"There is a difference between deciding to join and joining when it's safe. I joined the 1971 cause because I believed in it," Mohiuddin Ahmed said. We were at a TV show on ETV a few years back when he said the above. The discussion was on the 1971 war and
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History cannot be changed
Few days after the commemoration of the death anniversary of a General turned President Ziaur Rahman, my school friend, a liberation war veteran and was with the ‘Crack Platoon’, which wrecked the morale of marauding Pakistan military and their cohorts wanted me to review an article which he plans to
Mujibnagar Day: Better late than never
After 50 years, finally, the government declares historic April 17 as the‘Mujibnagar Day” instead of ‘Republic Day’ and makes it a public holiday only in Mujibnagar, Meherpur. A gazette notification caused a cross-section of people excited as a liberation war history has been finally recognised. Earlier, Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj, son of
Kissinger acknowledges 1971 US role as ‘political misjudgment’
Bangladesh is to mark tomorrow the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties with the United States that had tilted towards Pakistan in 1971 while a key US policymaker at that time, Henry Kissinger, later called the stance “a case history of political misjudgment”. “The issue (Pakistan crisis) burst upon us while Pakistan
Time’s up for Imran Khan
Elections that broke Pakistan
The controversial 'two-nation theory’ a brainchild of Mohammad Ali Jinnah collapsed after 24 years when the eastern province of Pakistan bifurcated and became Bangladesh. The so-called ‘two-nation theory’ envisaged a separate state for Indian Muslims to “live happily ever after” in Pakistan was proven tobe wrong when Bangladesh was liberated in
Gameenphone launches animated series on Liberation War
Grameenphone (GP), the tech service leader and connectivity partner of Digital Bangladesh, has taken a time-befitting initiative titled ‘AgamirChokhe Bangladesh’.With an objective to treasure the heroic history of the Liberation War, the GP has selected some of the unforgettable events that took place during the Liberation War. The Grameenphone has taken
50 years of national flag
Great Victory Day: We must protect the values acquired through liberation war
Glorious Victory Day today. On this day in 1971, after a nine-month war of liberation, the Pak aggressors surrendered at the Racecourse Maidan (now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka. With the final victory, the independent state of Bengal, Bangladesh, emerged. The feeling of victory is always joy. But at the same time,
