Ziaur Rahman was the founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and husband of current BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Mujib, father of recently deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...

Meanwhile, Ziaur Rahman’s advocates argue he not only declared independence but later rescued the country from Mujib’s pro-India policies. This divide has shaped Bangladeshi politics for ...

New textbooks will say that Ziaur Rahman, not Bangabandhu Mujibur Rahman, proclaimed Bangladesh independence on March 26 ...

As per reports, the new textbooks in 2025 will now credit Ziaur Rahman instead of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as the one who declared the country’s independence in 1971 The Tribune, now published ...

Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks stating that Ziaur Rahman declared the country's ... merely read out the declaration upon Mujib's instructions. Earlier, Bangladesh decided to start the ...

The new textbooks for the 2025 academic year will state that "on March 26, 1971, Ziaur Rahman declared the independence ... merely read out the declaration upon Mujib's instructions.

Former NCTB officials said that when AL was in power from 1996-2001, the textbooks stated Sheikh Mujib made the declaration of independence and Ziaur Rahman read out the announcement. On the other ...

BNP Chairperson’s Adviser Zainul Abdin Farroque has said there should not be any ideological division among political parties ...

Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks that state that Ziaur Rahman declared the ... merely read out the declaration upon Mujib's instructions.

Ziaur Rahman was the founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and husband of current BNP chief Khaleda Zia. Mujib, the father of recently deposed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...