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 ...

The names of 27 government primary schools previously named after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India amid protests, and her family members have been changed.

Bangladesh: Bangladesh's National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has rolled out significant changes to school textbooks for the 2025 academic session, revising key accounts of the country's ...

Drawing parallels to historical figures ... and even calling for the destruction of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s house—the very place where Bangladesh’s independence was declared. “They carried ...

Content on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina’s father and the nation’s founding ... They thought that the front covers should have pictures that would draw the attention of children, which is why both ...

Bangladesh’s National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has implemented notable revisions to school textbooks for the 2025 academic year, altering the portrayal of the country’s history.

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a key advocate for linguistic and national identity, later led Bangladesh to independence in 1971. Around four years later, assassins stormed his residence at 32 Dhanmondi and ...

Following this, Bangladesh has seen their historic monuments, house, and statues of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, being desecrated, burnt or destroyed. “This is the government's top priority.

The Awami League is much stronger today than it was in 1975 when a confused party faced a brutal military coup that resulted in the death of Hasina’s father and Bangladesh’s founder, Sheikh Mujibur ...

The latest revisions have removed numerous references to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country’s first President and father of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and instead highlight figures ...

Until this year, textbooks gave special exaltation to the country’s first president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for spearheading that liberation struggle. But Mujib, assassinated in 1975 in a military coup, ...

Until this year, textbooks gave special exaltation to the country's first president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for spearheading that liberation struggle. A student-led revolution overthrew the ...