A video compilation on the media coverage in the USA on the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is now available on the YouTube.The Center for Bangladesh Genocide Research (CBGR) has presented the video that posted on YouTube titled ‘Assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman - Aug 15 1971 - Coverage on US Media.
The video contains four news coverage on the US media - two by CBS News and one each by ABC News and NBC News, following the brutal murder of the Bangabandhu and analysed the context of the then four-year-old country.
It was described that the country, then, has been suffering from corruption, dense population, poverty and natural disasters since its independence in 1971.
The CBGR is an American institution for the documentation, study and interpretation of the history of 1971 genocide, and serves as Bangladesh’s memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Liberation War.
The video post shows that it was released on YouTube on October 14, 2014.
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