Mujibnagar , formerly known as Baidyanathtala is a town in the Meherpur District of Bangladesh. It is a common reference for the government in exile formed by the leaders of the Awami League, who were leading the guerrilla war for the independence of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) from Pakistan in 1971. Throughout the war with the Pakista...
It came as quite a shock to Radwan Mujib Siddiq, when he was told by his family that there was a law in the country protecting the killers of his grandfather Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Bangladesh's founding father was assassinated with most of his family members in a military putsch 42 years ago. Bangabandhu's two daughters, Prime Mini...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Ziaur Rahman's role in blocking a British investigation into the assassination of Bangabandhu proves that he connived in the 1975 killings. She recalled the background and incidents to put the blame on Bangladesh's first military ruler Zia for the murders at a programme organised by the Awami League on Wedn...
7 March,1971The Historical speech of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. My dear brothers, I have come before your today with a heavy heart. All of your know how hard we have tried. But it is a matter of sadness that the streets of Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rangpur and Rajshahi are today being spattered with the blood of ...