We should be proud of ourselves!
Known war criminals of 1971 are our policy makers today.
And this is how we show our respect to the martyrs of the war. Yes, there seems to be lack of fund to do its maintainence!
On December 14, 1971, the occupation forces and their local collaborators brutally killed Bangladesh’s leading intellectuals just two days to victory day.
These intellectuals were forced out of their homes, blindfolded and then taken to Rayer Bazar and Mirpur and killed.
The bodies that were dumped in Rayer Bazar remained so for more than two decades. The children of the martyred formed an association –Projonmo 71 and demanded a mausoleum and had a plaque placed on December 14, 1991.
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Clothes — sarees and lungis — were spread on the red brick steps and structures by the lawn despite large signboards put up by the authorities that read: ‘please keep the lawns clean’. The steps leading to the black marble structure are covered with green moss making the path dangerously slippery.Sections of the iron fence marking the boundary of the mausoleum have been damaged permitting cattle to graze where the grass is green, while the tall grass has not been trimmed in a long while.
Many cracks found on the cement base are now being repaired by workers. One worker did not hesitate to say that the work is eyewash — a cover up just for December 14.
We should be proud of ourselves.