Govt finalises definition of Freedom Fighters
Monday, 13 October 2014
The Liberation War Affairs Ministry finalised Monday the definition of Freedom Fighters (FF). As per the new definition, those who were at least 15-year old on March 26, 1971 now they can apply for their freedom-fighter status. The new definition also recognised 'Biranganas', women tortured at the hands of the Pakistan army and their local collaborators, as freedom fighters. The decisions were taken at a meeting of the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council, held at its office at Magbazar in the city with Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque in the chair, according to BSS.