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45 years since Zia's assassination: The blood-stained dawn at Circuit House and an unfinished history

Prothom Alo

Type: News report
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Published: 30 May 2026
Accessed: 11 Aug 2026
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Historical report describing the May 30, 1981 Circuit House attack, Chattogram isolation, body removal and recovery, and continuing disputes over responsibility.

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Chattogram Circuit House assassination history
Body removal and Rangunia recovery reporting
Contested Manzoor-responsibility context

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Ziaur Rahman

Former President of Bangladesh · Bangladesh · 1971-1981

A central post-1975 state and military figure who became president in 1977, founded BNP in 1978, and was killed during an attempted military coup in 1981.

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