Bangladesh Liberation War
Henry Kissinger’s influence on Bangladesh’s history
The policies he implemented cemented his image as a ruthless figure in Bangladesh's history, a position he carved out for himself.
News report / Poet Asad Chowdhury no more
With the publication of his first collection of poems, Tabak Deya Paan in 1975, Bangla literary scene witnessed the emergence of a powerful new voice.
News Report / Book-Buzz back with its second iteration
Ushinor Majumdar’s book details how, since Partition, the Pakistan military junta had continued to exert unjust power over Bengal and its resident Bengalis.
Two storms and a nation’s birth
The Vortex is a collage of selfless acts to help victims of the Bhola cyclone and the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
Can we process trauma through writing?
Iffat Nawaz, together with The Daily Star’s Books & Literary Editor, Sarah Anjum Bari, will discuss the act and impact of processing traumatic memories through writing.
52 Years of Bangladesh's Independence / The unfinished fight for people’s freedom
Bangladesh was supposed to be a country run by its people, but we are dangerously moving towards a country being run by a coterie.
1971
In west Texas, oil froths luxurious from hard ground while across Bangladesh, bayoneted women stain pond water blossom.
52 years of independence / Stories that we tell ourselves
How should a nation memorialise its history?
Bangabandhu comes home, completes victory
It was the British Royal Air Force comet jet that, on January 10, 1972, carried Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to his freed motherland -- the country he had led to independence.
Bangabandhu urges people to carry on agitation
With the end of the non-cooperation movement's second phase coming closer, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman called on his countrymen to continue their fight for freedom.
Take country forward with Liberation War spirit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to work together in a planned way so that the country's march ahead with the Liberation War spirit never stops.
Freedom Fighters: Minimum age now only 12.5 years!
The liberation war affairs ministry has once again lowered the minimum age for being recognised as a freedom fighter.
15 more Biranganas recognised as freedom fighters
The government recognises 15 more Biranganas (war heroines) as freedom fighters for their significant role during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
Another 23 Biranganas recognised as FFs
Twenty-three more Biranganas (war heroines) have been recognised as freedom fighters for their contribution in the country's
[WATCH] Justice finally for the death designer’s victims
The nation had to wait for 69 months to witness a long overdue justice is being carried out for the mass murders and rape in 1971 led by war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami. The legal battle in the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Nizami has drawn to a conclusion as the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed his petition for reviewing its verdict that upheld his death penalty.
Indian Gen Krishna Rao passes away
Former chief of Indian army Gen KV Krishna Rao, who played a key role in Bangladesh's Liberation War in 1971, died in New Delhi
War trial: Jamaat calls hartal as SC upholds Nizami’s death penalty
Supreme Court upholds death penalty awarded to Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes committed against humanity in 1971. Protesting the ruling, Jamaat calls a countrywide daylong hartal for Thursday.
Pakistan denies war atrocities in 1971
Pakistan summons the acting high commissioner of Bangladesh and denies committing any war crime or atrocities during the 1971 war of independence.
Indictment order against 8 Jamalpur ‘Al-Badr’ men Oct 26
A tribunal in Dhaka fixes October 26 to decide whether it will frame charges against eight Jamalpur “Al-Badr” members for their alleged involvement in crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.
