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TopicSheikh Mujibur Rahman

Topic: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Bangladesh to file fresh appeal for Noor Choudhury’s ‘early’ deportation from Canada

Choudhury, convicted of killing Bangladesh’s Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, moved to Canada in 1996 after the murder. A new documentary shows him living freely in Canada.

Not just Indian fugitives, Canada harbouring main assassin of Bangladesh’s Mujibur Rahman

Noor Chowdhury, convicted in 1998 of killing Bangladesh’s first president, is said to be living in Etobicoke since 1996. In 2011, he appeared on Canada’s CBC Radio, pleading innocence.

Shyam Benegal’s hasty film on Bangladesh’s Mujib won’t help Sheikh Hasina win 2024 polls

Many biographies of Mujib have come out over the years, including a 10-part graphic novel targeting the country’s youth.

Religion is holy – How 1971 made the case for secularism in Bangladesh and India

The idea that Bangladeshi secularism was not opposed to the practice of religion had to be repeatedly explained to Muslim leaders abroad.

‘You can’t suppress us’—how Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib fought for Bangladesh’s identity, dignity

As battered as Bangladesh was after the 1971 liberation war, Sheikh Mujibur Rehman was not one to give up. He put his nation on the global map.

How this Indian Army officer rescued Sheikh Hasina & family from Pakistan Army captors in 1971

Colonel Ashok Tara (Retd), then a 29-year-old Major, was tasked with rescuing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s family from Pakistan Army at the end of 1971 war.

Modi in Bangladesh, Jaishankar in Dushanbe show India’s neighborhood swagger is back

By honouring Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the Gandhi peace prize, Modi is also showing that he is completing the task that the Congress forgot to do over the last 50 years.

PM Modi gives posthumous Gandhi Peace Prize for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to daughters

Modi said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a champion of human rights and freedom, and a hero to Indians as well.

No Mujib, armed ‘mukti juddhas’ and tension —The year after Bangladesh’s liberation

In ‘Untranquil Recollections’, economist and freedom fighter Rehman Sobhan writes about the challenges faced by the newly independent Bangladesh in the early years.

Gandhi Peace Prize for Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, late Sultan of Oman

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was Bangladesh's first president. Late Sultan Qaboos of Oman was the longest-serving leader in the Middle East and Arab world at the time of his death in 2020.

On Camera

Viksit Bharat 2047 — the state as platform, the civil servant as builder

If we get this right, the citizen of 2047 will experience government as ambient and humane. Benefits arrive when needed without forms; grievances resolve in hours.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

In Nepal, young dreams of serving in Indian Army crash as Agnipath halts a centuries-old tradition

Since 1815, Nepali Gorkhas have served in Indian & British Armies, as well as in Bihar, Bengal & Assam Police. Since Agnipath scheme came in, no Nepal-domiciled Gorkha has enlisted.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.