Breaking from the longstanding tradition of featuring Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's portrait on nearly every denomination, the redesigned notes uplift the collective voices of the people ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus on Friday said that the country will hold national elections in the first half of April 2026. In a televised address to the ...

Hasina’s father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was the country’s independence leader. Yunus had earlier said that the election would be held between December and next June. The relationship between ...

Khaleda Rahman is Newsweek's National Correspondent based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on education and national news. Khaleda joined Newsweek in 2019 and had previously worked at the ...

Mujib Bahini, a paramilitary force formed in 1971 by youth leaders loyal to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was excluded from the list of recognised freedom fighter forces. And the Mujahid Bahini, a ...

Bangladesh's interim government refutes claims of revoking Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's "Father of the Nation" title and altering freedom fighter status, calling media reports false and misleading.

IMAGE: Billboard of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons The news published in several media outlets that the freedom fighter recognition of over 100 leaders ...

Bangladesh’s interim government has stripped Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of the title of “Father of the Nation”, continuing with its efforts to wield the airbrush on the founding leader of the ...

"The new definition of Liberation War drops the name of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The previous one mentioned that the war was waged responding to Bangabandhu's call for independence ...

Dhaka, Jun 4 (PTI) Bangladesh’s interim government on Wednesday dismissed as “completely baseless” and “misleading” the media reports that claimed it has dropped the “Father of the Nation” title for ...