The legacies of Sheikh Mujib and Ziaur Rahman have always been politically contested, and the question of who proclaimed the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan disputed. While the Awami ...

Political instability, dwindling public support, economic constraints and a volatile neighbouring country are eroding the costly gains that Pakistan made in combating ...

Bangladesh is rewriting its textbooks for primary and secondary students stating that it was Ziaur Rahman and not Mujibur ... just before his arrest by the Pakistan army on March 16, 1971.

Bangladesh’s revised textbooks now state that Ziaur Rahman, not Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, declared independence in 1971. The ...