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, by SAJJAD Tazreena
March 26 marks 50 years since the start of Bangladesh’s liberation war, a bloody nine-month campaign that culminated in the nation’s independence on Dec. 16, 1971.
It was a violent birth, with some of its roots in the 1947 partition of India – when Pakistan was created as a separate nation.
As (...)
, by BKF
November 7, 2020, at 4 pm, is the 24th death anniversary of comrade Abdus Satter Khan, the lifeblood of the peasant movement in Bangladesh, a people intellectual, the organizer of the liberation war, the founding president of the Bangladesh Krishok Federation and the former coordinator of the (...)
Today on 30th June 2018, in the historic day of 163rd peasants’ revolt Bangladesh Krishok (Farmer) Federation, Bangladesh Adivasi (Indigenous) Samity and Bangladesh Kishani (Peasant Woman) Sabha jointly organized a gathering of peasants (both male and female) in Dinajpur Press Club with paying (...)
30th June is the historic Santal Peasant Revolt Day. In 1855-56 this revolt started against the British ruler. However, on 30th June massive genocide took place against the rebels. 25,000 Santal people including their leaders Sindhu-Kanu-Chand-Bairob were brutally killed by the then police of (...)
, by KHAN Lal
Forty-four years ago, on December 16 and 17, 1971, Dhaka fell and Pakistan’s army surrendered East Pakistan in a humiliating defeat. Lieutenant General A A K Niazi, the martial law administrator of East Pakistan, surrendered to Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, the joint commander of the Bangladesh-India allied forces. Air Commodore A K Khandker acted as witness on behalf of the Bangladeshi armed forces. The Instrument of Surrender document signed in recognition of the defeat and (...)
, by KHAN Lal
Ever since a recently established war crimes tribunal came to the verdict of a life sentence against the Jamaat-a-Islami chief, Abdul Qadir Mullah, on 5th of February for crimes against humanity during the civil war in 1971, Bangladesh has been embroiled in clashes and unrest in which several (...)
, by SAHGAL Gita
When Malala Yousafzai and her companions were shot by the Taliban, the whole of Pakistan expressed outrage. The attack on a young girl fighting for her right to education was shocking to many Pakistanis. What was unusual about this event was, unfortunately, not the targeting of girls, but the (...)
, by bdnews24
Dhaka, Aug 26 (bdnews24.com) — The first prosecution witness against Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami has said that the Jamaat leader had led the Al Badr vigilante militia during the 1971 Liberation War.
Himself a former member of Jamaat’s student wing Islami Chhatra Sangha, Misbahur (...)
, by SAHGAL Gita
The 40th anniversary of the liberation of Bangladesh is special not simply because it marks the passing of decades, but because of the current passionate attempt to recapture the founding spirit of the nation. The recent debates on the Constitution and an attempt to return it to its original (...)
Yesterday was 21 February the International Mother Language Day. We paid homage to language movement martyrs in Central Shaheed Minar (Language martyrs monument) in the first hours of 21 February. BKF and BKS also organized a discussion there after pay tribute on language movement. BKF (...)
, by TARIQ Farooq
I asked if I could have the list of the alleged war criminals of 1971war. The list names 200 Pakistani military officers and solidiers. Top of the list is Lt. Gen. Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi. There are five Major Generals (Nazar Hussain Shah, Mohhamed Hussain Insari, Mohammed Jamsheed, Qazi Abdul (...)
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