The Martyred Intellectuals Day is being observed with due dignity in Munshiganj.
People from various walks of life in the district placed floral wreaths today (14 December) at 9am at the Intellectuals’ Memorial Monument near Haraganga College’s mass grave.
Representatives from the district administration, police department, district freedom fighters command, Munshiganj Press Club, Govt Haraganga College, Women’s College, the anti-discrimination student movement, and several political and social voluntary organisations paid homage one after another by laying wreaths at the memorial.
A prayer session was later held, seeking eternal peace for the intellectual martyrs who were killed during the Liberation War in 1971.
Additionally, the district residents commemorated the nation’s brave intellectuals through discussions and various programs organised throughout the day.