishment for denial of historically established facts and settled issues.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Game on '71 war out on March 26

A group of girls have been kidnapped by the Pakistani occupation forces and are held hostage at a torture camp, four kilometres off from Shanir-char in Barisal, a strategically important Pakistani outpost. Shamsu Bahini, a group of five desperados and commandoes guerrillas who reclaimed the Char from the Pakistani's grip move to rescue their sisters.
22 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Nizami decides to seek review

War criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami will seek review of the Supreme Court verdict which upheld his death penalty, his son says after meeting him at Kashimpur jail in Gazipur.
16 March 2016, 04:50 AM

Jamaat calls hartal tomorrow over Quasem verdict

Jamaat calls countrywide hartal for tomorrow over the Supreme Court ruling upholding death penalty of its leader Mir Quasem for war crimes.
8 March 2016, 05:53 AM

SC upholds death for Mir Quasem

Supreme Court upholds death for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali in a war crimes case. Five-member bench of Appellate Division acquits the war criminal of a death penalty and two other jail terms.
8 March 2016, 03:49 AM

War trial: Mir Quasem’s appeal verdict tomorrow

All eyes are on the Supreme Court, which is set to deliver the verdict tomorrow on the appeal filed by war criminal Mir Quasem Ali challenging his death penalty amid comments from different persons including two ministers on the chief justice.
7 March 2016, 13:38 PM

SC starts hearing war criminal Mir Quasem’s plea

Supreme Court today starts hearing the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quashem Ali challenging his death sentence for his crimes against humanity during the country's Liberation War in 1971.
9 February 2016, 04:41 AM