The new textbooks for primary and secondary students will now state that Ziaur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. Earlier, the books mentioned that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...

Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks that state that Ziaur Rahman declared the country’s independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur ...

AR Rahman, who paid a tribute to his late guru, Padma Vibhushan Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, at a Sufi concert on January 17, talks about the importance of lyrics In a career spanning over four ...

Veteran actress Anjana Rahman, a beloved figure in Bangladeshi cinema, passed away early yesterday in the capital's Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital. Her passing marks the end ...

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Bangladesh’s interim government has revised the national curriculum, replacing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with General Ziaur Rahman as the nation’s founding figure. The move, it says, aims to ...

Established in 2005 by the eminent Bharatanatyam artiste Jhinook Mukherjee Sinha, the institute has become a beacon of excellence in the city’s cultural landscape. A devoted disciple of the ...

Zillur Rahman, Executive Director of CGS moderated the event while teachers, students, lawyers, politicians, industrial entrepreneurs, civil society members, media professionals, activists, small ...