The High Court has ruled that individuals cannot claim the copyright of the historical photographs of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Liberation War.The court said that if anyone wants to use historical photographs of Bangabandhu or the Liberation War in any publication, he/she has to acknowledge the sources.A HC bench of Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman passed the order on Tuesday, disposing of a rule issued against senior Jamuna TV reporter Nazmul Hossain on charges of plagiarism and copyright violation of two books written about Bangabandhu.Lawyer Aneek R Haque appeared for the petitioner in the court while Lawyer Shah Manjurul Haque for the journalist Nazmul Hossain. READ: ‘No land, no job policy’ irks HC as topper Meem fails to get a police job According to the petition, although the copyright of the book ‘Bangabandhu Maanei Bangladesh’ and ‘3053 Din’ is owned by Nazmul Hasan, owner of Journey Multi Media, the copyright of the photographs of Bangabandhu used in the book are not owned by the publisher. Lawyer Aneek R Haque said that individuals have no rights over Bangabandhu's photographs, the people have the rights. Those who have already published the books with Bangabandhu's  photographs, are asked to quote the state in the books. READ: Documents regarding Khaleda's birthday submitted to HCEarlier cases were filed over the copyright of two books written on Bangabandhu containing photos without proper citation and credit.Later the HC ordered that copyright of these two books should be kept by the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs and Bangladesh Jail and that the necessary changes should be done by Dec 31.

Samdani Art Foundation and Centre for Research and Information (CRI) are going to exhibit rare photographs on the birth of the nation from 1971-72 captured by French photojournalist Anne de Henning marking the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence. The exhibition of rare and never before exhibited images, which are later curated by Ruxmini Reckvana Q Choudhury, will be held from December 10-31 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The photojournalist’s remarkable private archive of unseen photographs is a unique record of the pivotal years which witnessed the transformation of Bangladesh from East Pakistan. In her powerful images the humanity of her subjects is combined with the grit of traditional photojournalism. Read:Art exhibition, Pitha Utsab held at FSA Anne’s first visit to Bangladesh was at the age of her 26 in 1971 when the Pakistani authorities in Dhaka were not letting foreign journalists into the country. Travelling through the country during the Liberation War, her photographs captured life in the war zone – from freedom fighters to men, women and children boarding refugee trains and fleeing from their villages. While recalling Anne’s first encounter with the Mukti Bahini she said, “I saw a handful of young Mukti Bahinis stepping out of their makeshift observation post flanked by a tall bamboo pole flying the green, red and yellow Bangladesh flag. They greeted me by saying with a broad smile: ‘You are now in free Bangladesh’!” She also said, “The first striking memory I have is of my crossing to East Pakistan from India in the blistering heat and dead silence.”