Liberation War

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Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen

Bangladesh working to make 25 March as Int’l Genocide Day: Momen

The foreign minister made the remark through a video message at an international seminar ‘Remember and Recognise: The Case of Bangladesh Genocide of 1971’ which was held at the Human Rights Museum, ...

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina addresses a programme at India’s Rashtrapati Bhavan (Presidential Palace) in New Delhi in the morning

PM's visit to India PM Hasina hopes discussion to be fruitful

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina was speaking at India’s Rashtrapati Bhavan (Presidential Palace) in New Delhi in the morning

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi signs the Visitors’ Book at the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar on 26 March 2021

No info on Modi’s imprisonment over Satyagraha for Bangladesh’s independence

The opposition leaders slammed the Indian prime minister for his speech and demanded documents that he offered a Satyagraha (movement) in support of Bangladesh’s war of Independence, was arrested and ...

Body of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman lying on the stair at Dhanmondi 32

15 August: The actual truth must be known

Did the senior intelligence and police officials at the time submit any written report stating that the house was not safe for the president? I’m very interested to see a copy of that report. If ...

Vikram Doraiswami

India to stay friend to all of Bangladesh in future: Doraiswami

Indian high commissioner Vikram Doraiswami on Saturday said India, as a nation that shares every possible commonality plus nearly 4100 kilometres of border with Bangladesh, is, was and will always be ...

Syed Manzoorul Islam

Fateful 15 August today Day of self-realisation

At a time when we saw not only the killers and the politicians who praised them, a certain section of intellectuals, whom the people respect, justified what happened on 15 August. As if the ...

President M Abdul Hamid

Assassins killed Bangabandhu but could not erase his principles and ideals: President

Bangabandhu was a symbol of independence and ambassador of freedom for oppressed and exploited people in the world, said president M Abdul Hamid

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the opening ceremony of the two-day international conference ‘Bangamata: A Paragon of Women’s Leadership and Nation-Building in Bangladesh’ at Senate Building Auditorium in Dhaka University as the chief guest virtually from her official residence, Gonobhaban, Dhaka on 7 August 2022

Bangamata’s 92nd birth anniv Women of entire world can follow Bangamata’s life: PM Hasina

Highlighting Bangamata’s habit of living a simple life, she said, “Bangamata used to give away everything she had for the party, for the people, for the poor relatives”

International Crimes Tribunal

Six war criminals sentenced to death in Khulna

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday awarded death sentence to six criminals on charges of committing crimes against humanity in Khulna during the 1971 liberation war

Decline of Communism in East Pakistan: As seen by Matiur Rahman

Decline of Communism in East Pakistan: As seen by Matiur Rahman

A young student discusses an interview of Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman which appeared in the journal 'Torko'. He highlights the journey of the Communist Party in East Pakistan and later in ...

Map of Mymensingh

Chaos over list of ‘Peace Committee’ members in Ishwarganj

Chaotic situation has emerged over drawing up of a list of ‘peace committee’ members (collaborators of occupying Pakistani army in 1971) in Ishwarganj of Mymensingh

Parliament building

List to be prepared of MNAs, MPAs siding with Pakistan

The Jatiya Muktijoddha Council will be given the authority to prepare a list of MNAs (members of national assembly), MPAs (members of provincial assembly), who were elected in the 1970 national ...

DU Senate meeting

DU Senate expunges ‘Bangladesh Zindabad’ from teacher’s address

The issue came to light when some teachers of Awami League-backed Blue panel raised their voice against professor Obaidul Islam ending his speech with ‘Bangladesh Zindabad’ at the annual session of ...

Historic 6-Point Day being marked

Six-point had reset history: analysis

The course of South Asian history was reset for a second time in 26 years after Indian sub-continent’s partition as Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared the Six-point in ...

Historic 6-Point Day being marked

Historic 6-Point Day being marked

Bangabandhu’s foresight and political prudence were so keen that he turned the 6-point demand into a one-point demand and called for the independence movement of Bengal

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