While the world rightly honours the heroes of 1952 in Dhaka—whose sacrifices for the Bengali language led to the establishment of International Mother Language Day—a parallel narrative of linguistic resistance unfolded across the border in north-eastern India. In the Barak Valley of Assam, Bengali-speaking populations fought courageously against state-imposed linguistic assimilation. This struggle, marked by […]

Renowned Bangladeshi author and academic Professor Muhammed Zafar Iqbal has expressed firm confidence that Bangladesh will ultimately return to the spirit of its 1971 Liberation War, asserting that those attempting to erase the history of the independence struggle have now been identified and must face justice. Addressing a gathering in New Jersey, United States, the […]

Few figures in Bangladesh’s struggle for independence evoke as much reverence as Colonel Abu Taher. A heroic freedom fighter, Sector Commander, decorated officer, and visionary socialist reformer, Colonel Taher remains an indelible symbol of selfless patriotism and unwavering resolve. His contributions both on the battlefield of the 1971 Liberation War and within the country’s early […]