Bangladesh’s revised textbooks now state that Ziaur Rahman, not Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, declared independence in 1971. The changes, including the removal of Mujib’s title, have sparked fresh historical ...

In these changes lie an underlying theme — of playing down the Indian leadership’s contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation War in which the combined forces of Indian Army and the Bangladesh freedom ...

Since 2010, a year after ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took office for the second time, the textbooks mentioned that Mujibur Rahman -- who spearheaded the independence movement -- had ...

The attack took place as Sheikh Hasina, the ousted former Prime Minister and daughter of Rahman delivered a fiery speech online, urging her supporters to stand against the interim government.

apparently as part of a coordinated campaign involving the former home of Bangladesh’s independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — Hasina's father — in Dhaka, the capital. Hasina fled the ...

the textbooks under Sheikh Hasina's rule had stated that her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared independence via wireless message before being arrested by the Pakistan Army on February 26 ...

Three murals of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were demolished in Rangpur last ... The site was renamed Swadhinata Chattar (Independence Square), and banners featuring Abu Sayed, who was shot dead by ...

The house became an iconic symbol in Bangladesh's history as Sheikh Mujibur Rahman largely led the pre-Independence autonomy movement for decades from the house while during the successive Awami ...

Bangladesh has introduces new textbooks that state that Ziaur Rahman declared the country’s independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. People stand around the vandalized residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's former leader and the ...