Category: BDFA News
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Bangladesh Feminist Archives Condemns Political Violence Following the Killing of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi
Bangladesh Feminist Archives (BDFA) expresses deep sorrow over the death of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, founding member and spokesperson of Inquilab Mancha, who passed away on 18 December 2025 in Singapore. He succumbed to his injuries after being shot in broad daylight during his election campaign in the Box Culvert area of Bijoynagar, Dhaka. Hadi…
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16 December 1971: Victory, and The Fragility of Truth
16 December is observed as Victory Day in Bangladesh, marking the formal end of the 1971 Liberation War and the surrender of the Pakistani military. Victory did not arrive gently. It arrived through blood, hunger, displacement, and unspeakable loss. Bangladesh was born not only through celebration, but through mass graves, violated bodies, burned villages, and…
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Martyred Intellectuals Day: Remembering A Genocide Designed to Cripple Thought
14 December is observed as Martyred Intellectuals Day in Bangladesh, marking one of the most calculated acts of violence during the 1971 Liberation War. On this day, the Pakistani military and its local collaborators, particularly Al-Badr and Al-Shams, systematically abducted and killed the country’s leading intellectuals just days before Bangladesh’s independence. The objective was not…
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