https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/24/475499651/3-years-later-bangladeshi-survivors-remember-the-collapse-of-rana-plaza
A.M. Ahad/AP. Three years after an eight-story factory building collapsed in Bangladesh, killing more than 1,100 people and injuring 2,000 others, union leaders and relatives of the victims say

https://time.com/3387526/a-final-embrace-the-most-haunting-photograph-from-bangladesh/
May 8, 2013 2:36 PM EDT. Many powerful photographs have been made in the aftermath of the devastating collapse of a garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. But one photo, by

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_Plaza_collapse
The Rana Plaza collapse (also referred to as the Savar building collapse or the collapse of Rana Plaza) was a structural failure that occurred on 24 April 2013 in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka District, Bangladesh, where an eight-storey commercial building called Rana Plaza collapsed.The search for the dead ended on 13 May 2013 with a death toll of 1,134.

https://hir.harvard.edu/the-past-has-yet-to-leave-the-present-genocide-in-bangladesh/
With the addition of sexual violence, religious intolerance, and ethnic cleansing, the genocide has had a significant impact on Bangladesh at large. While the Bangladesh Genocide of 1971 is in the past, its effects still resonate in the present, and genocide in Bangladesh is a persistent problem. An urgency for recognition also necessitates an

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12650940
8 January. Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely-populated countries, with its people living in a delta of rivers that empty into the Bay of Bengal. Poverty is widespread, but Bangladesh

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/15/1064386020/bangladesh-is-marking-5-decades-since-the-end-of-the-war-that-created-the-countr
Bangladesh was created on Dec. 16, 1971, in what was previously called East Pakistan. Up to 3 million people died in a nine-month war that ended that day with Pakistan's surrender. Goats and Soda

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/12/16/1971-bangladesh-none-of-them-returned
16 Dec 2021. On the evening of May 7, 1971, 75-year-old Ranada Prasad (RP) Shaha eased himself into a chair on the verandah of the handsome red brick home that doubled as the headquarters of his

https://www.economist.com/culture/2021/12/14/a-trove-of-photographs-casts-light-on-bangladeshs-liberation-war
N o one is quite sure how many people died in Bangladesh's war of independence, which ended 50 years ago, in December 1971. Some say 3m; others claim a few hundred thousand. Clearer, however, is

https://hmh.org/education/bangladesh-1971/
The genocide began with massacres in the capital, Dhaka, on March 25, 1971, and soon spread to the rest of Bangladesh. The army had premade lists of targets, including members of the Bengali nationalists, intellectuals, and Hindus. The army believed that mass violence would terrorize what they saw as a racially inferior population into

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_genocide
The first report of the Bangladesh genocide was published by West Pakistani journalist Anthony Mascarenhas in The Sunday Times, London on 13 June 1971 titled "Genocide". He wrote: "I saw Hindus, hunted from village to village and door to door, shot off-hand after a cursory 'short-arm inspection' showed they were uncircumcised. I have heard the

https://theconversation.com/bangladesh-at-50-a-nation-created-in-violence-and-still-bearing-scars-of-a-troubled-birth-153846
AP Photo/Pavel Rahman. March 26 marks 50 years since the start of Bangladesh's liberation war, a bloody nine-month campaign that culminated in the nation's independence on Dec. 16, 1971. It

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16207201
By Mark Dummett. BBC News. On 13 June 1971, an article in the UK's Sunday Times exposed the brutality of Pakistan's suppression of the Bangladeshi uprising. It forced the reporter's family into

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/30/bangladesh-indigenous-groups-chakma-khasi-santal-land-grab
Dhaka, Bangladesh - On the night of May 31, Agrojyoti Bhante was brutally attacked by two machete-wielding men at a monastery in Khagrachari, 270km (168 miles) south of capital Dhaka in the

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Liberation_War
When Bangladesh applied for membership to the United Nations in 1972, China vetoed its application because two U.N. resolutions about the repatriation of Pakistani prisoners of war and civilians had not yet been implemented. China was also among the last countries to recognise independent Bangladesh, refusing to do so until 31 August 1975.

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/immersive-story/2021/09/16/country-on-a-mission-the-remarkable-story-of-bangladeshs-development-journey
SUBSCRIBE HERE. Bangladesh is a relatively young country, having gained independence a little over 50 years ago. Despite its youth, however, the country has made exceptional strides in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity over the last five decades.

https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/2021/countries/bangladesh/
Background. The huge delta region formed at the confluence of the Ganges and Brahmaputra River systems - now referred to as Bangladesh - was a loosely incorporated outpost of various empires centered on the Gangetic plain for much of the first millennium A.D. Muslim conversions and settlement in the region began in the 10th century, primarily from Arab and Persian traders and preachers.

https://www.britannica.com/summary/Bangladesh
Cyclones in 1970 and 1991 killed some 300,000 and 140,000 Bengalis, respectively. Bangladesh is a unitary multiparty republic with one legislative house; its head of state is the president, and its head of government is the prime minister. In its early years Bangladesh was known as Bengal. When the British left the subcontinent in 1947, the

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villages_of_Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, a village is the smallest territorial and social unit for administrative and representative purposes. [1] It is an elective unit of a Union Council from which a single council member is elected. Usually one village is designated as a ward and each union is made up of nine villages. The tally of individuals classified as ultra

https://en.banglatribune.com/
Australia calls last drinks as coronavirus hits hospitality business. Emirates wins 'Monitor Airline of The Year' for 2019. Colonial structures in Dhaka ... Bangla Tribune is one of the most revered online newspapers in Bangladesh, due to its reputation of neutral coverage and incisive analysis. F R Tower, 8/C Panthapath, Shukrabad, Dhaka-1207

https://www.aljazeera.com/where/bangladesh
Bangladesh beat Nepal by 21 runs at the T20 World Cup 2024 to secure qualification from the group stage. Published On 16 Jun 2024 16 Jun 2024.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Bangladesh)
26 March 2025. ( 2025-03-26) Frequency. Annual. Independence Monument at Ramna, Dhaka. The Independence Day of Bangladesh ( Bengali: স্বাধীনতা দিবস Shadhinôta Dibôsh) is celebrated on 26 March as a national holiday in Bangladesh. It commemorates the country's declaration of independence from Pakistan in the early

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পহেলা বৈশাখ বা পয়লা বৈশাখ ( বাংলা পঞ্জিকার প্রথম মাস বৈশাখের ১ তারিখ) বঙ্গাব্দের প্রথম দিন, তথা বাংলা নববর্ষ । দিনটি সকল বাঙালি

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonargaon
Sonargaon (Bengali: সোনারগাঁও; pronounced in Bengali as Show-naar-gaa; lit. Golden Hamlet) is a historic city in central Bangladesh.It corresponds to the Sonargaon Upazila of Narayanganj District in Dhaka Division.. Sonargaon is one of the old capitals of the historic region of Bengal and was an administrative center of eastern Bengal. It was also a river port.