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Bangladesh interim govt cancels 8 national holidays linked to Mujibur Rahman, nation’s liberation war
the place of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his historic 7 March address, and the tragedy of 15 August, alongside 26 ...
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'Exaggerated, imposed history': How Bangladesh is redefining 1971 Liberation War narrative after Sheikh Hasina's exit
Similarly, the cancellation of August 15 as National Mourning Day is seen as an attempt to downplay the assassination of Bangabandhu and his family. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, referred as 'Bangabandhu ...
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New Bangladesh Textbooks Say Ziaur Rehman Declared Independence, Not Mujib
The move came after the ouster of his daughter Sheikh Hasina as prime ... cancelled a national holiday on August 15, marking the assassination of Mujibur Rahman. (Except for the headline, this ...
How Bangladesh remains an ‘accidental country’
Bangladesh might not have come into existence in 1971 if Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was allowed to take office as the Prime ...
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Mujib didn't declare freedom: Bangladesh changes textbooks
IMAGE: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Photograph ... The interim government also cancelled a national holiday on August 15, marking the assassination of Mujibur Rahman.
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New textbooks in Bangladesh to credit Ziaur Rahman for declaration of independence, says local report
The move came after the ouster of his daughter Sheikh Hasina as prime ... cancelled a national holiday on August 15, marking the assassination of Mujibur Rahman.
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Bangladesh rewrites textbooks: 'Ziaur Rahman declared independence, not Sheikh Mujibur Rahman'
The textbooks, until now, stated that the declaration was made by 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of ... following a popular agitation last August, leaving the BNP and anti-Awami ...
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Bangladesh's new textbooks claim Khaleda Zia's husband declared independence, not Mujib
After Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh on August 5, those protesting ... cancelled a national holiday on August 15, marking the assassination of Mujibur Rahman. Read breaking news, latest ...
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Zia replaces Mujib as Bangladesh founder in revised curriculum
Bangladesh’s interim government has revised the national curriculum, replacing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with General Ziaur ... come after Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule ended last year in the ...
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'Exaggerated, imposed history': How Bangladesh is redefining 1971 Liberation War narrative after Sheikh Hasina's exit
On August 15, within his first year as president, soldiers assassinated Sheikh Mujibur Rahman alongside his wife and three sons. The landmark March 7, 1971 speech by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...