When a column of Pakistan army vehicles entered Dewrachhara Tea Garden in Moulvibazar in the afternoon of May 3, 1971, most of the workers there were alarmed but had little strength left to do anything about it.

Every inch of Suhrawardy Udyan bears the history of Bangladesh’s ascension. From Bangabandhu’s reception after he was freed from jail to the Pakistan Army’s surrender there on December 16, the park is inseparable from the country’s origin story.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday  paid glowing tributes to the martyred intellectuals, marking Martyred  Intellectuals Day.