From founder of the nation to focus of public hate - How Bangladeshis have changed their views on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman?

[BouncerGuy]

Protesters set fire to ex-Bangladesh PM's family home

Protesters in Bangladesh have vandalised and set fire to the former family home of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as those of other members of her party.

The unrest was sparked by news that Hasina would address the country via social media from India, where she has been in exile since student-led protests ousted her last year.

The 77-year-old Hasina, who was in charge of Bangladesh for 20 years, was seen as an autocrat whose government ruthlessly clamped down on dissent.

On Wednesday evening, an excavator smashed down the house of Hasina's late father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is also Bangladesh's founding president. The structure had been repurposed into a museum.

Hasina's father is widely viewed as an independence hero, but anger at his daughter has tarnished his legacy among Hasina's critics.

In a Facebook livestream, Hasina condemned the attack and demanded "justice".

"They can demolish a building, but they can't erase history," she said.

Hasina, once hailed as a pro-democracy icon, has seen her reputation sour after taking office. She has been accused of rigging elections and jailing her critics, and her administration was widely seen as corrupt.

She faces arrest warrants for cracking down on the student-led protests last year, which saw hundreds of people killed.

While Hasina fled to India last August, anger has not dissipated against her and her Awami League partymates.

On Wednesday, protesters also vandalised and torched the houses and businesses of senior Awami League leaders. There have been calls on social media to rid the country of "pilgrimage sites of fascism".

Police told the BBC's Bengali service that around 700 protesters showed up at the residence on Wednesday night, and dozens of police officers were deployed.

Since Hasina's ouster, a caretaker government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has kept the country running.

But it has struggled to quell lingering unrest. Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in recent months, demanding Hasina to be prosecuted for her deadly crackdown on student protesters.

While Yunus' government tries to get Hasina extradited from India, it is also dealing with a looming economic crisis - Yunus has accused Hasina of faking Bangladesh's economic growth and laundering billions of dollars during her rule.

Yunus has pledged to hold elections in late 2025 or early 2026.

BBC

 

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Protesters set fire to ex-Bangladesh PM's family home

Protesters in Bangladesh have vandalised and set fire to the former family home of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as those of other members of her party.

The unrest was sparked by news that Hasina would address the country via social media from India, where she has been in exile since student-led protests ousted her last year.

The 77-year-old Hasina, who was in charge of Bangladesh for 20 years, was seen as an autocrat whose government ruthlessly clamped down on dissent.

On Wednesday evening, an excavator smashed down the house of Hasina's late father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is also Bangladesh's founding president. The structure had been repurposed into a museum.

Hasina's father is widely viewed as an independence hero, but anger at his daughter has tarnished his legacy among Hasina's critics.

In a Facebook livestream, Hasina condemned the attack and demanded "justice".

"They can demolish a building, but they can't erase history," she said.

Hasina, once hailed as a pro-democracy icon, has seen her reputation sour after taking office. She has been accused of rigging elections and jailing her critics, and her administration was widely seen as corrupt.

She faces arrest warrants for cracking down on the student-led protests last year, which saw hundreds of people killed.

While Hasina fled to India last August, anger has not dissipated against her and her Awami League partymates.

On Wednesday, protesters also vandalised and torched the houses and businesses of senior Awami League leaders. There have been calls on social media to rid the country of "pilgrimage sites of fascism".

Police told the BBC's Bengali service that around 700 protesters showed up at the residence on Wednesday night, and dozens of police officers were deployed.

Since Hasina's ouster, a caretaker government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has kept the country running.

But it has struggled to quell lingering unrest. Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in recent months, demanding Hasina to be prosecuted for her deadly crackdown on student protesters.

While Yunus' government tries to get Hasina extradited from India, it is also dealing with a looming economic crisis - Yunus has accused Hasina of faking Bangladesh's economic growth and laundering billions of dollars during her rule.

Yunus has pledged to hold elections in late 2025 or early 2026.

BBC

Hasina has looted enough money to buy herself another house.

Billions of Dollars have been looted by her and her party. She should give those back.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Protesters set fire to ex-Bangladesh PM's family home

Protesters in Bangladesh have vandalised and set fire to the former family home of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as well as those of other members of her party.

The unrest was sparked by news that Hasina would address the country via social media from India, where she has been in exile since student-led protests ousted her last year.

The 77-year-old Hasina, who was in charge of Bangladesh for 20 years, was seen as an autocrat whose government ruthlessly clamped down on dissent.

On Wednesday evening, an excavator smashed down the house of Hasina's late father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is also Bangladesh's founding president. The structure had been repurposed into a museum.

Hasina's father is widely viewed as an independence hero, but anger at his daughter has tarnished his legacy among Hasina's critics.

In a Facebook livestream, Hasina condemned the attack and demanded "justice".

"They can demolish a building, but they can't erase history," she said.

Hasina, once hailed as a pro-democracy icon, has seen her reputation sour after taking office. She has been accused of rigging elections and jailing her critics, and her administration was widely seen as corrupt.

She faces arrest warrants for cracking down on the student-led protests last year, which saw hundreds of people killed.

While Hasina fled to India last August, anger has not dissipated against her and her Awami League partymates.

On Wednesday, protesters also vandalised and torched the houses and businesses of senior Awami League leaders. There have been calls on social media to rid the country of "pilgrimage sites of fascism".

Police told the BBC's Bengali service that around 700 protesters showed up at the residence on Wednesday night, and dozens of police officers were deployed.

Since Hasina's ouster, a caretaker government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has kept the country running.

But it has struggled to quell lingering unrest. Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in recent months, demanding Hasina to be prosecuted for her deadly crackdown on student protesters.

While Yunus' government tries to get Hasina extradited from India, it is also dealing with a looming economic crisis - Yunus has accused Hasina of faking Bangladesh's economic growth and laundering billions of dollars during her rule.

Yunus has pledged to hold elections in late 2025 or early 2026.

BBC

https://twitter.com/x/status/1887191006963208541

 

[sweep_shot]

Truth be told, I was never a fan of Sheikh Mujeeb. He always felt dodgy.

It was why he was assassinated by a section of BD army in 1975. Mujeeb tried to do the same thing Hasina did (dictatorship and fascism).

Both Mujeeb and Hasina were in India's pocket. They only cared about themselves and they were good for India's interest.

Bangladesh only had one great leader and he was Major Ziaur Rahman (founder of BNP). May Allah forgive him and grant him Jannah.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Their country, Their way.

They will never be forgiven for venting their anger at Hindus in Bangladesh. That has broken the relationship with Bharat forever.

Apart from that, don’t care if they burn their country to the ground. Nobody cares. It’s Bangladesh.

 

[sweep_shot]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1887191006963208541

Hasina tried to put Mujeeb everywhere. She tried to shove Mujeeb down everyone's throat.

People are just fed up I guess. They are expressing their pent up anger.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Truth be told, I was never a fan of Sheikh Mujeeb. He always felt dodgy.

It was why he was assassinated by a section of BD army in 1975. Mujeeb tried to do the same thing Hasina did (dictatorship and fascism).

Both Mujeeb and Hasina were in India's pocket. They only cared about themselves and they were good for India's interest.

Bangladesh only had one great leader and he was Major Ziaur Rahman (founder of BNP). May Allah forgive him and grant him Jannah.

India missed a big opportunity to grow relations meaningfully with BD which has remained receptive to Indian involvement for half a century. Unfortunately through short sighted greed and lack of genuine brotherhood, India just tried to exploit Bangladesh instead. Mujib and Hasina were the puppets installed to facilitate this, and eventually the people could take no more. They didn't want their assets to become the assets of another country at their expense.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Bangladesh asks India to stop former PM Hasina from making 'false statements'

Bangladesh has asked India to stop ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from making "false and fabricated" comments while she is in the country, its foreign ministry said.

Hasina fled to India in August following violent protests that killed more than 1,000 people.

In an online address on Wednesday, she called on her supporters to stand against the interim government in Bangladesh, accusing it of seizing power unconstitutionally.

Thousands of protesters trying to disrupt Hasina's address had demolished and set fire to the home of Mujibur Rahman, her father and Bangladesh's founding leader. The violence continued after Hasina spoke.

Bangladesh's foreign ministry handed over a protest note to India's acting high commissioner in Dhaka, conveying "deep concern, disappointment and serious reservation" over her comments, it said on its

"The ministry ... requested ... India to immediately take appropriate measures, in the spirit of mutual respect and understanding, to stop her from making such false, fabricated and incendiary statements," it said.

Hasina could not be contacted for comment.

Although India did not comment on the communication from Bangladesh, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal condemned the destruction of Rahman's home as an "act of vandalism".

A group of Thai medics battled to save the life of elderly Myanmar refugee Adabi as her daughter looked on tearfully.

"All those who value the freedom struggle that nurtured Bangla identity and pride are aware of the importance of this residence for the national consciousness of Bangladesh," he said.

It was in the same house that Rahman declared Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan in 1971, and he and most of his family were assassinated within its walls in 1975.

Hasina transformed the building into a museum dedicated to her father's legacy.

The interim government's chief adviser, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, appealed to people on Friday to restore law and order and ensure there were no more attacks on properties linked to Hasina's family or politicians from her Awami League party.

"Any attacks to their properties gives them an excuse to draw international attention to themselves and dish out their fabricated stories ... Any deterioration of law and order will give a wrong message to the world," he said.

Bangladesh has been grappling with political strife since Hasina was ousted, with the interim government struggling to maintain law and order amid continuing unrest.

India and Bangladesh, which share a 4,000 kilometre (2,500 miles) border, have longstanding cultural and business ties.

India also played a key role in the 1971 war with Pakistan that led to the creation of Bangladesh.

SOURCE: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...pm-hasina-making-false-statements-2025-02-07/

 

[Devadwal]

When you can sell your country for some money anything can happen .

Well-done USA

 

[BouncerGuy]

Bangladesh: UN says Sheikh Hasina's crackdown may be crime against humanity

Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her government tried to cling on to power using systematic, deadly violence against protesters that could amount to "crimes against humanity", the UN has said.

UN human rights investigators accused the deposed government of a brutal response to mass opposition last year, in which they said up to 1,400 people had been killed, mostly by security forces.

The UN team said "an official policy to attack and violently repress anti-government protesters" had been directed by political leaders and senior security officials.

Hasina, who had been in office for 15 years, fled by helicopter to India shortly before crowds stormed her residence last August.

The unrest began as student-led protests against quotas in civil service jobs and escalated into a countrywide movement to oust Hasina and her Awami League Party following a deadly police crackdown. Thousands more were injured in the worst violence Bangladesh has seen since its war of independence in 1971.

The UN investigators' findings show the then government, including Sheikh Hasina, "were aware of and involved in very serious offences", UN human rights chief Volker Türk told a news conference in Geneva.

"Among our key findings, there are reasonable grounds to believe that officials of the former government, its security and intelligence apparatus, together with violent elements associated with the former ruling party, committed serious and systematic human rights violations," Mr Türk said.

The UN investigators documented the shooting at point-blank range of some protesters, the deliberate maiming of others, arbitrary arrests and torture.

Children, too, were targeted – the report estimates up to 13% of the 1,400 people killed between between 1 July and 15 August were children.

"The brutal response was a calculated and well-co-ordinated strategy by the former government to hold onto power in the face of mass opposition," Mr Türk said.

He said the evidence gathered by his office painted "a disturbing picture of rampant state violence and targeted killings".

"There are reasonable grounds to believe hundreds of extrajudicial killings, extensive arbitrary arrests and detentions, and torture, were carried out with the knowledge, co-ordination and direction of the political leadership and senior security officials as part of a strategy to suppress the protests."

The report was requested by Bangladesh's caretaker leader, Muhammad Yunus, who said he and his interim government remained "committed to transforming Bangladesh into a country in which all its people can live in security and dignity".

The overall number of deaths given by the UN team is far higher than the 834 most recently estimated by his government..

The UN team that compiled the report included human rights investigators, a forensics physician and a weapons expert. Their findings are mainly based on more than 230 interviews with survivors, witnesses and others. They were given access to medical case files, photos, videos and other material.

"Former senior officials directly involved in handling the protests and other inside sources described how the former prime minister and other senior officials directed and oversaw a series of large-scale operations, in which security and intelligence forces shot and killed protesters or arbitrarily arrested and tortured them," the report said.

It "found patterns of security forces deliberately and impermissibly killing or maiming protesters, including incidents where people were shot at point-blank range".

While the report attributes most of the violence to government security forces, it also raises concerns about attacks on those perceived to be supporters of the former government, and against some religious and ethnic groups.

These must be investigated too, the UN Human Rights Office said.

BBC

 

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Bangladesh: UN says Sheikh Hasina's crackdown may be crime against humanity

Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her government tried to cling on to power using systematic, deadly violence against protesters that could amount to "crimes against humanity", the UN has said.

UN human rights investigators accused the deposed government of a brutal response to mass opposition last year, in which they said up to 1,400 people had been killed, mostly by security forces.

The UN team said "an official policy to attack and violently repress anti-government protesters" had been directed by political leaders and senior security officials.

Hasina, who had been in office for 15 years, fled by helicopter to India shortly before crowds stormed her residence last August.

The unrest began as student-led protests against quotas in civil service jobs and escalated into a countrywide movement to oust Hasina and her Awami League Party following a deadly police crackdown. Thousands more were injured in the worst violence Bangladesh has seen since its war of independence in 1971.

The UN investigators' findings show the then government, including Sheikh Hasina, "were aware of and involved in very serious offences", UN human rights chief Volker Türk told a news conference in Geneva.

"Among our key findings, there are reasonable grounds to believe that officials of the former government, its security and intelligence apparatus, together with violent elements associated with the former ruling party, committed serious and systematic human rights violations," Mr Türk said.

The UN investigators documented the shooting at point-blank range of some protesters, the deliberate maiming of others, arbitrary arrests and torture.

Children, too, were targeted – the report estimates up to 13% of the 1,400 people killed between between 1 July and 15 August were children.

"The brutal response was a calculated and well-co-ordinated strategy by the former government to hold onto power in the face of mass opposition," Mr Türk said.

He said the evidence gathered by his office painted "a disturbing picture of rampant state violence and targeted killings".

"There are reasonable grounds to believe hundreds of extrajudicial killings, extensive arbitrary arrests and detentions, and torture, were carried out with the knowledge, co-ordination and direction of the political leadership and senior security officials as part of a strategy to suppress the protests."

The report was requested by Bangladesh's caretaker leader, Muhammad Yunus, who said he and his interim government remained "committed to transforming Bangladesh into a country in which all its people can live in security and dignity".

The overall number of deaths given by the UN team is far higher than the 834 most recently estimated by his government..

The UN team that compiled the report included human rights investigators, a forensics physician and a weapons expert. Their findings are mainly based on more than 230 interviews with survivors, witnesses and others. They were given access to medical case files, photos, videos and other material.

"Former senior officials directly involved in handling the protests and other inside sources described how the former prime minister and other senior officials directed and oversaw a series of large-scale operations, in which security and intelligence forces shot and killed protesters or arbitrarily arrested and tortured them," the report said.

It "found patterns of security forces deliberately and impermissibly killing or maiming protesters, including incidents where people were shot at point-blank range".

While the report attributes most of the violence to government security forces, it also raises concerns about attacks on those perceived to be supporters of the former government, and against some religious and ethnic groups.

These must be investigated too, the UN Human Rights Office said.

BBC

Great from UN. Glad they are acknowledging it. Hopefully Hasina and her party members will be prosecuted. India should stop sheltering her and return her to BD.

 

[TM Riddle]

It's Bangladesh. Who cares.

 

[sweep_shot]

It's Bangladesh. Who cares.

Yet you posted. Maybe you care?

It seems like you just wanted to seek attention.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Lots of Indians are salty about the Bangladeshi treatment of Mujeeb but these kuttar Hindus are the ones who are going after their own founding father - Gandhi, calling him a creep and anti Hindu, and make fun of the descendants of their other founding father.

In politics it's clear there is no room for sentiment. No need for Indians to get on their high horse.

 

[sweep_shot]

Lots of Indians are salty about the Bangladeshi treatment of Mujeeb but these kuttar Hindus are the ones who are going after their own founding father - Gandhi, calling him a creep and anti Hindu, and make fun of the descendants of their other founding father.

In politics it's clear there is no room for sentiment. No need for Indians to get on their high horse.

These Indians keep on claiming Bangladesh is not important and yet they are always very nosy about Bangladeshi internal affairs.

Since they think Bangladesh is not important, why can't they return Hasina?

Bangladesh should stop all trades with India until they return Hasina to BD.

 

[TM Riddle]

Yet you posted. Maybe you care?

It seems like you just wanted to seek attention.

Again. It's Bangladesh.

 

[TM Riddle]

Lots of Indians are salty about the Bangladeshi treatment of Mujeeb but these kuttar Hindus are the ones who are going after their own founding father - Gandhi, calling him a creep and anti Hindu, and make fun of the descendants of their other founding father.

In politics it's clear there is no room for sentiment. No need for Indians to get on their high horse.

It's true. Nehru and Gandhi are some of the most abused historical figures in India. Indians have no right to complaint when they themselves jeer their founding fathers at every possible opportunity.
But torching the house of Mujib or taking down his statue is somewhat disturbing. But then again it's Bangladesh.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Again. It's Bangladesh.

Your PM sent helicopter for Hasina and your media posts fake news about Bangladesh 24/7.

Please ask them why they care about Bangladesh so much and spare us your sanctimonious comments.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

It's true. Nehru and Gandhi are some of the most abused historical figures in India. Indians have no right to complaint when they themselves jeer their founding fathers at every possible opportunity.
But torching the house of Mujib or taking down his statue is somewhat disturbing. But then again it's Bangladesh.

You know what's more disturbing brother.

Is that they consider Hasina worse than the horrors they faced during independence struggle.

Let that sink in. They consider her so evil that they have turned against her father.

And yet you guys are keeping her in palace at the expense of your tax payer money while delivering lectures to us

Come on brother this is just crazy.

 

[TM Riddle]

Your PM sent helicopter for Hasina and your media posts fake news about Bangladesh 24/7.

Please ask them why they care about Bangladesh so much and spare us your sanctimonious comments.

Sanctimonious?
Modi is the worst thing to happen to this country. Why would I care to sound sanctimonious here lol.
But that doesn't mean BDs are in the right here either.

 

[TM Riddle]

You know what's more disturbing brother.

Is that they consider Hasina worse than the horrors they faced during independence struggle.

Let that sink in. They consider her so evil that they have turned against her father.

And yet you guys are keeping her in palace at the expense of your tax payer money while delivering lectures to us

Come on brother this is just crazy.

That's just geopolitics. It's in India's interest so there's that. To tell you the truth I couldn't care less but the BD illegal immigrant issue is quite grave and that's something that Modi should actually look into but he's too much of a Chamberlain to actually do something.
Hindutva people are pathetic and so are their leaders.

 

[sweep_shot]

Your PM sent helicopter for Hasina and your media posts fake news about Bangladesh 24/7.

Please ask them why they care about Bangladesh so much and spare us your sanctimonious comments.

Indian false propaganda failed to convince the world.

UK MPs withdrew report criticizing Dr. Yunus's government: https://www.theguardian.com/politic...iticising-current-bangladesh-regime-over-bias.

Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against humanity, UN says: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-un-says-sheikh-hasinas-100053789.html.

There is a reason why India have been identified as the highest risk for misinformation/disinformation: https://news.umich.edu/india-ranks-as-highest-risk-for-misinformation-u-m-experts-can-comment/.

 

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I do not see Mujeeb as the father of Bangladesh. I see him as an agent of India.

I say Major Ziaur Rahman (founder of BNP) is the father of Bangladesh because of his dedication toward Bangladesh. He was Bangladeshi Imran Khan. He was sincere and genuinely patriotic.

Mujeeb only cared about his interests (just like his daughter, Hasina) and he was an undisputed agent of India.

 

[HalBass9]

India has the opportunity to establish itself as one of the top dominant regional power, yet it remains consumed by a quest for religious prestige that was never historically theirs. Positioned perfectly, it has the capability to enhance not only the standard of living for its own citizens but also to drive progress across the entire region.

 

[smkk]

I do not see Mujeeb as the father of Bangladesh. I see him as an agent of India.

I say Major Ziaur Rahman (founder of BNP) is the father of Bangladesh because of his dedication toward Bangladesh. He was Bangladeshi Imran Khan. He was sincere and genuinely patriotic.

Mujeeb only cared about his interests (just like his daughter, Hasina) and he was an undisputed agent of India.

Father of the nation should not considered by anyone from now on. Instead group of people, like - Moulana Bhasani, Gen. Usmani, Tajuddin Ahmad etc. should be called as founding fathers just like in US.

If we really need to position someone as Father of the nation then in my opinion Moulana Bhasani is the most appropiate people to be treated as such.

Father of the entire muslim Ummah was Ibrahim(SAW), and in this revolution there was one chant which I really like was given in the streets of July revolution against Hasina. 'Jatir pita Ibrahim, Mujib holo ghorar dim' (Our Father of nation is Ibrahim, Mujib is nothing).

 

[anikrc1]

Father of the nation should not considered by anyone from now on. Instead group of people, like - Moulana Bhasani, Gen. Usmani, Tajuddin Ahmad etc. should be called as founding fathers just like in US.

If we really need to position someone as Father of the nation then in my opinion Moulana Bhasani is the most appropiate people to be treated as such.

Father of the entire muslim Ummah was Ibrahim(SAW), and in this revolution there was one chant which I really like was given in the streets of July revolution against Hasina. 'Jatir pita Ibrahim, Mujib holo ghorar dim' (Our Father of nation is Ibrahim, Mujib is nothing).

Thanks for confirming that you think every Bangladeshi should be an Abrahamic religion follower.

 

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Thanks for confirming that you think every Bangladeshi should be an Abrahamic religion follower.

Don't think he said that at all.

The names he mentioned were all people with integrity. Not a corrupt sellout like Mujeeb.

 

[sweep_shot]

Thanks for confirming that you think every Bangladeshi should be an Abrahamic religion follower.

Don't think he said that at all.

The names he mentioned were all people with integrity. Not a corrupt sellout like Mujeeb.

Also, just want to add you are not a Bangladeshi. You are an Indian. So, I think it is not for you to decide who Bangladeshis want to consider as founding father/fathers.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

When you can sell your country for some money anything can happen .

Well-done USA

In British chronicles from the time of Empire, Bengal was considered quite an influential part of India. It is being talked about in derogatory terms in this thread so if anything you should thank the British for implanting this negative mindset towards the state of Bengal.

 

[sweep_shot]

In British chronicles from the time of Empire, Bengal was considered quite an influential part of India. It is being talked about in derogatory terms in this thread so if anything you should thank the British for implanting this negative mindset towards the state of Bengal.

It is mostly Indians who use derogatory terms for Bangladesh. These same Indians were praising Bangladesh when their puppet Hasina was in power.

Anyway, who cares what they think? I definitely do not.