DHAKA, March 26, 2022 (BSS) - Awami Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams 
Parash today demanded international recognition of March 25 as Genocide Day 
commemorating the massacre launched by Pakistan army on Bangalee nation on 
the fateful night of March 25 in 1971. 

"We want March 25 should be recognized as Genocide Day at the quickest time," 
he told reporters after paying tributes to Liberation War martyrs by placing 
wreaths at the National Memorial at Saver. 

Parash said Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 
government has brought the war criminals to justice. 

All war criminals will be tried in phases, he mentioned. 

He said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman proclaimed the 
country's independence in the early hours of March 26 before his arrest. 

At the directives of Bangabandhu, Bengalees participated in the great 
Liberation War to free the soil from the subjugation of West Pakistan, he 
mentioned.

Jubo League General Secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil, Presidium Members 
Mamunur Rashid, Manjur Alam Shahin, Sheikh Fazle Fahim, Joint General 
Secretary Subrata Paul, Organizing Secretary Kazi Mazharul Islam, Md Saifur 
Rahman Sohag, acting president of Dhaka city north unit of Jubo League Zakir 
Hossain Babul, Dhaka city south unit of Jubo League acting President Main 
Uddin Rana, Jubo League's Publicity Secretary Joydeb Nandee, Office Secretary 
Md Mustafizur Rahman Masud and Deputy Office Secretary Md Delwar Hossain 
Sahajada, among others, were present on the occasion.