Thousands of Bangladeshis, political leaders and war veterans flocked to the Jatiyo Sriti Soudho (The National Martyrs' Memorial) in Savar to celebrate Victory Day today. From early in the morning, people came to lay floral wreaths at the memorial, built in memory of those killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, which brought the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistani rule on this day 38 years ago. Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.