Every December, my reading group chooses a book related to 1971. In 2015, for example, we read A. Qayyum Khan’s Bittersweet Victory: A Freedom Fighter’s Tale (2013) and a few years earlier we read ...

Pakistani Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is scheduled to visit Bangladesh, which is going to be the first visit of ...

They were once one country, but, in Bangladesh under Sheikh Hasina, Pakistan was a taboo subject. Relations had been fraught ...

Why did the Pakistani officials choose these specific areas in Bangladesh? What plans do they have for Cox’s Bazar and Ukhiya ...

In 1971, East Pakistan broke away from West Pakistan to form Bangladesh. Ever since, ties between the two have been lukewarm, except for the period when the BNP was in power. What has surprised some ...

Now, school textbooks will say Ziaur Rahman — not ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — declared the country’s independence in 1971. File image/Reuters History is written by the victors, is the ...

Gandhi argued the photo of the Pakistan army’s surrender following its defeat in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, captured the Army’s glorious history. The painting had been replaced by another ...

Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday defended the decision to replace the iconic picture depicting Pakistan's surrender in the 1971 war with a new artwork titled "Karam Kshetra ...

Textbooks in Bangladesh will now state that Ziaur Rahman — not ‘Bangabandhu’ Sheikh Mujibur Rahman — declared the country’s independence in 1971, The Daily Star reported on Wednesday. The new ...

Wing Commander Pratap Marathe's story is one of dedication, bravery, and humour, a shining example of the spirit of the ...