TOP-RANKED chess grandmaster Ziaur Rahman died on Friday at the age of 50 after suffering a stroke and collapsing on his board in the middle of a national championship match, an official said.

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.

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh's top-ranked chess grandmaster Ziaur Rahman died on Friday at the age of 50 after collapsing from a stroke during a national championship match. Ziaur collapsed during the ...