Staff Reporter :
Bangladesh Bank’s Executive Director Shuvangkar Saha on Tuesday offered unconditional apology in the High Court (HC) for distorting history in a book titled “Bangladesh Bank-er Itihash” (History of Bangladesh Bank).
Shuvangkar, the Editor of the book as well, appeared in the court and said that he had made a mistake by not publishing the picture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the book.
The court, however, did not pardon him and asked him to appear in the court within one week after the vacation.
The court will go on an annual vacation from March 15 and will reopen on March 31.
The court asked Shuvangkar Saha to submit a report in the court on the steps taken for confiscating the book from the market and stopping its further publication.
The High Court Bench of Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali fixed one week after vacation for further hearing on the issue.
Writ petitioner’s counselor Barrister A B M Altaf Hossain said that the court did not pardon Shuvangkar as his apology for distorting the Bangladesh’s history is unacceptable.
Earlier, Dr Kazi Ertaza Hasan, Chairperson of Bangladesh Human Rights Development Commission, filed a writ petition challenging some of the contents of the book published by the central bank in 2017.
The petition argued that publishing pictures of then Pakistan’s President Ayub Khan and East Pakistan’s Provincial Governor Abdul Monem Khan in the book demeaned Bangladesh’s independence and the Liberation War.
“The book did not contain any picture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,” the petition said.
On February 19, 2019, the High Court directed the authorities concerned of the government to immediately confiscate all the copies of the book titled “Bangladesh Bank-er Itihas from the market, as some of its contents contain distorted history.
On that day, the HC also summoned Shuvangkar Saha, Editor of the book and former Executive Director of Bangladesh Bank, to appear in the court on March 12 to explain about the distortion of history in the book.
The HC on October 2 last year directed the Finance Secretary to form a probe committee to inquire into the distortion of history in the book titled “Bangladesh Bank-er Itihas”.
Bangladesh Bank’s Executive Director Shuvangkar Saha on Tuesday offered unconditional apology in the High Court (HC) for distorting history in a book titled “Bangladesh Bank-er Itihash” (History of Bangladesh Bank).
Shuvangkar, the Editor of the book as well, appeared in the court and said that he had made a mistake by not publishing the picture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the book.
The court, however, did not pardon him and asked him to appear in the court within one week after the vacation.
The court will go on an annual vacation from March 15 and will reopen on March 31.
The court asked Shuvangkar Saha to submit a report in the court on the steps taken for confiscating the book from the market and stopping its further publication.
The High Court Bench of Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali fixed one week after vacation for further hearing on the issue.
Writ petitioner’s counselor Barrister A B M Altaf Hossain said that the court did not pardon Shuvangkar as his apology for distorting the Bangladesh’s history is unacceptable.
Earlier, Dr Kazi Ertaza Hasan, Chairperson of Bangladesh Human Rights Development Commission, filed a writ petition challenging some of the contents of the book published by the central bank in 2017.
The petition argued that publishing pictures of then Pakistan’s President Ayub Khan and East Pakistan’s Provincial Governor Abdul Monem Khan in the book demeaned Bangladesh’s independence and the Liberation War.
“The book did not contain any picture of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,” the petition said.
On February 19, 2019, the High Court directed the authorities concerned of the government to immediately confiscate all the copies of the book titled “Bangladesh Bank-er Itihas from the market, as some of its contents contain distorted history.
On that day, the HC also summoned Shuvangkar Saha, Editor of the book and former Executive Director of Bangladesh Bank, to appear in the court on March 12 to explain about the distortion of history in the book.
The HC on October 2 last year directed the Finance Secretary to form a probe committee to inquire into the distortion of history in the book titled “Bangladesh Bank-er Itihas”.
