The government today decided to cancel the "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman International Peace Award". The decision was made during a meeting of the advisory council, chaired by Chief Adviser ...

Bangladesh’s National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has implemented notable revisions to school textbooks for the 2025 academic year, altering the portrayal of the country’s history.

The revisions largely erase the legacy of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her father Mujibur Rahman’s role in freedom struggle, and India's role in the Liberation War of 1971. The "reforms ...

Content on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Hasina’s father and the nation’s founding President, dropped or scaled down. * India’s role in the freedom movement retained, but photographs of Indira Gandhi with ...

As per the new names, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall has been renamed Shah Azizur Hall, while Sheikh Russel Hall has been renamed Shaheed Anas Hall, Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnessa Mujib ...

The authorities of Islamic University, IU, in Kushtia have renamed the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall to Shah Azizur Rahman Hall. It also renamed three other halls of residence and an academic ...

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a key advocate for linguistic and national identity, later led Bangladesh to independence in 1971. Around four years later, assassins stormed his residence at 32 Dhanmondi and ...

Special assistant to the chief adviser Professor Dr Md Sayedur Rahman at a programme at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in Dhaka on Thursday said that experts should be created keeping ...

The Dhaka-Mawa Highway, previously called "Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Expressway," has been renamed "Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway." Similarly, "Father of the Nation ...

Bangladesh: Bangladesh's National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has rolled out significant changes to school textbooks for the 2025 academic session, revising key accounts of the country's ...

The latest revisions have removed numerous references to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country’s first President and father of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and instead highlight figures ...