Freedom is the window to independence. Bangladesh, thanks to the Indian Army, got freedom from Pakistan, but did not gain independence from its former master’s legacy. Bangladeshi memory seems short enough to have forgotten their sacrifice and forgiven the murder of nearly three million of their own and the rape of over two lakh Bengali women by Yahya Khan’s soldiers. …
They were a force of collaborators used by Pakistan to try to crush the movement for an independent Bangladesh. At the heart of this is a term that the country’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, used amid the protests, and which set off an angry response from protesters: “Razakars”. The word means “volunteers” and is considered derogatory in Bangladesh as it …
Bangladesh is witnessing violent student protests against government job quotas, which has left over 30 dead. Why Razakars are back in Bangladesh’s rhetoric In July, university campuses across Bangladesh erupted in protests against the 30 per cent quota for descendants of freedom fighters of the 1971 Bangladeshi Liberation War. If the grandchildren of the freedom fighters don’t get quota benefits, …
On Thursday, 18th July, at least one young man was killed and several others were reported injured during a clash between quota reform protesters and police in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The incident took place during a peaceful “Complete Shutdown” that was called by the coordination committee of the Quota Reform Movement across Bangladesh. “Chaite gelam odhikar, bone galam razakar”, were raised …
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