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Bangladesh joined the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the Commonwealth of Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement. Rahman was invited to Washington DC and Moscow for talks with American and Soviet leaders. In the Delhi Agreement of 1974, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan pledged to work for regional stability and peace. The agreement paved ...
The All Pakistan Awami Muslim League was founded on 23 June 1949 at the Rose Garden mansion on K. M. Das Lane in Old Dhaka, ... David Frost Program in Bangladesh, ...
Bangladesh, [a] officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, [b] is a country in South Asia. ... The All-India Muslim League, which was founded in Dhaka in 1906, ...
Ms Hasina’s father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, often called the "Father of the Nation" in Bangladesh, became the country’s first prime minister of newly founded Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is elected to a two-year term on the UN Security Council. 3 June: Zia-ur Rahman wins presidential election and secures his position for a five-year term. 1979: 18 February: The 1979 General Election takes place. Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Zia scores a decisive victory. [21] 1981: 30 May: Assassination of Ziaur Rahman. 1982: ...
Birthday of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Official name Birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Also called Bangabandhu's birthday Observed by Bangladesh Type Historic Significance Honours Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, called as the founder and the first president of Bangladesh Date 17 March Frequency Annual First time 1967 Related to National Children's Day The birthday ...
As president in 1978, Ziaur Rahman founded Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He reinstated multi-party politics , freedom of the press , free speech and free markets and accountability. He initiated mass irrigation and food production programmes, including social programmes to uplift the lives of the people. [ 13 ]
A cult of personality was created around Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during his tenure, where his supporters venerate him. [9] [10] After being pushed to the sidelines by the successive military rulers Ziaur Rahman (who founded the Bangladesh Nationalist Party) and Hussain Muhammad Ershad (who founded the Jatiya Party), Mujib came back to dominate public consciousness from 2008 under the Awami ...