The government has decided to rewrite history textbooks under the supervision of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus interim govt.

Bangladesh's textbooks are being revised to attribute the 1971 independence declaration to Ziaur Rahman, not Mujibur Rahman as previously stated.

The Bangladesh interim government has made a few changes in the country’s textbooks on the 1971 Liberation War.

Researcher Rakhal Raha, entrusted with making the changes, said they tried to free the textbooks from ‘exaggerated, imposed history’.

Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks stating that Ziaur Rahman declared the country's independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the declaration,

Bangladesh has changed its history in the text books for primary and secondary students which state that the independence in 1971 was declared by former army major and president

Bangladesh introduces new textbooks crediting Ziaur Rahman with declaring independence in 1971, removing title "Father of the Nation".

The move came after the ouster of Mujibur's daughter Sheikh Hasina as prime minister on August 5. His statues and murals bearing his image were targeted as his daughter fled to India.

Bangladesh recently began phasing out currency notes featuring the image of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, coinciding with the introduction of new notes. This move followed the ouster of his daughter, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,

After the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government in August 2023, Bangladesh has decided to drop the new National Curriculum-2022 and restart the 2012 curriculum from 2025 onwards. The Daily Star reported that the textbooks of primary and secondary students for the upcoming academic year will state that Ziaur Rahman,

Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, has decided to revise the delta nation's history textbooks to replace 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the declarer of independence with Ziaur Rahman, the