The valiant freedom fighters are getting digital certificates and digital smart ID cards. The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs has already invited tenders for making digital certificates and smart ID cards.
Two national dailies have already issued notices inviting tenders. According to the notification, tenders will be sold from April 25 to May 4.
At a press conference on March 25, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque released the final list of heroic freedom fighters in the first phase. The list contains the names of one lakh 47 thousand 537 freedom fighters.
In all, the actual number of heroic freedom fighters will not exceed one lakh 70 thousand, said the Minister for Liberation War Affairs. He said, ‘The names of one lakh 82 thousand 834 heroic freedom fighters have been added in the Management Information System (MIS). About 35 thousand people have been excluded from the list as they do not have the approval of the National Freedom Fighters Council in the civilian gazette.
