Jashore's fight for mother tongue began in February 1948, and during the course of the language movement, it eventually became the home to the second Shaheed Minar after Rajshahi in February 1952.

Family members of BDR personnel accused in the Pilkhana massacre are holding a sit-in demonstration at Dhaka’s Central Shaheed Minar for a second consecutive day, to push for a three-point list ...