The nation celebrated Victory Day on Wednesday, as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on that day 54 years back through a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberation.
On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh was born as an independent country at the cost of the supreme sacrifice of three million people and the honour of two lakh women.

On the occasion, the government has taken extensive programmes to celebrate the great Victory Day, while the day will begin with a 31-gun salute in the city tomorro...