Dhaka: More than five years after the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of ...

On March 25, the Pakistan Army started Operation Searchlight, attacking the unarmed people of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). This wasn’t just an attempt to control them — it was a massacre, almost a ...

Bangladesh celebrates its 55th Independence ... causing widespread frustration in East Pakistan. On the night of 25 March 1971, the Pakistani military launched Operation Searchlight, a brutal ...

Bangladesh is undergoing a turbulent phase of its ... the historical memory of the Pakistan Army’s atrocities, especially during Operation Searchlight (launched on March 25, 1971), have gained ...

resulting in the formation of Bangladesh barely nine months later. Attempts to distort this history now threaten the nation’s very foundations. On 25th March 1971, the Pakistani military launched ...

On March 25, 1971, Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight, a violent military crackdown in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to crush demands for autonomy. Representational image. Operation ...

Bangladesh is commemorating ... forces on the night of Mar 25, 1971, to crush the freedom movement of the Bengali people. That night, under Operation Searchlight, the Pakistani forces carried ...

The Pakistan army had picked the EBRC as one of the primary targets for its brutal massacre codenamed "Operation Searchlight". On the night of March 25, 1971, the Pakistani military killed more ...

Fifty-four years ago, on March 25, 1971, the then-West Pakistan unleashed a reign of terror upon the people of East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, the repercussions of ...

Under Rahman's leadership, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh has actively ... of General Yahya Khan, launched Operation Searchlight on the night of March 25, 1971 — a night that would forever be ...

The ‘blackout’ programme will be observed for one minute from 10:30 pm to 10:31pm in the night of March 25 to pay homage to the people who were killed in 'Operation Searchlight' of Pakistani ...