The legacies of Mujib and Ziaur Rahman, and the question of who proclaimed the independence of Bangladesh, have been a subject of debate and dispute.

The legacy of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is gradually being erased in Bangladesh since the country's interim government assumed power after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was overthrown. First, his statue ...

Islami and a segment of the BNP, is reportedly modifying textbooks, dismantling murals of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and ...

According to the report by the New Delhi correspondent of The Associated Press, “… Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the nationalist leader of East Pakistan, was arrested only hours after he had proclaimed his ...

This centralisation of power has fostered a cult of personality around party leaders, turning internal dissent into a taboo. The result is a hollowing out of democracy within the very institutions ...

However, recent revisions in Bangladeshi textbooks have sparked controversy by attributing the declaration of independence to Ziaur Rahman, the late husband of former Bangladesh Prime Minister ...

It said that the late Zia, who was an army officer and later fought against Pakistan, had actually ... would state that "on March 26, 1971, Ziaur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh ...

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

Two teenage step-sisters in Gujranwala, Pakistan, have been arrested for allegedly killing their father by setting him on fire as revenge for rape. The father died from injuries sustained in the ...

Samajwadi Party (SP) Member of Parliament (MP) Ziaur Rahman Barq is facing growing legal and administrative challenges, as the district authorities have issued a third and final notice regarding ...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A blast from an improvised explosive device killed one person and wounded 35 others on Saturday in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Turbat, a police official said.

The Allahabad High Court on Friday (January 3, 2025) stayed the arrest of Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rahman Barq in connection with violence that broke in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal during a survey ...