Dhaka, Dec. 14 -- Bangladesh on Sunday observed the Martyred Intellectuals' Day paying rich tributes to a galaxy of intellectuals systematically killed by Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators just before the end of the Liberation War.

Marking the day, President Mohammed Shahabuddin paid homage to the nation's intellectuals at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur at 7am.

Later, he stood there silently for a while.

Followed by the President, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus also paid tribute to the nation's finest intellectuals and observed a silence for a while there.

Family members of the martyred, freedom fighters and people from all walks of life paid tributes to the martyred intellectuals by plac...