Independence Day of Bangladesh

53 Years of Bangladesh's Independence / 'The Liberation War became a centre of big power rivalry'

Veteran diplomat M Humayun Kabir discusses the geopolitical history of Bangladesh's Liberation War in an exlcusive interview.

Chronicles of Bangladesh’s Birth / Inner Group: the first push for liberation

The 1940s witnessed the rise of some of the first movements for self-determination in East Pakistan. Politicians, journalists, and intellectuals like Moazzem Ahmed Chowdhury, Abdul Aziz Bagmar, Sirajul Alam Khan, and many others played a pivotal role in these early struggles for liberation.

Indomitable March: Awami League takes de facto control

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman issued a statement on March 4, 1971, requesting that government and non-government offices where employees had not yet been paid remain open between 2:30pm and 4:30pm to disburse salaries during the next two days of the hartal.

Security beefed at diplomatic zone

Security is beefed up at the diplomatic zone, what the authorities explained as routine measure ahead of Independence Day on March 26.

March 26, 2024
March 26, 2024

'The Liberation War became a centre of big power rivalry'

Veteran diplomat M Humayun Kabir discusses the geopolitical history of Bangladesh's Liberation War in an exlcusive interview.

March 25, 2024
March 25, 2024

Inner Group: the first push for liberation

The 1940s witnessed the rise of some of the first movements for self-determination in East Pakistan. Politicians, journalists, and intellectuals like Moazzem Ahmed Chowdhury, Abdul Aziz Bagmar, Sirajul Alam Khan, and many others played a pivotal role in these early struggles for liberation.

March 4, 2024
March 4, 2024

Indomitable March: Awami League takes de facto control

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman issued a statement on March 4, 1971, requesting that government and non-government offices where employees had not yet been paid remain open between 2:30pm and 4:30pm to disburse salaries during the next two days of the hartal.

March 24, 2019
March 24, 2019

Security beefed at diplomatic zone

Security is beefed up at the diplomatic zone, what the authorities explained as routine measure ahead of Independence Day on March 26.