At least 10 leaders and activists of Narayanganj city unit BNP are injured as police disperse the party's Victory Day rally for what the law enforcers said the rallying people blocked a road and tried to create chaos in the area.

Bangladeshis at home and abroad are celebrating Bangladesh's 49th Victory Day paying deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country during the Liberation War.

“…Then after dark, a tentative ‘Joy Bangla’ in the back streets. Older men came out and persuaded the lads back into their homes; ‘there is still a curfew’. Then a more determined ‘Joy Bangla’. The Mukti Bahini had taken over the streets.