As vehicles—cars, motorbikes and hoards of compressed natural gas-driven autorickshaws, colloquially known as ‘CNGs’—speed out of Dhaka International Airport, murals of the liberation war, meant to decorate the roads and remind one of the bloody but valiant birth of Bangladesh as a sovereign nation, welcome people. Many now feel Mujibur Rahman was not the sole hero of the liberation war, …
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 …
Amid protests in Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister and traveled to India for safety. In this photo taken on December 16, 2018 a man walks past a wall with images of Bangladeshi founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Sheikh Hasina Wazed Rahman, revered as ‘Bangabandhu’ who became the first president of independent Bangladesh, was assassinated by a group …
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