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Local members of Bangladeshi community hold rally in Short Pump
In 1971, Richmond resident Saifur Rahman was 18 years old when he trained in India as a member of the Mukti Bahini. Also known as the “Liberation Army,” or the “freedom fighters,” the Mukti Bahini was a militia that fought for Bangladeshi independence from …