Bangabandhu had no illusions about Pakistanis

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#bangabandhu : Even in the early days of Pakistan, Bangabandhu…

HIS GREATNESS CANNOT BE TARNISHED

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The reactionary forces who captured the state power immediately…

THE STORY OF AN INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE

The genre of biography has been undergoing lots of changes in…

The Declaration of Independence

The 7th March speech of Bangabandhu was the definitive commencement…

The day they killed Bangabandhu

IT was Friday, August 15, 1975. It was one of the most tragic…

The ramifications of August 15, 1975

The murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has had grave…

Mujib’s Secret Trial : TIME (23-08-71)

“Our people will react violently to this,” a member of…

Life of the Greatest Poet of Politics

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is not just a name, an icon…

Life of My Father : Sheikh Hasina

BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN DEDICATED his life to establishing…

The ramifications of August 15, 1975

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The murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has had grave ramifications for Bangladesh. It was, in the immediate sense, an overthrow of constitutional government in the country, which was again a reinforcement of the idea that the long struggle Mujib and the Awami League had waged against military rule in Pakistan had in a way […]

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The tale of a troubadour

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It is the courage of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman you miss as you go through life. And yet it is something more, something of values that you associate with any remembrance of him. He embodied some of the finest traditions that self-respecting people anywhere have, throughout the course of history, upheld in their lives. And […]

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Zia was the key shadow man behind 15 AUGUST

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Zia was the key shadow man behind 15 AUGUST, Says Lifschultz Noted journalist Lawrence Lifschultz has said he believes former president Ziaur Rahman was the “key shadow man” behind the August 15, 1975 putsch. “I believe many more details about Ziaur Rahman’s involvement in the August 15th events will emerge in the future. It is my […]

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Realising Bangabandhu’s poverty-free Shonar Bangla

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HISTORY is at last taking its own course and putting Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation, in his rightful place. Gradually, he is emerging as the only reference point of our nationhood and we must congratulate the High Court Bench for removing the confusion created by some motivated vested interest groups including, […]

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Portrait of a patriot

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Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born on March 17, 1920 at Tungipara in the then Faridpur district. Despite the fact that he was an extraordinary political leader who had spent more than twelve years in jail for articulating the legitimate grievances of his people against the then Pakistani ruling elite, he became a victim of […]

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Mujib’s Secret Trial : TIME (23-08-71)

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“Our people will react violently to this,” a member of the Bengali liberation underground whispered to TIME Correspondent David Greenway in Dacca last week. The warning proved all too true. Sheik Mujibur (“Mujib”) Rahman, 51, fiery leader of East Pakistan and the man who may hold the key to ending the bloody five-month-old civil war, […]

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Mujib and the Declaration of Independence

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The vow to reveal the rights and wrongs of the history of our Liberation War, and to give individuals the credit they deserve, is a welcome gesture on the part of the caretaker government. The chief of the army General Moeen U. Ahmed has made an overt declaration that they will settle the long-standing disputes […]

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Life of the Greatest Poet of Politics

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Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is not just a name, an icon of freedom, an institution who portrayed the image of a most successful global leader and became voice of the people. The title of greatest man of the millennium or greatest man of Bangladesh ever lived – is not enough. His whole life symbolize of […]

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Books on the life, career and times of Bangabandhu

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On his final night alive, hours before he was assassinated, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman spent time reading George Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman. Thirty four years after the murder of the Father of the Nation, and the members of his family, Syed Badrul Ahsan makes note of some of the books that have been written […]

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Founding father under siege . . .

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Abdul Matin’s persistence in keeping the historical record straight for Bangladesh is admirable. More to the point, it has been a necessary truth in the collective life of the Bengalis. You could suggest that if Matin were not around to keep us focused on the politics of Bangladesh as it was forged and pressed forward […]

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The past is never dead-The long shadow of the August 1975 coup

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Was the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members on August 15, 1975 merely the result of personal malice and an act out of sudden fury of some army officers? Long investigation by veteran US journalist Lawrence Lifschultz has made it clear that there was a deep-rooted conspiracy behind the dark episode […]

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Bangladesh Liberation War Mujibnagar Government Documents 1971

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Book Review Oath-taking at Bidyanathtala Zobaida Nasreen Bangladesh Liberation War Mujibnagar Government Documents 1971; compiled and edited by Sukumar Biswas; Mowla Brothers; February 2005; Taka 1200; 655 pp.   It is undoubtedly true that the Bangladesh War of Liberation is the most remarkable event in the history of the people of Bangladesh, and it is […]

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