DHAKA, Dec 14, 2019 (BSS) – Jatiya Press Club today opened a special
corner on 1971 Liberation War coinciding with the Martyred Intellectuals Day
and Victory Day celebrations drawing war veterans, editors and senior
journalists.
The corner contained shelves having some 100 books on 1971 published at
home and abroad while club authorities said more select books on the
Liberation War were being procured to enrich the corner under the auspices of
JPC’s library and reference sub-committee.
Liberation War researcher and freedom fighter Major (retd) Shamsul
Arefin spoke as the chief guest at the function chaired by JPC president
Saiful Alam.
Senior journalists and editors including Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman,MP,
Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Hasan Shahriar , Reazuddin Ahmed, Motiur Rahman, Abul
Kalam Azad, Mahfuz Anam, Harun Habib, Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, Khandakar
Moniruzzaman, Shawpan Shaha, Sharif Shahab Uddin, Abdul Jalil Bhuiyan,Saban Mahmud,Omar
Faruk,and Sohel Haider Chowdhury, among others, were present on
the occasion.
JPC General Secretary Farida Yesmin delivered the welcome speech while
its library subcommittee convener Shahnaz Begum conducted the function that
begun with popular liberation war songs – “Shob kota janala khule dawna” and
“Muktioro mondiro shopano tole” at the garden of the club.
Arefin welcomed the initiatives and laid emphasis on making more
documentation over different events and facts of the Great Liberation War.
“There are lots of books on different battles and events of the
Mujibnagar government but we still lack documentations on situation of the
administration under the Pakistani junta inside Bangladesh which is crucial
to know the history of the Liberation War, he said.
He urged researchers and journalists to work on documenting different
events that took place inside the country as the war was underway in 1971.