east pakistan

Fast forward to 53 years later, and the political landscape of Bangladesh has turned ironic, if not tragic. The country whose independence India had conferred through military intervention now harbours increasing hostility towards India while cuddling up to Pakistan, the very state responsible for unspeakable violence against its own population.

Michael Rubin, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, says that it is time to recognise the Bangladesh genocide

Bangladesh was formed to realize the goals of Lahore Resolution of 1940, had nothing to do with Bengali language and culture

Yogi Adityanath govt will rehabilitate 63 Hindu Bengali families who migrated to Kanpur after being displaced from East Pakistan

The sharp response by Bangladesh Prime Minister to Pakistan reminding them of the atrocities during the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971 comes at a time when pro-Pakistan Islamist organisations are opposing the statue of her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.