The first time I spoke to President Shahabuddin Ahmed was sometime in the later 1990s when I happened to be Minister Press at the Bangladesh High Commission in London. His daughter and my very good friend Sitara Parvin had just arrived in the British capital and would be staying at my residence for a few. Read more »
He played a pivotal role at the crucial juncture in the country’s history, resolutely steering the nation’s transition to parliamentary democracy from an autocratic rule.