Dhaka, Dec. 17 -- When the generation that carved Bangladesh out of blood and bullets is dismissed as the "worst", it tears open wounds that never truly healed, war-wounded freedom fighter Md Shahjahan Mia has said.

"Independent Bangladesh has honoured us as its finest citizens," he said on Victory Day night at the launch of bdnews24.com's Liberation War anthology.

"Whether we receive anything while alive or not, when we die we will be buried with state honours, wrapped in the national flag."

Shahjahan made the remarks on Tuesday night, while attending the publication ceremony of the first volume of the anthology.

The three-volume compilation, published by bdnews24.com, seeks to bind together the blood-soaked history of Bangladesh's i...