Many years ago when Bangladesh was also demanding a separate nation, it was India who supported it. In such a situation, the ...

The Interim Government initially considered posthumously awarding General MAG Osmani, the commander-in-chief of the ...

Gen Waqar Zaman condemned the violence and mayhem in Bangladesh, emphasising that ‘India is an important neighbour’; with ...

Eight distinguished individuals will be honoured with the Swadhinata Puraskar 2025, the highest civilian award of the country ...

Army action against protesters and the killing of intellectuals led to armed resistance. Many Bengali students and young men and women joined the Mukti Bahini, or liberation force. With India’s armed ...

The inherent weaknesses of Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus rsquo;s interim government has prompted Chief of Army Staff, ...

Sheikh Hasina's name has been completely removed from Bangladesh’s new school textbooks, with her traditional student message ...

The country’s National Curriculum and Textbook Board made the changes in a move to reshape the country’s history.

However, the role of India during the Liberation War and that of the Mitro Bahini (an alliance of the Indian Army and the Mukti Bahini) have been kept intact.” Indeed, the 1971 surrender has been ...

While India’s contribution to Bangladesh’s independence remains acknowledged, some key elements have been revised.