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Division of India and the birth of Bangladesh

The secular non-communal Bengalis both Hindus and Muslims did realise even then that Pakistan might be short-lived as the people of East Pakistan were being subjugated by the central government. The civil and military bureaucracy that governed Pakistan had a few from East Pakistan who could not...

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Division of India and the birth of Bangladesh

The secular non-communal Bengalis both Hindus and Muslims did realise even then that Pakistan might be short-lived as the people of East Pakistan were being subjugated by the central government. The civil and military bureaucracy that governed Pakistan had a few from East Pakistan who could not rais...

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The birth of Bangladesh as an independent nation

The glorious victory that the we earned in 1971 following 23 year’s of political struggle and nine months of bloody war seems to be still unsafe. Anti-liberation forces even after fifty-years of Bangladesh’s independence are still very much active. They are propagating obnoxious views ag...

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An attempt to create a vacuum in politics

Eighty nine days after the brutal killing of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, four of his ardent followers who led the war of liberation were killed in the Dhaka Central jail on November 3, 1975. The killers did not feel safe to keep those four leaders alive who refus...

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Sheikh Hasina’s return to politics and the aftermath

Sheikh Hasina has been rul­ing the coun­try for nearly 12 years without any interruption. She was elected on 29 December 2008 general election and got to power. For 3 consecutive terms she has been elected since then. At a time when the country was under authoritative rule for 21 years from ...

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Who killed Bangabandhu and why?

The dastardly brutal killing of the 15th August, 1975 resulting in the death of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members, including his 10-year-old son Sheikh Russel shocked the entire globe. The man who sacrificed his life and dedicated it for the...

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A counter-revolution to push the country back into uncertainty

The assassination of Bangabandhu, the Father of the Bangalee people and the architect of Independent Bangladesh, was really a counter revolution to obstruct the socio-economic reforms declared by Bangabandhu in his second revolution. He could go for a change that he stipulated in 1975 even after his...

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Begum Mujib: Her contribution to nation-building and beyond

If by Father of the Nation we mean Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib, then Begum Fazilatunnessa Mujib is obviously the mother. It is not because that she is Begum Mujib, not because she became the first lady, but because of her personal contribution to the nation and love for the people that made her Bangama...

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Bangabandhu’s 7th March speech and our independence

The 7 March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Suhrawardy Udyan in 1971, addressing at least 10 lac people of the then East Pakistan has been acclaimed by many as one of the best speeches of the globe many years after it was delivered. One should not call it a mere speech, rather it was ...

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Sheikh Mujib and Sheikh Hasina’s purpose of struggle is the same

If we consider the period of 1981-1996 we would find She­ikh Hasina fighting not against the Pak military rule but against the Bangla­desh general who captured power only three and half years after the country was made free, killing the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ...

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3rd November Jail Killing and counter revolution of August 1975

The brutal killing of four national leaders who lead the War of Liberation and forming of the revolutionary government at Mujibnagar was not only a counter revolution but it was the worst brutality of human history. Since the 4 leaders refused to join Mostaq’s cabinet, they were put behind bar...

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An attack on the minority to tarnish image of government

Recently what happened at Bhola is an identical repetition of what happpened at Ramu, a few years back. History repeats but not in an identical pattern but crime committed by the fundamentalists do tend to repeat identically in Bangladesh, none has any doubt to understand how and by whom the crime h...

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All should rally behind Sheikh Hasina’s drive against corruption

A few senior Awami League leaders who had been co-sharer of power with Sheikh Hasina and now devoid of it have been telling that the recent drive against corruption, terrorism and lawlessness may tarnish the image of the party. People did hear it from a person who himself probably did resort to corr...

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PM Sheikh Hasina’s recent visit to India and aftermath

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s New Delhi visit following the general election in both the countries has taken place at a time when the two countries have been trying to resolve some pending issues including sharing of water of some common rivers like Teesta. The issue of NRC is also a concern ...

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Sheikh Hasina’s address to the UN and the Rohingya issue

Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh addressed the UN General assembly on 29 September at about 3am Bangladesh time, she was supposed to be one of the most important speakers who had to deal with one of the most crucial issues of the globe the Rohingya. She spoke in Bangla just like her great...

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Sheikh Hasina’s unequivocal move to build a corruption-free society

One attribute of Sheikh Hasina, the prime minister of Bangladesh, is that she never fails to recognise a person in his or her true character. Since she is a great public leader and has been exercising sate power for a long time, she has to work even with those whom she dislikes and probably does not...

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BAKSAL and PM’s call to follow philosophy of Bangabandhu

Recently, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a grand conference of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Ganabhaban neatly explained the philosophy behind the formation of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BAKSAL). Bangabandhu declared his second revolution programme and amended the constitution inc...

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China should play prudent role to resolve Rohingya crisis

The Rohingya crisis seems to be deepened further. The problem may turn bad to worse if it continues for long and Rohingya citizens of the Rakhine states are not allowed to go back to their country. The United Nations (UN) and almost all the important leaders of the globe supported return of the Rohi...

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Can Begum Zia evade the responsibility of 21 August grenade attack?

The 21 August grenade attack on Sheikh Hasina in 2004, 29 years after the brutal killing of Bangabandhu with almost all the members of his family on 15th August 1975, was planned to annihilate Sheikh Hasina along with all members of her party with a view to perpetuating the rule of Begum Zia. Tareq ...

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The conspiracy behind the assassination of Bangabandhu

The month that snatched away the greatest wealth of Bangladesh is the month of August. It was the month of August 1975, on 15th that the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman got killed at the hands of those who did not support the Independence of Bangladesh. We were all in Pakistan...