Move on to preserve verbal evidence of Liberation War

The government has a plan to preserve the verbal evidence of the Liberation War of 1971 by recording wartime experiences of the living freedom fighters, reports BSS.

"We have taken a programme titled 'Beerer Konthe Beergatha' to preserve the oral history of the Liberation War after recording statements of all the living freedom fighters with a view to letting people particularly the young generation know the true history of the war," Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque told the news agency on Monday.

"Upon successful completion of the programme, the country will get a complete and true history of the Liberation War, as the history of the entire country's war will come up through statements of the freedom fighters," he added, saying this will prevent distortion of the history.

When asked about the number of living freedom fighters, he confirmed, "The number of living freedom fighters is 1.31 lakh as per their names who receive allowances at present."

"A proposal to this end has already been sent to the Finance Ministry a week ago for its final approval," Md Mominur Rahman, assistant chief, Ministry of Liberation War Affairs, told the news agency.

The ministry has a target to complete the programme within one year from July 2018 while Tk seven crore has been earmarked as expenses for completing the projects, he added.