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A montage of notable people of and events of Bangladesh in the 1990s including (clockwise from top left): Khaleda Zia in 1991; Bangladeshi civilians and US military personnel unloading aid in the wake of the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone; With the 12 amendment of the constitution Bangladesh moved to parliamentary system of democracy in 1991; Sheikh Hasina dominated the political scene of Bangladesh ...
The 1990 Mass Uprising, [a] popularly known as '90's Anti-Authoritarian Movement, [b] was a democratic movement that took place on 4 December and led to the fall of General Hussain Muhammad Ershad in Bangladesh. The uprising was the result of a series of popular protests that started from 10 October 1990 to topple General Ershad who came to ...
Liberation War e-Archive (Muktijuddho e-Archive) is a digital library & archive, started on 4 May 2014, [5] working to 'preserve and publicly distribute' the historical documents in digitized format, such as- ebooks, documents, documentaries, movies, video footage & audios, regarding the Liberation War of Bangladesh and Genocide of Innocent Bengali People in 1971.
Ohidul Islam and Others v. The Government of Bangladesh and Others was a case brought before the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. [1] [2] The writ petition was filed three years after the Government of Bangladesh, amid the 2018 quota reform movement, issued a circular declaring the existing quotas for descendants of 1971 Liberation War veterans to be unconstitutional. [3]
The Soviet Union supported Bangladesh and Indian armies, as well as the Mukti Bahini during the war, recognising that the independence of Bangladesh would weaken the position of its rivals—the United States and the People's Republic of China. It gave assurances to India that if a confrontation with the U.S. or China developed, the USSR would ...
Many thought it grotesque that Kissinger was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for negotiating the end of the war. After visiting the country, the late chef, author and TV icon Anthony Bourdain ...
The Bangladesh government deployed paramilitary Bangladesh Border Guards forces in 22 of the 64 administrative districts of Bangladesh to quell violence against the Hindu community. As of 22 October 2021, at least 11 people have been killed across the country, including 7 Hindus, in the "worst communal violence in years" as termed by The New ...
The Chakmas being the majority represented all the people of Chittagong Hill Tracts, so naturally Chakmas dominated the Shanti Bahini. [27] G. M. Mushfiqur Rahman, a lieutenant in the Bangladesh Army posted in 1 Field Artillery Regiment of Bangladesh Army in Chittagong Hill Tracts. On 8 September 1989, he led a 17-member team of Bangladesh Army ...