Opinion

China: A friend indeed

The old proverb ‘a friend in need is a friend indeed’ has remained as relevant as it was before, in any situation. China, already a major development partner of Bangladesh with its participation in most of the mega development projects here, has emerged as a friend in need by coming up w...

Opinion

Long march from Red Boat

Every time a senior Chinese leader meets a new batch of foreign journalists, he or she invariably encounters a question – what are the secrets of the development miracle of the growing economic superpower? Such questions cropping up in anyone’s mind is absolutely rational. The developmen...

National,Front Page

More research on Bangabandhu imperative

A person who is no more in this world cannot be a competitor or enemy of anyone. But this rule did not work in the case of assassins of Bangladesh’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his murder plotters. The killers and conspirators considered him their enemy even after his...

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Mournful Month: Need a commission to pick out plotters

The nation now knows well the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman thanks to their self-confession, investigation findings and court verdict that awarded the 12 killers the capital punishment. Six of the assassins -- Faruk Rahman, Shahriar Rashid Khan, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda, AKM Mohiu...

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Mournful Month: Need repeat of Bangabandhu’s anti-graft crusade

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman addressed the last public rally of his life on March 26 in 1975 at Suhrawardy Udyan to mark the fifth Independence Day of the country. He vented thoroughly his anger against corruption throughout his speech that the media described as the hint of a crusade against g...

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Mournful Month: Instil Bangabandhu’s ideology in young generation

British journalist David Frost in an interview in 1972 asked Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman what his strength was. He replied, "My greatest strength is the love for my people." Frost then wanted to know what his weakness was. "My greatest weakness is that I love them too much"...

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Mournful Month: Father of the Nation deserves highest honour

At least 89 countries in the world have Father of the Nation, Father of Fatherland, Father of Country or Founding Father. Mahatma Gandhi [Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi] is the Father of Indian Nation, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Turkey’s, Sukarno Indonesia’s, Muhammad Ali Jinnah Pakistan’s ...

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Mournful Month: Bring back and punish fugitive killers of Bangabandhu

It supersedes human imagination that a man will boast that he has killed someone without a reason or for any reason whatsoever. But the assassins of Bangladesh’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman did it. They bragged about one of the worst homicides they perpetrated without an ...

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Mournful Month: Journey through dark tunnel

The August-15 tragedy was not merely the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members, it was also a great disruption in Bangladesh’s journey to light. The force that grabbed power after the carnage took the country through a transition that changed the new state&r...

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Mournful Month: 15 August plotters, killers earned eternal shame

What happened to the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the conspirators of the murder is an extreme example of poetic justice. They were aspiring for hot seats in the administration and an honoured life after the assassination of the country’s founding father. Initially, their d...

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Mournful Month: 15 Aug plot aimed to drag Bangladesh back to Pakistan-era legacy

A deep-rooted conspiracy against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his beloved Bangladesh hatched by local and international protagonists culminated in the murder of the country’s founding father in 1975. Through the adoption of the new constitution, Bangabandhu gave a clear message to the...

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Mournful Month: History’s most heinous crime

The killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman did not give him much time to steer the nascent state, Bangladesh, to the position he had long been dreaming of. They killed him along with most of his family in four years of Bangladesh’s liberation from the clutches of Pakistan and two years o...