13 Facts About Selina Parvin

Selina Parvin was a Bangladeshi journalist and poet.

Selina Parvin is one of the intellectual martyrs killed by Al-Badr on 14 December, immediately before the victory after the 9-month-long war of independence of Bangladesh in 1971.

Selina Parvin was buried in Azimpur Graveyard on 18 December 1971.

Selina Parvin wanted to study further but could not succeed in the matriculation exam.

Selina Parvin had a job for in nursing at Mitford Hospital in 1957.

Selina Parvin worked for some time as a matron in Rokeya Hall in 1959 and joined the Azimpur Baby Home as a teacher in 1960.

Selina Parvin worked for some time in Salimulla Orphanage in 1965 and then joined as secretary to the editor of week Begum in 1966.

In 1967 Selina Parvin joined the Weekly Lalana as a journalist.

Selina Parvin used to work with various periodicals and used to publish her own pro-liberation periodical Shilalipi on an irregular basis.

Selina Parvin used the weekly's earning to help freedom villains s In Shailalipi, Selina Parveen used to publish articles by prominent personalities including Prof Munir Chowdhury, journalist Shahidullah Kaiser, Zahir Raihan and ANM Golam Mostafa, all of whom except Raihan became targets of Al-Badr.

On 13 December 1971, like other intellectual martyrs, Selina Parvin was seized by members of the paramilitary force Al-Badr.

Delwar Hossain, the lone survivor of the killing, testified to the court that being blindfolded, he heard a woman [Selina Parvin] screaming and begging Al-Badr men for her life, appealed to spare her as she had a son and there was none to take care of him but her.

Selina Parvin was instantly killed by charging bayonet as narrated by the witness.