Liberation War Affairs Ministry issues a circular re-fixing 12 years and six months as the minimum age for being recognised as a freedom fighter.

The photos are taken at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 premises where death row war criminal Mir Quasem Ali is being held, awaiting his execution.

Shaheed Shafi Imam Rumi, a guerrilla fighter who fought valiantly in the Liberation War of Bangladesh will always remain 19 in the eyes of people of the country who know the history of sacrifices of a mere teenager and his family for this country.

A war is a battle fought by others, where deaths are only piling numbers and the critically injured- someone else’s problem.

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