Dhaka, Dec. 22 -- December 20 is a day of mourning for the residents of Moulvibazar. On this day in 1971, when the entire country was celebrating victory, a mysterious mine explosion at Moulvibazar Government High School killed more than fifty freedom fighters who had just returned home.
District Administrator Touhiduzzaman Pavel paid tribute by laying flowers at the memorial located between the Central Shaheed Minar and the school memorial at 9 am on Saturday at the Moulvibazar Government High School grounds.
Police Superintendent Mohammad Billal Hossain and freedom fighters were present.
The ashes of the scattered freedom fighters were collected and buried between the Central Shaheed Minar and the memorial, and later a dedicated memori...