Historic March 7 on Friday commemorating the landmark speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which was touted as an ...

The day arrives in a different context this year as the AL government fell on 5 August last year in the face of a mass uprising ...

Together, these perspectives illuminate how the meanings of March 7 are not fixed but continuously shaped by contemporary ...

The new textbooks downsize the role of Mujibur Rahman and add other leaders who participated in Bangladesh's freedom struggle ...

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

A campaign of many years had reached a crescendo. The people's aspirations were vindicated as their champions had won a comprehensive majority in the 1970 election, sweeping the erstwhile East ...

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) of Bangladesh has updated 441 textbooks for students across primary, ...

Among the key revisions, two iconic photographs featuring Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding President ... and another of Gandhi being greeted in Dhaka on March 17, 1972. However, the role ...

Many years ago when Bangladesh was also demanding a separate nation, it was India who supported it. In such a situation, the ...

Mujib's Role Reduced, Zia Highlighted Following Sheikh ... Rahman of his 'Father of the Nation' title. The updated textbooks credit Ziaur Rahman with announcing independence on March 26, 1971 ...

The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) of Bangladesh has made revisions to 441 textbooks used by primary, ...