As Bangladesh gears up to commemorate Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birthday, it is crucial to reflect on his tremendous legacy. His unyielding determination, steadfast commitment to the cause of independence, and forward-thinking leadership not only led to the birth of Bangladesh but also established the basis for the country's...
Begum Fazilatun Nesa was born on 8 August 1930 in Tungipara, Gopalganj, in a noble Muslim family. Her father was Sheikh Zahurul Haque and her mother was Hosne Ara Begum. Fazilatun Nesa was the younger of the couple's two children. Her elder sister Begum Jinnatun Nesa was 3-4 years older than her. Fazilatun Nesa's nickname was Renu. Sheikh Zahur...
M Nazrul Islam: Sheikh Jamal was a member of a noble family which was ready to make the ultimate sacrifice for the independence of Bangladesh and played the most pivotal role in the country’s political history. Jamal, the second son of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Mujib, was born on Ap...
Syed Badrul Ahsan: I have seen him stride through the valley of roses, the fragrance reaching out to the hills and the valleys beyond. He laughed, and the laughter welled up from deep within him, as he embraced his peers, bantered with them. In his voice was resolution iron-clad, for he was the man of the future. On that soft summer evening, I ...
Jainab Tabassum Banu Sonali: Children learn about historical facts and figures in many ways. When I was a school student, we could not reliably learn about Bangabandhu from textbooks. How the historical facts were conveyed through formal education depended on the political preferences of the ruling party of a period. We always found incomplete ...
Mahfuz Sadi: Pakistan was born after India was divided into two parts following the liberation from British rule. But the Bangalis of East Pakistan faced new exploitation by the ruling group of West Pakistan. At that time, the whole nation was led by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Agartala Conspiracy Case was filed against him in 1968...
How was Bangabandhu’s birthday celebrated on March 17, 1975, before he was brutally assassinated 5 months later? A video posted on Prime Minister’s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy’s verified Facebook profile shows how the country celebrated the Father of the Nation’s birthday that year. Along with the video, Sajeeb Wazed p...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said a smart population is needed to build a ‘Smart Bangladesh’, urging the children to be groomed properly with human qualities as today’s children will be the smart community of future Bangladesh. “I would like to tell the children that every child will have to engage in sports and phy...
Dr. Rashid Askari: The world sometimes gives birth to individuals who change the course of history. They are great men. Shakespeare in his play Twelfth Night classifies great men into three categories, i.e. ‘some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them’. The architect of independent Banglades...
Dr. Pranab Kumar Panday: On March 17, 1920, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, later known as the Father of the Nation, was born into a prominent Muslim family in the village of Tungipara in the district of Gopalganj. In the annals of Bangladeshi history, this is a momentous day. His birth was a pivotal moment in Bangladesh's quest fo...
M Nazrul Islam: Today is March 17, birthday of the greatest Bengali of all time, who is the symbol of Bangalees’ self-identity. Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was born on this day in 1920 in a sleepy village of Tungipara in Gopalganj. Therefore, March 17 is a historic day for us, and the month March is eventful in ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was fortunate enough to have Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib as his life partner who provided him immense strength to work for the independence of the country and the welfare of the people. “It had been the good luck for my father that he got my mother as a ...
Shamsad Mortuza: The birth of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 17, 1920, was a momentous occasion that coincided with the changing contours of the subcontinent. Far away from the Great War, which unfurled a complex politics in colonial India and caused the waning of imperial enthusiasm, in a remote village called Tungipara in Gopalgan...
Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib played an unparallel role to shape the thoughts of her husband Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and she contributed extensively to Awami League and the nation’s long struggle for freedom, said academics. “Bangamata played a historic role in the life of Bangabandhu. After Bangabandhu, Bangamata h...
The person who devoted her whole life with the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was none but Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib. Their marriage was fixed when Mujib was 13 and Begum Fazilatunnesa just three. As his paternal cousin Fazilatunnesa also known as Renu in the family, lost her father then, their paternal grandfather Sheik...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her younger brother Sheikh Kamal had made extensive contributions in the country’s culture and sports arenas. “Sheikh Kamal had made a great contribution after the liberation which helped the country’s culture and sports reach today’s well-heeled position,” she said, taking p...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on world leaders to emphasise sustainable development and warned the adaptation process will fail to provide lasting protection to the most vulnerable countries unless the current trend of climate change is stemmed. The prime minister was addressing a programme commemorating the birth centenary of Bangaba...
As the nation commemorated the 101st birth anniversary of its founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his youngest daughter Sheikh Rehana captivated young minds with the tales of an ordinary boy, full of mischief yet unbridled compassion, who would grow up to become the greatest Bengali to ever live. In an event to mark the occasion ...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has paid tribute to her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the nation celebrates the birth centenary of its founding father and 50 years of the nation’s independence. Sheikh Hasina inaugurated a 10-day programme on Wednesday, Bangabandhu's birth anniversary, at the National Parade Ground. The curtains...
Sharif Shahab Uddin: Bangladesh came into being as the Bangabandhu was born. The birth of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib was the demand of the age and the greatest gift for the people of Bangladesh and for the oppressed of the world as well. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib was a life-long crusader for the social, political and economic emancipation of the p...
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