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When Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, his family members, and his close relatives were brutally murdered by a few serving and retired officers of the Bangladesh Army and their loyal troops on Aug 15, 1975, the presidency was assumed by then commerce and foreign trade minister Khandakar Mushtaque Ahmed. In his first radio broadcast to the. Read more »