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As united Pakistan, both the countries of Pakistan and Bangladesh had sought independence from India in 1947 because they were concerned about the progress and security of Muslims in a Hindu majority state. As separate countries they continue to share a community of interests in limiting the dominance of India as well as a common Islamic position.
Based on the aspirations of the student-people's uprising and to establish universal consensus, the Chief Advisor of the interim government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, formally announced on September 11, 2024, the formation of several reform commissions aimed at rebuilding the state of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is seen by various financial institutions as one of the Next Eleven. It has been transitioning from being a frontier market into an emerging market. Bangladesh is a member of the South Asian Free Trade Area and the World Trade Organization. In fiscal year 2021–2022, Bangladesh registered a GDP growth rate of 7.2% after the global ...
The former Bangladesh government denoted all collaborators of the Pakistan forces as Razakars. [2] This includes leaders, members of East Pakistan Central Peace Committee and even the Chakma King Maharaja Tridev Roy. [2] In Bangladesh today, Razakar is used as a pejorative term meaning "traitor" or Judas. [4]
Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh (Urdu: محصور پاکستانی, mahsūr pākistānī, Bengali: উদ্বাস্তু পাকিস্তানি, romanized: udbāstu pākistāni) are Urdu-speaking Muslim migrants with homelands in present-day India (then part of British India) who settled in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) following the partition of India in 1947.
Bangladesh completed a second-test victory against Pakistan on the last afternoon Tuesday and achieved an historic sweep of the series. Needing 143 more runs on the final day with 10 wickets in ...
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ruled Biharis eligible for Bangladesh citizenship in 1972, and about 500,000 chose repatriation to Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 12 ] Some repatriation was implemented by the Red Cross over a number of years, [ 13 ] but in 1978, the Pakistani government stripped Pakistanis remaining in Bangladesh of Pakistani citizenship. [ 12 ]
Pakistan, which Bangladesh had gained independence from in the 1971 war, didn't recognise the country until it was pressured by other Muslim-majority nations. Bangladesh's founder, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , was kept imprisoned by Pakistani authorities (even after the end of war) before being released in January 1972.