Online Desk: The nation is set to celebrate the Month of Victory with much festivity and enthusiasm amid a series of programmes throughout December beginning today (Thursday).

On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces after a nine-month-long bloodstained Liberation War and the supreme sacrifices of three million people and the honour of two lakh women.

Different socio-political, educational and cultural institutions and organisations have chalked out various programmes to celebrate the nation's great victory.

Like the previous years, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal will observe the December 1 as the Freedom Fighters Day.

On December 14, the nation will observe Martyred Intellectuals’ Day to commemorate those intellectuals who were killed by Pakistani forces and their collaborators during the 1971 Liberation War, particularly on 25 March and 14 December 1971.