Hasina will be listed as ‘mass murderer’ in major overhaul to textbooks next year, says Advisor Asif MahmudFrom next year, school textbooks will undergo significant revisions, with the name of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to be included as a “mass murderer”, according to Advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain. The new editions have featured the July–August uprising in chapters on Bangladesh’s mass movements. The same chapters also mention both Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s and Ziaur Rahman’s declarations of independence in the context of the Liberation War. The updated textbooks also feature “Shahider Birattogatha”, a narrative written in memory of those killed during the student-led movement that brought down the Awami League’s 15 and a half years rule. Content removed from the new editions includes quotes and photographs of Hasina, who fled the country amid public anger during the Uprising.
