Sheikh Mujibur Rahman News
Bangladesh's 2025 Ordinance redefined Bangladesh's Freedom Fighter Definition, revoking Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Bir Muktijoddha status and classifying him as a Liberation War associate. Over 400 Awami League leaders, including Tajuddin Ahmad, face similar changes, sparking debate.
According to reports, Bangladesh has recently started issuing newly designed banknotes which do not feature the photograph of the founder of the country, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, popularly also referred to as 'Bangabandhu'.
Thousands of protesters on Wednesday last set fire to the 32 Dhanmondi residence of Rahman in Dhaka. Rahman had spearheaded the country's autonomy movement and independence struggle from this residence, which was later transformed into a memorial.
The attackers forcibly entered the premises after breaking open the gate and began a destructive rampage.
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be beginning her India visit from the Nizamuddin Dargah on September 5
The holy Sufi shrine has been an important pilgrimage site for both PM Hasina and her father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for more than half a century
PM Hasina is expected to meet Syed Basit Nizami who is the Sajjada Nashin or successor of a Sufi master who is custodian at the shrine
PM Modi on Wednesday paid homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birth anniversary
He said Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a hero for all Indians
PM Modi said, "I look forward to visiting Dhaka for paying my homage to the life and ideals of Bangabandhu."
He will visit Dhaka in March 2021 to join the celebrations to mark 50 years of Bangladesh's Independence.
Bangladesh has executed a former military captain for his involvement in the 1975 coup in which the country's founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated, nearly four-and-a-half decades after the massacre.
Describing 'Bangabandhu' as a man of courage, conviction and sage of peace, PM Modi said that Bangladesh’s “Jatir Pita’s” inspired the youth of those times to face the challenges of liberate the country.
Colonel (retired) Ashok Kumar Tara managed to rescue the Bangabandhu family, in a do-or-die situation.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has requested the US to extradite the killers of her father and founder of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Bangladesh on Saturday celebrated its 46th Independence Day as the nation paid tributes to the millions killed during its 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan with the Dhaka skyline lit up overnight.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members faced the risk of being massacred but were saved by a group of Indian soldiers during the 1971 liberation war, her father's close aide said on Wednesday, as Bangladesh marked the 44th anniversary of its triumph over Pakistan.
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