Honesty Store

Students are buying from Honesty Store, a retail store without a cashier or attendant, at a school in Bangladesh as part of its efforts to spread the message of morality among the students.

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Research on killings of political leadership in subcontinent

India's ex-president Pranab calls for research on killings of political leadership in subcontinent.

Recalling the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, he said the people need to know why the leaders who led and achieved independence in many countries in the subcontinent have been violently attacked time and again.
Among those violent deaths, he recalled Solomon Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka in 1959, Mahatma Gandhi on Jan 3, 1948, Bangabandhu on Aug 15, 1975, and Bangkadesh's four national leaders on Nov 3 the same year. He also mentioned former Pakistan president Zia ul-Haq, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Sri Lankan president Ranasinghe Premadasa in his speech.
He said, "On Jan 3, 1948, within a few months of India's independence, bullets took away the father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi, from us.
"Similarly, just as after three and a half years of the liberation, on Aug 15, 1975, Bangladesh's Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated. The national leadership was decimated at the nation's birth.
"Such instance is rare in any country in the world. We should know what the cause of political killings - political, social and economic context behind such a scenario is. "
Pranab said except for Bangladesh and India, democracy has failed to take its root in this subcontinent. "A research can tell us under what political and social circumstances soldiers come out of the barracks and take up state power."
He urged the historians, researchers and academics to delve deep into the matter.
"If you we know the route, it is easy to reach the destination," he added, hinting that the findings of the research could indicate the cause of such incidents.
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