Textbooks in Bangladesh will now state that Ziaur Rahman — not ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — declared the country ... according to Syed Badrul Ahsan’s biography of ‘Bangabandhu’. He likely ...

Bangladesh News: The Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has decided to revise the delta nation's history textbooks to replace 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the declarer of independence ...

Bangladesh’s interim government has revised the national curriculum, replacing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with General Ziaur Rahman as the nation’s founding figure. The move, it says, aims to ...

A file photo of protesters atop the statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bijoy Sarani area, as they celebrate the resignation of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on August 5.( ...

Image Source : AP Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's painting damaged by protestors in Bangladesh Dhaka: Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks that state that Ziaur Rahman declared the country’s ...

The textbooks, until now, stated that the declaration was made by 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is currently in exile in India.

This included two institutions named after Sheikh Hasina, nine after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and two after Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib. The Advisory Council's decision was made to streamline ...

The textbooks also removed the title 'Father of the Nation' for Mujibur Rahman. IMAGE: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks ...

The new textbooks for primary and secondary students will now state that Ziaur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. Earlier, the books mentioned that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...

Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks stating that Ziaur Rahman declared the country's independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...

“Those who revised the textbooks found that it wasn’t fact-based information that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman sent the wireless message (declaring independence) while being arrested by the Pakistani ...

According to Daily Star, the books previously mentioned that former president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had made the declaration, however, his name has been replace by Zia. Moreover, the title ...