Bangladesh is rewriting its textbooks for primary and secondary students stating that it was Ziaur Rahman and not Mujibur Rahman who declared the independence of the neighbouring nation in 1971.

TOP-RANKED chess grandmaster Ziaur Rahman died on Friday at the age of ... But then he collapsed, and we rushed him to the hospital. His son was playing at the next table”.

The new textbooks for primary and secondary students will now state that Ziaur Rahman declared the independence ... along with other exaggerated information. We have been directed to remove ...