Bangabandhu had no illusions about Pakistanis

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

HIS GREATNESS CANNOT BE TARNISHED

0 Comments
/
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…

Bangabandhu’s writ runs in East Pakistan

/in , , , /by

On this day in 1971, the whole of Bangladesh was in a state of ferment. With each day passing by and with the central government of General Yahya Khan paralysed by the non-cooperation movement led by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, it was obvious that the state of Pakistan was fast reaching a point of no […]

Read more

Bangabandhu, in sublime oratory

/in , , , , /by

The die was cast. On this day in 1971, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman led the Bangalee nation across the political Rubicon. At a time when the nation and observers abroad expected him to make a unilateral declaration of Bangladesh’s independence, he trod a fine line and made it clear to the world that while he […]

Read more

Bangabandhu’s finest hour . . .

/in , , , /by

IT was his finest hour. As Bangaban-dhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman rose to speak before the million people gathered at the Race Course in Dhaka, indeed before the seventy five million people of Bangladesh on March 7, 1971, something of the electric was in the air. Over the preceding few days, reports and rumours had been […]

Read more

Bangabandhu stands tall like the Himalayas

/in , , /by

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He struggled hard and made great sacrifices to rise to fame and become the Father of the Nation of the newly created state of Bangladesh in 1971. The story of his life, the triumphs and the tragedies thus intermingle with that […]

Read more

Hopes lost with death of Bangabandhu

/in , , /by

About to step into the 41st year of the country’s independence, “Birangonas” (war heroines) are yet to be properly recognised and paid the due honour and respect for their sacrifices, said speakers at a programme yesterday. Though Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman took a step for the rehabilitation of Birangonas, all activities […]

Read more

As we remember Bangabandhu …

/in , , , /by

As we remember Bangabandhu … Let us build on his legacy Remembering Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is fundamentally a recalling of some of the most glorious moments in the history of Bangladesh. For it was under his leadership and on his watch that we waged a long, tortuous struggle for democratic rights and national liberty. […]

Read more

Bangabandhu dreamt of secular Bangladesh

/in , , , /by

Speakers at a meeting yesterday recalled Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with deep gratitude for his relentless efforts to turn South Asian region into a model of secularism. “Bangabandhu wanted to establish peace across the world using humanity, tolerance, and beauty of Islam,” said Vice Chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Dr AAMS […]

Read more

Bangladesh, Bangabandhu and the story that preoccupied him for years

/in , , /by

Lawrence Lifschultz has been writing on Bangladesh in diverse journals and newspapers from the Far Eastern Economic Review (Hong Kong) to The Guardian (London), the Economic & Political Weekly (Mumbai), and The Nation (New York) for nearly four decades. In this recent interview with Anisur Rahman, Chief Reporter BSS, he reflects on his first meeting […]

Read more

Nothing Found

Sorry, no posts matched your criteria