In 2010, then-Fulbright Fellow and photographer Elizabeth Herman offered a unique perspective on the 1971 Liberation War — a nine-month long battle in which East Pakistan waged war with West Pakistan ...

The revisions largely erase the legacy of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her father Mujibur Rahman’s role in freedom struggle, and India's role in the Liberation War of 1971. The "reforms" ...

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 ...

The declaration on March 27, 1971, was made — in Zia’s words — ‘on behalf of our great leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’. We have stated that in the new textbooks.” References to Mujib have ...

On Wednesday, former leaders of Students Against Discrimination (SAD), the student movement that toppled Hasina’s Awami ...

Since 2010, a year after Sheikh Hasina came to power for the second time, the textbooks had mentioned that Mujibur Rahman declared independence via a wireless message just before he was arrested by ...

1971, according to The Indian Express. Sheikh Hasina, Mujibur Rahman’s Roles Minimised One of the most striking changes is the complete removal of Sheikh Hasina from all textbooks. Her customary ...

The government has renamed four highways and eight bridges, all of which were named after the names of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her family. The ...

For the first time since their separation in 1971, Pakistan and Bangladesh have ... The thaw in bilateral ties comes after Sheikh Hasina was ousted as Bangladesh's Prime Minister last year.

Hasina, who survived multiple assassination attempts, was so paranoid about her safety that her Awami League government even passed the "Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's ...