Dhaka, March 25 -- A discussion meeting was organised at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur to observe March 25 Genocide Day, remembering the tragic events of the 1971 Liberation War.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Shawkat Ali was present as the chief guest at the discussion meeting held in the Syndicate Room of the administrative building of the university on Tuesday morning.
At that time, he said on this day in 1971, a terrible night descended on the life of the Bengali nation. At midnight on March 25, the barbaric Pakistani invading forces armed with sophisticated weapons carried out genocide across the country including Dhaka.
He further said there is no difference between the genocide of innocent unarmed Bengalis in 1971 and the ma...