List of 118 more martyred intellectuals published

Another 118 names have been added to the list of intellectuals martyred during the 1971 Liberation War. With this, lists of 560 martyred intellectuals were published in four phases.

Minister of Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Huq unveiled the updated list at a press conference at the ministry on Sunday. The list includes the names of writers, teachers, politicians, social workers, doctors, lawyers, writers, service workers, engineers, playwrights, journalists, musicians and cultural workers.

The list was first issued as a gazette on Apr 7, 2021, by the ministry and included 191 names. On May 29, 2022, it was updated with another 143. On Feb 15 this year, an update added 108 more names to the list. Sunday’s additions take the total names to 560.

In the list of martyred intellectuals of the fourth phase, there are 3 writers, a scientist, a painter, 54 teachers, 4 lawyers, 13 doctors, 3 engineers, 8 government and private employees, 9 politicians, and 13 philanthropists.

Apart from this, the list of martyred intellectuals also includes 9 individuals who played roles in culture, film, drama, music, and other artistic domains.