According to the latest gazette of the Ministry of Freedom Fighters, the number of martyred intellectuals in the country is 560. The number of this list may increase further said the Minister of Liberation War A, K, M Mozammel Haque.
The minister gave this information in response to a written question by Member of Parliament for Chittagong-11 Constituency M Abdul Latif in the budget session for fiscal year 2024-25 in the JS on Tuesday (July 2). Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury presided over the session.
The Liberation War Minister said that so far the list of martyred intellectuals has been published in four phases. Among them, 191 people in 2021, 143 people in 2022, 108 people were published in February 2024 and lastly in the fourth phase in April this year, the ministry published the names of 118 people.
The minister also said that the preparation of the list of martyred intellectuals is a continuous ongoing process. The activities of a national committee in this regard are ongoing. National committee members and collecting data of Shahid intellectuals are continuing information collection, verification and gazette publication activities. This program will continue till December this year. A complete list identifying the martyred intellectuals who are not on the list will then be published.