Fide Master Tahsin Tajwar Zia of Bangladesh Ansar became unbeaten champion in the Over-2000 rating group of the Grandmaster Ziaur Rahman Memorial International Rating Chess Tournament held in the ...

The Independence Award is the country’s highest civilian honour, which has been awarded annually by the government since 1977 ...

The Government of Bangladesh has revoked its previous decision to cancel the Swadhinata Padak (posthumous) given to Ziaur Rahman in 2003. The government in 2016 cancelled Ziaur Rahman's Swadhinata ...

It has also revoked the decision to cancel the Independence Award previously given to former President Ziaur Rahman. The Cabinet Division announced this in a notification on Tuesday. According to the ...

Bangladesh is rewriting its textbooks for primary and secondary students stating that it was Ziaur Rahman and not Mujibur Rahman who declared the independence of the neighbouring nation in 1971.

On March 26, 1971, Ziaur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh, and on March 27, he made another declaration of independence on behalf of Bangabandhu', a Daily Star report reads.

The government has reinstated the Swadhinata Padak (Independence Award) posthumously given to president Ziaur Rahman in 2003, reversing its 2016 decision to cancel the honour. In 2016, the Awami ...