Liberation War adviser clarifies that Sheikh Mujib, Tajuddin, others in Mujibnagar govt are freedom fighters

The government's move to redefine freedom fighters has been at the centre of discussion

The government last night promulgated an ordinance redefining the term “freedom fighter” (Bir Muktijoddha) and introducing three new categories.

A freedom fighter was hacked to death during a clash between two rival groups in Lohagara upazila of Narail on Eid day

Freedom fighter Sakhina Begum, who killed six razakars with a scythe, is now bedridden and suffering from respiratory problems

The tale of a fearless freedom fighter from Old Dhaka

The genocide that Pakistan’s occupational forces committed in Bangladesh in 1971 has yet to get due recognition.

As he had actively protested against Ayub's dictatorship, and was indeed jailed, he felt compelled to protest against Ershad's dictatorship through his poetry.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today handed over keys of 5,000 houses built under the government's "Bir Nibash" project for underprivileged freedom fighters.

It was like a radiant dawn shining after a long and dreadful night. The cool wind of freedom was blowing in mid-December 1971.

Shurjo’s Clan uses magic realism to conjure Shurjomukhi’s freedom fighter uncles, who were martyred in Sylhet’s tea gardens during the 1971 Liberation War, and her grandmother, who took her own life shortly after the 1947 Partition. 

Almost 50 years after the war, freedom fighter Guerrilla Hafiz is yet to receive state recognition

Biranganas have to wait for up to more than three years to be gazetted as freedom fighters in the absence of a timeline in the process, says a new report of Transparency International Bangladesh.

On November 27, Saturday at 7 PM, Gyantapas Abdur Razzaq Foundation hosted its fifth episode of their discussion series,‘Bidyapeeth Baithaki: Antaranga Alape Gunizan, online’. The topic of this week’s episode was ‘Crack Platoon: The Freedom Fighters of Dhaka’.

Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Faridpur's Saltha Police Station Mohammad Ali Jinnah has been withdrawn for allegedly physically assaulting and verbally abusing a freedom fighter.

The High Court has stayed for six months the government decision that cancelled the freedom fighter status of 192 retired members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), and also directed the government to give them benefits as freedom fighters.

The High Court has stayed a government decision that cancelled freedom fighter status of 119 members of Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB), clearing their way to get benefits as freedom fighters.

A freedom fighter is run over by a truck near Muktijoddha Market in the capital’s Mirpur area.

The High Court issues a contempt of court rule against eight government high officials including four secretaries for not complying with its directives over extending the service period of a freedom fighter.

Recording deposition of witnesses in freedom fighter and Awami League leader Faruk Ahmed murder case was deferred again as main accused AL lawmaker in Tangail-3 Amanur Rahman Khan Rana could not be produced before the court yesterday due to his illness.