Bangladesh celebrates its Independence Day on March 26 but Dhaka emerged as the free capital of a free country on December 16 after nine months of Liberation War with crucial Indian assistance.

Bangladesh has introduces new textbooks that state that Ziaur Rahman declared the country’s independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting ... edited by The Telegraph Online staff and has ...

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

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 ...