Committee formed to scrutinise list of martyred intellectuals
Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has formed a committee to scrutinise the list of intellectuals who sacrificed their lives during the Liberation War.
The committee includes researchers, freedom fighters and officials of the ministry.
The ministry issued a notification in this regard on Thursday, according to a press release.
Dhaka University professors Muntassir Mamoon and Mesbah Kamal, Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee President Shahriar Kabir, Genocide-Torture Archive and Museum Trustee Dr Chowdhury Shahid Kader and its researcher Gazi Salauddin, as well as National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine Director Dr Baizid Khoorshid Riaz, freedom fighter and filmmaker Nasiruddin Yousuff, and Lt Col (retd) Sajjad Ali Zahir Bir Protik were named members of the committee, among others.
According to the notification, the committee will scrutinise the list of martyred intellectuals – their names and addresses -- and will also give their opinions.
They will also set the definition for martyred intellectuals to prepare the list, the notification said.
The committee will prepare the list after going over research books, newspaper clippings, TV reports and other sources.
Besides, it will also check the applications received from different ministries, departments, organisations, districts, upazilas and other sources to recommend names for the list.
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