Bangladeshi Contemporary Architectural Design and Projects with Context and Details of Works

  | Notes from the Architect | During the Liberation War of 1971, Feni was one of the most crucial war zones because of its geographical location. Feni Government College field was used as a mass slaughtering ground by the Pakistani invaders. Martyrs were inhumanly tortured, murdered and buried beneath the college field. Families were rushed to the college grounds as soon as Feni was independent on December 6 th , in the hope of finding their loved ones. Even after 52 years of independence, the people of Feni weeps recalling the horrors the martyrs endured during the war. Students of Feni Government College boldly portrayed the terrors of the war in a school play called “Goalpost”. They reminded the audience how their present college was converted into a torture cell by the Pakistani raiders in 1971. The  Muktibahini  and their supporters were brutally tortured and killed by gunshot while hanged by cords on the goalpost of the college field; later thrown in the pond or bu...