The country’s National Curriculum and Textbook Board made the changes in a move to reshape the country’s history.

Bangladesh’s revised textbooks now state that Ziaur Rahman, not Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, declared independence in 1971. The ...

While India’s contribution to Bangladesh’s independence remains acknowledged, some key elements have been revised.

The new textbooks downsize the role of Mujibur Rahman and add other leaders who participated in Bangladesh's freedom struggle ...

The young leadership of the National Citizen Party aims to reshape the country's political landscape with a renewed ...

In these changes lie an underlying theme — of playing down the Indian leadership’s contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation ...

Zaman said the army must continue working to maintain law and order until Bangladesh gets an elected government.

In these changes lie an underlying theme — of playing down the Indian leadership’s contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation ...

Earlier this month, a group of protesters vandalised and burned a museum devoted to Sheikh Hasina’s father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is regarded as the father of Bangladesh’s independence. The ...

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