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Draft list of freedom fighters by February first week

Staff Correspondent | banglanews24.com
Update: 2021-01-18 13:23:35
Draft list of freedom fighters by February first week Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque talking to reporters

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque said the draft list of freedom fighters would be published in the first week of February.

He came up with the announcement while inaugurating a rally marking the service week of the ministry in front of Paribahan pool in Dhaka around 11:00 am Monday.

The minister said the final list of freedom fighters will be revealed on March 26. However, the draft list will be published in the beginning of February so that mistakes can be corrected.

"We have made a list of 1,40,000 freedom fighters so far and gazettes of 34,000 more will be scrutinized within January 31. Apart from that, there are around 15,000 more martyred freedom fighters. We believe the total number of freedom fighters will not cross 2 lakh mark," Mozammel said.
 
After publishing the final list of freedom fighters, the government will begin formulating the list of associate freedom fighters, the minister added.
    
On the progress of Rajakar's list, Mozammel said: "First a law need to pass in the parliament to publish the list of Rajakars. We want to put forward the draft law in the parliament session which is scheduled to commence from today. However, the bill might not be passed in the short session."

The minister also said all services for freedom fighters are being handled digitally and Liberation War Affairs is the first ministry to do 100 percent works through the website.

The Liberation War Affairs Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh was also present at the event. The ministry has been observing its service week from January 12 to 18.

BDST: 1315 HRS, JAN 18, 2021
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