1971

ICT seeks formal charge against 8 Jamalpur ‘Al-Badr’ men

A tribunal in Dhaka asks prosecution to submit on April 13 the formal charges against eight suspected war criminals for their crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 Liberation War.
30 March 2015, 10:38 AM

“I Don't Like Twirling the Baton of Politics”

BEFORE we knew it, it was the year 1970. There were political movements all around. The confrontations of the students and the public of East Bengal had reached their peak.
29 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh's Liberation War -- Documents and History

Here we publish an excerpt from Hasan Hafizur Rahman's introduction to History of Bangladesh War of Independence: Documents, the largest collection of the Liberation War documents.
27 March 2015, 18:00 PM

The independence movement of Bangladesh

DURING the latter half of the last [ 19th] century, when the poet Nabinchandra Sen was a student of Presidency College, the boys from West Bengal used to poke fun at him by calling him a 'Bangal.'
22 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Can a self respecting nation treat its brave sons like this?

THIS is my first opportunity to speak to an audience after our Independence. I convey my sincere thanks to Bangla Academy for affording me this opportunity.
20 March 2015, 18:00 PM

The Path towards Sunrise

Every moment of the night of March 25 in 1971 and the following two-months will always shine brightly in the depths of my memory.
19 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Genesis of Holocaust

AS you open newspapers you read that East Pakistanis are fleeing their country, taking shelter in refugee camps and dying in thousands from cholera. But why? What is the genesis of this holocaust? Who is responsible for this human misery?
18 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Graphic novel on Bangabandhu launched

The Centre for Research and Information (CRI) launches the first episode of graphic novel series on autobiography of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
17 March 2015, 15:12 PM

Bangladesh Genocide: Dhaka University Massacre

Ron Nessen, reporter of NBC News, reports on massacre at Dhaka University on March 26, 1971.
13 December 2014, 11:40 AM

Interview: War crimes researcher Shahriar

Writer, historian and war crimes researcher Shahriar Kabir talks about...
27 November 2014, 18:00 PM

A slap in face for Liberation War

War crimes convict Motiur Rahman Nizami's appointment as a minister by the BNP-led government was a slap in the face for our Liberation War, as well as for the martyrs and the women who were violated and brutally murdered during the war.
29 October 2014, 18:00 PM