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Published : 27 Mar 2026, 12:50 AM
Freedom fighter Kamrul Aman has criticised all previous governments for failing to teach the new generation the impartial history of Bangladesh’s Liberation War, leaving many young people unable to grasp the truth of 1971 fully.
On Thursday, he said the Awami League government, which claimed to be on the side of the Liberation War, ended up “selling out the spirit” of the struggle.
He spoke during the launch of the third volume of “Bangladesh, Penned in Blood”, a Liberation War-based compilation published by bdnews24.com, at an Independence Day event.
Two earlier volumes have already been released.
The third volume presents more than 500 photographs chronicling the language movement and the Liberation War, all compiled under a single cover.
Aman said, “[Awami League] members were busy looting rather than telling the true history. Every government that came interpreted the war in their own way, leaving the new generation disconnected and indifferent.”
He praised bdnews24.com for publishing the compilation, calling it “an important step in preserving the true history of the Liberation War for future generations”.
Aman, who served as the second deputy leader of the “World Conscience Awakening March” team from Bangladesh to Delhi during the 1971 war, recounted his experiences mobilising public opinion internationally.
The initiative involved 38 young volunteers from across the country presenting petitions to foreign governments and embassies, advocating for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s release, and exposing mass killings by Pakistani forces.
Reflecting on the war, Aman said: “On the 27th of March, 1971, I saw a body buried in the ground at Dhaka University, with only the hand exposed.
“At Shankhari Bazar, people had been burned alive. Most of today’s generation does not know the extent of the atrocities. If they knew the true history, no one would ever speak against the Liberation War.”
He also criticised the country’s leftist parties: “I am a leftist, but the left has largely vanished into right-wing politics. They no longer offer hope.
“Some join the Awami League or BNP. Only a few attempt to speak truth about the Liberation War, but being distant from the public, their words carry little weight.”
