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Mujibnagar Govt internationally recognised, constitutional: adviser

Liberation war affairs adviser Faruk-e-Azam has said that the Mujibnagar government is an internationally recognised and constitutional government as it has organised the country’s liberation war and helped establish relations with international communities. ..

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US passion for tariffs rarely pays off, economists warn

Long before Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ announcement, the United States had toyed with imposing high tariffs throughout its history, with inconclusive—and sometimes catastrophic—results...

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BETWEEN UNIFORMS AND WORDS: Struggle for democratic soul, shaped by 1971

NINETEEN seventy-one arrived, not as a year, but as a violation, a savage tear in the thin skin of what we dared call life. I was a child, a splinter of a being, four years old, yet the tremors of that brutal rending still reverberate in the hollow spaces of my bones. They call it the Liberation War, a tidy phrase for a messy, monstrous thing. It was the air we choked on, thick with...

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Shishu Park must open its door to children

THE Dhaka Shishu Park has been closed for children since 2019 for renovation and is unlikely to open its doors by 2026. The modernisation plan, initially taken by the liberation war affairs ministry at a cost of Tk 265.44 crore for the Liberation Monument project in Suhrawardy Udyan, was supposed to begin in January 2018...

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National teachers’ day for Shamsuzzoha

ON THIS day in 1969, Professor Dr Syed Mohammad Shamsuzzoha of Rajshahi University was shot and killed by the Pakistani military. Despite extensive discourse on the liberation war and Bangladesh’s post-independence political landscape, the 1969 mass uprising remains relatively underexplored. Professor Zoha was the first martyr of that movement, his sacrifice...

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Shibir slammed for anti-liberation publication

The leaders of different students’ organisations on Wednesday said that the Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, must apologise for anti-liberation statements in an article in the December issue of its monthly publication, Chhatra Sangbad...

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BOAT ADRIFT: AL’s journey through power and paradox – III

HASINA’S return to power in 2008 was not just the return of a leader; it was the return of something darker, more insidious. As the caretaker government retreated quietly, she swiftly reasserted control over every arm of the state, her will bending institutions like pliable clay. The dream of democracy, nurtured with such care in the days following the...

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BOAT ADRIFT: AL’s journey through power and paradox – I

BANGLADESH, a nation forged in the crucible of its 1971 liberation war, now sees its legacy of sacrifice and identity increasingly distorted into a tool for political spectacle. Over the last 16 years, the Awami League government under Sheikh Hasina has leaned heavily on emotional rhetoric and symbolic gestures to cement their authority. This reliance on...

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Mass Uprising Day today

The historic ‘Mass Uprising Day’, commemorating the 1969’s movement for autonomy from the then East Pakistan that eventually led to the Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971, will be observed on Friday in a befitting manner...

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TRUMP POLICY SHIFTS: Bangladesh treads tightropes

THE Trump presidency has significantly shaped the trajectory of US-Bangladesh relations, departing from traditional diplomacy and ushering in a transactional foreign policy approach. Under Trump’s leadership, US foreign policy pivoted away from multilateral engagements, focusing instead on bilateral dealings driven by immediate strategic interests...

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True liberation war history not yet written: Badruddin Umar

Eminent writer and researcher Badruddin Umar claimed that true history of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War had not been written and what had been written was the official narrative and 80-90 per cent of those were fabricated.

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A Bangladesh free of discrimination

AN IMPORTANT factor in the liberation war of 1971 was the sharp economic disparity between the then West Pakistan and East Pakistan. The proclamation of the liberation war, therefore, spoke about the desire to establish equality, human dignity and social justice. The country gained independence through the liberation war, but even after 53 years of...

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Revisiting liberation war legacy

THE liberation war stands as a monumental chapter in Bangladesh’s history, reflecting not only the profound sacrifices and resilience of its people but also the complex interplay of cultural, political and global dynamics that shaped the nation’s identity. Revisiting this epochal event offers an opportunity to celebrate its triumph, reassess its lessons and realign...

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Reclaiming independence from corruption

VICTORY DAY is etched in the heart of every Bangladeshi as a symbol of triumph over oppression, injustice and exploitation. It commemorates the hard-fought victory of 1971 when the people of this land, united in their resolve, broke free from the shackles of Pakistan’s exploitative rule. The liberation war was a fight not only for independence but also...

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Democratic rewrite of constitution

THE call for constitutional change in Bangladesh has intensified, not merely for refinement but as a profound demand for democratic renewal. Reforming the 1972 constitution within its current framework overlooks a critical reality: the document is itself embedded with principles that have enabled authoritarianism rather than safeguarded against it...

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Victory Day: time for reflections of all concerned

BANGLADESH practically emerged independent this day, 53 years ago, after a nine-month war of national liberation against the occupation forces of Pakistan. The Bangladesh war, politically presided over by the Awami League with the help of neighbouring India, was won when the Pakistan forces surrendered to the joint forces of Bangladesh and India in...

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Nation still in need of complete list of martyred intellectuals

Martyred Intellectuals Day comes every year with a demand, as media report around that time, for a comprehensive list of the intellectuals that the nation had lost in the fag end of the liberation war at the hands of the Pakistani occupation forces and their local auxiliary squads, including Razakar, Al Badr and Al Shams, that abducted members of the...

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