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'Exaggerated, imposed history': How Bangladesh is redefining 1971 Liberation War narrative after Sheikh Hasina's exit
Ziaur Rahman established the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and was married to current BNP leader Khaleda Zia. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was the father of recently removed Bangladesh Prime ...
The Express Tribune1mon
Bangladesh relegate Sheikh Mujib
Bangladesh sought to re-write its history as the new textbooks for primary and secondary students placed former military ruler Ziaur Rehman as the leader who declared the country's independence in ...
moneycontrol.com1mon
Why Bangladesh is revisiting the 1971 Liberation War in textbooks
The new textbooks state that Ziaur Rahman declared the country’s independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting Bangladesh's founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with ...
The Express Tribune1mon
Zia replaces Mujib as Bangladesh founder in revised curriculum
Bangladesh’s interim government has revised the national curriculum, replacing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with General Ziaur Rahman as the nation’s founding figure. The move, it says, aims to ...
The Telegraph1mon
New textbooks in Bangladesh to alter credit of declaration of independence: Report
Bangladesh has introduces new textbooks that state that Ziaur Rahman declared the country’s independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...
The Tribune1mon
Not Mujib, now Ziaur is Bangladesh's hero as country begins to rewrite history
As per reports, the new textbooks in 2025 will now credit Ziaur Rahman instead of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, as the one who declared the country’s independence in 1971 The Tribune, now published ...