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The Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the People's Republic of Bangladesh. Pakistan (formerly West Pakistan) recognized Bangladesh in 1974. [ 4] Today, bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Pakistan are considered to be cordial. The two countries are both founding members of SAARC, as well as ...
Around 45 privately owned television channels were permitted by the Government of Bangladesh as of 2019, of which thirty-five are currently on air. [1] Six television channels, namely STV-US, CSB News, Channel 1, Diganta Television, Islamic TV, and Channel 16, have been taken off air.
August 3, 2024 at 2:50 PM. DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of people protested peacefully in Bangladesh's capital Saturday to demand justice for more than 200 students and others killed ...
July 25, 2024 at 1:01 AM. Students and protesters clash with police during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on July 11, 2024. Credit - Munir Uz Zaman—AFP/Getty Images. It took just 18 minutes ...
The News International and its Sunday version The News on Sunday is published by the Jang Group of Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Jang (جنگ), an Urdu language newspaper in Pakistan. [5] Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman was the founder of the newspaper and his younger son, Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, is the current chief executive officer and editor-in ...
The country’s leading Bengali-language daily newspaper, Prothom Alo, said at least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died in the violence. The Channel 24 news outlet reported at ...
Amar Desh ( Bengali: আমার দেশ; "My country"), a Bengali-language newspaper published between 2004 and 2013. [34] [35] The Bangladesh Observer, an English-language daily published between 1949-2010 and last edited by Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury. [7] Kishore Bangla, a Bengali juvenile weekly published between 1977 and 1983.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman[ c] (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), popularly known by the honorific prefix Bangabandhu[ d] ( lit. 'Friend of Bengal ' ), was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist and diarist. As a politician, Mujib had held continuous positions either as Bangladesh's president or as its prime minister from ...