An excerpt from the revised edition of ‘The Land of Monsoons and Martyrs: A New History of Bangladesh’, by Salil Tripathi.

Sheikh Mujibur Rehman delivering his historic speech at the Ramna Race Course (now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka on March 7, 1971. Credit: Wikipedia Subscribe for ads-free reading Bangladesh ...

An uptick of an old fault line—-the protracted Bangladeshi discourse over history has recently stepped up since a spokesperson of Dr. Mohammad Yunus’s interim regime announced that the national ...

Brigadier General Muhammad Masud Razzaq (R) talks during a media briefing in Dhaka January 19, 2012. The Bangladesh army said on Thursday it foiled a coup attempt by retired and serving officers late ...

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The horrifying events that unfolded in Bangladesh in 1977 expose a government driven not by justice, but by a chilling desire to annihilate its own military personnel in cold-blooded slaughter. This ...