Desk Report: Sonali Bank Limited Board of Directors paid homage to the Intellectuals slaughtered by the Pakistani occupation forces and their local collaborators on this day in 1971. A one-minute silence was observed in the beginning of the meeting to show respect to the martyrs. The Board of Members also prayed for the eternal peace of departed soul of Bangabandhu and his family members, four national leaders and freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives in our liberation war in 1971.