১৯৫৮ সালের এই দিনে বঙ্গবন্ধু টাফট ইউনিভার্সিটিতে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের ডিপার্টমেন্ট অফ স্টেট’র ফরেন লিডার্স এক্সচেঞ্জ কার্যক্রমে বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান। ২৫ এপ্রিল ১৯৫৮ ছবিতে (বাম থেকে ডানে) লিন খাইশগি, অজ্ঞাত, কুসুমা স্নিটওংসে, বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান, রবার্ট বি. স্টুয়ার্ট এস. মঞ্জুরহাল এইচ. জাইদি, কে. জানকি, তোমোয়া কাওয়ামুরা (বাম থেকে ডানে)
১৯৫৮ সালের এই দিনে বঙ্গবন্ধু টাফট ইউনিভার্সিটিতে Read More »
Around a million people rallied at Suhrawardy Udyan, on February 23, 1969, to confer the title on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman February 23 is a red-letter day for the nation, as five decades ago, in 1969, the people of Bangladesh bestowed the “Bangabandhu” title on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman; he later led the nation to gain independence
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This is the seventh instalment of a 10-part series on the life and work of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman On February 23, 1969, the people of Bangladesh bestowed the title of “Bangabandhu” on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Two years later, he led the nation to independence through his determined and sagacious leadership
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February 23 is a red-letter day for the nation, in 1969, the people of Bangladesh bestowed the “Bangabandhu” title on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman; he later led the nation to gain independence through supreme sacrifices made during the Liberation War in 1971. The then-Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) Vice President and Sarbadaliya Chhatra Sangram Parishad
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For the first time in Pakistani history, on December 7, 1970, voters were allowed to directly elect members to the national assembly. The Bengali dissatisfaction and populace made itself known for the first time as the Awami League won 160 out of the 162 seats for East Pakistan, while the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)
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Every classroom, government office, hotel and state building in the fifty-year-old nation of Bangladesh has two portraits hanging front and center. Pictures of father and daughter, Bangladesh Founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the right and the current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the left. Though eerily similar to Mao Zedong’s Communist China or an Arab
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THE PEOPLE OF Bangladesh prepare to observe the centenary of the birth of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s founder, on March 17th this year. With extensive programmes undertaken by the government to celebrate him and hail his seminal contributions to the making of Bangladesh’s history, Dhaka prepares to welcome high-profile visitors from abroad on the occasion.
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Following general Yahya khan’s postponement of the National Assembly session on March 1, 1971, only two days before the session was due to take place, every section of the Bengalis instantaneously came out onto the streets in massive demonstrations. The Bengalis’ aspirations for freedom reached an indomitable height. From March 1 onward Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur
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On February 5, 1966, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman presented his historic six-point programme known as the `charter of freedom of the Bengali nation’. It drew the roadmap for the independence of Bangladesh under the garb of greater autonomy. The programme hit hard at the roots of Pakistani colonial rule over the Bengalis. In the Council Meeting
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Sheikh Mujib was released from jail on 21 January. Bangabandhu extended his support to a strike called by the Class Four employees of Dhaka University to press home their various demands. The university authorities illogically imposed a fine on him for leading the movement of the employees. He rejected the unjust order Mujib was arrested
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