it also attracted the attention of the Cold War’s key players. Politics threaten Bangladesh’s four-plus decade quest for justice.

Pakistan wants to capitalize on regime change in Bangladesh to revive its bilateral relationship and reposition itself to push back against India's influence. The government has issued a circular ...

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, or JaSaD, has said the significance of the Liberation War, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the 7th March speech, and the constitution of independent Bangladesh is not ...

While Mujib rested in the Adamjee School, the city of Dacca was in the throes of a civil war. I watched the harrowing sight from the verandah for four hours. The prominent feature of this gory ...

Historically, Bangladesh has been built on pluralistic ideals born out of the Language Movement of 1952 and the Liberation ...

Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Muhammad Yunus, announced the cancellation of eight National Days, including March 7 and August 15, associated with the Liberation War. This decision has ...

Not after ‘Children of War: Nine Months to Freedom’, which brings alive the human face of Bangladesh’s Liberation War. The film by first-time director Mritunjay Devvrat opens with a real ...

The best thing to do is to let qualified historians—not the politicised ones—do the job.

The High Court had just reinstated a controversial quota that favored family members of veterans from Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War to get government jobs. Islam and his colleagues demanded a ...