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Mujibur Rahman
Bangladesh: Old Myths, New Country
By Shehryar Fazli
In post-Hasina Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, once known as Bangabandhu, has been stripped of his status as the country’s founding father.
Bangladesh’s Bid to Rewrite History
By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Sections in post-Hasina Bangladesh want to "rescue" the Awami League’s usurpation of the Liberation War’s history. Others question the Liberation War itself.
Islamic Fundamentalism Raises Its Head in Post-Hasina Bangladesh
By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Many statues like those of Mujibur Rahman were defaced for political reasons. But targeting sculptures like that of Lady Justice lay bare the Islamists’ anti-statue agenda.
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