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Bangladesh has been gripped by violence this week after relentless clashes between student protesters, security officials and pro-government student activists over a quota system for government jobs.
People gather to celebrate the fall of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Aug. 5, 2024. Anik Rahman—Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images
Independence Day is commonly associated with parades, political speeches, fairs, concerts, ceremonies, and various other public and private events celebrating the history and traditions of Bangladesh. TV and radio stations broadcast special programs and patriotic songs in honor of Independence Day.
After 12 noon on that day (in the first hour of March 26), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh and the War of Liberation began. [8] Since 1972, Bangladesh has been celebrating March 26 as "Independence Day" as Bangabandhu declared the independence of Bangladesh in the early hours of March 26. Finally, on 16 ...
Hasina, in office since 2009 after an earlier term from 1996 to 2001, was the world’s longest-serving female head of government when she left office, and she had overseen a period of rapid ...
Jail Killing Day (Bengali: জেল হত্যা দিবস) is observed by the Awami League (AL) of Bangladesh and many other political organisations on 3 November every year. It commemorates the killing of four Awami League and national leaders: former vice-president Syed Nazrul Islam , former prime minister Tajuddin Ahmed and Captain ...
Inside Bangladesh it’s being dubbed a Gen Z revolution – a protest movement that pitted mostly young student demonstrators against a 76-year-old leader who had dominated her nation for decades ...
Date: 26 March 1971 16 December 1971 : Duration: c. 1948 – 16 December 1971 (23 years, 11 months and 15 days) Location: East Pakistan (today Bangladesh) Outcome: Independence of Bangladesh; secession of East Pakistan from Pakistan: Casualties ~40,000 military personnel killed (including Bangladesh, Indian and Pakistani forces) [1] [2]