The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Grameen Phone Ltd in collaboration with Prothom Alo will publish letters written by freedom freighters during the liberation war of 1971in the form a book.

It was said at a press conference organised at the Liberation War Museum in the city yesterday.

Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman, Deputy Editor Anisul Huq, Oddvar Hesjedal and Syed Yamin Bakht, CEO and Director of Public Relations of Grameen Phone respectively, among others, were present.

Hesjedal said the initiative would help to preserve an important part of history of Bangladesh for the next generations.

The letters would be collected through Grameen Phone Centres and all Prothom Alo offices across the country within February and later a book would be published on March 26, said Matiur Rahman.

These letters would be scrutinized for authenticity by researchers before being approved for inclusion in the book, he added.