The war ended on December 16, 1971, when West Pakistan surrendered to India and East Pakistan became Bangladesh. Cyclone Bhola was not only a natural disaster but also a historical turning point.

Bangladesh's Foreign Minister, Hasan Mahmud, demands an apology from Pakistan following the launch of Rita Chowdhury's book ...

Bangladesh is paying homage to the nation’s best brains executed indiscriminately by the Pakistan Army and their ... the dying moments of the Liberation War. In a last-ditch effort to exact ...

The policies he implemented cemented his image as a ruthless figure in Bangladesh's history ... since Partition, the Pakistan military junta had continued to exert unjust power over Bengal ...

Ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said that the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party ...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on Bangladesh and Pakistan to immediately release airline revenues – worth over $720 million - that are being held in contravention of ...

When the war began in March 1971, Pakistan had only the 14th Infantry ... The initial challenges of setting up the Bangladesh army and its setting out in operational sectors is well-described ...

Bangladesh Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has lauded Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Indian author Rita Chowdhury's new book ...

Pakistan was now involved in its third war with India, thus clearing the way for the establishment of Bangladesh in 1971. The dismemberment of Pakistan discredited both the civil bureaucracy and the ...

Departing from the typical understanding of the Bangladesh as a product ... also being shaped by the Cold War rivalries between the USA, USSR, and China. ‘The failure of economic and social justice ...

Civil war erupted in 1971, with the eastern part of the country seceding to become the independent state of Bangladesh. Progress in Pakistan has been hindered by continuing political unrest, violence ...

Fully recognizing the atrocities committed during the war will be equivalent to acknowledging the Two Nations Theory has failed, a significant blow to Pakistan’s identity. The 1971 war served as ...