It was on that fateful night, termed Operation Searchlight tha marked the beginning of a genocide that would claim countless lives. It was the day when the Pakistani forces attempted to crush our ...

Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight, massacring thousands in Dhaka University, hospitals, and villages in a brutal crackdown.

On March 24, 1971, the day before the Pakistani army unleashed the infamous "Operation Searchlight," its top brass flew to Chattogram Cantonment from Dhaka. By then, a quiet but growing spirit of ...

As per the blueprint of Operation Searchlight, the Pakistani army had four key targets in Dhaka city on the fateful night of 25 March 1971. These were Dhaka University Campus, Rajarbagh Police ...

Codenamed "Operation Searchlight", their objective was to ... Bangladesh will observe a symbolic blackout on Tuesday night to remember the brutal massacre carried out by the Pakistani forces.