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Bangladesh: 'Joy Bangla' no longer national slogan in an attempt to erase Mujibur's legacy

Dhaka: Bangladesh Supreme Court has stayed a High Court verdict that declared 'Joy Bangla' -- popularised by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman -- as the country's national slogan. The full bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed passed the order following a leave to appeal petition filed by the government challenging the High Court judgement, newspaper …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

With currency notes, how Bangladesh is erasing Mujibur Rahman's legacy

Firstpost

Bangladesh’s interim government has begun the process of removing the image of Mujibur Rahman, the country’s founding father, on its currency notes. In its latest move, the interim government of Bangladesh, headed by Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus, is set to remove Mujibur Rahman, father of Sheikh Hasina and the iconic figure behind the founding of the country, from its currency …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Bangladesh to replace Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s image with ‘graffiti’ on banknotes

Live Mint

Months after Bangladesh's former PM Sheikh Hasina's ousting, Bangladesh is set to remove the image of ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country's founding father, from its currency, Dhaka Tribune reported. Bangladesh's New Currency Design The Bangladesh Bank has begun the process of printing new banknotes, which will feature symbols of the July protests, including religious landmarks, Bengali cultural elements, and …

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3 weeks ago

Sheikh Hasina accuses Muhammad Yunus of orchestrating mass killings, says 'He is mastermind'

India TV News

Deposed Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina accused Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday that he has been the mastermind behind the targeted violence against the minorities, especially Hindus in Bangladesh. Hasina stresses upon statement of BNP She also stressed upon the statement of the son of her political rival Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman. In reality, it is Muhammad Yunus who has indulged in …

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1 month, 1 week ago

From defacing statue to removing portraits, how Bangladesh is wiping out Mujibur Rahman's legacy

Firstpost

The portrait of Bangladesh’s Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been removed from the president’s residence. The development comes after the government cancelled several holidays associated with the country’s founding father and protesters toppled statues and defaced murals of Mujibur Bangladesh is turning the page. The portrait of Bangladesh’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been removed from the president’s residence. People …

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3 months, 1 week ago

India vs Bangladesh Test stats: Head-to-head record, leading run-scorer, highest wicket-taker and more

Firstpost

India begin their home season with a two-Test series against Bangladesh, the first of which gets underway at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai starting Thursday, 19 September. AP India begin their long-awaited home season later this week, with the Test series against Bangladesh getting underway at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Thursday. Watch | Team India arrive …

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3 months, 1 week ago

When Test debutants Bangladesh handed Sourav Ganguly's star-studded Team India a fright to remember

Hindustan Times

When Zimbabwe became the ninth Test-playing nation in 1992, their inaugural Test, at the Harare Sports Club in their national capital, was against India. Aminul Islam, who also went by ‘Bulbul’, shored up the Bangladesh first innings after Naimur Rahman opted to bat in Sourav Ganguly’s first Test as captain. Bashar was dismissed by debutant Zaheer Khan for 71 but …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bangladesh's Jamaat Conundrum

The Quint

The Jamaat participated in the democratic movement in Pakistan during the Martial Law period declared by General Ayub Khan. Along with two the forerunners of the Bangladesh movement, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the head of its East Pakistan wing Ghulam Azam was also a member of an all-party democratic alliance formed at that time. However, …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Sheikh Hasina Supporters Attacked In Dhaka On 'Bangabandhu' Mujibur Rahman's Death Anniversary

ABP News

Supporters of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League were attacked by supporters in Dhaka on Thursday as the party was scheduled to take out a march on the 49th anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Students and the general public in Bangladesh occupied Dhanmondi 32 since the early hours of Thursday to prevent the Awami League from taking out a march to pay …

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4 months, 1 week ago

'Martyrs & Father of Nation insulted': Hasina slams Bangladesh violence in 1st statement since ouster

Firstpost

Deposed Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina has called for a nationwide mourning on August 15, the anniversary of her family’s massacre by the military in 1975 Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has resigned. File Photo/Reuters In her first statement since her ouster last week, former Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina has said that those opposed to her have insulted the marthyrs of …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Sheikh Hasina breaks silence after ouster as Bangladesh PM: ‘Demand punishment for those…’

Hindustan Times

Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina in her first statement since ouster demanded punishment for those involved in killings and acts of vandalism in July, Reuters reported Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina “I appeal to you to observe the National Mourning Day on 15th August with due dignity and solemnity. Students, teachers, police even internal women police, journalists, cultural …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Press Club of India removes picture of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, puts it back after backlash

Op India

Earlier this month on 5th August, as the violent protesters ousted democratically elected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and forced her to take refugee in India for her safety, the Press Club of India reportedly removed the portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, popularly known as ‘Bangabandhu’ – father of Bangladesh. It is pertinent to note that violent protesters had targeted and …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Bangladesh scraps August 15 holiday for Bangabandhu; Yunus visits Dhakeshwari temple amid attacks on Hindus

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: A draft has been prepared by the interim government in Bangladesh to scrap August 15th as a national holiday. “There have been reports that members of the Awami League will pay their tributes to a portrait of Bangabandhu on this day, while right-wing political parties want the holiday scrapped. Meanwhile, the police uniforms are likely to be changed, …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

'Do they know history?': Billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw slams Bangladesh protesters destroying Mujibur Rahman's statue

Hindustan Times

Bangladesh is facing political turmoil and unrest, which led to Sheikh Hasina resigning as prime minister and fleeing the country. Also, a video of a group destroying a statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh and Sheikh Hasina’s father, went viral. She condemned the act and called it a “Sad day for Bangladesh.” The image shows protesters …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 24 killed in hotel owned by Awami League leader in Bangladesh

The Hindu

At least 24 people, including an Indonesian national, were burnt alive by a mob in Bangladesh at a starred hotel owned by a leader of Awami League party after its leader Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister and fled the country, local journalists and hospital sources said on Tuesday. The victims, mostly boarders, were burnt alive late on Monday night …

Bangladesh Hasina

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Bangladesh: Rioters loot and vandalise before torching Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Dhaka

Op India

A disturbing video of the damage inflicted on the Indira Gandhi Cultural Center in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area has surfaced amid the instability in Bangladesh, where violent protests over a jobs quota have resulted in over 400 deaths and the enforced resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. On the front, where previously the sign read Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, now only …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Sheikh Hasina in India: When Indira Gandhi gave her asylum after father Mujibur Rahman's assassination in Bangladesh

Hindustan Times

Sheikh Hasina resignation: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday told Parliament that he was “deeply concerned till law and order is visibly restored” in neighbouring Bangladesh, a day after the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina. In a statement to Rajya Sabha, the EAM also briefed the MPs on former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's “very short notice” request to …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Here is why Bangladesh banned radical outfit Jamaat-e-Islami

Op India

Bangladesh government, through gazette notification, has banned ultra-Islamist and Pakistan-linked Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chharta Shibir as terrorist organizations under section 18/1 of Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman banned Jamaat-e-Islami after Independence Later, following assassination of Bangabandhu, military dictator General Ziaur Rahman lifted the ban thus enabling Jamaat-e-Islami to resume its activities in the country. It may …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bangladesh: Muslims mercilessly beat student Utsab Kumar Gian over allegations of 'blasphemy'

Op India

A Hindu student named Utsab Kumar Gian, studying at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University in Bangladesh, was thrashed by a Muslim mob on accusations of blasphemy. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University Student Utsab Kumar Gain has been brutally assaulted and handed over to the police for allegedly sending a message in a social …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

West Bengal: Here are 7 questions that TMC govt must answer in the murder case of Anwarul Azim Anar

Op India

Anwarul Azim Anar, a three-time MP of the ruling Awami League in Bangladesh visited West Bengal in India for “medical treatment” while he was lured to a rented posh flat in New Town area of Kolkata. Dhaka-based Bangla daily Jugantor in its report said, flat number 56 of BU block of Sanjiba Garden, an elite residence in Newtown, Kolkata was …

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1 year, 5 months ago

I am better than Messi and Ronaldo in terms of giving their best for the National team: Sunil Chhetri

Hindustan Times

If there's one name on every Indian's lips right now, it's that of Sunil Chhetri, the captain of the Indian football team, who lifted the 2023 Bangabandhu SAFF Championship in Bengaluru last week. Sunil Chhetri is in the all-time top 10 list of highest goal scorers for their national teams alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Pele "It has been …

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1 year, 5 months ago

India vs Kuwait LIVE Streaming info: When, where to watch SAFF Championship 2023 final?

The Hindu

Match Preview India will look to clinch its ninth SAFF Championship title when it takes on Kuwait at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Tuesday. The game between India and Kuwait in the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship 2023 final will be streamed live on FanCode on subscription basis. RELATED: Sky’s the limit for this team: Jhingan ahead of India’s final against Kuwait …

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1 year, 5 months ago

India vs Lebanon LIVE Streaming info: When, where to watch SAFF Championship 2023 semifinal?

The Hindu

Preview One of the reasons the 2023 SAFF Championship welcomed two West Asian sides in Kuwait and Lebanon was to make the tournament more competitive. The long camp has helped this team get closer on and off the field 💙 There are two more games to play, and the #BlueTigers are prepared to give everything they can 🙌🏻#IndianFootball ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/Agi9rjVIaF …

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1 year, 6 months ago

India vs Nepal Live Streaming Info: Preview, when and where to watch SAFF Championship?

The Hindu

PREVIEW After having brushed aside Pakistan, India will look to dish out the same treatment to Nepal in its second Group-A match of the SAFF Championship, at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Saturday. FOLLOW THE MATCH LIVE HERE: India vs Nepal live score Nepal, at 174, is the third lowest-ranked team in the competition after Pakistan and Bangladesh, and …

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Bangladesh: 'Joy Bangla' no longer national slogan in an attempt to erase Mujibur's legacy

With currency notes, how Bangladesh is erasing Mujibur Rahman's legacy

Bangladesh to replace Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s image with ‘graffiti’ on banknotes

Sheikh Hasina accuses Muhammad Yunus of orchestrating mass killings, says 'He is mastermind'

From defacing statue to removing portraits, how Bangladesh is wiping out Mujibur Rahman's legacy

India vs Bangladesh Test stats: Head-to-head record, leading run-scorer, highest wicket-taker and more

When Test debutants Bangladesh handed Sourav Ganguly's star-studded Team India a fright to remember

Bangladesh's Jamaat Conundrum

Sheikh Hasina Supporters Attacked In Dhaka On 'Bangabandhu' Mujibur Rahman's Death Anniversary

'Martyrs & Father of Nation insulted': Hasina slams Bangladesh violence in 1st statement since ouster

Sheikh Hasina breaks silence after ouster as Bangladesh PM: ‘Demand punishment for those…’

Press Club of India removes picture of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, puts it back after backlash

Bangladesh scraps August 15 holiday for Bangabandhu; Yunus visits Dhakeshwari temple amid attacks on Hindus

'Do they know history?': Billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw slams Bangladesh protesters destroying Mujibur Rahman's statue

At least 24 killed in hotel owned by Awami League leader in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Rioters loot and vandalise before torching Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Dhaka

Sheikh Hasina in India: When Indira Gandhi gave her asylum after father Mujibur Rahman's assassination in Bangladesh

Here is why Bangladesh banned radical outfit Jamaat-e-Islami

Bangladesh: Muslims mercilessly beat student Utsab Kumar Gian over allegations of 'blasphemy'

West Bengal: Here are 7 questions that TMC govt must answer in the murder case of Anwarul Azim Anar

I am better than Messi and Ronaldo in terms of giving their best for the National team: Sunil Chhetri

India vs Kuwait LIVE Streaming info: When, where to watch SAFF Championship 2023 final?

India vs Lebanon LIVE Streaming info: When, where to watch SAFF Championship 2023 semifinal?

India vs Nepal Live Streaming Info: Preview, when and where to watch SAFF Championship?