Bangladesh might not have come into existence in 1971 if Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was allowed to take office as the Prime ...

New textbooks for primary and secondary school students across Bangladesh will state that Ziaur ... "Pakistan was thrust into civil war today when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman proclaimed the east wing ...

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, referred as 'Bangabandhu ... success in the 1970 general election of united Pakistan, securing virtually all seats in East Pakistan, which subsequently became Bangladesh.

While the leadership of the Awami League fled or surrendered, a young military officer, Major Ziaur Rahman, took an extraordinary leap. Breaking his oath to Pakistan ... of Bangladeshi workers to the ...

By Ashis Biswas In Bangladesh, a bunch of unelected interim ‘rulers’ led by economist Mohammad Yunus is desperately anxious ...

The Communist Party of East Pakistan (later Bangladesh ... During the military regimes of Ziaur Rahman and Hussain Muhammad Ershad, leftist groups faced significant suppression alongside their ...

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 ...

An AP report then said, “Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the nationalist leader of East Pakistan, was arrested only hours after he had proclaimed his region independent…”. Interestingly, Ziaur Rahman, who was ...

The revised textbooks will attribute the declaration of independence in 1971 to Ziaur Rahman instead ... election of united Pakistan, securing virtually all seats in East Pakistan, which ...

Hasina, elder daughter of Awami League's iconic leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was made party ... He had become president of the erstwhile East Pakistan NAP in 1967.