Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks for primary and secondary students which state that former army major and president Ziaur Rahman declared independence in 1971 instead of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The…
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Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami following deadly job protests
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskBangladesh on Thursday banned the right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir and other associate organisations under the anti-terrorism law. The ban will come into effect immediately, according…
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Bangladesh top court scraps most quotas that caused deadly unrest
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskBangladesh’s Supreme Court has scaled back a controversial job quota system after nationwide unrest over the past week during which more than 100 people were killed. The Supreme Court ordered…