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Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

, Bengal

Bengal

Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

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General

Bangladesh

- Bengali language

Bengali language

Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

- Ethnic groups in Bangladesh

Ethnic groups in Bangladesh

Bangladesh's tribal population consisted of 897,828 persons, just over 1 percent of the total population, at the time of the 1981 census. The Bangladeshi population is relatively homogeneous and consists of about 98% ethnic Bengali as well as various tribal groups, mostly in the Chittagong Hill...

- Telecommunications in Bangladesh - The Concert for Bangladesh

The Concert for Bangladesh

The Concert for Bangladesh was the name for two benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, held at noon and at 7 PM on August 1, 1971, playing to a total of 40,000 people at Madison Square Garden in New York City...

- Culture of Bangladesh

Culture of Bangladesh

Bangladesh has a long history in its culture. The land, the rivers, and the lives of the common people formed a rich heritage with marked differences from neighbouring regions. It has evolved over the centuries and encompasses the cultural diversity of several social groups of Bangladesh...

- Demographics of Bangladesh

Demographics of Bangladesh

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Bangladesh, including population density, ethnicity, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....

- Economy of Bangladesh

Economy of Bangladesh

The economy of Bangladesh is a rapidly developing market-based economy. Its per capita income in 2010 was est. US$1,700...

- Flag of Bangladesh

Flag of Bangladesh

The national flag of Bangladesh was adopted officially on 17 January 1972. It is based on a similar flag used during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. The map was later deleted from the flag by the order of General Abul Manzur, most likely to simplify the design...

- Foreign relations of Bangladesh

Foreign relations of Bangladesh

The foreign relations of Bangladesh are the Bangladeshi government's policies in its external relations with the international community. The country pursues a moderate foreign policy that places heavy reliance on multinational diplomacy, especially at the United Nations and World Trade Organization...

- Geography of Bangladesh

Geography of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a low-lying, riverine country located in South Asia with a largely marshy jungle coastline of on the northern littoral of the Bay of Bengal. Formed by a delta plain at the confluence of the Ganges , Brahmaputra , and Meghna Rivers and their tributaries, Bangladesh's alluvial soil is...

- Law of Bangladesh

Law of Bangladesh

The Law of Bangladesh is primarily in accordance with the English legal system although since 1947, the legal scenario and the laws of Bangladesh have drifted far from the West owing to differences in socio-cultural values and religious guidelines...

- Media of Bangladesh

Media of Bangladesh

The media of Bangladesh refers to the print, broadcast and online mass media available in Bangladesh. The Constitution guarantees press freedom and freedom of expression within "reasonable restriction", though some media outlets have been harassed...

- Military of Bangladesh

Military of Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Armed Forces consists of the three uniformed military services of Bangladesh: the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy and the Bangladesh Air Force. The para-military Border Guard Bangladesh and Bangladesh Coast Guard are under the jurisdiction of the during peacetime, but during...

- Military coups in Bangladesh

Military coups in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has faced several military coups since its independence from Pakistan in 1971.-15 August:The coup of 15 August 1975 was organized by officers of Bangladesh Army. They were led by Major Syed Faruqe Rahman and Major Rashid...

- Politics of Bangladesh

Politics of Bangladesh

Politics of Bangladesh takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Bangladesh is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the...

- President of Bangladesh

President of Bangladesh

Since 1991, the President of Bangladesh is the head of state, a largely ceremonial post elected by the parliament. Since 1996, the President's role becomes more important after the term of the government has finished, when his executive authority is enhanced as laid down in the constitution of the...

- Transport in Bangladesh

Transport in Bangladesh

- Railways :Railway acts as an important method of mass transport in Bangladesh. Many districts of the country are connected via railroads. Bangladesh Railway was mostly inherited from the British-established Assam Bengal railway system after the partition of India in 1947...

- Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh

Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh

Water supply and sanitation in Bangladesh is characterized by a number of achievements and challenges. The share of the population with access to an improved water source was estimated at 98% in 2004, a very high level for a low-income country. This has been achieved to a large extent through the...

History

Anushilan Samiti

Anushilan Samiti was an armed anti-British organisation in Bengal and the principal secret revolutionary organisation operating in the region in the opening years of the 20th century. This association, like its offshoot the Jugantar, operated under the guise of suburban fitness club...

| Battle of Plassey

Battle of Plassey

The Battle of Plassey , 23 June 1757, was a decisive British East India Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies, establishing Company rule in South Asia which expanded over much of the Indies for the next hundred years...

| Chittagong armoury raid

Chittagong armoury raid

The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury in Bengal province of British India, by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen....

| Dhaka Nawab Family

Dhaka Nawab family

Dhaka Nawab Family reigned in Dhaka from mid 19th century to mid 20th century, after the fall of the Naib Nazims. The hereditary title of Nawab, similar to the British peerage, was conferred upon the head of the Family by the British Raj as a recognition of their loyalty in the time of the Sepoy...

| East Bengal

East Bengal

East Bengal was the name used during two periods in the 20th century for a territory that roughly corresponded to the modern state of Bangladesh. Both instances involved a violent partition of Bengal....

| History of Bangladesh

History of Bangladesh

The history of Bangladesh as a nation state began in 1971, when it seceded from Pakistan. Prior to the creation of Pakistan in 1947, modern-day Bangladesh was part of ancient, classical, medieval and colonial India....

| History of Bengal

History of Bengal

The history of Bengal includes modern day Bangladesh and West Bengal, dates back four millennia. To some extent, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers separated it from the mainland of India, though at times, Bengal has played an important role in the history of India.- Etymology :The exact origin...

| Language movement

Language movement

Language movement may imply any of the following:Language specific social/political movements:*The Bengali Language Movement, which is commemorated by the International Mother Language Day declared by UNESCO and Language Movement Day in Bangladesh...

| Partition of Bengal

Partition of Bengal

Partition of Bengal may refer to the partition of the Bengal region during two separate occasions:*Partition of Bengal *Partition of Bengal...

| Pala Empire

Pala Empire

The Pāla Empire was one of the major middle kingdoms of India existed from 750–1174 CE. It was ruled by a Buddhist dynasty from Bengal in the eastern region of the Indian subcontinent, all the rulers bearing names ending with the suffix Pala , which means protector. The Palas were often described...

| Permanent Settlement

Permanent Settlement

The Permanent Settlement — also known as the Permanent Settlement of Bengal — was an agreement between the East India Company and Bengali landlords to fix revenues to be raised from land, with far-reaching consequences for both agricultural methods and productivity in the entire Empire and the...

| Partition of Bengal (1905)

Partition of Bengal (1905)

The decision of the Partition of Bengal was announced on 19 July 1905 by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. The partition took effect on 16 October 1905...

| Partition of Bengal (1947)

Partition of Bengal (1947)

The Partition of Bengal in 1947, part of the Partition of India, was a religiously based partition that divided the British Indian province of Bengal between India and Pakistan...

| Sena dynasty

Sena dynasty

The Sena Empire was a Hindu dynasty that ruled from Bengal through the 11th and 12th centuries. At its peak the empire covered much of the north-eastern region in the Indian Subcontinent. They were called Brahma-Kshatriyas, as evidenced through their surname, which is derived from the Sanskrit,...

| Timeline of Bangladeshi history

Timeline of Bangladeshi history

This is a timeline of Bangladeshi history. It also includes historical events that occurred in the regions now known as West Bengal, Bihar, Assam and Pakistan.-Prehistory and early history :1600 BC: Chalcolithic period...

Liberation War

1971 Bangladesh atrocities

Beginning with the start of Operation Searchlight on 25 March 1971 and continuing throughout the Bangladesh Liberation War, there were widespread violations of human rights in East Pakistan perpetrated by the Pakistan Army, with support from local political and religious militias, especially...

| Agartala Conspiracy Case

Agartala Conspiracy Case

Agartala Conspiracy Case was a sedition case in Pakistan, brought forward by the Government of Pakistan against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, leader of the Awami League and East Pakistan, and 34 other persons.-The Case:...

| Al-Badar (1971) | Al-Badr (East Pakistan)

Al-Badr (East Pakistan)

The Al-Badr was the paramilitary wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh that collaborated with the Pakistan Army against the Bengali nationalist movement in the Bangladesh Liberation War. The present chief of the Jamaat, Maulana Motiur Rahman Nizami headed the Al-Badr organisation as the...

| Al-Shams | Archer Blood

Archer Blood

Archer Kent Blood was an American diplomat in Bangladesh. He served as the last American Consul General to Dhaka, East Pakistan. He is famous for sending the strongly worded Blood telegram protesting against the atrocities committed in the Bangladesh Liberation War.-Biography:Archer Blood was...

| Bangladesh Liberation War

Bangladesh Liberation War

The Bangladesh Liberation War was an armed conflict pitting East Pakistan and India against West Pakistan. The war resulted in the secession of East Pakistan, which became the independent nation of Bangladesh....

| Battle of Garibpur

Battle of Garibpur

The Battle of Garibpur fought on 20–21 November 1971 was one of the first engagements of between Indian and Pakistani troops during the Bangladesh Liberation War prior to the initiation of hostilities on 3 December 1971...

| Battle of Hilli

Battle of Hilli

The Battle of Hilli or the Battle of Bogra was a major battle fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and Bangladesh Liberation War. It is generally regarded as the most pitched battle that took place in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh...

| Chorompotro

Chorompotro

Chorompotro was a popular radio program during the liberation war of Bangladesh coming out from the hidden Shadhin Bangla Betar Kendro uttered by M. R...

| Chuknagar massacre | The Concert for Bangladesh

The Concert for Bangladesh

| East Pakistan

East Pakistan

East Pakistan was a provincial state of Pakistan established in 14 August 1947. The provincial state existed until its declaration of independence on 26 March 1971 as the independent nation of Bangladesh. Pakistan recognized the new nation on 16 December 1971. East Pakistan was created from Bengal...

| Ekattorer Dingulee

Ekattorer Dingulee

Ekattorer Dingulee is an autobiographical book by Martyr-Mother Jahanara Imam based on her experiences of the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971.Ekattorer Dingulee means The Days of 71....

| Hemayet Bahini

Hemayet Bahini

Hemayet Bahini was a guerilla militia force of Bangladesh in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. This small force was known by the name of its leader and organizer Mohammad Hemayet Uddin Bir Bikrom....

| Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military conflict between India and Pakistan. Indian, Bangladeshi and international sources consider the beginning of the war to be Operation Chengiz Khan, Pakistan's December 3, 1971 pre-emptive strike on 11 Indian airbases...

| Instrument of Surrender (1971)

Instrument of Surrender (1971)

The Instrument of Surrender was signed at Ramna Race Course in Dhaka at one past five in the evening , local time, on December 16, 1971, by Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, General Officer Commanding in Chief of Eastern Command of the Indian Army and Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan...

| Jinjira genocide

Jinjira genocide

Jinjira massacre was a planned killing of civilians by the Pakistan army during the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971. The killing took place at the unions Jinjira, Kalindi and Shubhadya of Keraniganj Upazila across the Buriganga River from Dhaka....

| Kader Bahini

Kader Bahini

Kader Bahini was a guerilla independence militia during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.Kader Siddique, who was known as the Bongobir led this small but furious team was so influential that the force took the name, Kaderiya Bahini or the Force of Kader.-Forces and areas:In 1971, the...

| List of books on Liberation War of Bangladesh | Martyred intellectual

Martyred intellectual

1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals refers to the systematic execution of Bengali pro-liberation intellectuals during the Bangladesh liberation war of 1971 by Pakistan Army and their local collaborators, most notably the extreme right wing Islamist militia groups Al-Badr. Intellectuals were...

| Mitro Bahini

Mitro Bahini

Mitro Bahini was the alliance of the Indian Army and the then-East Pakistani Mukti Bahini that engaged the Pakistani forces in December 1971 during the Bangladesh Liberation War. The alliance provided the final blow to the already weakened Pakistan Army which surrendered thirteen days after the...

| M. R. Akhtar Mukul

M. R. Akhtar Mukul

M. R. Akhtar Mukul was a Benaglee author and journalist from Bangladesh; earned fame for Chorompotro, a radio programme from Shwadhin Bangla Betar Kendro.- Chorompotro :...

| Mukti Bahini

Mukti Bahini

Mukti Bahini , also termed as the "Freedom Fighters" or FFs, collectively refers to the armed organizations who fought against the Pakistan Army during the Bangladesh Liberation War. It was dynamically formed by Bengali regulars and civilians after the proclamation of Bangladesh's independence on...

| Razakar | Recipients of Bangladeshi military awards in 1971 | Shanti Committee

Shanti Committee

Shanti Committee was a group of rural committees formed in Bangladesh in 1971 by the occupying army of Pakistan.-Naming and Inspirations:Shanti is a Bangla word meaning peace. This committee is supposed to restore peace in East Pakistan against the Mukti Bahini...

| Six point movement

Six point movement

The 6 Point Movement was a Bengali nationalist movement in East Pakistan spearheaded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which eventually led to the liberation of Bangladesh. The movement's main agenda was to realize the six demands put forward by a coalition of Bengali nationalist political parties in 1966,...

| Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra

Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra

Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra was a radio broadcasting centre in the Indian city of Kolkata during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. This station played a vital role in increasing mental state of Bangladeshis during the war. In 1971, radio was the only media reaching to the far ends of...

Foreign relations

Foreign relations of Bangladesh

| Bangladesh–India relations | BIMSTEC

BIMSTEC

Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation is an international organisation involving a group of countries in South Asia and South East Asia...

| Indo-Bangladeshi barrier | List of diplomatic missions of Bangladesh | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is an organisation of South Asian nations, founded in December 1985 by Ziaur Rahman and dedicated to economic, technological, social, and cultural development emphasising collective self-reliance. Its seven founding members are Bangladesh,...

Demographics

Bangladeshi society

Bangladesh did not exist as a distinct geographic and ethnic unity until independence. The region had been a part of successive Indian empires, and during the British period it formed the eastern part of a hinterland of Bengal, which was dominated by the British rulers and Hindu professional,...

| Bawm

Bawm

The Bawm are a tribal group living in the Bandarban district and a small fraction in the Rangamati district of the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh as well as parts of Mizoram. Of Chin origin and speaking a Tibeto-Burman dialect, their tribal population stands at 6,000...

| Bengali people

Bengali people

The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...

| Bishnupriya Manipuri language

Bishnupriya Manipuri language

The Bishnupriya or Bishnupriya Manipuri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of the Indian states of Assam, Tripura, Manipur and others, as well as in Bangladesh, Burma, and other countries.-History and development:...

| Chakma people

Chakma people

The Chakmas , also known as the Changhma , are a community that inhabits the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and the North-East India. The Chakmas are the largest ethnic group in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, making up more than half the tribal population. Chakmas are divided into 46 clans or...

| Garo (tribe)

Garo (tribe)

See also Garo for other uses.The Garos are a tribal people in Meghalaya, India and neighboring areas of Bangladesh, who call themselves A·chik Mande or simply A·chik or Mande...

| Kuki people

Kuki people

The Kukis are an ethnic group that spread throughout the Northeastern region of India, Northwest Burma and Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. In Northeast India they are present in all the states except Arunachal Pradesh. This dispersal across international borders is mainly attributed to the...

| Marma | Zomi

Zomi

Zomi is the name of a major tribe found in various parts of South and South East Asia. The term Zomi meaning, 'Zo People' is derived from the generic name 'Zo', the progenitor of the Zomi. They are found in northwestern Myanmar, northeastern India and Bangladesh. Anthropologists classify them as...

| Barua

Airports

Shahjalal International Airport | Tejgaon Airport

Tejgaon Airport

Tejgaon Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh served as the country's sole international airport prior to the construction of Shahjalal International Airport....

| Shah Amanat International Airport

Shah Amanat International Airport

Shah Amanat International Airport , named after an Islamic saint, is an international airport serving Bangladesh's south-eastern port city of Chittagong and the Bangladesh Air Force. It is Bangladesh's second largest airport...

| Osmani International Airport | Ishurdi Airport

Ishurdi Airport

-History:During World War II, the airport was known as the Hijli Base Area, and was used by the Twentieth Air Force. It hosted the United States Army Air Force XX Bomber Command 58th Bombardment Wing between February 8–24, 1945, prior to its deployment to the Mariana Islands....

| Saidpur Airport

Saidpur Airport

Saidpur Airport is an airport in Saidpur, Bangladesh.-External links:*...

| Jessore Airport

Jessore Airport

-Airlines and destinations:-External links:*...

| Cox's Bazar Airport

Cox's Bazar Airport

Cox's Bazar Airport is an airport in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:*...

| Shah Makhdum Airport

Shah Makhdum Airport

Shah Makhdum Airport is an airport serving Rajshahi, a city in the Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring ....

| Barisal Airport

Barisal Airport

Barisal Airport is located in the southern city of Barisal in Bangladesh. The airport served for domestic flights to Dhaka in the past.-External links:*...

Cities / Towns

List of cities and towns in Bangladesh - Barisal City

Barisal City

Barisal City ) is an old port on the Kirtankhola on the northern shore of the Bay of Bengal in southern Bangladesh and it is 142 km far from capital city Dhaka. It is now the divisional headquarter of the Barisal Division and consists of 30 wards and 50 mahallas. The area of the town is...

| Bogra

Bogra

Bogra is a town, and one of the oldest towns in northern Bangladesh. It is a centre of commerce and trade within the Bogra District and located under the Rajshahi Division. Bogra is sometimes described as the nerve centre of Northern Bangladesh. Amongst many notable activities, it has been hosting...

| Naogaon District

Naogaon District

Naogaon is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division.-Upazilas:The district is divided into the following upazilas:*Naogaon Sadar Upazila*Manda Upazila*Niamatpur Upazila*Atrai Upazila*Raninagar Upazila...

| Chittagong

Chittagong

Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...

| Dhaka

Dhaka

Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...

| Khulna

Khulna

Khulna is the third largest city in Bangladesh. It is located on the banks of the Rupsha and Bhairab rivers in Khulna District. It is the divisional headquarters of Khulna Division and a major industrial and commercial center. It has a seaport named Mongla on its outskirts, 38 km from Khulna...

| Rajshahi

Rajshahi

The city of Rajshahi is the divisional headquarters of Rajshahi division as well as the administrative district that bears its name and is one of the six metropolitan cities of Bangladesh. Often referred to as Silk City and Education City, Rajshahi is located in the north-west of the country and...

| Sirajganj

Sirajganj

Sirajganj is a town in central Bangladesh, lying just west of the Brahmaputra River and about 70 mi. northwest of Dhaka.- Overview :...

| Sylhet

Sylhet

Sylhet , is a major city in north-eastern Bangladesh. It is the main city of Sylhet Division and Sylhet District, and was granted metropolitan city status in March 2009. Sylhet is located on the banks of the Surma Valley and is surrounded by the Jaintia, Khasi and Tripura hills...

| Narayanganj

Narayanganj

Narayanganj is a city in central Bangladesh. It is located in the Narayanganj District, near the capital city of Dhaka and has a population of 220,000. The city is on the bank of the Shitalakshya River. The river port of Narayanganj is one of the oldest in Bangladesh...

| Rangpur, Bangladesh

Rangpur, Bangladesh

Rangpur is one of the major cities in Bangladesh. Rangpur is considered as the centre of northwestern Bangladesh. Recently established public university of Bangladesh named as "Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur" is situated in the southern part of the city. Earlier Rangpur was the headquarter of...

| Jamalpur District

Jamalpur District

Jamalpur is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. The main Jamalpur town consists of 12 wards and 80 mahallas. The municipality was established in 1869. The area of the town is 53.28 km². The town has a population of 116754; male 51.06%, female 48.94%. Density of population is 2191 per...

| Faridpur District

Faridpur District

Faridpur is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Faridpur District has a population of over 1.7 million people and is situated on the banks of the Padma river . It is bordered by Madaripur, Narail, Rajbari, Magura, Shariatpur, Gopalgonj, Dhaka and Manikganj...

Natore District

Natore is a district of Rajshahi Division located in northern Bangladesh. It borders the metropolitan city of Rajshahi, and used to be part of Rajshahi district.-History:Natore was the District Head Quarter of Rajshahi since 1769-1825...

Comilla

Comilla is a city in south-eastern Bangladesh, located along the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway. It is the administrative center of the Comilla District, part of the Chittagong Division. The Eastern Wing of Bangladesh Highway Police is located in Comilla....

Noakhali

Divisions

Divisions of Bangladesh

||Bangladesh is divided into seven major administrative regions called divisions . Each division is named after the major city within its jurisdiction that serves as the administrative capital of that division:...

| Barisal Division

Barisal Division

Barisal Division is located in south-central Bangladesh, with an area of 13,644.85 km2, and with a population of 8,147,000 at the 2011 Census . It is bounded by Dhaka division on the north, the Bay of Bengal on the south, Chittagong division on the east and Khulna division on the west...

Sylhet Division

Sylhet Division , also known as Greater Sylhet or Sylhet region, is the northeastern division of Bangladesh, named after its main city, Sylhet...

| Rangpur Division.

Historic places

Bikrampur

Bikrampur pargana is situated 12 miles south of Dhaka, the modern-day capital of Bangladesh. It lies in the Munshiganj District of Bangladesh. It is a historic region in Bengal. The region is famous for its early Buddhist scholarships and in the later period for its cultural influences...

| Mainamati

Mainamati

Mainamati is located almost 8 miles from the town of Comilla, Bangladesh. It is the home of one of the most important Buddhist archaeological sites in the region. There are a number of Buddhist sites in this region, dating approximately from 7th to 12th centuries CE...

| Mosque city of Bagerhat

Mosque city of Bagerhat

The Mosque City of Bagerhat is a formerly lost city, located in the suburbs of Bagerhat city in Bagerhat District, in the Khulna Division of southwest of Bangladesh...

| Somapura Mahavihara

Somapura Mahavihara

Somapura Mahavihara in Paharpur, Badalgachhi Upazila, Naogaon District, Bangladesh is among the best known Buddhist viharas in the Indian Subcontinent and is one of the most important archeological sites in the country...

| Sonargaon

Sonargaon

Sonargaon is the ancient capital of Isa Khan's kingdom in Bengal. It is located near the current-day city of Narayanganj, Bangladesh....

| Mahasthangarh

Mahasthangarh

Mahasthangarh is the earliest urban archaeological site so far discovered in Bangladesh. The village Mahasthan in Shibganj thana of Bogra District contains the remains of an ancient city which was called Pundranagara or Paundravardhanapura in the territory of Pundravardhana...

| Paharpur

Somapura Mahavihara

| Tajhat Palace

Tajhat Palace

Tajhat Palace is a historic palace of Bangladesh, located in Tajhat, Rangpur. This palace now has been turned into a museum. Tajhat Palace is situated three km. south-east of the city of Rangpur, on the outskirts of town.-Structure:...

In Dhaka

Bailey Road

Baily road is a well-known thoroughfare in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It is a classic road in Dhaka. It runs through Shantinagar, connecting the Kakrail-Ramna road with the Siddheshwari junction. It is generally regarded as one of the classier areas of the city. The baily road is...

| Kallyanpur

Kallyanpur

Kallyanpur is a neighbourhood in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It is under the Mirpur Thana....

| Motijheel

Motijheel

Motijheel is an administrative division of Dhaka city, the capital of Bangladesh. It is situated at the heart of the city . Motijheel is the major business and commercial hub of Dhaka city and has more offices and business institutions than any other part of the city...

| Nilkhet

Nilkhet

Nilkhet is a neighbourhood in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It is sandwiched between Dhaka University to the east, Mirpur Road and New Market to the west, and Elephant Road to the north...

| Ramna Park

Ramna Park

Ramna Park is a large park and recreation area situated at the heart of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh...

| Suhrawardy Udyan

Suhrawardy Udyan

Suhrawardy Udyan formerly known as Ramna Racecourse ground is a national memorial located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Once known as ‘‘Bagh-e-Badshahi’’ during the Mughal rule, it is named after Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. Originally it served as the military club of the British soldiers stationed in Dhaka...

| Uttara Thana

Uttara Thana

Uttara is a Thana of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The name derives from the Bengali word "ut'tar" meaning "north". It lies on the road to Gazipur, and adjoins Shahjalal International Airport....

| Gulshan Thana

Gulshan Thana

Gulshan is an affluent neighborhood of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It is home to Bangladesh's wealthiest residents, including the billionaire Musa Bin Shamsher.- History :...

| Shahbag

Shahbag

Shahbag is a major neighbourhood and a police precinct or Thana in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It is also a major public transport hub, and serves as a junction between two contrasting sections of the city—Old Dhaka and New Dhaka—which lie, respectively, to its north and south...

| Azimpur

Azimpur, Dhaka

Azimpur is an old neighbourhood in the old part of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. The region is named after Shahzada Azam, son of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Other accounts attribute the name to Azim-us-Shaan, the Nayeb-e-Nazim of Dhaka during the early 18th century.After the 1947 partition, many...

dhanmondi Mirpur Thana

Mirpur Thana

Mirpur is a thana of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. It is bounded by Pallabi Thana to the north, Mohammadpur Thana to the south, Kafrul to the east - to the west it is bounded by Savar Upazila.-Geography:Mirpur is located at...

Other locations

Districts of Bangladesh

The divisions of Bangladesh are divided into 64 districts, or zila . The districts are further subdivided into 493 sub-districts, or upazila ....

| Upazilas of Bangladesh

Upazilas of Bangladesh

||The districts of Bangladesh are divided into subdistricts called Upazila Parishad , or Thana . Upazilas are similar to the county subdivisions found in some Western countries....

| Ashulia

Ashulia

Ashulia is a suburban area near Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. Nearby areas are Savar and Tongi. The attractive view of Ashulia lake and vast paddy fields of Ashulia makes it a popular tourist spot...

| Benapole

Benapole

Benapole is a township in Sharsha Upazila in the Jessore District of Bangladesh. The Petrapole Customs station of India is situated across the border and since 1971 , a large number of people have travelled between Bangladesh and India through Benapole Customs station...

| Bhaluka Upazila

Bhaluka Upazila

Bhaluka is an Upazila of Mymensingh District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.-Geography:Bhaluka is located at ; It has 53222 units of house hold and total area 444.05 km².It is bounded by Fulbaria and Trishal upazilas on the north, Sreepur upazila on the south, Gaffargaon upazila on the...

| Chhagalnaiya Upazila

Chhagalnaiya Upazila

Chhagalnaiya is an Upazila of Feni District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.It lies in the southern part of the district, bordering Tripura state of India and Mirsharai Upazila of Chittagong. It is rich in history and culture. The great medieval warrior Shamser Ghazi hailed from...

| Chhatak

Chhatak

Chhatak is a town in northeastern Bangladesh, on the Surma River, Sunamganj district, Sylhet division. It has a population of 34,498 and an area of 9.24 km². Chhatak expanded rapidly following the discovery of a natural gas field nearby in 1959...

| Dohogram

Dohogram

Dohogram is an enclave of Bangladesh, landlocked by India. In 1947 the British partitioned India into two independent states, Pakistan and India, and the problem of the enclave was thus created...

| Faridpur Sadar

Faridpur Sadar Upazila

Faridpur Sadar is an Upazila of Faridpur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It contains Faridpur Town near the banks of the Padma River.-Geography:...

| Fatullah

Fatullah

Fatullah is a town on the southern outskirts of Dhaka, in central Bangladesh, close to the town of Narayanganj. It is the location of the Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, an international cricket stadium that has hosted its first One Day International and Test match in 2006.In ICC Cricket World Cup...

| Grand Trunk Road

Grand Trunk Road

The Grand Trunk Road also formerly known as Uttarapatha, Shah Rah-e-Azam or Sadak-e-Azam or Badshahi Sadak is one of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads...

| Homna Upazila

Homna Upazila

Homna is an Upazila of Comilla District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is famous for its natural beauty and some historic sites. People of Homna fought bravely in Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. Homna thana was established in 1918.-Geography:Homna is located at . It has 36814...

| Jat Area

Jat Area

Jat Area is a term of Jute cultivation that indicates the inner North-Eastern part of Bangladesh. This geographical area comprises part of the districts of Dhaka, Mymensingh, Tangail, and Comilla of Bangladesh....

| Khoksa

Khoksa

Khoksa is a small town eastern Kushtia District, Bangladesh. It is 24 km from Kushtia city and 200 km from the capital Dhaka.Unions: Shomospur & Janipur....

| Kumarkhali

Kumarkhali Upazila

Kumarkhali is an Upazila of Kushtia District in the Division of Khulna, Bangladesh. It is famous for the Shelaidaha area, where the poet Rabindranath Tagore spent a considerable time of his youth.-Geography:...

| List of islands of Bangladesh | Patenga

Patenga

Patenga is a sea beach located 14 kilometres south of the port city of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is near the mouth of the Karnaphuli River....

| Patiya Upazila

Patiya Upazila

Patiya is an Upazila of Chittagong District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Geography:Patiya is located at . It has 70218 units of house hold and total area 316.47 km².-Demographics:...

| Sandwip

Sandwip

Sandwip is an island along the south eastern coast of Bangladesh.It is also spelled "Sandvip" both are mostly used.It is a sub-division of Chittagong District. It is situated at the estuary of the Meghna River on the Bay of Bengal and separated from the Chittagong coast by the Sandwip channel. It...

| Savar Upazila

Savar Upazila

Savar is an Upazila of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located at a distance of about 24 km to the northwest of Dhaka city. Savar is mostly famous for Jatiyo Smriti Soudho, the National Monument for the Martyrs of the Liberation War of Bangladesh.-Geography:Savar is...

| Tajhat

Tajhat

Tajhat is a historical place of Bangladesh, located near Lalbagh, Rangpur. It has a nice Jamidarbari which in 2005 was turned into a museum. This museum is about 10 mins drive from Rangpur town, near Lalbagh. The Museum was inaugurated on March 20, 2005, by the Government of Bangladesh Minister...

| Teknaf Upazila

Teknaf Upazila

Teknaf is an Upazila of Cox's Bazar District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It forms the southernmost point in mainland Bangladesh . The name of the region comes from the Naf River which forms the Eastern boundary of the upazila.-Geography:Teknaf is located at...

| St. Martin's Island

St. Martin's Island

St. Martin's Island is a small island in the northheast part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula, and forming the southernmost part of Bangladesh. It is not a coral island in Bangladesh. It is about 8 km west of the northwest coast of...

| Madhabkunda

Madhabkunda

Madhabkunda is a waterfall situated in Borolekha thana in Maulvi Bazar District, Bangladesh. It is about 3 km from Dakhinbagh railway station and attracts large numbers of tourists every year....

| Sitakunda

Sitakunda

Sitakunda or Sitakunda Town, is an administrative center and the sole municipality of Sitakunda Upazila.-Administration:...

Government

Coat of arms of Bangladesh

The national emblem of Bangladesh was adopted shortly after independence in 1971.Located on the emblem is a water lily, that is bordered on two sides by rice sheaves. Above the water lilly are four stars and a three connected jute leaves. The water lily is the country's national flower, and is...

| Constitution of Bangladesh

Constitution of Bangladesh

The Constitution of Bangladesh is the supreme law of Bangladesh. It declares Bangladesh as a secular democratic republic where sovereignty belongs to the people; and lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles of the state and spells out the fundamental rights of citizens...

| East Bengal Legislative Assembly

East Bengal Legislative Assembly

The East Bengal Legislative Assembly was the elected law-making body of the province of East Bengal in Pakistan. It was later renamed the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly and would be succeeded by the Jatiyo Sangshad in 1971.-Speakers:...

| Jatiyo Sangshad

Jatiyo Sangshad

Jatiya Sangsad or National Assembly is the national parliament of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 345 seats including 45 women reserved seats distributed on elected party position in the parliament, the occupants of which are called Members of Parliament or MPs...

| Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Prime Minister of Bangladesh

The Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh is the Head of the Government of Bangladesh. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Jatiya Sangsad Parliament, to their political party and ultimately to the electorate...

| Supreme Court of Bangladesh

Supreme Court of Bangladesh

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate division, and was created by Part VI Chapter I of the Constitution of Bangladesh adopted in 1972. This is also the office of the Chief Justice, Appellate Division...

Parties

List of political parties in Bangladesh | Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Bangladesh Nationalist Party

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party , commonly referred to as the BNP, is the mainstream center-right political party in Bangladesh. BNP ruled Bangladesh total 18 years since her independence, the longest than any other party in Bangladesh...

| Bangladesh Awami League

Bangladesh Awami League

The Bangladesh Awami League , commonly known as the Awami League, is the mainstream center-left, secular political party in Bangladesh...

| Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist)

Bangladesh Communist Party (Leninist)

Bangladesh Communist Party , a communist party in Bangladesh. BCP was founded in Calcutta in the fall of 1971, by several small communist splinter fractions. The core of founders of BCP consisted of Kazi Jafar Ahmad, Rashid Khan Menon and Ranu from the Communist Samanay Kendra, Amul Sen and Nazrul...

| Bangladesh Gano Azadi League (Samad)

Bangladesh Gano Azadi League (Samad)

Bangladesh Gano Azadi League is a political party in Bangladesh, founded by Maulana Abdur Rashid TarkaBagish in 1976. The party president is Alhaj Abdus Samad. The party is a member of the centre-left 11-Party Alliance....

| Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan

Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan

Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan is a Islamist political party in Bangladesh, founded by Hafezzi Huzur after the 1981 presidential elections. Hafezzi Huzur had been a presidential candidate in 1981. He came third, scoring 387 215 votes...

| Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Bangladesh Nationalist Party

| Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (Marksbadi-Leninbadi) (Barua) | Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (Marksbadi-Leninbadi) (Dutta) | Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (Marksbadi-Leninbadi) (Umar) | Communist Party of Bangladesh

Communist Party of Bangladesh

The Communist Party of Bangladesh is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Bangladesh, founded in 1968 as the Communist Party of East Pakistan.- History :...

| East Pakistan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)

East Pakistan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)

East Pakistan Communist Party , a communist party in the erstwhile East Pakistan. The party emerged in 1966, after a split in the Communist Party of East Pakistan. Sukhendu Dastidar became the general secretary of EPCP....

| Gano Forum

Gano Forum

Gano Forum , literally People's Forum, a political party in Bangladesh. GF was formed through a split of Awami League and Communist Party of Bangladesh in 1993. Dr. Kamal Hossain was the founders of the party...

| Ganotantrik Biplobi Jote

Ganotantrik Biplobi Jote

Ganotantrik Biplobi Jote is the mass front of BSD-ML. GBJ was founded in 1987.The students' wing of GBJ is Bangladesh Students Federation....

| Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir

Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir

Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir is an Islamic student organization in Bangladesh. It is the de facto student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, a political party.This organization was previously named as 'Islamai Chattra Shangha'...

| Islami Jatiya Oikya Front

Islami Jatiya Oikya Front

Islami Jatiya Oikya Front , a political front in Bangladesh, led by Jatiya Party . IJOF includes five parties, JP , the Islamic Shashontontro Andolan and three smaller parties. The front won 14 seats in the parliamentary elections 2001. In total, it received 7.5% of the votes....

| Islami Oikya Jote

Islami Oikya Jote

The Islami Oikya Jote is a political party in Bangladesh.At the last legislative elections, 1 October 2001, the party won 2 out of 300 elected members in an alliance with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It is led by Ameer Allama Mufti Fazlul Huq Amini and Chairman Shaikul Hadith Allama Azizul Haq...

| Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami , previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh , is a far-right Islamist political party in Bangladesh....

| Jatiya Party | Jatiya Party (Manju)

Jatiya Party (Manju)

The Jatiya Party is a political party in Bangladesh, led by Anwar Hossain Manju. It is a splinter-group of the original Jatiya Party, that was founded by the military dictator Hussain Mohammad Ershad....

| Bangladesh Jatiya Party-BJP | Jatiyo Gano Front

Jatiyo Gano Front

Jatiyo Gano Front is a leftist political group in Bangladesh. JGF split from Workers Party of Bangladesh in 1995. JGF is led by Tipu Biswas....

| Krishak Shramik Janata League

Krishak Shramik Janata League

The Krishak Sramik Janata League is a political party in Bangladesh. Bangbir Kader Siddique is the president of the party, and Habibur Rahman Talukdar the general secretary. In the 2001 parliamentary election, the party won 1 out of 300 elected members....

| Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)

Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)

The Liberal Democratic Party is a political party in Bangladesh.The party was formed on October 26, 2006 by former President of Bangladesh Dr. A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury, Colonel Oli Ahmed, and 24 other former Members of Parliament and ministers from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party . The party...

| Liberal Party Bangladesh

Liberal Party Bangladesh

The Liberal Party Bangladesh is a liberal political party in Bangladesh. It was established in August 1998 by a merger of various liberal, secular and centre-left political parties and trade unions....

| National Awami Party

National Awami Party

The National Awami Party was a leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded in Dhaka in erstwhile East Pakistan in July 1957 through the merger of several leftist and progressive groups. It advocated provincial autonomy, rights on the basis of ethnicity, recognition of ethinicities...

| National Patriotic Party (Bangladesh)

National Patriotic Party (Bangladesh)

National Patriotic Party is a political party in Bangladesh. The party has taken part in the 1996 and 2001 parliamentary elections. In 2001 it had one single candidate, Rafi Ahmed Bidhyut in the constituency Dhaka-11. He got 551 votes ....

| Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti | Shramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal

Shramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal

Shramik Krishak Samajbadi Dal , a small Marxist-Leninist political party in Bangladesh. SKSD was formed in 1969 by sympathizers of the Revolutionary Socialist Party of India in East Pakistan....

| Workers Party of Bangladesh

Workers Party of Bangladesh

The Workers Party of Bangladesh is a Communist party in Bangladesh.WPB was founded in 1980 by the Bangladesh Communist Party , Revolutionary Communist League, Majdur Party and another group. Amal Sen was the founding general secretary....

| Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh | Nagorik Shakti

Nagorik Shakti

Nagorik Shakti was a proposed political party in Bangladesh. It was conceived in by 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. "Nagorik Shakti" means "Citizen's Power". Yunus communicated his ideas to the people of the nation and asked for feedbacks by writing a total of three letters addressed...

Elections

Elections in Bangladesh

Elections in Bangladesh gives information on election and election results in Bangladesh.Bangladesh elects on national level a legislature with one house or chamber...

| Bangladeshi general election, 2001 | Bangladeshi general election, 2008

Laws

Supreme Court of Bangladesh

| Incorporated Council of Law Reporting

Incorporated Council of Law Reporting

The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England & Wales, more commonly known as the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting is a registered charity based in London, England that publishes law reports of English law...

| Indemnity Act

Indemnity Act

The Indemnity Act of Bangladesh was formulated to give immunity from legal action to the persons involved in the assassination of president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...

| Vested Property Act (Bangladesh)

Vested Property Act (Bangladesh)

The Vested Property Act is a controversial law in Bangladesh that allows the Government to confiscate property from individuals it deems as an enemy of the state. Before the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, it was known as the Enemy Property Act and is still referred to as such in common parlance...

General

List of Bangladeshi people | Bangladeshi American

Bangladeshi American

Bangladeshi Americans are Americans of Bangladeshi descent. The overwhelming majority of Bangladeshi Americans are Bengalis. Most of them have immigrated from Sylhet region with a long trading history. Bangladeshi immigrants arrived in the United States especially since the early 1990s to become...

| British Bangladeshi

British Bangladeshi

A British Bangladeshi is a person of Bangladeshi origin who resides in the United Kingdom having emigrated to the UK and attained citizenship through naturalisation or whose parents did so; they are also known as British Bengalis...

| Bangladeshi Canadian

Bangladeshi Canadian

Bangladeshi Canadian refers to a Bangladeshi person born in Canada or a Bangladeshi that has migrated to Canada. There is an estimated number of 24,595 Bangladeshi people who live in Canada, primarily in provinces like Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, & Alberta...

| Bangladeshi Japanese

Bangladeshis in Japan

form one of the smaller populations of foreigners in Japan. As of 2008, Japan's Ministry of Justice recorded 11,414 Bangladeshi nationals among the total population of registered foreigners in Japan.-Migration history:...

Historical figures

Ambika Chakrobarty

Ambika Chakrabarty was a Bengali Indian independence movement activist and revolutionary. Later, he was a leader of the Communist Party of India and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.-Revolutionary activities:...

| Badal Gupta

Badal Gupta

Badal Gupta was a Bengali Indian revolutionary who fought against British rule over India.-Early activities:Badal Gupta was born Sudhir Gupta in the village Purba Shimulia in the Bikrampur region of Dhaka, now in Munshiganj District, Bangladesh...

| Bagha Jatin

Bagha Jatin

Bagha Jatin , born Jatindranath Mukherjee was an Bengali revolutionary philosopher against British rule....

| Ballal Sena

Ballal Sena

Ballal Sen was the second ruler of the Sen dynasty of Bengal. Son and successor of Vijay Sen, Ballal Sen is known from the extant Kuljigranthas to have introduced social reforms in Bengal, especially the system of Kulinism.-See also:* Prithvi Raj Chauhan* List of rulers of Bengal* History of...

| Benoy Basu

Benoy Basu

Benoy Krishna Basu or Benoy Basu or Benoy Bose was an Bengali Indian revolutionary.-Early life:Basu was born on 11 September 1908, in the village Rohitbhog in the Munshiganj District, now in Bangladesh...

| Bipin Chandra Pal

Bipin Chandra Pal

Bipin Chandra Pal was an Indian nationalist. He was among the triumvirate of Lal Bal Pal.-Early life and background:...

| Bhupendra Kumar Datta

Bhupendra Kumar Datta

Bhupendra Kumar Dutta was a Indian militant and revolutionary who fought for Indian independence from British rule...

| Dinesh Gupta

Dinesh Gupta

Dinesh Chandra Gupta or Dinesh Gupta was a Bengali revolutionary who fought against British colonial rule.-Early activities:...

| Ganesh Ghosh

Ganesh Ghosh

Ganesh Ghosh was a Bengali Indian independence activist, revolutionary and politician.-Biography:Ganesh Ghosh hailed from Chittagong, now in Bangladesh. In 1922, he took admission in the Bengal Technical Institute in Calcutta. Later, he became a member of the Chittagong Jugantar party...

| Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah

Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah

Ghiyasuddin Azam Shah was the third Sultan of the first Iliyas Shahi dynasty of Bengal and one of the more widely known of medieval Sultans of Bengal. His tomb is situated in Narayanganj of current day Bangladesh....

| Ghulam Azam | Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy was a Pakistani-Bengali politician and statesman who served as 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 till 1957, and a close associate of Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime minister of Pakistan...

| Isa Khan

Isa Khan

Isa Khan is the most famous of the Baro Bhuiyans of medieval Bengal. He was the ruler of a region named Bhati. Throughout his reign he put resistance against Mughal invasion. It was only after his death, when the region went totally under Mughals.-Early life:It is estimated that he was born in 1529...

| Khan Jahan Ali

Khan Jahan Ali

Khan Jahan Ali , also known as Ulugh Khan and Khan-i-Azam, was a Muslim Saint and local ruler in Bagerhat . The official title Khan-i-Azam signifies that he was an officer of the Bengal Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah I...

| Khwaja Salimullah

Khwaja Salimullah

Nawab Sir Khwaja Salimullah Bahadur, GCIE, KCSI was the fourth Nawab of Dhaka and one of the leading Muslim politicians during the British Raj. It was he who, in the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905, made correspondance and discussed with Nawab Muhsinul Mulk at Aligarh over the issue of...

| Kumar Sankar Roy

Kumar Sankar Roy

Kumar Sankar Roy was born in 1882 and was a scion of the zamindar family of Teota . Although initially trained as a Barrister he never took up law as his profession. Instead, he entered politics as part of the Swarajya Party, founded by Chittaranjan Das and was elected to the Central Legislative...

| Lakshman Sen

Lakshman Sen

Lakshman Sen was the fourth king of the Sen dynasty of Bengal, who ruled for about 28 years. Lakshman Sen succeeded his father Ballal Sen...

| Majnu Shah

Majnu Shah

Majnu Shah or Faqir Majnu Shah Burhan was a faqir from the present-day Uttar Pradesh, who actively participated in the Fakir-Sannyasi Rebellion, which, according to a number of scholars, was an early war for India's independence and joined in many battles against the British East India Company...

| Mir Jafar

Mir Jafar

-Notes:# "Riyazu-s-salatin", Ghulam Husain Salim - a reference to the appointment of Mohanlal can be found # "Seir Muaqherin", Ghulam Husain Tabatabai - a reference to the conspiracy can be found...

| Muhammad Mohsin

Muhammad Mohsin

Muhammad Mohsin was one of the most prolific philanthropists in the history of Bengal. His most notable contribution was during the great famine of Bengal during 1769-70....

| Nalini Ranjan Sarkar

Nalini Ranjan Sarkar

Nalini Ranjan Sarkar was a businessman, industrialist, public leader, and was greatly involved in the political and economic regeneration of Bengal. He was born in a middle class Kayastha family of greater Mymensingh district...

| Niranjan Sen Gupta

Niranjan Sen Gupta

Niranjan Sengupta was a Bengali Indian revolutionary.-Revolutionary activities:Niranjan was a leader of the Barisal branch of Dhaka Anushilan Samiti...

| Nawab Abdul Latif

Nawab Abdul Latif

Abdul Latif or Nawab Abdul Latif was a nineteenth century educator and social worker in Bengal, later Bangladesh. His title, Nawab was awarded by the British in 1880. Abdul Lateef was one of the first Muslims in nineteenth century India to embrace the idea of modernization. He was a professor at...

| Parbati Sankar Roy Choudhury

Parbati Sankar Roy Choudhury

Parbati Sankar Roy Choudhury, was the zamindar of Teota and a philanthropic landholder. He was born in the early 1850s, and was the elder son of Joy Sankar Choudhuri of Teota....

| Pritilata Waddedar

Pritilata Waddedar

Pritilata Waddedar was a Bengali anti-British revolutionary from what is now Bangladesh, who became a martyr for the liberation of her motherland....

| Prafulla Chaki

Prafulla Chaki

Prafulla Chaki was a Bengali revolutionary associated with the Jugantar group of revolutionaries who carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an attempt to secure Indian independence.- Early life :...

| Pratul Chandra Ganguli

Pratul Chandra Ganguli

Pratul Chandra Ganguli was a Bengali Indian revolutionary.-Short biography:Pratul hailed from Narayanganj, now in Bangladesh. He was a member of the Anushilan Samiti. Following the arrest of Pulin Behari Das , Pratul and Trailokyanath Chakraborty took charge of the Anushilan Samiti and reorganized...

| Raja Shyama Sankar Roy Choudhury

Raja Shyama Sankar Roy Choudhury

Raja Syama Sankar Ray Choudhury of Teota, British India , CSI was a prominent Bengal landholder Raja Syama Sankar Ray Choudhury of Teota, British India (now in Manikganj District, Bangladesh), CSI was a prominent Bengal landholder Raja Syama Sankar Ray Choudhury of Teota, British India (now in...

| Rani Bhabani

Rani Bhabani

Rani Bhabani was a zamindar of Rajshahi, in Bangladesh during the British colonial era.-Life:Born in Chhatin gram,Thana: Adamdighi, Bogra District, Bhabani was married off to Raja Ramkanta, the then zamindar of Rajshahi. After his death, Bhabani became the de jure zamindar, and started being...

| Shashanka

Shashanka

Shashanka is often attributed with creating the first separate political entity in a unified Bengal called Gauda and as such is a major figure in Bengali history. He reigned in 7th century AD, and some historians place his rule approximately between 590 AD and 625 AD. He is the contemporary of...

| Siraj ud-Daulah

Siraj ud-Daulah

Mîrzâ Muhammad Sirâj-ud-Daulah , more commonly known as Siraj ud-Daulah , was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. The end of his reign marks the start of British East India Company rule over Bengal and later almost all of South Asia...

| Surya Sen

Surya Sen

Surya Sen was a prominent Bengali freedom fighter, an Indian independence activist and the chief architect of anti-British freedom movement in Chittagong, Bengal...

| Titumir

Titumir

Titumir , properly Titu Mir, was a rebel against the zamindars and British colonial system in 19th century Bengal, part of British India. He rebelled against the rich landlords and colonial British rulers and put up an impressive armed resistance. Along with his followers, he built a Bamboo fort ...

| Ullaskar Dutta

Ullaskar Dutta

Ullaskar Dutta was an Bengali Indian revolutionary who manufactured bombs intended for use against British colonial officials.-Early life:...

Politicians

Abdur Rahman Biswas

Abdur Rahman Biswas was the President of Bangladesh between 1991 and 1996.-Early life:...

| Abdus Samad Azad

Abdus Samad Azad

Abdus Samad Azad was a diplomat and politician from Bangladesh. Azad was elected to Bangladesh's parliament five times from 1970 to 2001. He was also elected Member of Lower Assembly in the Parliament of then East Pakistan...

| Abdus Sattar (president) | A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury

A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury

Mohiuddin Chowdhury was the mayor of Chittagong, the second largest city in Bangladesh, and a veteran politician associated with the Bangladesh Awami League. He had held the office of mayor since 1994. In 2005 he was elected to his third term in a landslide victory against his opponent, a...

| Abu Sayeed Chowdhury

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury was a jurist and the President of Bangladesh. Abu Sayeed Choudhury was born on January 05, 1921 in a Zamindar family of Nagbari in Tangail District...

| A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury

A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury

Justice AFM Ahsanuddin Chowdhury was the ninth President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.He was born on 1st July 1915.-Background:Chowdhury had graduated and obtained his BL Degree from Dhaka University...

| A. K. Fazlul Huq

A. K. Fazlul Huq

Not to be confused with the cricket ground in Dhaka Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq was a well-known Bengali statesman in the first half of the 20th century...

| A. K. Faezul Huq

A. K. Faezul Huq

A. K. Faezul Huq was a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer, and columnist. Huq served as a member of parliament on three occasions, and held various ministerial portfolios including Public Works, Urban Development, Jute, and Textiles since the independence of Bangladesh...

| A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury

A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury

Dr A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury was the 15th president of Bangladesh and founding secretary-general of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.-Early life:...

| Delwar Hossain Sayeedi

Delwar Hossain Sayeedi

Delwar Hossain Sayeedi , is a Bangladeshi Islamic orator and politician...

| Dhirendranath Datta

Dhirendranath Datta

Dhirendranath Datta was a Bengali lawyer by profession who was also active in the politics of undivided Bengal in pre-partition India, and later in East Pakistan...

| Dr. Kamal Hossain

Kamal Hossain

Dr. Kamal Hossain , born on 20 April 1937, is a notable Bangladeshi politician, statesman and lawyer. He is credited as being one of the principal authors of the Constitution of Bangladesh.- Education :...

| Ghulam Azam | Hussain Muhammad Ershad | Iajuddin Ahmed

Iajuddin Ahmed

-Early life:Ahmed was born in Bikrampur of Dhaka District, erstwhile Bengal province, British India . As the son of Moulvi Ibrahim Mia, Ahmed obtained his B.Sc. and M.S. at the University of Dhaka in 1952 and 1954 respectively and later received his M.S. and Ph.D...

| Jamiruddin Sircar

Jamiruddin Sircar

Muhammad Jamiruddin Sarkar is a Barrister and a renowned politician from Bangladesh. He was the speaker of the Bangladeshi parliament. He is one of the founding members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and was a member of the Standing Committee, which was the policy making body of the party,...

| Khaleda Zia

Khaleda Zia

Begum Khaleda Zia is the former First Lady of Bangladesh , and then Prime Minister of Bangladesh, having served from 1991 to 1996, becoming the first woman in the country's history and second in the Muslim world to head a democratic government as prime minister. She served again from 2001 until...

| Khawaja Nazimuddin

Khawaja Nazimuddin

Hajji Sir Khawaja Nazimuddin, KCIE , was the second Governor-General of Pakistan, and later the second Prime Minister of Pakistan as well.-Early life:...

| Motiur Rahman Nizami | List of Bangladeshi Heads of State | M. A. Hannan | Mahi B. Chowdhury

Mahi B. Chowdhury

Mahi Badruddoza Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and an ex-member of the Jatiyo Sangshad or Bangladesh Parliament. He is the son of a former parliamentarian and Bangladeshi President A.Q.M. Badruddoza Chowdhury.-Political career:...

| Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani

Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani

Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani was a popular political leader in Pakistan and Bangladesh, a rural based self-educated person.Abdu Hamid Khan Bhashani, born in 1880 in Dhangara, Bangladesh), was the son of Haji Sharafat Ali Khan. He gained immense popularity among peasants...

| Maulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish

Maulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish

Maulana Khondokar Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish was a Bangladeshi politician and parliamentarian. He strongly opposed the repressive mentality of the Nurul Amin government towards the Bengali Language Movement despite being a member of the treasury bench.-Early life:He was born in Tarulia village of...

| Mirza Ghulam Hafiz

Mirza Ghulam Hafiz

Mirza Ghulam Hafiz was a prominent statesman, politician, and philanthropist in Bangladesh.Born in Ponchagarh, North Bengal in 1920, Mirza Ghulam Hafiz was educated at the University of Dhaka and University of Calcutta. By 1948, when he first became interested in government resistance and...

| Matia Chowdhury | Moni Singh

Moni Singh

Moni Singh was the founder of the Communist Party of East Pakistan. Prior to the partition of India in August 1947, Singh was a successful workers' leader who led movements to abolish exploitative labour practices. He was imprisoned for long stretches on three occasions: 1930-37, 1967–69, and...

| Mostafizur Rahman Fizar

Mostafizur Rahman Fizar

Mostafizur Rahman Fizar is a Bangladeshi politician and current State Minister for Environment of Bangladesh Government. He was born at Phulbari Upazila in Dinajpur District on November 29 in 1953.-Education:...

| Moudud Ahmed

Moudud Ahmed

Barrister Moudud Ahmed is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a current member of Jatiyo Sangshad and a member of standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party ....

| Nur Hossain

Nur Hossain

Nur Hossain is perhaps the most widely known martyr in the movement in Bangladesh against the dictatorship of General Hossain Mohammad Ershad. Neither well-off nor highly educated, Nur Hossain embodied the struggle of common people of the country.Nur Hossain was born in Narinda, Dhaka, in 1961....

| Nuruddin Khan

Nuruddin Khan

Nuruddin Khan is a former Chief of the Bangladesh Army and former Energy Minister Bangladesh. He did not pursue a political career after the tenure of the government ended in 2001 and the Awami League lost the elections that followed....

| Nurul Amin

Nurul Amin

Nurul Amin , was a prominent Bengali leader of Pakistan's Muslim League who served as the 8th Prime Minister of Pakistan, and the only first and the last Vice President of Pakistan from 1970 till 1971...

| Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin

Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin

Manzila Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin is a British Labour politician, and community activist.-Background:Uddin was born in a village in Bangladesh. She moved with her parents to the United Kingdom in 1973, when she was 13 years of age, and she grew up in the East End of London...

| Saber Hossain Chowdhury

Saber Hossain Chowdhury

Saber Hossain Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the former Political Secretary to Sheikh Hasina Wazed, who was the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996–2001 and is now serving her second term as Prime Minister after the Parliamentary elections of 29 December 2008.As an...

| Saifur Rahman

Saifur Rahman

Mohammad Saifur Rahman , was a Bangladeshi politician. He was a popular leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, best known for being the longest serving Finance Minister of Bangladesh...

| Shah A M S Kibria | Shahabuddin Ahmed

Shahabuddin Ahmed

Shahabuddin Ahmed is a former president and Chief Justice of Bangladesh. Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed took over the office of President after a popular uprising against President Hossain Mohammad Ershad in 1991. After the resumption of democracy, he returned to his duties as the Chief Justice...

| Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the nephew of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and the founder of Mujib Bahini one of the major guerilla forces of the Bangladesh Liberation War.-Early life:...

| Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina is a Bangladeshi politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Awami League, a major political party, since 1981. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh and widow of a reputed nuclear...

| Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a Bengali nationalist politician and the founder of Bangladesh. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its Prime Minister. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its...

| Syed Faruque Rahman

Syed Faruque Rahman

Syed Faruque Rahman was a Bangladeshi army officer who was the chief organiser of the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding President of Bangladesh on 15 August 1975...

| Tarique Rahman | Ziaur Rahman

Ziaur Rahman

President Ziaur Rahman, Bir Uttam, was a Bangladeshi politician and general, who read the declaration of Independence of Bangladesh on March 26, 1971 on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He later became the seventh President of Bangladesh from 1977 until 1981...

Language Movement

Abdul Jabbar | Abdul Malek Ukil

Abdul Malek Ukil

Abdul Malek Ukil was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. He was one of the founding members of East Bengal Muslim Students League and was associated with a leading political party, Awami League.-Early life:...

| Abdul Matin

Abdul Matin (language activist)

Abdul Matin is a language activist of the Bengali Language Movement that took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan to make Bangla one of the state language of Pakistan. He was one of the leading student leader and organizer of the movement...

| Abdus Salam

Abdus Salam (Bengali Language Movement demonstrator)

Abdus Salam was a demonstrator who died during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations which took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan , in 1952. He was born in Luxmipur village of Feni District....

| Abul Barkat

Abul Barkat

Abul Barkat was a demonstrator killed during the Bengali Language Movement protests which took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan , in 1952....

| Abul Kashem

Abul Kashem

Mohammad Abul Kashem is generally considered as a pioneer and the architect of the historic Language Movement of Bangladesh...

| Gaziul Haque

Gaziul Haque

Gaziul Haque is a language activist and a renowned student leader during the Bengali Language Movement. He chaired the meeting at the Dhaka University premises on February 21, 1952 from which the decision to violate Section 144 was made...

| Kazi Golam Mahboob

Kazi Golam Mahboob

Kazi Golam Mahboob is an activist of the Language Movement that took place in the erstwhile East Pakistan . He was also an active politician and worked in both of the major political parties of Bangladesh....

| Mohammad Toaha

Mohammad Toaha

Mohammad Toaha is a language activist of the language movement and politician. He is considered as one of the main student leader during the movement....

| Oli Ahad

Oli Ahad

-Early life:Ahad was born at the Islampur village of Brahmanbaria. In 1944 he passed matriculation from Daudkandi Government Aided High School. During the election for referendum of Pakistan, Ahad got involved with politics and campaigned in various places like Tripura, Bogra and was arrested...

| Rafiq Uddin Ahmed

Rafiq Uddin Ahmed

Rafiq Uddin Ahmed was a demonstrator killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations that took place in East Pakistan in 1952....

| Sofiur Rahman

Sofiur Rahman

Sofiur Rahman is considered in Bangladesh to be a martyr of the language movement which took place in the former East Pakistan....

| Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury

Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury

Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury was a Bangladeshi poet, journalist, and activist in the Bengali Language Movement.-Early life:...

Authors

List of Bengali language authors (chronological) | Abdul Gaffar Choudhury

Abdul Gaffar Choudhury

Abdul Gaffar Choudhury , is a Bangladeshi author and rpo-Awami league columnist, perhaps best known for his lyric Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano -- which has become the main song commemorating the Language Movement, the touchy music having been composed by Shaheed Altaf Mahmud.-Life:He left Bangladesh...

| Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad

Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad

Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad or Abdul Karim the Literature Master, was a Bangladeshi author, who was born in village Suchakradondi of district Chittagong.-Life:...

| Abdullah Abu Sayeed

Abdullah Abu Sayeed

Abdullah Abu Sayeed is a writer, television presenter, organizer and activist from Bangladesh.Born in 1939 in Calcutta, Sayeed was a professor of Bengali language in Dhaka College for many years...

| Abdul Mannan Syed

Abdul Mannan Syed

Abdul Mannan Syed , was a renowned Bangladeshi poet, author and researcher. A versatile writer and poet, he was one of the most prolific Bengali literary personalities of post-Partition India. Until his death on 5 September 2010, he was regarded an authority on Bengali literature. Popularly...

| Abubakar Siddique

Abubakar Siddique

-Novels:* Jalarakshas * Kharadaha * Barudpora Prohor * Ekatturer Hridobhasma -Awards:* Bangla Academy Award * Bangladesh Kathashilpi Sangsad Prize...

| Abu Ishaque | Abu Zafar Obaidullah

Abu Zafar Obaidullah

Abu Zafar Obaidullah , a career civil servant by profession, was a first-rank poet of Bangladesh. Two of his long poems, namely, 'Aami-Kingbodontir-Kathaa Bolchi' and 'Bristi O Shahosi Purush-er Jonyo Pranthona' have gained legendary renowence since their first publicaiton in late 1970s.-Life and...

| Abujafar Shamsuddin

Abujafar Shamsuddin

Abujafar Shamsuddin , was a renowned modern Bangladeshi author, famous novelist.-Novels:* Parityakto Swami * Mukti * Bhaowal Gorer Upakhyan...

| Abul Fazal (Writer)

Abul Fazal (Writer)

Abul Fazal , is a renowned modern Bangladeshi author and famous novelist.-Novels:* Chouchir * Prodip O Patongo * Ranga Probhat...

| Abul Mansur Ahmed

Abul Mansur Ahmed

Abul Mansur Ahmed was a Bangladeshi littérateur. Was also a politician and journalist. He was born in Mymensingh. Renowned journalist and editor of The Daily Star Mahfuz Anam is his son.-Student life:...

| Abu Rushd

Abu Rushd

Abu Rushd Matinuddin, born December 25, 1919 in Kolkata, is a renowned modern Bangladeshi author, using the literary name of Abu Rushd.-Life:...

| Ahmed Sharif

Ahmed Sharif

Ahmed Sharif was an educationist, philosopher, critic, writer and scholar of medieval Bangla literature. Born in Chittagong, Sharif retired as a Professor from University of Dhaka in 1983. Sharif is widely recognized as one of the most outspoken atheist and radical thinkers of Bangladesh.Dr...

| Ahmed Sofa

Ahmed Sofa

Ahmed Sofa was a well-known writer, critic and intellectual from Bangladesh. He wrote novels, poetry and non-fiction essays. He also translated the writings of others...

| Ahsan Habib

Ahsan Habib

Ahsan Habib was a popular and well-acclaimed Bangladeshi poet and a major literary figure in Bengali culture.-Poems:His first book of poem was Ratri Shesh...

| Ahsan Habib (Cartoonist)

Ahsan Habib (cartoonist)

Ahsan Habib is a Bangladeshi cartoonist, writer and editor of Unmad, the popular satire magazine.-Family:Ahsan is the third son of Foyezur Rahman and Ayesha Foyez. His father, a police officer, was killed by the Pakistani army during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. Elder brother Humayun...

| Akhteruzzaman Elias

Akhteruzzaman Elias

Akhteruzzaman Elias , born in Gaibandha District, Bangladesh, is a famous novelist and short story writer. Though he wrote only two novels, critics place Elias in the pantheon of great Bengali novelists...

| Alaol

Alaol

Alaol was a medieval poet in Bengal. He is thought to be born around 1607 in Faridpur in the present-day Bangladesh. His most well known work is Padmavati, which depicts the story of Padmavati, the Sinhala princess and the queen of Chittor. There is an important literary prize named after him in...

| Alauddin Al-Azad

Alauddin Al-Azad

Alauddin Al-Azad, was a modern Bangladeshi author, novelist, and poet. He Passed SSC.1947, HSC.1949. From Dhaka University he passed BA at 1953 and MA.1954 as the same university. He received his PhD. degree from London University in 1970 for his work 'Iswar Gupter Jeebon o...

| Ali Imam

Ali Imam

-Works:Immam has written more than 200 books, translated nearly 40. Child psychology, humanism and adventure is found in his writing. A simple style is available. Adventures, science fictions, stories related with historic events are the categories....

| Al Mahmud

Al Mahmud

Mir Abdus Shukur Al Mahmud , commonly known as Al Mahmud is a Bangladeshi Poet, novelist, short-story writer. He is considered as one of the greatest Bengali poets emerged from 1950s. His work in Bengali poetry is dominated by his copious use of regional dialects...

| Anisul Hoque

Anisul Hoque

-Life:Anisul Hoque was born in Rangpur in 1965 . His father is late Mofazzal Hoque and mother is Mst. Anwara Begum. He was the student of Rangpur PTI primary school, Rangpur Zilla School, Rangpur Carmichael College....

| Anwar Pasha

Anwar Pasha

Anwar Pasha was a Bangladeshi author and novelist. He was a martyred intellectual of 1971. Anwar Pasha was born in 15 April 1928 at Dabkai village in Murshidabad. His father was Haji Makrom Ali.-Life:...

| Aroj Ali Matubbar

Aroj Ali Matubbar

Aroj Ali Matubbar , a self-taught philosopher and apostate, and communist politician of Bangladesh, was born in British India on 17 December 1900 in the village of Lamchari in Charbaria union, about 11 km from Barisal town, currently in Bangladesh. His original name is Aroj Ali. The name...

| Bashir Al Helal

Bashir Al Helal

-Novels:*Kalo Ilish *Ghritakumari *Shesh Panpatra *Nurjahander Madhumas *Shishirer Deshe Avijan...

| Benojir Ahmed

Benojir Ahmed

Benojir Ahmed was a poet and writer born in Narayanganj, Bangladesh.-Resistance fighter:In his youth, Ahmed fought against British rule of Bangladesh. Arrested once, he escaped across the Padma River.-Works:...

| Bipradash Barua

Bipradash Barua

Bipradash Barua , is a modern Bangladeshi author and novelist. He is a Buddhist.-Novels:*Achena *Bhoy, Bhalobasa Nirbasan *Samudracar O Bidrohira...

| Bande Ali Mia | Daulat Qazi | Dewan Mohammad Azraf

Dewan Mohammad Azraf

Dewan Mohammad Azraf was a teacher, author, politician, journalist, philosopher and advocate of women's progress in East Bengal. In 1993, he was honored as a National Professor in Bangladesh. He was also a supporter of the Bengali Language Movement...

| Dilara Hashim

Dilara Hashim

Dilara Hashim , is a modern Bangladeshi author and novelist.-Novels:*Ghar Mon Janala *Ekoda Ebong Ananto *Stabdhatar Kane Kane...

| Dinesh Chandra Sen

Dinesh Chandra Sen

Rai Bahadur Dinesh Chandra Sen was an Indian writer in Bengali, educationist and researcher of Bengali folklore...

| Eyakub Ali Chowdhury

Eyakub Ali Chowdhury

Eyakub Ali Chowdhury , a Bangladeshi author, was born in Faridpur.-Writing career:Eyakub Ali Chowdhury was an essayist. Most of his essays were based on Islam, Islamic culture, Islamic teachings...

| Faizul Latif Chowdhury

Faizul Latif Chowdhury

Faizul Latif Chowdhury is a career civil servant from Bangladesh currently working as a diplomat. A literary figure and an economist at the same time, he works on corruption in public administration, tax policy process, economics of tax evasion and tax avoidance, smuggling, international trade...

| Farrukh Ahmed

Farrukh Ahmed

Farrukh Ahmad was a poet and writer of Bangladesh. He was born in the village of Sreepur Upazilla of Magura District.He was the second son of Syed Hatem Ali and Begum Rawshan. He graduated from Khulna Zila School in 1937 and did his IA from Ripon College, Kolkata in 1939...

| Girish Chandra Sen

Girish Chandra Sen

Girish Chandra Sen , a Brahmo Samaj missionary, was the first person to translate the Qur’an into Bengali language in 1886. It was his finest contribution to Bengali literature.-Early life:...

| Gobindachandra Das

Gobindachandra Das

Gobindachandra Das , was a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in Gazipur of Bengal province.- Life :Das was a very poor man and could not continue study. He was an employee of the Bhawal Estate. He had two daughters and a son. The younger one was named Bhaktimoyi who later was married to...

| Golam Mostofa

Golam Mostofa

Golam Mostofa was a Bangladeshi writer and poet.-Life:Golam Mostofa graduated from Kolkata's Ripon College in 1918. He was a teacher of highschool. He worked in all sections of literature. Islamic heritage was one of his inspirations.-Works:He wrote his first poem, Adrianopol Uddhar, in tenth grade...

| Hasan Azizul Huq

Hasan Azizul Huq

Hasan Azizul Huq is a Bangladeshi writer, reputed for his short stories. He was born on 2 February 1939 in Jabgraam in Burdwan district of West Bengal, India...

| Hasnat Abdul Hye

Hasnat Abdul Hye

Hasnat Abdul Hye, was born in Calcutta in 1939 in undivided Bengal. He is a modern Bangladeshi writer and novelist. He is a leading writer of fiction and travel books in Bangladesh. He received the national award Ekushey Padak for his contribution to literature...

| Hason Raja

Hason Raja

Hason Raja , also known as Dewan Hason Raja, was a Bengali poet, mystic philosopher and folksongs writer and composer...

| Humayun Ahmed

Humayun Ahmed

Humayun Ahmed is a Bangladeshi author, dramatist and director of film and television. He broke through since the publication of his first novel, Nandita Naraké...

| Humayun Azad

Humayun Azad

Humayun Azad was a prolific Bangladeshi author and scholar. He wrote more than seventy titles...

| Iffat Ara

Iffat Ara

Shamsun Nahar Iffat Ara , known as Iffat Ara, is a woman writer, social activist and literary organizer of Bangladesh. Her literary career began in late 1950s when she started to write short stories and publish them in the leading newspaper of the country including the Azad...

| Imdadul Haq Milon

Imdadul Haq Milon

Imdadul Haq Milon , is a popular Bangladeshi novelist. He was born in Bikrampur, Munshiganj District.-Education:Milon graduated from Jagannath College. He went to Germany to rebuild life and after returning,wrote one of his premier works, 'Poradhinota'.-A Writer:As a writer, Imdadul Haq Milon is...

| Jahanara Imam

Jahanara Imam

Jahanara Imam was a Bangladeshi writer and political activist. She is most widely remembered for her efforts to bring those accused of committing war crimes in the Bangladesh Liberation War to trial...

| Jasimuddin

Jasimuddin

Jasimuddin was a renowned Bengali poet, songwriter, prose writer, folklore collector and radio personality. He is commonly known in Bangladesh as Polli Kobi, the Rural Poet for his faithful rendition of Bangla folklore in his works...

| Jibanananda Das

Jibanananda Das

Jibanananda Das was a noted Bengali poet. He is considered one of the precursors who introduced modernist poetry to Bengali Literature, at a period when it was influenced by Rabindranath Tagore's Romantic poetry....

| Kaykobad

Kaykobad

Kaykobad or Mohakobi Kaykobad was the pen name of the poet Kazem Ali Quereshi.-Background:...

| Kamini Roy

Kamini Roy

Kamini Roy was a leading Bengali poet, social worker and feminist from India. She was the first woman honours graduate in India.-Early life:...

| Kazi Abdul Odud

Kazi Abdul Odud

Kazi Abdul Wadud was a Bengali author. He championed the Buddhir Mukti Andolon.-Life:Kazi Abdul Odud was born in 1894 at his mother's village Jagannathpur in the district of Nadia...

| Kazi Nazrul Islam

Kazi Nazrul Islam

Kazi Nazrul Islam , sobriquet Bidrohi Kobi, was a Bengali poet, musician and revolutionary who pioneered poetic works espousing intense spiritual rebellion against fascism and oppression. His poetry and nationalist activism earned him the popular title of Bidrohi Kobi...

| Lalon Shah

Lalon

Fakir Lalon Shah , also known as Lalon Shah , was a Bangladeshi philosopher poet. His poetry, articulated in songs, are considered classics of the Bangla language...

| Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury

Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury

Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury was a Bangladeshi poet, journalist, and activist in the Bengali Language Movement.-Early life:...

| Manzoor Alam Beg

Manzoor Alam Beg

Manzur Alam Beg was a famous Fine Art Photographer and a founder member of BPS . He was the leader of fine art photographic movements in Bangladesh...

| Manjula Anwar

Manjula Anwar

Dr. Manjula Anwar is a prominent Bengali linguist. She translated the famous independence telegram in Chittagong declaring the independence of East Pakistan from Pakistan as Bangladesh in 1971.-References:...

| Manju Sarkar

Manju Sarkar

Manju Sarkar , , full name Abul Manju Sarkar, is a modern Bangladeshi author, who lives in Narayanganj in Bangladesh.-Novels:*Tamosh *Nagno Agontuk...

| Mohammad Barkatullah

Mohammad Barkatullah

-Life:He was a deputy secretary of education department of East Pakistan, later Bangladesh.-Writing career:His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature in Bangladesh....

| Mohammad Lutfur Rahman

Mohammad Lutfur Rahman

Mohammad Lutfur Rahman , a Bangladeshi author, was born in Magura District.-Life:A first, he was a teacher and afterwards went to Kolkata and established a helping house for women named, ‘Naritirtha’...

| Mohammad Nurul Huda

Mohammad Nurul Huda

Mohammad Nurul Huda , is a Bangladeshi poet and novelist. He is recognized a major poet of 1960s, with more than fifty poetry books to his credit.-Life:...

| Mokbula Manzoor

Mokbula Manzoor

Mokbula Manzoor , is a modern Bangladeshi author and novelist.-Novels:*Ar Ek Jiban *Abasanna Gan *Baishakhe Shirna Nadi *Jal Rang Chabi...

| Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Michael Madhusudan Dutt or Michael Madhusudan Dutta was a popular 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagardari , on the bank of Kopotaksho [কপোতাক্ষ] River, a village in Keshobpur Upozila, Jessore District, East Bengal . His father was Rajnarayan Dutt, an eminent lawyer, and...

| Mir Mosharraf Hossain

Mir Mosharraf Hossain

Mir Mosharraf Hossain was a Bengali language novelist, playwright and essayist in 19th century Bengal. He is principally known for his famous novel Bishad Sindhu...

| Moinul Ahsan Saber

Moinul Ahsan Saber

Moinul Ahsan Saber is a fiction writer of Bangladesh. He is the executive editor of popular weekly magazine Saptahik 2000, published from Dhaka....

| Monica Ali

Monica Ali

Monica Ali is a British writer of Bangladeshi origin. She is the author of Brick Lane, her debut novel, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2003...

| Motaher Hussain Chowdhury

Motaher Hussain Chowdhury

Motaher Hussain Chowdhury , a Bangladeshi author, was born in Comilla.-Writing career:Motaher Hussain Chowdhury was a full time writer and literature lover...

| Muhammed Zafar Iqbal

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is a Bangladeshi writer of children’s books and science-fiction and also a well-known political columnist. He is a professor of Computer Science & Engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, though originally educated as a physicist.-Early life:Muhammed...

| Moheen Reeyad | Munier Chowdhury

Munier Chowdhury

Munier Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident.-Education:...

| Muntasir Mamun

Muntasir Mamun

Dr. Muntassir Mamoon is an award winning Bangladeshi author, historian, scholar/researcher, translator and professor of Dhaka University. He got his M.A and Phd degree from Dhaka University. Dr. Muntassir Mamoon is the nephew of Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir....

| Nabinchandra Sen

Nabinchandra Sen

Nabinchandra Sen was a Bengali poet and writer. He was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh.-Life:Nabinchandra studied at Chittagong Collegiate School. In 1868, he earned his BA from General Assembly's Institution and joined the government service as a Deputy Magistrate...

| Nasreen Jahan

Nasreen Jahan

Nasreen Jahan , is a modern Bangladeshi author and literary editor. She became famous with the publication of her award-winning novel Urukku in 1993.-Life:Nasreen Jahan was born and brought up in Mymensingh...

| Nilima Ibrahim

Nilima Ibrahim

Nilima Ibrahim was an Indian, East Pakistani, and later Bangladeshi educationist, littérateur and social worker. She is well known for her outstanding scholarship on Bangla literature but even more so for her depiction of raped and tortured women in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War in her book...

| Nirmalendu Goon

Nirmalendu Goon

Nirmalendu Goon is a Bangladeshi poet, and one of the most popular poets in Bangladesh, lauded by many for his accessible verse in an age where Bangla poetry has become increasingly complex.- Early life :...

| Qazi Anwar Hussain

Qazi Anwar Hussain

Qazi Anwar Husain is an author, publisher and translator from Bangladesh. He has used pen names like Bidyut Mitra...

| Qazi Imdadul Haq

Qazi Imdadul Haq

-Writing career:Qazi Imdadul Haq had a very clear view of Muslim society and tried to clean up the wrong point of view of Bengali Muslims.His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature in...

| Qazi Mahbub Hussain

Qazi Mahbub Hussain

Qazi Mahbub Hussain is a Bangladeshi writer, the first Bangladesh writer of westerns.-Life:Qazi Mahbub Hussain was the youngest son of National Philosopher Qazi Motahar Hussain. One of the youngest of eleven siblings, Mahbub grew up in an abundance of cultural and literary richness. His father was...

| Qazi Motahar Hossain

Qazi Motahar Hossain

Qazi Motahar Hossain is a famous Bangladeshi author, scientist, statistician and journalist. He is also renowned for his unique style of literature. He had intimate friendship with poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, Kazi Abdul Odud and many other eminent figures...

| Rabeya Khatun

Rabeya Khatun

-Novels:*Modhumati *Mon Ek Shwet Kapoti *Ononto Onwesha *Rajabagh *Saheb Bazar *Ferari Surjo *Onek Joner Ekjan...

| Rahat Khan

Rahat Khan

-Life:Rahat Khan was the editor of Ittefaq.Rahat Khan, hailing from Kishoreganj, was born in the year 1940. Graduating from the Department of Bangla Language and Literature in 1961 under the University of Dhaka, he engaged himself in teaching in which he earned much fame and popularity...

| Rakib Hasan | Ramai Pandit

Ramai Pandit

Ramai Pandit or Ramai the Wise was a medieval Bengali poet from the region of Bengal. The exact date of his birth is not known, but it is believed that he lived in the 11th century AD as he is a contmporary to Mayur Bhatt, the coart-poet of King Lausen...

| Rashid Haider

Rashid Haider

-Novels:*Khancay *Nashta Josnay Ekon Aranya *Sadh Ahlad *Andha Kathamala *Asamabriksha *Mabuhai -Awards:...

| Rashid Karim

Rashid Karim

-Novels:*Uttam Purush *Prasanno Pashan *Amar Jato Glani *Prem Ekti Lal Golap *Sadharan Loker Kahini...

| Razia Khan

Razia Khan

Razia Khan , is a modern female Bangladeshi author known for her contributions as a novelist.-Life:Her first creative impulses found expressions in rhymes, Brishti poriya jay/mushol dharay…….. She was only 8 then. By 15 she was writing full-fledged novels and at 18 she wrote Bot tolar Upannayash...

| Rizia Rahman

Rizia Rahman

-Novels:*Ghar-Bhanga-Ghar *Uttar Purush *Rokter Okshor *Bong Theke Bangla *Alikhito Upakhyan *Aranyer Kache...

| Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah

Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah

Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah was a Bengali poet. Shahidullah was noted for his revolutionary and romantic poetry....

| Panna Kaiser

Panna Kaiser

Panna Kaiser , is a Bangladeshi author and novelist. She is the widow of Shahidullah Kaiser. She also served as a member of the parliament for the Awami League government between 1996-2001.-Novels:...

| Sarder Jayenuddin

Sarder Jayenuddin

Sarder Jayenuddin was a Bengladeshi novelist and author of Bengali literature.-Novels:*Adigonto *Pannamoti *Nil Rong Rokto *Onek Surjer Asha...

| Satyen Sen

Satyen Sen

Satyen Sen , , an author of Bengali literature, of Bangladesh, was a famous novelist.-Novels:*Bhorer Bihongi *Obhishopto Nogori *Paper Sontan...

Selina Hossain

Selina Hossain, , a female author of Bengali Literature, living in Bangladesh, is a famous novelist.-Life:She is also an editor.She Founded Faria-Lara Foundation-Novels:*Jalochchwas...

| Shahadat Hussain | Shahed Ali

Shahed Ali

Shahed Ali was one of the leading short story writers of Bangladesh and is considered to be one of the literary giants of his time in the realm of Bengali literature...

| Shahid Akhand

Shahid Akhand

Shahid Akhand , , an author of Bengali literature, living in Bangladesh, is a famous novelist.-Novels:*Panna Holo Sobuj *Pakhir Gaan Boner Chhaya *Dudondo Shanti...

| Shahidullah Kaiser

Shahidullah Kaiser

Shahidullah Kaiser was a Bangladeshi novelist and writer. He was born on 16 February 1927 in the Mazupur village in what is now the Feni District, Bangladesh.-Early life and education:...

| Shah Muhammad Sagir

Shah Muhammad Sagir

Shah Muhammad Sagir & Co. Ltd. was an ancient Muslim Bengali poet.-Life:Sagir was a poet of fourteenth or fifteenth century, in the time of Goura. He was possibly born to a Fakir family, in Chittagong.-External links:...

| Shahriyar Kabir

Shahriyar Kabir

Shahriyar Kabir is a very popular Bangladeshi Author and a famous Journalist. He has been writing fiction for children for decades.-Books:*Puber Shurjo*Hariye Jaoar Thikana*Nuliachorir Sonar Pahar*Abuder Adventure*Comred Mao Tse Tung...

| Sheikh Fazlul Karim

Sheikh Fazlul Karim

Sheikh Fazlul Karim or Fazlul Karim Sahityabisharad , was a Bangladeshi poet and writer. He was born in Rangpur.-Works:...

| Shamsuddin Abul Kalam

Shamsuddin Abul Kalam

Shamsuddin Abul Kalam , , an author of Bengali literature in Bangladesh, was a famous novelist. He was born in Barisal. He is maternal uncle of A.M. Harun-ar-Rashid-Life:...

| Shamsur Rahman

Shamsur Rahman

Shamsur Rahman was a Bangladeshi poet, columnist and journalist. Rahman, who emerged in the latter half of the 20th century, wrote more than sixty books of poetry and is considered a key figure in Bengali literature. He was regarded the unofficial poet laureate of Bangladesh...

| Shawkat Osman

Shawkat Osman

Shawkat Osman full-name Sheikh Azizur Rahman was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer. He was born in Sabalsingha pur 1917 in the district of Hughli, West Bengal.His father's name Sheikh Mohammad Yehia.-Education:He was educated at the Calcutta Madrassa , and at the St...

| Sheikh Abdur Rahim

Sheikh Abdur Rahim

-Writing career:Sheikh Abdur Rahim was very aware of Bengali Muslim community’s wealth and history.His literary works were included in the curriculum of school level, secondary, higher secondary and graduation level Bengali Literature in Bangladesh.-Works:...

| Sufia Kamal

Sufia Kamal

Sufia Kamal was a poet, writer, organizer, feminist and activist from Bangladesh. She was born to a Muslim family in Barisal, Bangladesh. She is one of the most widely recognized cultural personalities in Bangladesh...

| Syed Mujtaba Ali

Syed Mujtaba Ali

Syed Mujtaba Ali was a renowned Bengali author, academician, scholar and linguist. He was born in present Karimganj District Assam of undivided Sylhet in Bengal.-Education and early career:...

| Syed Shamsul Haque

Syed Shamsul Haque

Syed Shamsul Haque , is a Bangladesh poets and writer. He was born in Kurigram.-Life:Syed Shamsul Haq was born in a small town called Kurigram on 27 December in 1935. His father was Syed Siddique Husain a homeopathic physician and mother Halima Khatun. His father came to Kurigram to pursue in...

| Syed Waliullah

Syed Waliullah

Syed Waliullah was a Bangladeshi novelist, short-story writer and playwright. He is most well known in Bangla literature for his first novel, Lalsalu...

| Tahmima Anam

Tahmima Anam

Tahmima Anam is a Bangladeshi writer and novelist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was published by John Murray in 2007 and was the Best First Book winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.- Education :...

| Taslima Nasrin

Taslima Nasrin

Taslima Nasrin is a Bengali Bangladeshi ex-doctor turned author who has been living in exile since 1994. From a modest literary profile in the late 1980s, she rose to global fame by the end of the 20th century owing to her feminist views and her criticism of Islam in particular and of religion in...

Poets

List of Bengali poets | Abdul Gaffar Choudhury

Abdul Gaffar Choudhury

| Abdullah Abu Sayeed

Abdullah Abu Sayeed

Abdullah Abu Sayeed is a writer, television presenter, organizer and activist from Bangladesh.Born in 1939 in Calcutta, Sayeed was a professor of Bengali language in Dhaka College for many years...

| Abdul Kadir

Abdul Kadir (Poet)

-Life:He graduated from the University of Dhaka. Was a teacher, officer of media department, editor of `Mahenou'.-Editing:*Nazrul Rachanaboli*Rokeya Rachanaboli*Siraji Rachonaboli*Quazi Imdadul Haq Rachonaboli-Source:* Dakhil Bangla Sahitya...

| Abdul Mannan Syed

Abdul Mannan Syed

| Abubakar Siddique

Abubakar Siddique

-Novels:* Jalarakshas * Kharadaha * Barudpora Prohor * Ekatturer Hridobhasma -Awards:* Bangla Academy Award * Bangladesh Kathashilpi Sangsad Prize...

| Abu Zafar Obaidullah

Abu Zafar Obaidullah

| Ahmed Sofa

Ahmed Sofa

Ahmed Sofa was a well-known writer, critic and intellectual from Bangladesh. He wrote novels, poetry and non-fiction essays. He also translated the writings of others...

| Ahsan Habib

Ahsan Habib

Ahsan Habib was a popular and well-acclaimed Bangladeshi poet and a major literary figure in Bengali culture.-Poems:His first book of poem was Ratri Shesh...

| Alaol

Alaol

| Alauddin Al-Azad

Alauddin Al-Azad

| Ali Imam

Ali Imam

| Al Mahmud

Al Mahmud

| Bipradash Barua

Bipradash Barua

Bipradash Barua , is a modern Bangladeshi author and novelist. He is a Buddhist.-Novels:*Achena *Bhoy, Bhalobasa Nirbasan *Samudracar O Bidrohira...

| Bande Ali Mia | Daulat Qazi | Dinesh Chandra Sen

Dinesh Chandra Sen

Rai Bahadur Dinesh Chandra Sen was an Indian writer in Bengali, educationist and researcher of Bengali folklore...

| Farrukh Ahmed

Farrukh Ahmed

| Gobindachandra Das

Gobindachandra Das

| Golam Mostofa

Golam Mostofa

| Hason Raja

Hason Raja

Hason Raja , also known as Dewan Hason Raja, was a Bengali poet, mystic philosopher and folksongs writer and composer...

| Humayun Ahmed

Humayun Ahmed

Humayun Ahmed is a Bangladeshi author, dramatist and director of film and television. He broke through since the publication of his first novel, Nandita Naraké...

| Humayun Azad

Humayun Azad

Humayun Azad was a prolific Bangladeshi author and scholar. He wrote more than seventy titles...

| Jasimuddin

Jasimuddin

| Jibanananda Das

Jibanananda Das

| Kaykobad

Kaykobad

Kaykobad or Mohakobi Kaykobad was the pen name of the poet Kazem Ali Quereshi.-Background:...

| Kamini Roy

Kamini Roy

Kamini Roy was a leading Bengali poet, social worker and feminist from India. She was the first woman honours graduate in India.-Early life:...

| Kazi Nazrul Islam

Kazi Nazrul Islam

| Lalon Shah

Lalon

Fakir Lalon Shah , also known as Lalon Shah , was a Bangladeshi philosopher poet. His poetry, articulated in songs, are considered classics of the Bangla language...

| Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury

Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury

Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury was a Bangladeshi poet, journalist, and activist in the Bengali Language Movement.-Early life:...

| Manjula Anwar

Manjula Anwar

| Manju Sarkar

Manju Sarkar

Manju Sarkar , , full name Abul Manju Sarkar, is a modern Bangladeshi author, who lives in Narayanganj in Bangladesh.-Novels:*Tamosh *Nagno Agontuk...

| Mohammad Nurul Huda

Mohammad Nurul Huda

Mohammad Nurul Huda , is a Bangladeshi poet and novelist. He is recognized a major poet of 1960s, with more than fifty poetry books to his credit.-Life:...

| Mokbula Manzoor

Mokbula Manzoor

Mokbula Manzoor , is a modern Bangladeshi author and novelist.-Novels:*Ar Ek Jiban *Abasanna Gan *Baishakhe Shirna Nadi *Jal Rang Chabi...

| Michael Madhusudan Dutt

Michael Madhusudan Dutt

| Moheen Reeyad | Munier Chowdhury

Munier Chowdhury

Munier Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident.-Education:...

| Nabinchandra Sen

Nabinchandra Sen

| Nirmalendu Goon

Nirmalendu Goon

| Rakib Hasan | Ramai Pandit

Ramai Pandit

| Rashid Haider

Rashid Haider

-Novels:*Khancay *Nashta Josnay Ekon Aranya *Sadh Ahlad *Andha Kathamala *Asamabriksha *Mabuhai -Awards:...

| Razia Khan

Razia Khan

| Abu Hasan Shahriar

Abu Hasan Shahriar

Abu Hasan Shahriar is a popular Bangladeshi poet, Literary Editor and a Media personality of Bangladesh.-Poems:* Antaheen Mayabee Bhomon * Obyertha Angul...

| Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah

Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah

Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah was a Bengali poet. Shahidullah was noted for his revolutionary and romantic poetry....

| Syed Ali Ahsan | Syed Sultan | Shah Muhammad Sagir

Shah Muhammad Sagir

| Shahriyar Kabir

Shahriyar Kabir

| Shamsur Rahman

Shamsur Rahman

| Shawkat Osman

Shawkat Osman

| Sheikh Abdur Rahim

Sheikh Abdur Rahim

| Sufia Kamal

Sufia Kamal

| Syed Shamsul Haque

Syed Shamsul Haque

| Taslima Nasrin

Taslima Nasrin

| Arunabh Sarkar

Arunabh Sarkar

Arunabh Sarkar is a Bangladeshi Poet, Columnist, Literary Editor & a Freedom Fighter.Born at tangail, Bangladesh. He received the Bangla Academy Award, 2009 for Poetry. Bangla Academy Award is the most prestigious and highst Award for Poetry in Bangladesh. Arunabh also received Tangail Sahitya...

| Sikdar Aminul Haq

Sikdar Aminul Haq

Sikdar Aminul Haq, also spelled as Sikder Aminul Haque is a Bangladeshi poet and author of 18 books of poetry. He is a recipient of Bangla Academy Award, 1994 for poetry. It is said that his book Satata Danar Manush brought him into the limelight. Sikdar was a stylist in his livelihood as well as...

| Rafiq Azad

Rafiq Azad

Rafiq Azad is a prominent poet of Bengali literature and is the author of 25 collections of poetry including his Collected Poems. He was a freedom fighter in 1971. His poetry reflected his experience of the war. Mr. Azad is currently the Director of National Book Center of Bangladesh...

Composers

Altaf Mahmud

Altaf Mahmud was a musician, cultural activist and martyred freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War...

| Samar Das

Samar Das

Samar Das was a Bangladeshi musician and composer, from Dhaka. He became one of the most important music directors in Pakistan and subsequently Bangladesh and was the composer of over 2,000 songs. -Early life:...

| Alauddin Ali | Ayub Bachchu

Ayub Bachchu

Ayub Bachchu is a famous Bangladeshi rock musician and a guitarist in the country. During 1980 - 1990 he was a member of Souls as lead guitarist...

| Shawkat

Shawkat

Shawkat is a masculine Arabic given name, it is also used as a surname. It may refer to:*Alia Shawkat, American actress best known from her role in the television series Arrested Development...

| Bappa Mazumder

Bappa Mazumder

Shubhashish Mazumder Bappa mostly known as Bappa Mazumder is a Bangladeshi singer, lyricist and music composer.-Life:...

Directors (Film)

Bimal Roy

Bimal Roy was one of the most acclaimed Indian film directors of all time. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films like Do Bigha Zamin, Parineeta, Biraj Bahu, Madhumati, Sujata, and Bandini, making him an important director of Hindi cinema...

| Ritwik Ghatak | Tanvir Mokammel

Tanvir Mokammel

Tanvir Mokammel is a Bangladeshi film director. He earned a Masters degree in English Literature at Dhaka University...

| Tareque Masud

Tareque Masud

Tareque Masud was an award-winning Bangladeshi independent film director. He was known for directing the films Muktir Gaan and Matir Moina , for which he won a number of international awards, including the International Critics' Prize and FIPRESCI Prize for Directors' Fortnight at the 2002 Cannes...

| Zahir Raihan

Zahir Raihan

Zahir Raihan was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is perhaps best known for his documentary Stop Genocide made during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He disappeared on December 30, 1972 trying to locate his brother, the famous writer Shahidullah Kaiser, who was captured and killed by...

| Sikder Diamond | Moheen Reeyad

Painters

Zainul Abedin

Zainul Abedin was nitially a painter of India and became famous in 1944 with his Famine Series paintings of 1943; and after partition he moved to Pakistan; and finally when Bangladesh was created in 1971, he was rightly considered the founding father of Bangladeshi Art...

| Safiuddin Ahmed

Safiuddin Ahmed

Safiuddin Ahmed is a Bangladeshi painter. He is the pioneer of printmaking in Bangladesh. He, along with Zainul Abedin and others played an important role in the foundation of the Dhaka Art College now Institute of Fine Arts under Dhaka University.-References:...

| Shahabuddin Ahmed

Shahabuddin Ahmed (artist)

Shahabuddin Ahmed is a world renowned painter born in Bangladesh in 1950. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, later moved to Paris. He has shown his works extensively across the globe...

| Murtoza Bashir

Murtoza Bashir

thumb|200px|Murtoza Bashir Murtoza Bashir is a Bangladeshi artist, cartoonist and language movement activist. His father was Muhammad Shahidullah. He passed matriculation from Bogra Corronation Institute in 1949. He got involved with the movement as he was a member of the students' federation...

| Shishir Bhattacharjee

Shishir Bhattacharjee

Shishir Bhattacharjee is an artist in Bangladesh. His paintings, critical of the political establishment but always in a satirical fashion, were first seen in the 1980s. His political cartoons appear regularly in daily newspapers in Bangladesh...

| Rashid Choudhury

Rashid Choudhury

Rashid Choudhury was a Bangledeshi artist.Born in the village of Haroa in the district of Faridpur , Bangladesh, Rashid Choudhury completed his five-year course in fine arts from the Charukala Institute in 1954 and attended a teachers' training certificate course at Asutosh Museum of the Calcutta...

| Quamrul Hassan

Quamrul Hassan

Quamrul Hassan was a Bangladeshi artist. Hassan was born in Kolkata, India. In Bangladesh, Hassan's fame as an artist is perhaps only second to that of Zainul Abedin. Hassan is often referred to in Bangladesh as Potua, a word usually associated with folk artists, due to his down to earth style...

| Nitun Kundu

Nitun Kundu

Nitun Kundu Nitun Kundu Nitun Kundu (full name: Nitya Gopal Kundu (born: December 3, 1935 - September 15, 2006) was a Bangladeshi artist, sculptor and entrepreneur, who was known for bringing new trends in abstract and realistic art to the Bangladeshi arts scene...

| Ranabi

Ranabi

Rafiqun Nabi is a Bangladeshi artist and cartoonist. He usually signs his works as Ranabi , "Ra" being the initial for Rafikun in Bangla...

| SM Sultan

SM Sultan

Sheikh Mohammed Sultan , better known as SM Sultan, was a painter from Bangladesh. Sultan was born on 10 August 1923 in Masimdia, Narail district, Bangladesh...

| Mustapha Khalid Palash

Mustapha Khalid Palash

Khan Mohammed Mustapha Khalid Palash popularly known as Palash, is considered as one of the most leading contemporary Architects of Bangladesh. He is also a leading and prominent artist and painter in the Bangladeshi Community...

Actors

Abdur Razzak

Abdur Razzak (actor)

Abdur Razzaq , popularly called Razzak, is a thespian Bangla movie actor. He became famous as a film hero in the mid 1960s...

| Ahmed Rubel

Ahmed Rubel

Ahmed Reza Rubel is a Bangladeshi theatre, movie and television actor. He started his career in Selim Al Deen's theatre group "Dhaka Theatre". Later he concentrated into mainstream commercial movies and starred in 6 movies...

| Aly Zaker | Asaduzzaman Noor

Asaduzzaman Noor

Asaduzzaman Noor is an actor, entertainer and a politician and activist from Bangladesh.He is mostly noted during his early days as a Bangladesh Television drama artist. In the 90's he acted in a drama titled Kothao Keu Nei - There is no one anywhere...

| Humayun Faridi

Humayun Faridi

Humayun Faridi [Alternative: Humayun Faridee] is an popular actor in Bangladeshi TV drama, theatre and cinema.He is well-known for his villain roles in Bangladeshi drama and cinema....

| Shimul Yousuf

Shimul Yousuf

-Early life:Shimul Yousuf was born in Dhaka on 24 March 1957 and is the youngest of seven siblings. Her father Mehter Billah from Bikrampur was a singer and instigated his children in cultural activities. Her mother also had a nag of singing...

| Sheikh Mohammad Solaiman

Actresses

Bipasha Hayat

Bipasha Hayat is a Bangladeshi actress. She successfully acted in the TV, theatre, and film industry and is thus considered one of the leading actress of the country. She is the daughter of the famous television actor Abul Hayat and has a sister, Natasha Hayat who also is an actress on the small...

| Bobita

Bobita

Babita is a renowned Bangladeshi film actress. She has also participated in several NGOs focusing on the welfare of women and children and founded a community seed bank.- Early days :...

| Ferdousi Mazumder

Ferdousi Mazumder

' is a Bangladeshi actress. She successfully appeared in the country’s theatre and television for nearly forty years and is awarded with the highest honor Ekushey Padak for her attribution to the Bengali culture....

| Joya Ahsan

Joya Ahsan

-Early life:In her early age Joya was attracted to music and dancing. Although her father wanted her to be a service-holder, Joya was interested in building her career in music and drawing. Besides her studies, she took a diploma course in Rabindra Sangeet and also undertook training in classical...

| Purnima

Purnima (Actress)

Purnima also is an Bangladeshi popular film actress. Born 1981 in chittagong, Bangladesh. Her family name is Rita. The year was 1997. A new actress was in search for Motiur Rahman Panu’s movie “E Jibon Tomar Amar”, director Zakir Hossain was busy in searching a new face for the movie...

|Shabnam

Shabnam

Shabnam from the word meaning dew drops on the flowers) is a Pakistani stage and film actress of Pakistan. Shabnam was active in the Pakistani film industry, Lollywood in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and in the Bangladeshi film industry in the 1990s...

| Shuchonda

Shuchonda

Shuchonda is a renowned Bangladeshi film actress born in Jessore. She started her career in the mid of 1960s. She performed as heroine at a lot of successful movies in Bangla. Her younger sisters Bobita and Chompa are also very famous actresses in the Bangladesh and South Asian film industries...

| Suborna Mustafa

Suborna Mustafa

Suborna Mustafa is a Bangladeshi television actress.-Early life and education:She was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her father, Golam Mustafa, was a film actor. Her mother was an actress, radio producer and playwright....

| Sumita Devi

Sumita Devi

Sumita Devi was a Bangla film and TV actress. She was born Hena Bhattacharya in Manikganj District, Bengal . She was married to the filmmaker Zahir Raihan.-Film career:...

Sabhana

Singers / Musicians

Abbas Uddin

Abbas Uddin Ahmed , popularly known by his first name, was a Bangla folk singer. He was born at Balarampur in Tufanganj subdivision in the district of Cooch Bihar...

| Abdul Ahad | Abdul Jabbar

Abdul Jabbar (singer)

Abdul Jabbar is a Bangladeshi singer with contributions to Bangladesh liberation war in 1971.He is the veteran singer of Bangladesh for his patriotic songs during the independence war of 1971 and also for his playback hits before and after 1971...

| Alauddin Khan | Abdul Latif | Ayub Bachchu

Ayub Bachchu

Ayub Bachchu is a famous Bangladeshi rock musician and a guitarist in the country. During 1980 - 1990 he was a member of Souls as lead guitarist...

| Anusheh Anadil

Anusheh Anadil

Anusheh Anadil is the lead vocalist of Bangla, one of the leading bands of Bangladesh. In spite of her training as a child in north Indian classical, she never found interest in music, until she discovered the Bauls of Bangladesh...

| Azam Khan

Azam Khan (singer)

Azam Khan was a Bangladeshi pop singer. He was the pioneer in Bengali pop music. He founded a band called Uchcharon in the early 1970s. He is honored as Guru of Pop Music in Bangladesh...

| Badal Roy

Badal Roy

Badal Roy is a tabla player, percussionist, and recording artist known for his work in jazz, world music, and experimental music.-Biography:...

| Bappa Mazumder

Bappa Mazumder

Shubhashish Mazumder Bappa mostly known as Bappa Mazumder is a Bangladeshi singer, lyricist and music composer.-Life:...

| James

James

James is a common English surname and given name:* James , the typically masculine first name James* James , various people with the last name JamesJames may also refer to:-People:...

| Kalim Sharafi

Kalim Sharafi

Kalim Sharafi was a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer and cultural revolutionary. He gave his ideas in several publications regarding politics, culture, and Tagore. He is regarded as one of the best Rabindra sangeet singers in the subcontinent.-Early life:Kalim Sharafi was born in Birbhun...

| Kangal Harinath

Kangal Harinath

Kangal Harinath , which means "Penniless Harinath", was a well-known Baul of Bengal, also known as "Fakir Chand Baul". He was born in Kushtia District, now in Bangladesh, named Harinath Majumdar. He lost his parents at an early age.Harinath was a disciple of Lalon Shah. He had very little formal...

| Runa Laila

Runa Laila

Runa Laila is a singer of the Indian subcontinent who is from Bangladesh. She started her career from Pakistan film industry and is effective in Ghazals also. She made a hit pair with famous singer Ahmed Rushdi after replacing Mala. She also has done numerous playbacks for movies in Bangladesh,...

| Sabina Yasmin

Sabina Yasmin

Sabina Yasmin is a popular singer of Bangladeshi origin. She is renowned in Bangladesh for her patriotic songs as well as her playback singing in Bangladeshi cinema...

| Samar Das

Samar Das

| Sanjeeb Choudhury

Sanjeeb Choudhury

Sanjeeb Choudhury was a Bangladeshi singer, lyricist and journalist. He is one of the two main members of famous Bengali Band Dalchhut with Bappa Mazumder. Sanjeeb was the composer in Dalchhut's four albums and wrote and tuned many songs with his popular voice and has one solo album named...

| Tapan Chowdhury

Tapan Chowdhury (Singer)

Tapan Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi singer. In the beginning of his career in 1970s, he was associated with Souls. Later he started to sing as a solo singer. He is very popular in Bangladesh for his romantic modern songs.-References:...

| Vilayat Khan

Vilayat Khan

Ustad Vilayat Khan was one of India's well known sitar maestros, born in Gauripur in Mymensingh, Bengal...

Educators

Abdul Mannan Choudhury

Dr. Abdul Mannan Choudhury is a former professor of the University of Dhaka, and is the Vice-Chancellor of the World University of Bangladesh.-Education:...

| Ajoy Roy

Ajoy Roy

Ajoy Roy is a retired Professor of Physics at the Dhaka University of Bangladesh, but is best known for his prominent role in the Bangladesh human rights activistm and freethinking...

|Mohammad Ataul Karim

Mohammad Ataul Karim

Professor Mohammad Ataul Karim is a Bangladeshi American scientist and Vice President for Research of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia...

| A. Q. M. Bazlul Karim

A. Q. M. Bazlul Karim

AQM Bazlul Karim was an educationist and soil scientist, born on 1 February 1920 in village Kalma in Lohajang Upazila of Munshiganj District. He passed SSC, HSC and BSc examinations in 1936, 1938 and 1940 respectively...

| Beni Madhab Das

Beni Madhab Das

Beni Madhab Das was an erudite Bengali scholar, a renowned teacher and a great patriot in British India. Subhas Chandra Bose was his student at Ravenshaw Collegiate School and he left an inedible mark in the mind of his young student, as acknowledged in his book Bharat Pathik...

| Govinda Chandra Dev

Govinda Chandra Dev

Govinda Chandra Dev , or G.C. Dev as he is popularly known as, was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dhaka. He was assassinated at the onset of Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 by the Pakistan Army as part of a plan to eliminate the Bangladeshi intelligentsia.-Early life:G.C...

|Mohammad Kaykobad

Mohammad Kaykobad

Mohammad Kaykobad is a computer scientist, educator, author and columnist from Bangladesh. He is one of leading specialists in Information Technology who along with Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, started the national mathematics olympiad...

| Mokarram Hussain Khundker

Mokarram Hussain Khundker

Mokarram Hussain Khundker was a famous Professor of Chemistry of University of Dhaka. The University holds a Memorial Lecture every year named as Khundker Memorial Lecture, to perpetuate the memory of the late Professor. The university also hosts a research chair in memory of this renowned faculty...

| Muhammad Shahidullah

Muhammad Shahidullah

Muhammad Shahidullah , popularly known as Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah was a famous Bengali educationist, writer philologist and linguist.A dormitory in University of Dhaka is named after him .-Early life:...

| Muhammad Siddiq Khan

Muhammad Siddiq Khan

Muhammad Siddiq Khan or M.S. Khan was the librarian of the Central Library of Dhaka University and the founder of the university's department of Library Science...

| Richard William Timm

Richard William Timm

Richard William Timm, CSC, also known as Father Timm or Fr. Timm, is an educator, a zoologist, and an active participant on the works on social development. He is the Superior of the Order of Holy Cross in Dhaka. He is also one of the founders of Notre Dame College in Dhaka, Bangladesh...

| Mohammad Shamsuzzoha

Mohammad Shamsuzzoha

Mohammad Shamsuzzoha was a Bengali educator, and a professor at Rajshahi University. He was the first university teacher in erstwhile East Pakistan who was killed by the Pakistani Military forces at the eve of 1969 revolution movement of East Pakistan, which ultimately turned to Bangladesh...

| Surendranath Dasgupta

Surendranath Dasgupta

Surendranath Dasgupta was a scholar of Sanskrit and philosophy.-Family and Education:Dasgupta was born in Kushtia, Bengal . His ancestral home was in the village Goila in Barisal District. He studied in Ripon College Calcutta and graduated with honours in Sanskrit. Later, he received his Masters...

Economists

Fakhruddin Ahmed

Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed is a noted Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank...

| Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit to help its clients establish creditworthiness and financial self-sufficiency. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen received the Nobel Peace Prize...

| Muzaffar Ahmed | Debapriya Bhattchariya

Debapriya Bhattchariya

Debapriya Bhattacharya is an economist from Bangladesh and the executive director of the CPD, Dhaka.-Life and Education:Debapriya Bhattcharya studied at St. Gregory's High School, Dhaka and Dhaka College, Dhaka. He did his M.Sc. in Economics with distinction. He obtained his Ph.D. from the...

Scientists

Abdullah-Al-Muti

Abdullah-Al-Muti Sharfuddin was a famous Bengali educationist and popular science writer of Bangladesh.-Books:*Eso Bigganer Rajje*Obak Prithibi*Rohosser Shesh Nei*Jana-Ojanar Deshe*Sagorer Rohosshopuri*Biggan O Manush...

| Abed Chaudhury |Mohammad Ataul Karim

Mohammad Ataul Karim

Professor Mohammad Ataul Karim is a Bangladeshi American scientist and Vice President for Research of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia...

| Jagadish Chandra Bose | Jamal Nazrul Islam

Jamal Nazrul Islam

Jamal Nazrul Islam is a Bangladeshi mathematical physicist and cosmologist. He is a professor at Chittagong University and a member of the advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology...

| Naiyyum Choudhury

Naiyyum Choudhury

Dr Naiyyum Choudhury is a biochemist from Bangladesh. He pioneered the development and adoption of the National Biotechnology policy of Bangladesh. He served as the Chairman of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, and also served many important positions in Bangladesh. He was also the IAEA...

| Prafulla Chandra Roy

Prafulla Chandra Roy

Prafulla Chandra Ray was a Indian academician, a chemist and entrepreneur. He was the founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, India's first pharmaceutical company...

| Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda

Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda

Dr.Qudrat-e-Khuda was a Bangladeshi scientist, an educationist and a writer. Born in village Margram of Birbhum district in West Bengal, Qudrat-i-Khuda received his early education from the Margram ME High School and Calcutta Woodburn ME School....

| Richard William Timm

Richard William Timm

| Fazlur Khan

Fazlur Khan

Fazlur Rahman Khan was a Bangladeshi born architect and structural engineer. He is a central figure behind the "Second Chicago School" of architecture, and is regarded as the "Father of tubular design for high-rises"...

| M A Wazed Miah

Architects

Muzharul Islam | Fazlur Rahman Khan | Kazi Khalid Ashraf

Kazi Khalid Ashraf

Kazi Khalid Ashraf is a Bangladeshi architect and architectural theorist. He is currently an associate professor of architecture at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He completed his graduation from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, BUET, and post-graduation from MIT, and...

| Rafiq Azam

Rafiq Azam

Mohammad Rafiq Azam is a Bangladeshi architect. He is principal architect of the architecture firm Shatotto, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also a teacher, a lecturer and a painter. Azam has accumulated a number of achievements in architecture and painting...

| Salauddin Ahmed | Bashirul Haq

Bashirul Haq

Bashirul Haq is a Bangladeshi architect. He was born in 1938 at Bhatshala, Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh. He is known for his ideological place-responsive architectural style. He completed his Bachelor of Architecture from National College of Arts, Lahore, Pakistan in 1964. He completed his Master of...

| Saiful Haq

Saiful Haq

Saiful Haq is a Bangladeshi architect and architectural theorist. He is a visiting professor of architecture at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.-Career:...

| Syed Mainul Hossain

Jatiyo Smriti Soudho

Jatiyo Sriti Soudho or National Martyrs' Memorial is a monument in Bangladesh. It is the symbol of the valour and the sacrifice of those killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, which brought the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistani rule. The monument is located in Savar, about...

| Mubasshar Hussein

Mubasshar Hussein

Mubasshar Hussein is a Bangladeshi architect and urban planner. He is the principal architect of Assoconsult Ltd. He is currently the president of Institute of Architects Bangladesh. and the former president of Architects Regional Council, Asia ARCASIA....

Enamul Karim Nirjhar

Enamul Karim Nirjhar is a Bangladeshi architect and film maker. His skills also include photography, writing poetries, stories and lyrics, with graphics designing and involvement in various social and organizational initiatives....

| Yafes Osman

Yafes Osman

Yafes Osman is a Bangladeshi architect and a politician. He is a member of Bangladesh Awami League. Osman is currently a Member of the Parliament and the State Minister for Science and Information and Communication Technology of Government of Bangladesh. He is the son of writer Shawkat...

| Mustapha Khalid Palash

Mustapha Khalid Palash

| Hamidur Rahman

Shaheed Minar

The Shaheed Minar is a national monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established to commemorate those killed during the Language Movement demonstrations of 1952....

| Uttam Kumar Saha | Marina Tabassum | Saleh Uddin

Saleh Uddin

Mohammad Saleh "Badal" Uddin is an American architect, professor, author and artist. His books, published by McGraw-Hill and John Wiley are widely used as graphical communication and design textbooks internationally, and is published in different languages such as English, Chinese and Spanish...

Medical professionals

AFM Alim Chowdhury

AFM Alim Chowdhury was an eminent eye specialist. He was abducted by the Al-Badr militia as part of a plan to kill the renowned intellectuals of the country and was found dead on December 18, at Rayer Bazar.-Early life and career:Alim Chowdhury was born in the village Khoyerpur in...

| Hakim Habibur Rahman

Hakim Habibur Rahman

Hakim Habibur Rahman was an Unani physician, litterateur, journalist, politician and chronicler in early 20th-century Dhaka, Bangladesh....

| Humayra Abedin

Humayra Abedin

Humayra Abedin is a Bangladesh-born doctor of medicine who worked for the National Health Service in the United Kingdom and became a cause celebre after her parents tried to force her into marriage and held her captive until she was freed by court order....

| Mahmudur Rahman Choudhury

Mahmudur Rahman Choudhury

Mahmudur Rahman Choudhury , more commonly known as Major General MR Choudhury, was a medical scientist and physician from Bangladesh who was the Founder Commandant of Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and Transfusion . The Government of Bangladesh awarded him the Independence Day Award, the...

| Mohammed Fazle Rabbee

Mohammed Fazle Rabbee

Dr. Mohammed Fazle Rabbee , was a renowned cardiologist and a published medical researcher. He was the joint professor of Cardiology and Internal Medicine at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. Rabbee was not a man of ordinary intellect...

| Muhammad Ibrahim

Muhammad Ibrahim

Mohammad Ibrahim was a physician from Bangladesh. He was the founder of the Diabetic Association in Dhaka and in Karachi and Lahore, West Pakistan...

| Syed Modasser Ali

Syed Modasser Ali

Syed Modasser Ali FRCS, FRCOpth is an ophthalmic surgeon from Bangladesh and a former Executive Board member of the World Health Organisation. He is the founder of Mojibunnessa Eye Hospital, the first registered eye hospital in Bangladesh...

| Zohra Begum Kazi

Zohra Begum Kazi

Dr. Zohra Begum Kazi was a Bangladeshi physician. She was the first Bengali Muslim female doctor of India .-Early life and family:Dr. Zohra Begum Kazi, was born on October 15, 1912, at Ranjangaon, Madhya Pradesh. Dr. Kazi has been called the Florence Nightingale of Dhaka.Dr...

Social workers

Mahbub Alam Chashi

Mahbub Alam Chashi was a renowned public official and social worker from Bangladesh. He pioneered the Swanirvar Movement, a 'basic need' centred approach to rural upliftment and community development, which attempted to include various groups within the village structure in Bangladesh. Chashi...

| Monira Rahman

Monira Rahman

Monira Rahman worked as secretary/PA to Dr John Morrison OBE who consulted for the Canadian International Development Agency in Dhaka, Bangladesh prior to becoming the founder of the Acid Survivors Foundation, an organization dedicated to raising awareness and preventing acid attacks...

| Nasreen Pervin Huq

Nasreen Pervin Huq

Nasreen Pervin Huq was a prominent women's activist and campaigner for women's rights and social justice. She died in an accident at her home in Dhaka when she was crushed by a vehicle driven by her chauffeur picking her up to go to work as Director of the UKnon-governmental organization Action Aid...

| Ranadaprasad Saha

Ranadaprasad Saha

Ranadaprasad Saha , also known as RP Saha and Ranoda Proshad Shaha, was a famous Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi businessman and philanthropist, who during the Bangladesh Liberation War was picked up from home by the Pakistani army on 7th May 1971 and never returned home.- Early life :Ranada...

| Roquia Sakhawat Hussain | Shilu Abed

Shilu Abed

Shilu Abed was a Bangladeshi pioneer of craftmanship and helped to organize craftsmen. She was the founder of Aarong and served as the chief advisor to Aarong till her untimely death. She had also worked for rehabilitating the artisans and their advancement. She was also a social worker...

| Sultana Kamal

Sultana Kamal

Sultana Kamal is a Bangladeshi human rights worker and politician. She was an adviser to the interim Caretaker government of Bangladesh under chief adviser and president Iajuddin Ahmed. She along with three other advisers resigned after a series of disagreements which included army deployment in...

| Tahrunessa Abdullah

Tahrunessa Abdullah

Tahrunessa Ahmed Abdullah is an author, activist and community leader from Bangladesh. She became famous for her researches and contribution to an uplift in the lives of women in rural Bangladesh through her various levels of involvement with Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development.-Early Life and...

Military

M. A. G. Osmani

General Muhammad Ataul Ghani Osmany, popularly referred to as Bangabir General M.A.G. Osmany was the Commander-in-Chief of Bangladesh Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971...

| Abu Taher

Abu Taher

Lieutenant Colonel Abu Taher a communist and a left-leaning radical activist of the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, responsible for the Soldiers Uprising and the radical breakout that occurred in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh on Nov 7th 1975...

| Khaled Mosharraf

Khaled Mosharraf

Khaled Mosharraf was a Bangladeshi military officer who was a the Sector Commander of BDF Sector 2 and K-Force Brigade Commander during the Bangladesh War of Liberation. He was awarded Bir Uttam for his gallantry actions during the war...

| Nuruddin Khan

Nuruddin Khan

| Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim

Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim

Lieutenant General Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim, Bir Bikrom is a former Chief of the Bangladesh Army. He participated in the Bangladesh Liberation War and was awarded Bir Bikrom for valor by the government in 1971. He was injured in one leg during this war. He was appointed Chief of Army Staff by the...

| Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury

Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury

Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury is a retired Bangladeshi army officer and Lieutenant General of the Bangladesh Army. He became the Chief of Army staff in 2002 and after retirement from the Army, became an adviser of the interim caretaker government in October 2006...

| Moeen U Ahmed

Moeen U Ahmed

General Moeen Uddin Ahmed ndc psc was Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army from 15 June 2005 to 15 June 2009. Previously, he worked as in diplomatic mission in Pakistan as a Defence Attaché, prior to that he served as a UN Peacekeeper in United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda.General...

Chess

Niaz Morshed

Niaz Murshed is a renowned chess player from Bangladesh. He is the first Grandmaster to emerge from South Asia.-Early life:...

| Rani Hamid

Rani Hamid

Rani Hamid is a chess player from Bangladesh. Hamid was born Sayeda Jasimunnessa Khatun in Sylhet, Bangladesh. She was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master title in 1985...

| Reefat Bin-Sattar

Reefat Bin-Sattar

Reefat Bin-Sattar is a chess player from Bangladesh and the third grandmaster to emerge from the country.An International Master since 1993, Bin-Sattar finally achieved the International Grandmaster title in 2006, when his FIDE rating reached the 2500 level required. All three of his qualifying...

| Ziaur Rahman

Ziaur Rahman (chess player)

Ziaur Rahman is a chess player from Bangladesh and the second Grandmaster of the country after Niaz Morshed.He passed his SSC from Government Laboratory High School & gratuated from University of Dhaka....

| Abdullah Al Rakib

Abdullah Al Rakib

Abdullah Al-Rakib is a Bangladeshi chess player. On September 25, 2007 he became the 4th grandmaster from Bangladesh. Rakib should have had his recognition after April at the Board meeting of FIDE. According to Bangladesh Chess Federation, it was a misunderstanding that caused the delay...

Cricket

List of Bangladeshi cricketers | Abdur Razzak | Aftab Ahmed

Aftab Ahmed

Aftab Ahmed Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a right hand batsman and right arm medium bowler.- Early life :...

| Akram Khan

Akram Khan (cricketer)

Mohammad Akram Hussain Khan , known as Akram Khan, is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 8 Tests and 44 ODIs from 1988 to 2003. He captained Bangladesh in 15 of his ODIs. A hard hitting middle order batsman, Akram played first class cricket for Chittagong Division.Akram Khan was part of...

| Alok Kapali

Alok Kapali

Alok Kapali is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is an allrounder who bats in the middle to lower order and bowls leg spin with a run-up similar to that of Shane Warne. He is the only Bangladeshi cricket player to take a Test hat-trick.-Test career:Kapali made his Test debut in 2002, against Sri...

| Al Sahariar

Al Sahariar

Mohammad Al-Sahariar , also known as Al-Sahariar Rokon, is a Bangladeshi Test and one-day cricketer. Al-Sahariar was one of the original eleven Bangladeshi Test cricketers, having made his debut in the first Test played by that country...

| Aminul Islam

Aminul Islam

Aminul Islam Bulbul is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played in 13 Tests and 39 ODIs from 1988 to 2002.Aminul scored the first hundred for the Bangladesh cricket team when Bangladesh played their first Test against India...

| Athar Ali Khan

Athar Ali Khan

Athar Ali Khan is a former Bangladeshi cricketer. A tall right-handed batsman , he played 19 one-day internationals scoring 532 runs at an average of 29.55 with a highest score of 82. Throughout the '80s Athar played as a middle order batsman, batting mostly at No. 4 or 5...

| Ehsanul Haque

Ehsanul Haque

Ehsanul Haque is a Bangladeshi cricketer.Haque was part of the Bangladesh team that took part in Under-19 World Cup in 1998. When the Green Delta National Cricket League was given First Class status in 2000 he appeared for Chittagong in the first round of matches, this was therefore his first...

| Enamul Haque Jr

Enamul Haque Jr

Enamul Haque , known as Enamul Haque jr to distinguish him from Enamul Haque, who also played for Bangladesh, but was not related to him, is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He currently plays for his home team, Sylhet Division....

| Faisal Hossain

Faisal Hossain

Faisal Hossain is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He played international cricket for Bangladesh in 2004, one Test match and four One Day Internationals without establishing himself in the side. After poor performances at international level, Hossain drifted out of the international squad. He represents...

| Farhad Reza

Farhad Reza

Farhad Reza is a Bangladeshi cricketer who made his One Day International debut against Zimbabwe in July 2006 and is the only batsman from Bangladesh to score a half century on debut. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and right arm fast-medium pace bowler and played domestic cricket for...

| Habibul Bashar

Habibul Bashar

Qazi Habibul Bashar is a Bangladeshi cricketer, and the former captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team. Under the managership of Davenell Frederick 'Dav' Whatmore, he has been found to be the most successful captain to lead the Bangladesh team to overcome several milestones. The first test...

| Hasibul Hossain

Hasibul Hossain

Mohammad Hasibul Hossain , known as Hasibul Hossain, played five Tests and 32 one-day internationals for Bangladesh....

| Javed Omar

Javed Omar

Mohammad Javed Omar Belim is a Bangladeshi cricketer who has played Tests and ODI cricket since 1995.On his Test debut in April 2001, he carried his bat for 85 not out becoming only the third player in history to achieve this on debut. The 29 year old opener has gained a reputation for being able...

| Khaled Mahmud

Khaled Mahmud

Khaled Mahmud is a former Bangladeshi cricketer. A medium-pace bowler and middle-order batsman, he played international cricket for Bangladesh from 1998 to 2006, captaining the team from 2003 to 2004....

| Khaled Mashud

Khaled Mashud

Khaled Mashud is a Bangladeshi cricketer. A wicketkeeper and more than a useful middle order batsman, he was a regular member of the national team between 1995-2007. Bangladeshi coach Dav Whatmore has gone so far as to claim Mashud as the best wicketkeeper in Asia.-Early Days:Mashud played for...

| Mohammad Ashraful

Mohammad Ashraful

Mohammad Ashraful is a Bangladeshi international cricket player and has represented the Bangladesh national cricket team. A top-order batsman with a penchant for flashy strokeplay, he has also been selected to represent ACC Asia XI ODI side...

| Mohammad Rafique

Mohammad Rafique

Mohammed Rafique is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is the leading wicket-taker for Bangladesh in Test matches.-International career:...

| Manjural Islam Rana

Manjural Islam Rana

Manjural Islam Rana , also known as Qazi Manjural Islam, was a Bangladeshi cricketer who played six Tests and 25 One Day Internationals for Bangladesh. Born in Khulna, Rana was a slow left arm orthodox bowler...

| Mashrafe Mortaza

Mashrafe Mortaza

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He broke into the national side in late 2001 against Zimbabwe and represented Bangladesh before having played a single first-class match...

| Mosharraf Hossain

Mosharraf Hossain

Khondaker Mosharraf Hossain is a First class and List A cricketer from Bangladesh. He was born on 20 November 1981 in Dhaka and is a left-handed batsman and slow left arm orthodox bowler. He is sometimes known by his nickame Rubel. Making his debut in 2001/02 he has appeared for Dhaka Division...

| Mushfiqur Rahman

Mushfiqur Rahman

Mushfiqur Rahman is a Bangladeshi cricketer who played ten Tests and 28 One Day Internationals for Bangladesh between 2000 and 2004. Rahman has not been in the frame for international selection since he toured England with the Bangladesh A team in 2005, but continues to play first class cricket...

| Naimur Rahman

Naimur Rahman

Naimur Rahman Durjoy is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He played 8 Tests and 29 ODI matches for Bangladesh.A right arm offspinner, Rahman was a member of Bangladesh's 1997 ICC Trophy winning side....

| Nafees Iqbal

Nafees Iqbal

Mohammad Nafees Iqbal Khan , better known as Nafees Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, and a right-arm medium pace bowler...

| Nazmul Hossain

Nazmul Hossain

Mohammad Nazmul Hossain is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He was born in Habiganj, Bangladesh.Hossain was part of the 13-man Bangladesh squad that played in the 2010 Asian Games in late November. They played Afghanistan in the final and won by five wickets, securing the country's first gold medal at the...

| Rajin Saleh

Rajin Saleh

Khondokar Mohammad Rajin Saleh Alam is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He was the twelfth man of the inaugural Test that Bangladesh played against India on November 10, 2000. He then spent three years out of the national squad. He made his Test debut against Pakistan in 2003 when they made a trip to...

| Shakib Al Hasan

Shakib Al Hasan

Shakib Al Hasan is a Bangladeshi international cricketer of the national team. He is an all-rounder, batting left-handed in the middle order and bowling slow left-arm orthodox. He represented Bangladesh at under-19 level, 18 Youth One Day Internationals between 2005 and 2006...

| Shahadat Hossain

Shahadat Hossain

Kazi Shahadat Hossain is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He made his Test debut in 2005 during Bangladesh's first tour of England. When he came onto the international scnene he was cited by then coach Dav Whatmore as the fastest bowler in the team. The following year, Hossain made his One Day...

| Shahriar Nafees

Shahriar Nafees

-Career Story:Nafees, a left-handed opening batsman, first played in the national team in Bangladesh's maiden English Tour . Nafees scored his maiden first-class century, as well as his first in Tests, at Fatullah in April 2006 against Australia. He scored his maiden one-day hundred against...

| Sanwar Hossain

Sanwar Hossain

Sanwar Hossain is a Bangladeshi cricketer.-External links:*...

| Syed Rasel

Syed Rasel

Syed Rasel is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a left-handed medium-fast swing bowler who came up through the ranks of the under-19s, to the Bangladesh A team, to the full Bangladesh team, while playing for Khulna Division....

| Tareq Aziz

Tareq Aziz

Tareq Aziz is a Bangladeshi cricketer.He got off to a great start in his international career taking 3/19 in his debut at his hometown Chittagong in January 2002. Unfortunately there was not much to follow this success. His three Test matches brought him just one wicket for 261 runs...

| Tapash Baisya

Tapash Baisya

Tapash Baisya is a Bangladeshi cricketer. Tapash Baisya is one of Bangladesh's best pace bowlers to date, having taken 36 Test wickets, although they have come at a bowling average of nearly 60. Nevertheless, he has taken the third-most wickets of any Bangladeshi fast bowler, behind Mashrafe...

| Tushar Imran

Tushar Imran

Sheikh Tushar Imran is a cricketer from Bangladesh who has represented his country in 4 Test matches and 37 One Day International...

| Wahidul Gani

Wahidul Gani

Wahidul Gani is a former Bangladeshi cricketer who played in one ODI in 1988 and coach who is mostly regarded for his coaching to the young and talented cricketers.-Playing career:Wahidul Gani was a right arm leg spin bowler and a lower order batsman...

Football

Kaiser Hamid

Kaiser Hamid is a Bangladeshi soccer player. He gained fame in the 1980s and 1990s as a central defender for Mohammedan Sporting Club in Dhaka's domestic league. His imposing height and mass of curly hair made him instantly recognizable on the soccer pitch, and he was a darling of Mohammedan fans...

| Kazi Salahuddin

Kazi Salahuddin

Kazi Salahuddin is a Bangladeshi former football player. He was a member of the Swadhin Bangla Football Dal, the team which played across India to raise funds during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971...

| Sabbir

Sabbir

Syed Rumman Bin Wali Shabbir, is a former Bangladeshi footballer and Cadre. He played for Mohammedan Sporting Club in the Dhaka domestic league during the 1980s and 1990s....

| Sayeed Hassan Kanan

Sayeed Hassan Kanan

Sayeed Hassan Kanan is a former Bangladeshi footballer. He played as a goalkeeper for leading Dhaka club Mohammedan Sporting Club during the 1980s and 1990s. At his peak, he was the finest goalkeeper in the country, and he represented Bangladesh at the national level numerous times. Since his...

| Sheikh Aslam

Sheikh Aslam

Mohammad Aslam , popularly known as Aslam, is a former Bangladeshi footballer. He played as a specialist striker and was one of the most lethal marksmen in the Dhaka domestic league during the 1980s and 1990s. He gained his greatest fame while playing for Abahani Krira Chakra, one of Dhaka's two...

Other Professional

A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed

A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed is a historian from the Indian subcontinent.-Education:Salahuddin Ahmed was educated at the renowned Presidency College, Kolkata, where his paternal grandfather Moulvi Ahmed, maternal grandfather Azizul Haque,and his father, Abu Ahmed Faizul Mohi also studied...

| Ayub Quadri

Ayub Quadri

Ayub Quadri , was an advisor for the ministries of Education and Cultural Affairs to the interim Government of Bangladesh that assumed power on January 11, 2007...

| Bibi Russell

Bibi Russell

Bibi Russell is a fashion designer and former international model from Bangladesh. Born in Chittagong, Bangladesh, she studied in London College of Fashion, earning a graduate degree in 1975. In the next five years, she worked as a model for different magazines including Vogue, Cosmopolitan and...

| Enayet Karim

Enayet Karim

Enayet Karim was a Bangladeshi diplomat who died aged forty seven while he was Foreign Secretary of the country. A brilliant student in his youth, Karim secured the first position in Matriculation examination and later studied economics at University of Dhaka. After a brief teaching career with...

| Fazlur Khan

Fazlur Khan

| Iqbal Quadir

Iqbal Quadir

Iqbal Z. Quadir , founder of Gonofone and Grameenphone. He is currently the Founder and Director of the Legatum at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and member of Advisory Board at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology...

| Mazharul Islam

Mazharul Islam

Muzharul Islam FAIA is a Bangladeshi architect. He is the pioneer of architecture and Bengali modernism in Bangladesh. Islam's style and influence dominated the architectural scene in Bangladesh in the 1960s and 70s, along with major US architects he brought to work in Dhaka...

| Zafrullah Chowdhury

Zafrullah Chowdhury

Zafrullah Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi public health activist. He is the founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra , a rural healthcare organization. Dr...

Joinal hajari

Terrorists

Bangla Bhai

Siddique ul-Islam , known popularly as Bangla Bhai , also known as Aziz ur-Rahman Azizur Rôhman, was a Bangladeshi terrorist and the military commander of the Al Qaeda affiliated radical pseudo-Islamist organization Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh , known in popular usage as...

| Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh

Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh

Jāgrātā Muslim Jānātā Bānglādesh , also known by the acronym JMJB, is an Islamist organisation based in Bangladesh, especially around the country's north-western region. The Government of Bangladesh has classified JMJB as a terrorist organisation...

| Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh

Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh

Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen was a Islamist organisation operating in Bangladesh...

| Shaykh Abdur Rahman

Shaykh Abdur Rahman

Shaykh Abdur Rahman, also known as Abdur Rahman Shaykh, was the spiritual leader and the administrative head of the banned terrorist organization Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh ....

Fictional

Himu

Himu is a popular fictional character created by the popular Bangladeshi writer Humayun Ahmed who appears in a disjunct series of novels.-Naming:...

| Masud Rana

Masud Rana

Masud Rana is a fictional character created in 1966 by writer Qazi Anwar Hussain, who featured him in over 400 novels. Hussain created the adult spy-thriller series Masud Rana, at first modeled after James Bond, but expanded widely. So far 413 books have been published in this series which has...

| Misir Ali

Misir Ali

Misir Ali is a very popular fictional detective , the protagonist and a renowned extra-ordinary psychologist in a series of novels by leading Bangladeshi author and playwright, Humayun Ahmed....

| Tin Goyenda

Tin Goyenda

Tin Goyenda is a very popular and one of the most famous series of juvenile detective novels published in Bangladesh by Sheba Prokashoni. It is actually a Bengali remake of the famous English series The Three Investigators by Robert Arthur. Rakib Hassan started this famous series and later...

| Tokai

Tokai (cartoon character)

Tokai , the longest survived cartoon character of Bangladesh, is a creation of Rafiqun Nabi or Ronobi, as he is widely known. Tokai, a street urchin of age below ten, is not only a character, it is a phenomenon in Bangladesh, acting as a witty outlet of the feelings of the people about current...

Armed forces

Military of Bangladesh

| Bangladesh Air Force

Bangladesh Air Force

The Bangladesh Air Force , is the air arm of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. Bangladesh Air Force currently employs more than 22,000 personnel including 600+ Pilots.-History:...

| Bangladesh Army

Bangladesh Army

The Bangladesh Army is the land forces branch and the largest of the three uniformed service of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to provide necessary forces and capabilities in support of Bangladesh's security and defense strategies including defense of the nation's...

| Bangladesh Infantry Regiment

Bangladesh Infantry Regiment

The Bangladesh Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Bangladesh Army. It was raised in 2001 as the second combat regiment after the legendary East Bengal Regiment. The regiment was raised initially by transferring units of the East Bengal Regiment to the new regimental centre, before its...

| Bangladesh Police

Bangladesh Police

The Bangladesh Police is the main law enforcement agency of Bangladesh. It is administered under the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh. It plays a crucial role in maintaining peace and enforcement of law and order within the whole of Bangladesh...

| Bangladesh Military Academy

Bangladesh Military Academy

Bangladesh Military Academy is the prestigious training institute for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Bhatiary, near Chittagong HIll Tracts, in the Chittagong District of south-east Bangladesh. The Academy is nestled on the slopes of the Sitakunda hill ranges and also...

| Bangladesh Navy

Bangladesh Navy

The Bangladesh Navy is the naval arm of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. At present the navy is mostly limited to coastal patrolling, however it is implementing an ambitious procurement and expansion program to ensure the security of Bangladesh's maritime boundary...

| Border Guard Bangladesh | Dhaka Cantonment

Dhaka Cantonment

Dhaka Cantonment is a cantonment located in the northern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The headquarters of Bangladesh Army, Navy and Air Force are situated within this cantonment...

| East Bengal Regiment

East Bengal Regiment

-History:The East Bengal Regiment was formed in 1948 following Pakistan's creation from the Partition of British Raj in South Asia. As part of the agreement, the Muslim population of what was previously known as British Empire in South Asia were given their own state of Pakistan, made up of West...

| Rapid Action Battalion

Rapid Action Battalion

Rapid Action Battalion or RAB is an elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of Bangladesh Police constituted amending the Armed Police Battalion Ordinance, 1979. Under the command of Inspector General of Police it consists of members of Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy,...

| Bogra Cantonment

Bogra Cantonment

Bogra Cantonment is a cantonment located in Bogra, a northern district of Bangladesh. Among the 16 other cantonments of the Military of Bangladesh Bogra Cantonment is very important. The Armoured Corps Center & School , and the Non Commissioned Officers Academy of Bangladesh Armed Forces are...

Buildings

Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban

Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban, the National Assembly of Bangladesh, is the Jatiyo Sangshad Building of Bangladesh, located in the capital Dhaka. It was created by architect Louis Kahn and is one of the largest legislative complexes in the world...

| Ahsan Manzil

Ahsan Manzil

Ahsan Manzil was the official residential palace and seat of the Dhaka Nawab Family. This magnificent building is situated at Kumartoli along the banks of the Buriganga River in Bangladesh. The construction of this palace was started in the year 1859 and was completed in 1869. It is constructed in...

| Dhaka Central Jail

Dhaka Central Jail

Dhaka Central Jail is the largest jail in Bangladesh, located in the old section of Dhaka, the country's capital. The jail has been used to house criminals as well as political prisoners, especially during the Language Movement of 1952, the 6 Point Movement, and the Bangladesh Liberation War....

| Hoseni Dalan

Hoseni Dalan

]]]Hoseni Dalan, also spelt Husaini Dalan, is a Shia shrine in the old part of the Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was built in the 17th century during the Mughal era...

| Curzon Hall

Curzon Hall

Curzon Hall is part of the school of science of the University of Dhaka. With its significance in education during the post independence era of Bangladesh as well as afterwards, it has become an emblem of educational tradition of the country.-History:...

| Lalbagh Fort | Bashundhara City

Bashundhara City

Bashundhara City is a shopping mall located in Dhaka, Bangladesh with a rotunda architecture. . Opened to the public on 6 August 2004, the mall is located at Panthapath, near Karwan Bazar, in Dhaka city...

| Taj Mahal Bangladesh

Taj Mahal Bangladesh

Taj Mahal Bangladesh is a copy of the original Taj Mahal located 10 miles east of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka in Sonargaon. Unlike the original, work on the building took only five years and reportedly cost its wealthy owner USD $58 million...

Stadiums

Bangabandhu National Stadium

Bangabandhu National Stadium, also known as Dhaka Stadium, and formerly known as Dacca Stadium is the national stadium and a multipurpose sports arena in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located in the Motijheel area in the heart of the city...

| Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium | MA Aziz Stadium

MA Aziz Stadium

MA Aziz Stadium is the main stadium in use in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The local cricket and football teams play there. Its total capacity is 20,000. On a historical note, this stadium was used as headquarters during the war for independence in 1971...

Temples, churches and pagodas

Church of Bangladesh

The Church of Bangladesh is a church of the Anglican Communion in Bangladesh. It is a united church formed by the union of various Christian churches in the region.The Church of Bangladesh came into being as the outcome of the separation from Pakistan...

| Dhakeshwari Temple

Dhakeshwari Temple

Dhakeshwari National Temple is a famous Hindu temple in Dhaka, Bangladesh and is state-owned, giving it the distinction of Bangladesh's "National Temple". The name "Dhakeshwari" means "Goddess of Dhaka". The temple is located southwest of the Salimullah Hall of Dhaka University...

| Kantajew Temple | Ramna Kali Mandir

Ramna Kali Mandir

The Ramna Kali Mandir , also known as the Ramna Kalibari was one of the most famous Hindu temples of the Indian subcontinent...

| Somapura Mahavihara

Somapura Mahavihara

| Temple of King Kangsa Narayan

Temple of King Kangsa Narayan

The Temple of King Kangsa Narayan is situated at the northern part of Bangladesh. It is in Rajshahi's Tahirpur, where, legend state that the Durga Puja of the Hindu community was performed for the first time in the Indian subcontinent....

Education

Academic grading in Bangladesh

-Discrimination in Result:The 2001 and 2003 batch are really in dilemma with their result, they can't convert their result in grading system nor division system. The number of student got A+ or GPA 5.0 in 2001 was only 76 but it exceed to 41,797 in 2008 result. And same discrimination found in 2003...

| Education in Bangladesh

Education in Bangladesh

The educational system in Bangladesh is three-tiered and highly subsidized. The government of Bangladesh operates many schools in the primary, secondary, and higher secondary levels. It also subsidizes parts of the funding for many private schools...

| University Grants Commission (Bangladesh)

University Grants Commission (Bangladesh)

The University Grants Commission of Bangladesh was established on 16 December 1972. It was created according to the Presidential Order of the Government of People's Republic of Bangladesh.-Purpose:...

Universities

List of universities in Bangladesh | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology or BUET as it is commonly known, is a Public Engineering University in Bangladesh. It is the oldest Engineering institution in the region, and is regarded as the best university for technological education in Bangladesh...

| National University

National University

National University may refer to:*National University *National University *National Universities in Argentina*National University of Ireland*Australian National UniversitySee also:*National Universities...

| Shanto Mariam University of Creative Technology

Shanto Mariam University of Creative Technology

Shanto-Mariam University of Creative Technology or SMUCT is a private university established in 2003 under the Private University Act 1992. The university is located at Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was named after Md...

| American International University-Bangladesh

American International University-Bangladesh

American International University-Bangladesh ' is a private research university located at Banani in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1994 by Anwarul Abedin under the Private University Act, 1992. The university is an independent organization with its own Board of Trustees. It offers...

| East West University

East West University

East West University is a private university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1996 by the Private University Act, 1992 by Dr. Mohammed Farashuddin...

| Independent University, Bangladesh

Independent University, Bangladesh

Independent University, Bangladesh or IUB is a private university in Bangladesh. It has two campuses, one at Dhaka and other at Chittagong.Its main campus is in Bashundhara, Dhaka...

| International Islamic University, Chittagong

International Islamic University, Chittagong

The International Islamic University Chittagong is a private university located in the second-largest city of Bangladesh, Chittagong. It was founded in 1995 under the Private Universities Act of 1992 . Islamic University Chittagong Trust is the founder organization of this university. IIUC is...

| BRAC University

BRAC University

BRAC University is a private university in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The university was established by BRAC in 2001 under the Private University Act 1992. BRAC University had its first convocation in January 2006...

| Chittagong University

Chittagong University

The University of Chittagong is a public university situated at the suburban area of Hathazari, Chittagong district, Bangladesh. The university was established in 1966. The campus is at 22 km north to the Chittagong city. It has a shuttle train service from 7:00 AM to 9:30 PM for the...

| Jahangirnagar University

Jahangirnagar University

Jahangirnagar University is a public university of Bangladesh. It is the one and only residential university in the country.The university was established in 1970 by the government of Pakistan by the Jahangirnagar Muslim University Ordinance, 1970. During the first two years, it operated as a...

| Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology

Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology

Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology , formerly named Bangladesh Institute of Technology -Chittagong, is an engineering university in Chittagong, Bangladesh...

| University of Dhaka

University of Dhaka

The University of Dhaka is the oldest university in Bangladesh. It is a multi-disciplinary research university and is among the top universities in the region. Established on July 21, 1921, as per the Government of India Act, 1920, it was modelled on the Universities in England and soon gained...

| Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University

Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University

Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University is a government-financed public university of Bangladesh. This is the largest university of the north Bengal at Rangpur division.-History:...

| Islamic University of Technology

Islamic University of Technology

Islamic University of Technology or IUT is an internationally recognized educational and research institution in Bangladesh. It is regarded as one of the top universities for technical education in Bangladesh...

| Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University

Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University

Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University is a government financed public university of Bangladesh. It is located at Nama para Battala, 1.5 kilometers from Trishal Upazila, some 22 kilometers from Mymensingh district and 100 kilometers from Dhaka....

| Khulna University

Khulna University

Khulna University is one of the public universities in Bangladesh. It is situated at Gollamari, Khulna, Bangladesh, by the river Moyuree, beside the Khulna-Satkhira highway. The academic programs of Khulna University started on 31 August 1991 with only 80 students in four disciplines. Currently,...

| Khulna University of Engineering and Technology | Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University

Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University

Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University is a government financed public university of Bangladesh. It is named after the charismatic, legendary political leader of the country Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani. This University is the first of its kind among the public universities in...

| Noakhali Science and Technology University

Noakhali Science and Technology University

Noakhali Science and Technology University is a newly established public university in the coastal terrain Noakhali of Bangladesh. It is the 27th public university and fifth science and technology university in Bangladesh. Its foundation stone was laid on 11 October 2003 and academic activities...

| North South University

North South University

North South University or NSU is the first government-approved private university of Bangladesh. The university, where the language of instruction is English, offers a number of undergraduate and masters degrees in the fields of Business Administration, Computer Science, Electrical and...

| Patuakhali Science and Technology University

Patuakhali Science and Technology University

Patuakhali Science and Technology University is a government financed public university in Patuakhali, Bangladesh. PSTU has given affiliation to the Barisal Government Veterinary College as its constituent faculty...

| Rajshahi University

Rajshahi University

Rajshahi University or University of Rajshahi is a public university located in Rajshahi, a city in north-western Bangladesh...

| Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology | Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, commonly known by its initials SUST, is a state supported public research university located in Sylhet, Bangladesh. It is the first specialized Science & technology University of the country. The medium of instructions is English...

| University of Asia Pacific (Bangladesh) | Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology

Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology is a private technical university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The university was founded by the Dhaka Ahsania Mission in 1995. Dhaka Ahsania Mission is a non-profit voluntary organization in Bangladesh...

| Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University is the only medical university in Bangladesh. The university offers MD, PhD, MS, MPhil, MDS, Diploma and FCPS Courses. The current vice chancellor is Prof...

| University of Science & Technology Chittagong

University of Science & Technology Chittagong

University of Science & Technology Chittagong is one of the premier private universities in Bangladesh. The university was established with the sponsorship of a private charity on May 13, 1989...

| Asian University of Bangladesh

Asian University of Bangladesh

Asian University of Bangladesh or AUB is a Private, Coeducational university of Bangladesh. It was established on 4 January 1996 by the Private University Act 1992. AUB has four campuses in Uttara, Dhanmondi, Khulna and Rajshahi...

| Primeasia University

Primeasia University

Primeasia University is a private university in HBR Tower, 9 Banani C/A, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh. Primeasia University obtained approval of the University Grants Commission and the government of Bangladesh in October 2003. It is one the few private universities in Bangladesh that has grown rapidly...

| Daffodil International University

Daffodil International University

Daffodil International University or ', a private university located at Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh, was established on 24 January 2002 by the Private University Act 1992. The prime initiative of country’s leading conglomerate Daffodil Group is Daffodil International University. The founder of...

| Shanto Mariam University of Creative Technology

Shanto Mariam University of Creative Technology

Medical colleges

List of medical colleges in Bangladesh | Chittagong Medical College

Chittagong Medical College

Chittagong Medical College is a government medical college in Bangladesh, established in 1957. It is located in the south-eastern port city of Chittagong, and associated with Chittagong University.The Official website of Chittagong Medical College is http://www.cmc.edu.bd/Currently, it admits 180...

| Comilla Medical College

Comilla Medical College

Comilla Medical College is a medical college in Comilla, Bangladesh. It is a government medical college that admits 100 students into the five-year MBBS degree programme. It was established in 1992. As of August 2010, 14 batches have completed their bachelors degrees. Some foreign students are...

| Dhaka Medical College and Hospital

Dhaka Medical College and Hospital

Dhaka Medical College and Hospital , established in 1946 during the British colonial rule, is the top medical college in Bangladesh. Situated at the heart of the city in the academic zone along with University of Dhaka and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka Medical College...

| Dinajpur Medical College

Dinajpur Medical College

Dinajpur Medical College is a government medical college in Bangladesh, established in 1991. It is located in the Dinajpur district of the Rangpur division and associated with Rajshahi University....

| Mymensingh Medical College

Mymensingh Medical College

Mymensingh Medical College is a government medical college in Bangladesh. It is located in the Mymensingh District of the Dhaka Division. Mymensingh Medical Journal, which is Index Medicus/MEDLINE listed, is the official journal of Mymensingh Medical College.-History:During the later part of...

| Rajshahi Medical College

Rajshahi Medical College

Rajshahi Medical College, located in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, is a state-sponsored medical school. It is affliliated with the Rajshahi University.It was established in 1958, the second such institution in erstwhile East Pakistan after Dhaka Medical College...

| Rangpur Medical College

Rangpur Medical College

Rangpur Medical College is one of the major government medical colleges in Bangladesh, located in Rangpur District.-Brief history:To meet the growing needs of modern medicine, the government of East Pakistan established a medical college in Rangpur in 1970 with a 500-bed teaching hospital...

| Sir Salimullah Medical College

Sir Salimullah Medical College

Sir Salimullah Medical College is a government medical college in Bangladesh. It is located in the old part of the capital, Dhaka. It is affiliated with the University of Dhaka. Before 1854 it was a Dutch "kuthi" which was used for business purpose....

| M.A.G. Osmani Medical College, Sylhet | Faridpur Medical College

Faridpur Medical College

Faridpur Medical College is a state-owned medical college in Faridpur District, in central Bangladesh. It is affiliated with the University of Dhaka. The college offers 5 years MBBS degree. The medium of instruction is English language. It enrolls 100 students every year....

Schools

List of schools in Bangladesh | Aga Khan School, Dhaka | Azimpur Girls' High School

Azimpur Girls' High School

Azimpur Girls High School is a secondary and higher secondary school in Azimpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in 1957 by the Welfare Association of Government Employees. In 1999 the school had an enrollment of some 2,700 students and a faculty of 82....

| B A F Shaheen College

B A F Shaheen College

Bangladesh Air Force's Shaheen College, or B A F Shaheen College, is a privatized educational institution run by Bangladesh Air Force; and has the largest primary, secondary and higher secondary student population in Bangladesh.-History:...

| Bangladesh International School

Bangladesh International School

Bangladesh International School, commonly known as BIS, is a private school located in New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is managed by the Bangladesh Army Station Headquarters, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka. The school was established in 1995 to provide affordable and quality educational...

| Baridhara Scholors' Institute | Biroidakuni High School

Biroidakuni High School

Biroidakuni High School is Catholic secondary school founded in 1941 by the Congregation of Holy Cross in the city of Mymensingh in the Bengal region of , now the independent nation of Bangladesh....

| Bogra Zilla School

Bogra Zilla School

Bogra Zilla School is the oldest high school in the Bogra district of Bangladesh and one of the top-ranked schools in the country. It provides education from class three to class ten . It was a private English medium school before becoming a public school.-History:Bogra Zilla School was...

|Brother Andre High School (Noakhali)

Brother Andre High School (Noakhali)

"Brother Andre High School" is a Catholic Secondary High School located at West Badaripur, Noakhali, Bangladesh.It is named after blessed Andre Bessette a 20th century Catholic brother in Montreal, responsible for the construction of the Saint Joseph's Oratory.Established in 1939 as "Brother Andre...

| Chittagong Collegiate School

Chittagong Collegiate School

The Chittagong Collegiate School is a secondary school in Chittagong, the southern port city in Bangladesh. Established in 1836, it is one of the oldest schools in the country.The headmaster of the school is Mohammad Aziz Uddin.-History:...

| Chittagong Government High School

Chittagong Government High School

Chittagong Government High School is a secondary school in Chittagong city, in south-eastern Bangladesh. It is located in College road, beside Chittagong College. This school is nationally famous in Bangladesh and one of the oldest and best schools in Chittagong Division.-History:It was established...

| Daulatpur Mohsin High School

Daulatpur Mohsin High School

Daulatpur Mohsin High School is a high school located in Daulatpur, Khulna District, in southern Bangladesh. It was established in 1867 and is the oldest high school in the Khulna district....

| Dawood Public School

Dawood Public School

Dawood Public School, located in Jessore Cantonment, is a famous educational institution in Bangladesh. The school was established in colonial era by the famous industrialist Daud family...

| Dhaka Collegiate School

Dhaka Collegiate School

Dhaka Collegiate School is a secondary school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest school in Dhaka and one of the oldest and prestigious institutions in the country for more than a century.-History:...

| Dhanmondi Govt Boys' High School

Dhanmondi Government Boys' High School

Dhanmondi Govt. Boys’ High School, commonly known as Dhanmondi Boys with the acronym DGBHS; is a public educational institution located at the intersection of Mirpur Road and Manik Miah Avenue in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh....

| Dhaka Residential Model College

Dhaka Residential Model College

Dhaka Residential Model College , formerly known as Residential Model School, is a public school in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The school offers education for students ranging from third grade to twelfth grade...

| Dhanmondi Tutorial

Dhanmondi Tutorial

Dhanmondi Tutorial, commonly known as DT, is a private, English-medium educational institution located at Dhamnondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1972, and has multiple campuses....

| Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' School

Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' School

Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' High School is a school in Chittagong city, Bangladesh. It is located near Jamal Khan in the central part of the city. It was established by Annadacharan Khastagir, a pioneer in women's education in Chittagong, in late 18th century CE.The school is one of the top...

| Government Laboratory High School

Government Laboratory High School

The Government Laboratory High School is a school located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Govt. Lab. was established on 3 September 1961...

, Dhanmondi Thana

Dhanmondi Thana

Dhanmondi is one of the most crowded planned areas in Dhaka city. Its origins can be traced back to the late 1950s, beginning as an affluent residential area, and over the decades evolving into a miniature city, where one can find everything from hospitals to malls, schools, banks, offices and...

, Dhaka

Dhaka

| Holy Cross Girls' High School (Dhaka)

Holy Cross Girls' High School (Dhaka)

Holy Cross College is a Catholic institution of higher education located at Tejgaon in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Holy Cross is an intermediate-level college for girls. The college serves students from class 1 to twelfth grade...

| Holy Cross High School (Bandura)

Holy Cross High School (Bandura)

Bandura Holy Cross High School is a Catholic secondary school founded in 1912 by the Congregation of Holy Cross at Bandura in Nababgonj Thana of Dhaka district of Bangladesh...

| Ideal school and college

Ideal school and college

Ideal School & College , also known as Ideal High School or Motijheel Ideal School, is an educational institution in Bangladesh established in 1965. Although initially the school was set up to cater for the need of the children of surrounding areas, currently students studying in the school come...

| Jessore Zilla School

Jessore Zilla School

Jessore Zilla School, established in 1838, is one of the oldest schools in Jessore District, southwest Bangladesh. In 2000 it had some 1,450 students, running in two shifts .History=...

| Motijheel Model High School and College

Motijheel Model High School and College

MOTIJHEEL MODEL HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE estd. in 1980, is one of the prominent schools in Dhaka city. It has 2 branches, main branch is situated beside Kamalapur Railway Station & 2nd branch is situated beside Shajahanpur Fly-over...

| Mariam Ashram High School

Mariam Ashram High School

Mariam Ashram High School is a Catholic secondary school founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1946 in Chittagong, Bangladesh....

| Masjid Mission Academy, Rajshahi

Masjid Mission Academy, Rajshahi

Masjid Mission Academy, Rajshahi is a renowned school in Rajshahi. It is located by the sands of the Padma River.Masjid Mission Academy, Rajshahi started its journey in the year 1981 and it is widely known for the quality of education provided here. The founder principal is Mr. Md. Sirajul Islam....

| Mastermind School

Mastermind School

Mastermind School is a school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It offers English-medium education to students from play group age to grade 12, leading to the GCE O-Level and A-Level examinations, held under the University of London External System and the Edexcel examination board. The main buildings are...

| Monipur High School

Monipur High School

Monipur High School & College is a secondary school located in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Monipur High School & College is also known as Monipur Uccha Biddalay Ebong College...

| Nasirabad Government Boys' High School

Nasirabad Government Boys' High School

Nasirabad Government Boys' High School is one of the leading schools in Chittagong district. Established in 1967, this school is located in East Nasirabad region.The school is well known in the sporting arena of Bangladesh in school level...

| Pogose School

Pogose School

Pogose School was established in Dhaka in 12th June, 1848, as the first private school of the country by JG Nicholas Pogose, who was an ex-student of Dhaka Collegiate School, a leader of the Armenian community of Dhaka, a merchant and a Zamindar. At present it is located at Chittaranjan Avenue...

Rajshahi Collegiate School

Rajshahi Collegiate School is the first modern school of Bengal and one of the oldest schools of the Indian Subcontinent. It is located in the center of Rajshahi, a city in northern Bangladesh.-History:...

| Rangpur Zilla School

Rangpur Zilla School

Rangpur Zila School is a school located in Rangpur District, Bangladesh. It is one of the earliest schools established in Bengal....

| Saint Joseph School of Industrial Trades (Dhaka)

Saint Joseph School of Industrial Trades (Dhaka)

St. Joseph School of Industrial Trades is a Catholic secondary trade school founded in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1954 by the Congregation of Holy Cross....

| Saint Nicholas High School

Saint Nicholas High School

Saint Nicholas High School is Catholic secondary school founded in 1920 by the Congregation of Holy Cross in Nagori, in Bengal, now the independent nation of Bangladesh....

| Scholastica School

Scholastica school

Scholastica is a private English immersion school in Dhaka, Bangladesh, offering preschool to A-level courses.-History:Scholastica was set up in 1977 in response to the need for an organized school leaving course using English as the medium of instruction but emphasizing equal proficiency in Bangla...

| St Gregory's School (Dhaka)

St Gregory's School (Dhaka)

St. Gregory's High School is a Catholic High School founded in Dhaka, British India, in 1882 by Father Gregory de Groote, a Belgian Benedictine priest & ex-student of Dhaka Collegiate School. The school, located on Subhas Bose Avenue of Luxmibazar neighborhood of old Dhaka, was named after Pope...

| St. Joseph Higher Secondary School (Dhaka)

St. Joseph Higher Secondary School (Dhaka)

St. Joseph High School and College is a Catholic secondary school at 97, Asad Avenue, Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1954 as the "St. Joseph English Medium School" in 16 Monir Hossain Lane, Narinda in the current old part of Dhaka by the Congregation of Holy Cross missionaries, the...

| Sunbeams School

Sunbeams School

Sunbeams School is a private school located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was one of the first schools to establish English as the medium of instruction in Bangladesh. Up until 1994 the school provided education through Grade 5, but Sunbeams is now conducting 'A' Level exams as well.Sunbeams School was...

| Sylhet Blue Bird High School and College

Sylhet Blue Bird High School and College

Sylhet Blue Bird High School and College is a secondary and higher secondary school in Sylhet, Bangladesh.Est. – 1961Mirer Maidan, Subid Bazar, Sylhet.-History of Blue Bird School:...

| Udayan High School

Udayan High School, Bangladesh

Udayan Higher secondary School Dhaka, formerly known as Udayan Bidyalaya, a reputed school of Bangladesh, established in 1955 by the University of Dhaka within its campus as a kindergarten named Dhaka English Preparatory School. The university first allotted a small piece of land and two sheds...

| Viqarunnisa Noon School

Viqarunnisa Noon School

Viqarunnisa Noon School is an all-girls school in Bailey Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh; it has about 10,000 students and links with the history of the entire South Asian subcontinent.- History :...

| Willes Little Flower School

Willes Little Flower School

Willes Little Flower School and College is one of the first English medium school in Dhaka, Bangladesh and was established in 1956 by philanthropist Josephine Willes.Current Principal: Lt...

Colleges

B A F Shaheen College

| Brajalal College

Brajalal College

Brajalal College , often known as B L College, is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Bangladesh. It is located in Khulna, a major metropolis of the country....

| Brojomohun College | Chittagong College

Chittagong College

Chittagong College is a well-respected college in Bangladesh. It is also the second college established in Bangladesh after Dhaka College. Having started out as Chittagong District school in 1836, it was upgraded to an Intermediate college in 1869. It started providing science education in...

| Dhaka City College

Dhaka City College

Dhaka City Collge is one of the oldest colleges in Bangladesh located at Dhanmondi,kudrat-e-khuda road in Dhaka city. It offers HSC, three years bachelor's and four years honour's course in various majors...

| Dhaka College

Dhaka College

, located in Dhaka, is one of Bangladesh's earliest and most prestigious higher educational institutions. It offers both four years bachelor's and one years masters course in various majors, but it is best known for HSC...

| Dhaka Residential Model College

Dhaka Residential Model College

| Murari Chand College

Murari Chand College

Murari Chand University College was the first college in Sylhet. It was established in 1892. Since then it has been playing important role in the education, cultural, and political spheres of greater Sylhet.- History :...

| SOS Hermann Gmeiner College

SOS Hermann Gmeiner College

SOS Hermann Gmeiner College is a higher secondary college in Mirpur 13, Dhaka, Bangladesh. SOS Hermann Gmeiner College Dhaka is an education projects of SOS Children's Villages in Bangladesh. SOS Children's Villages is active in 132 countries and territories worldwide...

| Notre Dame College (Dhaka)

Notre Dame College (Dhaka)

Notre Dame College or NDC is a higher secondary degree college affiliated to the National University. It is situated in Dhaka, Bangladesh and is administrated by the Congregation of Holy Cross, Society of Priests....

| Rajshahi College

Rajshahi College

Rajshahi College is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Bangladesh. Established in 1873 in Rajshahi city, it is said to be the third oldest college in Bangladesh after Dhaka College and Chittagong College. Rajshahi College was the first institution in the territories now...

| Eden Girls' College | Government Hazi Mohammad Mohshin College

Government Hazi Mohammad Mohshin College

Government Hazi Mohammad Mohshin College is a government college in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The college is named after Muhammad Mohsin, the 19th century philanthropist....

| Government Saadat College

Government Saadat College

Government Saadat College is a public college in Bangladesh. It is often referred to as Karatia College. It was established in July 1926...

| Carmichael College

Carmichael College

Carmichael College is an eminent educational institution in Rangpur, Bangladesh. It was established in 10th of November, 1916 and was named after Thomas David Baron Carmichael of Skirling.-External links:*...

| Savar Model College

Savar Model College

Savar Model College is a Higher Secondary Educational Institution. It is located near Dhaka, in Savar Upazila....

Cadet Colleges

Barisal Cadet College

Barisal Cadet College , is a military high school in Rahmatpur, Babuganj, Bangladesh. It is located 12 km from Barisal, beside the Dhaka Barisal highway.-History:...

| Comilla Cadet College

Comilla Cadet College

-History:Comilla Cadet College was founded near Moinamoti Bouddha-bihar in Kotbari, Comilla on 1 July 1983. It was the most recent of the ten cadet colleges until the establishment of two girls' cadet colleges in Feni and Jaipurhat. Like the other five post-Bangladesh Liberation War cadet...

| Faujdarhat Cadet College

Faujdarhat Cadet College

Faujdarhat Cadet College, is a selective high school , modeled after public schools in the UK , financed partially by the Bangladesh Army, located at Faujdarhat, near Chittagong, in Bangladesh....

| Feni Girls Cadet College

Feni Girls Cadet College

Feni Girls Cadet College is a military high school for girls, located in Feni District, Bangladesh. Cadet colleges are autonomous residential institutions that impart an all round education to the young learners of the secondary and higher secondary level...

| Jhenaidah Cadet College

Jhenaidah Cadet College

Jhenidah Cadet College is an English version military boarding school, located in the outskirts of Jhenaidah in Bangladesh.It is one of twelve cadet colleges of Bangladesh.It is one of the best college in Bangladesh....

| Joypurhat Girls Cadet College

Joypurhat Girls Cadet College

Joypurhat Girls' Cadet College is a Military high school for girls, located in Joypurhat District, Bangladesh. It is one of the 3 girls' cadet colleges in Bangladesh. According to the date of establishment it is 3rd among the girls' cadet colleges and 12th and the last among all the cadet...

| Mymensingh Girls Cadet College

Mymensingh Girls Cadet College

Mymensingh Girls' Cadet College is a military high school for girls, located in Mymensingh town, Bangladesh, near Charpara.-History:When Bangladesh and Pakistan were a joined country, Pakistan Military Force established some Cadet Colleges in West Pakistan and some Cadet Colleges in East Pakistan...

| Mirzapur Cadet College

Mirzapur Cadet College

Mirzapur Cadet College is the third oldest and one of the very best cadet colleges of Bangladesh. Like other cadet colleges it follows the national curriculum prescribed by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board and gives special emphasis on extracurricular and co-curricular...

| Pabna Cadet College

Pabna Cadet College

Pabna Cadet College, is a military high school, modeled after public schools in the UK , financed partially by the Bangladesh Army, located at located at Jalalpur, east of Pabna town, Bangladesh.-Overview:...

| Rajshahi Cadet College

Rajshahi Cadet College

Rajshahi Cadet College is a military high school, located in Sardah, Rajshahi.-History:The college was initially named as Ayub Cadet College . It was established in 1966 during the Pakistan period. Pakistani dictator and self-proclaimed Field Marshal Ayub Khan named the institution by his own name...

| Rangpur Cadet College

Rangpur Cadet College

Rangpur Cadet College, is a military high school for boys in Rangpur, Bangladesh having about 300 cadets, 50 in each grade from 7th to 12th.-History:...

| Sylhet Cadet College

Sylhet Cadet College

Sylhet Cadet College is a military high school for boys situated 7 km north to Sylhet divisional City, east to the Osmani Air Port Road, beside Parjatan motel of Sylhet.-History:...

General

Bengali people

| Culture of Bangladesh

Culture of Bangladesh

| Durga Puja

Durga Puja

Durga puja ; দুর্গা পূজা,ଦୁର୍ଗା ପୂଜା,‘Worship of Durga’), also referred to as Durgotsava ; , is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. It refers to all the six days observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Navami and...

| Eid al-Adha | Eid-ul-Fitr

Eid ul-Fitr

Eid ul-Fitr, Eid al-Fitr, Id-ul-Fitr, or Id al-Fitr , often abbreviated to Eid, is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting . Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity," while Fiṭr means "breaking the fast"...

| Nobanno

Nobanno

Nobanno is the festival of harvest in Bengal. The word translates as "New Rice". The festival takes place in the month of Agrohayon or Aghran of the Bangla Calendar. Festivities include making traditional cakes named "pitha"....

| Pohela Boishakh

Religion

Bishwa Ijtema

The Bishwa Ijtema , or is an annual Tablighi Jamaat Islamic movement congregation held at Tongi, Bangladesh by the river Turag. The event focuses on prayers and meditation and does not allow political discussion...

| Buddhism in Bangladesh

Buddhism in Bangladesh

Buddhism is the third largest religion in Bangladesh with about 0.7% of population adhering to Theravada Buddhism. Most of the practiconers are the tribal Jumma people who are found mainly in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, where they constitute about 45% of the area's population.- Demographic Overview...

| Christianity in Bangladesh

Christianity in Bangladesh

Christianity arrived in what is now Bangladesh during the late sixteenth to early seventeenth century AD, through the Portuguese traders and missionaries. Christians account for approximately 0.3% of the total population. Christianity's first contact with the Indian subcontinent is attributed to...

| Hinduism in Bangladesh

Hinduism in Bangladesh

Hinduism is the second largest religious affiliation in Bangladesh, covering more than 9.2% of the population, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics...

| Islam in Bangladesh

Islam in Bangladesh

Islam is the largest religion of Bangladesh, the Muslim population is approximately 148.6 million, which is the third largest Muslim population in the world, constituting 90.4% of the total population as of 2010. Religion has always been a strong part of identity, but this has varied at different...

| Roman Catholicism in Bangladesh

Roman Catholicism in Bangladesh

There are approximately 211,159 Catholics in Bangladesh and the country is divided into six dioceses including one archdiocese. The Catholic Bishop's Conference of Bangladesh, founded in 1971, is the General Body of the Ordinaries of Bangladesh...

Literature

Bengali literature

Bengali literature is literary works written in Bengali language particularly from Bangladesh and the Indian provinces of West Bengal and Tripura. The history of Bengali literature traces back hundreds of years while it is impossible to separate the literary trends of the two Bengals during the...

| Bengali poetry

Bengali poetry

Bengali poetry is a form that originated in Pāli and other Prakrit socio-cultural traditions. It is antagonistic towards Vedic rituals and laws as opposed to the shramanic traditions such as Buddhism and Jainism...

| Bengali science fiction | Bengali novels

Bengali novels

Bengali novels occupy a major part of Bengali literature. Though the first Bengali novel was "Karuna O Phulmonir Bibaran", the Bengali novel actually started its journey with Durgeshnondini written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1865...

Little Magazines

Poet Tree
Poet Tree
Poet Tree is a poetry based literary magazine established and edited by Rahman Henry. Poet Tree has been published from Dhaka, Bangladesh since 2008....
Nisarga
Shonkhobash Edited by Moheen Reeyad
Dheeu

Sports

Bangladeshi cricket team in England in 2005

Michael Vaughan won the toss and put Bangladesh in to bat at 10.30am on the first day at Lord's. The first ten overs of bowling by Steve Harmison and Matthew Hoggard were lacklustre, as neither mastered the early-morning swing and they bowled a wide line. A stronger side would have scored more runs...

| Bangladeshi cricket team in West Bengal in 1983–84

Bangladeshi cricket team in West Bengal in 1983–84

The short tour in December 1983 was a follow up of Dilip Doshi's team visit to Dhaka earlier that year. Bangladesh won their matches against the district oppositions, but lost the big match at Eden Gardens against the WB side.-The team:...

| Bangladesh Davis Cup team

Bangladesh Davis Cup team

The Bangladesh Davis Cup team represents Bangladesh in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Bangladesh Tennis Federation.-History:...

| Bangladeshi kabaddi team

Bangladeshi kabaddi team

Bangladeshi kabaddi team won the bronze medal at the 2006 Asian Games. In 1980, Bangladesh became the runners-up in the first Asian Kabaddi Championship and India emerged as the champion. Bangladesh became runners-up again in the next Asian Kabaddi Championship held in 1985 at Jaipur, India...

| Bangladesh national cricket team | Bangladesh national football team

Bangladesh national football team

The Bangladesh national football team is the national team of Bangladesh controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation and has yet to qualify for the World Cup finals...

| Bangladesh national women's cricket team

Bangladesh national women's cricket team

The Bangladesh national women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Bangladesh in international women's cricket matches. They made their international debut when they played, and won, two matches against Thailand in July 2007 and are set to play in the ACC Women's Tournament in...

| Bangladesh Professional Football League

Bangladesh Professional Football League

-Topscorers:-External links:* at fifa.com*...

| Bangladeshi U-19 cricket team

Bangladeshi U-19 cricket team

The Bangladeshi Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 ODI matches since 1997 including competing in the last five World Cups. They have also played eight youth Tests since 2004...

| History of cricket in Bangladesh

History of cricket in Bangladesh

The history of cricket in Bangladesh may seem short when the "inaugural first-class match" was as recent as October 1999 but in fact the area has a long cricketing history that has been distorted by political change.-Origin of Bangladesh:...

| Sport in Bangladesh

Clubs

National Press Club (Bangladesh) | Abahani Krira Chakra

Abahani Limited (Dhaka)

Abahani Limited is a sports club in Bangladesh. It was established at Dhaka in 1972 through reorganisation of Iqbal Sporting Club. Within a short time, the club gained fame through commendable performances in hockey, cricket and football tournaments.Abahani introduced junior coaching camps on its...

| Brothers Union

Brothers Union

Brothers Union is a football club in Bangladesh. It is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.-Achievements:*National Championship: 1*Premier Division League: 2*Bangladesh Federation Cup: 3-Performance in AFC competitions:...

| Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka)

Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka)

Mohammedan Sporting Club is a major sporting club in Bangladesh. It is mainly located in Dhaka, Bangladesh, though there are many local branches throughout the country.-History:...

| Muktijoddha

Muktijoddha Sangsad KS

Muktijoddha Sangsad KS is a football club in Bangladesh. It is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.-Performance in AFC competitions:* Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances-External links:* *...

| Officers' Club

Officers' Club

Officers' Club was established in 1967 on land in a picturesque setting at Ramna , Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its membership is open only to government officers and the officers of semi-government or autonomous bodies. The land with a colonial building was given to the club by the Public Works Department...

Cricket

Chittagong Divisional Stadium

-See also:*List of Test cricket grounds...

| Narayanganj Osmani Stadium

Narayanganj Osmani Stadium

Narayanganj Osmani Stadium is a sports stadium located in Fatullah, in central Bangladesh...

| Shaheed Chandu Stadium

Shaheed Chandu Stadium

Shaheed Chandu Stadium , previously known as Bogra Divisional Stadium, is a stadium located in northwestern side of Bogra district, Bangladesh. A swimming pool and a theme park is in front of it. In the left there is a big farm and in the north there was slaughter house but that has recently...

Transports

Bangladesh Railway

Bangladesh Railway is the state-owned rail transport agency of Bangladesh. It operates and maintains the entire railway network of the country...

| Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation is the state-owned transport corporation of Bangladesh. It was established under the Government Ordinance No.7 of 1961 dated 4 February 1961. Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, it assumed its current name.-Organisation:BRTC is a semi-autonomous...

| Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh functions as the regulatory body for all aviation related activities in Bangladesh. It is also the aeronautical service provider and is responsible for safe, expeditious and efficient flow of air traffic within the Flight Information Region bounded by...

Banks

List of banks in Bangladesh | Bangladesh Bank

Bangladesh Bank

Bangladesh Bank is the Central bank of Bangladesh and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union.-History:After the liberation war, and the eventual independence of Bangladesh, the Government of Bangladesh reorganized the Dhaka branch of the State Bank of Pakistan as the central bank of the country,...

| Dutch Bangla Bank

Dutch Bangla Bank

Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited is a scheduled joint venture commercial bank between local Bangladeshi parties spearheaded by M Sahabuddin Ahmed and the Dutch company FMO...

| Grameen Bank

Grameen Bank

The Grameen Bank is a microfinance organization and community development bank started in Bangladesh that makes small loans to the impoverished without requiring collateral...

| IFIC Bank

IFIC Bank

The International Finance Investment and Commerce Bank Limited is a private commercial bank in Bangladesh.-History:IFIC was setup as a joint government-private finance company in 1976. The government held a 49% stake in the firm. On June 24, 1983, IFIC became a private commercial bank...

| Pubali Bank

Pubali Bank

Pubali Bank is a private commercial bank in Bangladesh. It has more branches than any other private bank in the country.- History :Pubali Bank Limited was initially established in East Pakistan as Eastern Mercantile Bank Limited in 1959, under the Bank Companies Act of 1913...

| Prime Bank | Rupali Bank

Rupali Bank

Rupali Bank is a commercial bank in Bangladesh. It was established as a nationalised bank in 1972 under the Bangladesh Banks Nationalisation Order, through the amalgamation of the branches of Muslim Commercial Bank, Australasia Bank and Standard Bank that were operating in East Pakistan, following...

| Sonali Bank

Sonali Bank

Sonali Bank Limited is a state-owned leading commercial bank in Bangladesh.It is the largest bank of the country.-History:...

| Uttara Bank

Uttara Bank

Uttara Bank Limited is a private commercial bank in Bangladesh established in 1965 with the head office located at Motijheel in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh....

| Janata Bank

Janata Bank

Janata Bank is a state-owned commercial bank of Bangladesh established in 1971. Its headquarter is situated at Motijheel in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh...

| Agrani Bank

Agrani Bank

Agrani Bank is a state-owned commercial bank of Bangladesh established in 1972 . Its headquarter is situated at Motijheel in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh....

| Eastern Bank

Eastern Bank Ltd

Eastern Bank Ltd is a private-owned commercial bank in Bangladesh....

Cultural organisations

Bangla Academy

Bangla Academy , established on 3 December 1955, is the national academy for promoting Bangla language in Bangladesh. The main office of the organization is located at the Burdwan House, once a part of the campus of the University of Dhaka, beside Suhrawardy Udyan.-History:The importance of...

| Bangladesh Nazrul Sena

Bangladesh Nazrul Sena

The Bangladesh Nazrul Sena is an NGO, public service organization working for the education, health and upliftment of children, adolescents and young adults in Bangladesh...

| Bangladesh Photographic Society

Bangladesh Photographic Society

Bangladesh Photographic Society was founded in 1976 by experienced photographers to organize practicing professional and amateur photographers in Bangladesh. It currently has over 3,500 members.-History:...

| Bishwa Sahitya Kendra

Bishwa Sahitya Kendra

Bishwa Sahitya Kendra , is a non-profit institution in Bangladesh to promote reading habits, enlightenment and progressive ideas among students and general public. Popularly known as just Kendro, this institution was established by famous writer, television presenter, organizer, and activist...

| Chhayanat

Chhayanat

Chhayanat is a cultural organization in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 1961 in Dhaka, Chhayanat remains one of the most influential cultural groups in the country. As in the case of many similar organizations, it was established during the Pakistani rule in Bangladesh to promote and nurture the...

| Shilpakala Academy

Shilpakala Academy

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is the principal state-sponsored national cultural center of Bangladesh. It is a successor to the former Pakistan Arts Council....

| Shishu Academy

Shishu Academy

Shishu Academy is the national academy for children in Bangladesh. It was established in 1976 for promoting cultural development of children, and nurturing their talents.-Awards Given by Shishu Academy:...

Municipal corporations

Chittagong City Corporation

Chittagong City Corporation is a self-governing organisation which governs the municipal areas of Chittagong and some adjoining areas of south-eastern Bangladesh....

| Dhaka City Corporation

Dhaka City Corporation

Dhaka City Corporation is the former self-governing corporation that is associated with the task of running the affairs of the city of Dhaka. The incorporated area is divided into several wards. Each ward has an elected ward commissioner. The mayor of the city is elected by popular vote every five...

| Khulna City Corporation |

Mobile

Airtel | Banglalink

Banglalink

Banglalink , is the second largest cellular service provider in Bangladesh after Grameenphone. As of November, 2009, Banglalink has a subscriber base of 12.99 million. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Orascom Telecom....

| Citycell

Citycell

Citycell is the first mobile communications company of Bangladesh. It is the only CDMA network operator in the country. As of 1 March 2008, Citycell's total mobile subscriber base is 1.56 million, up 137 per cent or 680,000 from two years ago, giving it the best growth rate of the company till date...

| Grameenphone

Grameenphone

Grameenphone , widely known as GP, is the leading telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh. With more than 32 million subscribers , Grameenphone is the largest cellular operator in the country...

| Robi | TeleTalk

TeleTalk

Teletalk Bangladesh Limited brand name "Teletalk" is a GSM based state-owned mobile phone company in Bangladesh. TeleTalk started operating on 29 December 2004. It is a Public Limited Company of Bangladesh Government, the state-owned telephone operator...

Landphone

Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board

The Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Department was created under the Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971 to run the telecommunication services on a commercial basis...

| OneTel

Onetel Communication Ltd.

Onetel is a Bangladeshi fixed line operator.It is a private public switched telephone network operator in Bangladesh. As of May 2008, total number of subscriber of this operator is 37.796 thousand.-History:...

Organisations

Bangladesh Computer Society

The Bangladesh Computer Society is regarded as the leading professional and learned society in the field of computers and information systems in Bangladesh. It was established in 1979...

| Bangladesh Chemical Society | Bangladesh Astronomical Society

Bangladesh Astronomical Society

Bangladesh Astronomical Society is an astronomical organization in Bangladesh. It is much professional rather than amateur. The society was formed by famous Bangladeshi astronomer Mohammed Abdul Jabbar on 12 November 1984.-External links:*...

| Bangladesh Astronomical Association

Bangladesh Astronomical Association

Bangladesh Astronomical Association is an association which works to raise astronomical and other scientific knowledge among the people, especially the students of Bangladesh....

| Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists

Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists

Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists is an association of Bangladeshi Microbiologists.-Foundation:It was established in 1976 with a few researchers and intellectuals of Bangladesh. From the period of its establishment, it has emerged as the largest association of intellectuals and researchers in...

NGO

NGOs in Bangladesh - ASA

Aid to Southeast Asia

Aid to Southeast Asia - humanitarian organization, providing help for the countries of Southeast Asia on the people-to-people basis, aiming to strengthen world peace and respect for human rights. Established in 1989 by US veterans of the war with Vietnam to provide humanitarian aid and medical...

| Acid Survivors Foundation

Acid Survivors Foundation

The Acid Survivors Foundation is a Bangladeshi organization dedicated to raising awareness and preventing acid attacks and providing survivors with medical and legal aid....

| BRAC

BRAC (NGO)

BRAC, based in Bangladesh, is the world's largest non-governmental development organization. Established by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed in 1972 soon after the independence of Bangladesh, BRAC is present in all 64 districts of Bangladesh, with over 7 million microfinance group members, 37,500 non-formal...

| Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh

Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh

Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh founded in 1973, immediately after the Bangladesh Liberation War, by the World Council of Churches to succeed the Bangladesh Ecumenical Relief and Rehabilitation Services...

| Grameen Bank

Grameen Bank

The Grameen Bank is a microfinance organization and community development bank started in Bangladesh that makes small loans to the impoverished without requiring collateral...

| Brac

Brac

Brač is an island in the Adriatic Sea within Croatia, with an area of 396 km², making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. Its tallest peak, Vidova Gora, or Mount St. Vid, stands at 778 m, making it the highest island point in the Adriatic...

| Proshika | PKSF | Najreen Mission Bangladesh

Publishing

Sheba Prokashoni

Sheba Prokashoni is a well-known publishing house in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded by Qazi Anwar Hussain. Sheba's books have enjoyed great popularity among young Bangladeshi readers, and it is particularly notable for its accessible translations of Western literary classics into the Bengali...

Agamee Prokashanee
Bhashachitra
Kothaprokash
Muktadhara

Muktadhara

Muktadhara is an international organization, publishing house and bookstore dedicated to the promotion of Bengali literature and culture. It was started in the Indian state of West Bengal by the late Chittaranjan Saha, who in his work as head of the publishing house pioneered the Ekushey Book Fair...

Business

Adamjee Jute Mills

Adamjee Jute Mill was established in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, in 1951, by Adamjee Group, immediately after Bawa Jute Mills...

| Beximco

Beximco

The Beximco Group is the largest private sector conglomerate in Bangladesh. The group has interests in pharmaceuticals, textiles, ceramics, jute, aviation, media, finance, real estate, construction and energy. It is also the parent company of GMG Airlines and Independent Television ....

| Chittagong Stock Exchange

Chittagong Stock Exchange

Chittagong Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in the port city of Chittagong in southeastern Bangladesh. It was established in 1995 as the second stock exchange of the country. The exchange is located in the Agrabad commercial area of the city...

| Dhaka Stock Exchange

Dhaka Stock Exchange

Dhaka Stock Exchange is the main stock exchange of Bangladesh. It is located in Motijheel at the heart of the Dhaka city. It was incorporated in 1954. Dhaka stock exchange is the first stock exchange of the country...

| Khulna Shipyard | Square | Pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh

Pharmaceutical industry in Bangladesh

This article describes the history and status of the pharmaceutical or drug industry in Bangladesh and how it relates and compares with the global pharmaceutical industry.-The rise of the pharmaceutical sector of Bangladesh:...

| Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is the centralized official bureau in Bangladesh for collecting statistics on demographics, the economy, and other facts about the country and disseminating the information....

| Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority

Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority

The Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority is an agency of the Government of Bangladesh and is administered out of the Prime Minister's Office. Its objective is to manage the various export processing zones in Bangladesh. BEPZA currently oversees the operations of five export processing zones...

| FBCCI

FBCCI

Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries is the premier umbrella organization for businessmen in Bangladesh....

| Transcom Group

Transcom Group

Transcom Group is a Bangladeshi business conglomerate. The businesses under this group include Beverage, Pharmaceuticals, Newspaper, Radio channel, Electronics, Foods etc. This group employs more than 8000 people.-History:...

| Bangladesh Jiban Bima Corporation

Bangladesh Jiban Bima Corporation

The Bangladesh Jiban Bima Corporation is the state-run life insurance provider in Bangladesh. It is the largest insurance company of its kind in the country.addressJiban Bima CorporationJiban Bima Bhaban10, Dilkusha Commercial Area, Dhaka 1000...

| Grameen Bank

Grameen Bank

The Grameen Bank is a microfinance organization and community development bank started in Bangladesh that makes small loans to the impoverished without requiring collateral...

| Rahimafrooz

Rahimafrooz

Rahimafrooz, founded in 1954 by Late A. C. Abdur Rahim as a trading company, is one of the largest business groups in Bangladesh. It consists of nine SBUs and several other affiliations. The Group's Chairman is Mr. Afroz Rahim and the Managing Director is Mr. Feroz RahimRahimafrooz operates in...

| List of companies of Bangladesh | Grameen family of organizations

Grameen family of organizations

The Grameen family of organizations has grown beyond Grameen Bank into a multi-faceted group of profitable and non-profit ventures, established by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize winning founder of Grameen Bank. Most of these organizations have central offices at the Grameen Bank Complex...

| Eskayef Bangladesh Limited

Eskayef Bangladesh Limited

Eskayef Bangladesh Limited, also known as SK+F, is a pharmaceutical company based in Bangladesh. It is part of the Transcom Group.- Corporate history :...

| Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited

Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited

Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Ltd. is a credit rating company in Bangladesh.It was incorporated as a public limited company under the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies in August 2003 and received its certificate for commencement of business in November 2003...

List of shopping malls in Bangladesh | Navana Group

Navana Group

Navana Group is a Bangladeshi industrial conglomerate.Navana Group under the leadership of Mr. Shafiul Islam Kamal as Chairman emerged into a separate physical entity from Islam Group after the death of its Chairman Mr. Jahurul Islam which was then the largest business group in Bangladesh...

| Smriti Trading Corporation

Smriti Trading Corporation

Smriti Trading Corporation is the Sole Agent & Distributor of TOA Corp. in Bangladesh, specializing in sound and security systems, with a wide sales network through dealers throughout the country.- Profile :...

| Zaman Group of Industries

Zaman Group of Industries

- Company Overview :Zaman Group of Industries is a Bangladeshi industrial conglomerate headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.This business group has interests in Poultry, Agriculture, Manufacturing , Fisheries, Edible Oil, Jute, Steel, Dairy, Consumer Products, Cold Storage, Plastic and Transport...

| Impress Group | Impress Telefilm Ltd

Disasters

List of Bangladesh tropical cyclones | 1970 Bhola cyclone

1970 Bhola cyclone

The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan and India's West Bengal on November 12, 1970. It was the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded, and one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern times...

| 1991 Bangladesh cyclone

1991 Bangladesh cyclone

-External links:** from NIRAPAD disaster response organisation.**...

| Bengal famine of 1770

Bengal famine of 1770

The Bengal famine of 1770 was a catastrophic famine between 1769 and 1773 that affected the lower Gangetic plain of India...

| Bengal famine of 1943

Bengal famine of 1943

The Bengal famine of 1943 struck the Bengal. Province of pre-partition India. Estimates are that between 1.5 and 4 million people died of starvation, malnutrition and disease, out of Bengal’s 60.3 million population, half of them dying from disease after food became available in December 1943 As...

| Daulatpur-Salturia Tornado | Floods in Bangladesh

Floods in Bangladesh

The South Asian country of Bangladesh is prone to the natural disaster of flooding due to being situated on the Ganges Delta and the many tributaries flowing into the Bay of Bengal. The coastal flooding twinned with the bursting of Bangladesh's river banks is common and severely affects the...

Newspapers

List of newspapers in Bangladesh | List of local newspapers in Bangladesh | The Daily Ittefaq | Prothom Alo

Prothom Alo

Prothom Alo is a major daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language.-History:Prothom Alo was founded on 4 November 1998. As at January 2009, it had an average circulation of 435,000...

| The Daily Star

The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

The Daily Star is the largest circulating English daily newspaper in Bangladesh. Established by Syed Mohammed Ali in 14 January 1991, the newspaper is owned by Mediastar a venture of the Transcom Group, headed by Latifur Rahman...

| The Independent (Bangladesh)

The Independent (Bangladesh)

The Independent is an English language Daily newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the only 32-page all-colour daily newspaper in Bangladesh....

| Kishore Bangla

Kishore Bangla

Kishore Bangla was the first juvenile weekly newspaper ever published in Bengali language. Publication of this newspaper commenced in 1977 at the behest of Ziaur Rahman, the-then president of Bangladesh. It was published from the 'Observer House' and eminent journalist and editor of weekly...

| The Daily Nayadiganta | The Daily Sangram

The Daily Sangram

is a Bengali language daily newspaper published from Dhaka, Bangladesh. The name of the editor is Mohammad Abul Asad, who is also the writer of the series Symum. The Daily Sangram publishes Bangladesh and International news as well as local and regional perspectives...

Television

List of Bangladeshi television and radio channels | List of television stations in Bangladesh

Channels

ATN Bangla

ATN Bangla is a Bengali language digital cable television channel. It transmits from its studio in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The channel is transmitted in South Asia, the Middle-east, Europe, and North America. The channel offers a wide variety of programming including news, movies, dramas, talk shows,...

| Bangladesh Television

Bangladesh Television

Bangladesh Television , also known by the acronym BTV, is the state-owned Television network in Bangladesh. It started broadcasting as Pakistan Television in what was then East Pakistan on 25 December 1964. It was renamed Bangladesh Television after the independence in 1971. Broadcasts in full...

| | Channel One (Bangladesh)

Channel One (Bangladesh)

Channel One is a Bengali language satellite television channel from Bangladesh. It started broadcasting from Dhaka on 24 January 1993.It is owned by the One Entertainment Limited, a sister concern of One Group....

| Channel S

Channel S

Channel S is a UK-based, free-to-air television channel targeting the British Bangladeshi community. The channel was established on 16 December 2004, by Mahee Ferdous Jalil - a Bangladeshi businessman in London. On Sky it had a timesharing deal with ATN Global, and then in 2005 it started to...

| Ekushey Television

Ekushey Television

Ekushey Television is a private terrestrial channel in Bangladesh,. Official transmission began on April 14, 2000, after a very short time of transmission it became the voice of the nation and the most popular TV channel in Bangladesh through its news and other innovative programs...

| NTV (Bangladesh)

NTV (Bangladesh)

NTV is a Bengali language satellite television channel based in Bangladesh. It started operation in 2003. It is one of the most popular Bengali TV channels in the country. In the anniversary of the channel, the founder expressed interest in creating NTV2 to satisfy the watchers further, however he...

| RTV

RTV (Bangladesh)

RTV is a satellite television channel broadcast from Bangladesh. It was launched on 26 December 2005 by the same people that ran NTV Bangla. It mainly broadcasts programs in Bangla...

Programmes

Bohubrihi

Bohubrihi was one of the most popular drama serials ever aired on Bangladesh Television. The story was written by Humayun Ahmed. He also wrote a book with the same title...

| Ittadi

Ittadi

Ittyadi is a popular television programme in Bangladesh created and presented by Hanif Sanket that airs on Bangladesh Television. It is one of the longest running shows on Bangladeshi television...

| Jodi Kichhu Mone Na Koren

Jodi Kichhu Mone Na Koren

Jodi Kichu Mone Na Koren was a show hosted by Fazle Lohani that used to be aired on Bangladesh Television during late 70's until early 80's , from Banglapedia....

| Mati O Manush

Mati O Manush

Mati O Manush was a pioneering television programme in Bangladesh Television. Starting from the mid 1980s, it brought revolution to the agricultural sector of Bangladesh. It was hosted by Shykh Seraj....

| Songsoptok

Songsoptok

Songsoptok is a drama serial, aired on Bangladesh Television, based on the novel by Shahidullah Kaiser....

| Shomoyer Kotha

Shomoyer Kotha

Shomoyer Kotha , which translates to "Talk of the Time", is a talk show on Bangladesh Television, the state-owned television network in Bangladesh. The programme is planned and hosted by Syed Munir Khasru, a faculty member of Institute of Business Administration, Dhaka University and is directed by...

Radio

Bangladesh Betar

Bangladesh Betar is the state-owned radio broadcasting organisation of Bangladesh. It was also known as Radio Bangladesh between 1975 and 1996.-History:...

| ABC Radio | Radio Amar

Radio Amar

Radio Aamar is a 24-hours private FM radio station in Bangladesh. It broadcasts on 88.4FM in Dhaka. It started its official transmission in 11 December 2007...

| Radio Today

Radio Today

Radio Today is a radio station in Bangladesh. It started airing in May 2006. It is currently available in Dhaka and Chittagong.-Info:It started as the country's first private FM radio station in May 2006 in Dhaka at 89.6 MHz. It later became available in Chittagong & Cox's Bazaar. Soon its going to...

| Radio Foorti

Radio Foorti

Radio Foorti is a Bangladeshi FM radio station. The station went live on September 21, 2006 and is currently available in DhakaChittagongSylhetRajshahiKhulnaBarisalMymensinghCox's Bazar-Info:...

| Radio Metrowave

Radio Metrowave

Radio Metrowave is a private radio station in Bangladesh. It went on air on 26 March 1999.This radio station operating on frequency 256.41 meter band or 1170 kHz in medium wave...

Rivers

List of rivers of Bangladesh - Brahmaputra River

Brahmaputra River

The Brahmaputra , also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia. It is the only Indian river that is attributed the masculine gender and thus referred to as a in Indo-Aryan languages and languages with Indo-Aryan influence...

| Buriganga River

Buriganga River

The Buriganga River is the main river flowing beside Dhaka city, capital of Bangladesh. The average depth is and maximum depth is .-History:...

| Bura Gauranga River

Bura Gauranga River

The Bura Gauranga River is located in the Patuakhali district in Bangladesh. The river is most notably known for the sinking of a passenger ferry in May 2005, killing at least 27 people.-See also:*List of rivers in Bangladesh...

| Dhaleshwari River

Dhaleshwari River

The Dhaleshwari River is a 160-km-long distributary of the Jamuna River in central Bangladesh. It starts off the Jamuna near the northwestern tip of Tangail District. After that it divides into two branches: the north branch retains the name Dhaleshwari and merges with the other branch, the...

| Dharla River

Dharla River

The Dharla River is one of Bangladesh's trans-boundary rivers. It originates in the Himalayas where it is known as the Jaldhaka River, and then it flows through the Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts of West Bengal, India, one of the seven main rivers to do so...

| Feni River

Feni River

Feni River is a river in the Indian state of Tripura and southeastern Bangladesh. It is a trans-boundary river with an on-going dispute.But recently India, Bangladesh finalised deal on Teesta, Feni river waters...

| Gorai-Madhumati River

Gorai-Madhumati River

The Gorai-Madhumati River is one of the longest rivers in Bangladesh and a distributary of the Ganges....

| Jaldhaka River

Jaldhaka River

The Jaldhaka River is a trans-boundary river with a length of 192 kilometres that originates in southeastern Sikkim in the eastern Himalayas and flows through Bhutan and the Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar districts of West Bengal, India...

| Jamuna River | Karnaphuli River

Karnaphuli River

Karnaphuli is a wide river in the south-eastern part of Bangladesh. Originating from the Lushai hills in Mizoram, India, it flows southwest through Chittagong Hill Tracts and Chittagong into the Bay of Bengal. A large hydroelectric power plant using Karnaphuli river was built in the Kaptai...

| Mahananda River

Mahananda River

The Mahananda River is a trans-boundary river that flows through the Indian states of West Bengal and Bihar, and Bangladesh. Right bank tributary Mechi forms part of Nepal's eastern boundary with West Bengal and the Kankai crosses out of Nepal.-Course:...

| Meghna River

Meghna River

The Meghna River is an important river in Bangladesh, one of the three that forms the Ganges Delta, the largest on earth fanning out to the Bay of Bengal. Being a part of the Surma-Meghna River System, Meghna is formed inside Bangladesh by the joining of different rivers originaing from the hilly...

| Muhuri River

Muhuri River

Muhuri River one of the trans-boundary rivers of Bangladesh. The river takes its rise on the Lushai hills of Tripura in India and enters Bangladesh through Parshuram upazila of Feni district after flowing over the hilly regions of India. As such the river is wild in nature and often causes flash...

| Naf River

Naf River

Naf River It is an elongated estuary in the extreme southeast of Cox's Bazar district dividing the district from Arakan, Myanmar. It rises in the Arakan hills on the southeastern borders of the district and flows into the Bay of Bengal. Its width varies from 1.61 km to 3.22 km. The river...

| Padma River

Padma River

The Padma is a major trans-boundary river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges , which originates in the Himalayas. The Padma enters Bangladesh from India near Chapai Nababganj...

| Pasur River

Pasur River

The Pasur River is a river in southwestern Bangladesh and a tributary of the Ganges.-See also:*List of rivers in Bangladesh...

| Surma River

Surma River

The Surma River is a major river in Bangladesh, part of the Surma-Meghna River System. It starts when the Barak River from northeast India divides at the Bangladesh border into the Surma and the Kushiyara rivers. It ends in Kishoreganj District, above Bhairab Bazar, where the two rivers rejoin to...

Holidays

Public holidays in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has ten national holidays, based on three separate calendars: Gregorian , Islamic , and Bengali calendars....

| Language Movement Day

Language Movement Day

Language Movement Day or Language Revolution Day , which is also referred to as Language Martyrs' Day or Martyrs' Day , is a national day of Bangladesh to commemorate protests and sacrifices to protect Bangla as a national language during Bengali Language Movement of 1952.-Background:In 1952,...

| Bangladeshi Independence Day

Bangladeshi Independence Day

March 26 is the National Day of Bangladesh.This day is celebrated as the Independence Day in Bangladesh. This commemorates the declaration of independence, and the start of Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971...

| National Revolution and Solidarity Day

National Revolution and Solidarity Day

In Bangladesh, November 7 was celebrated as the National Revolution and Solidarity Day. This commemorates the 1975 uprising formed by the people and soldiers. The uprising, led by Colonel Abu Taher and his political group Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, ended the three day coup organised by...

| Victory Day (Bangladesh)

Victory Day (Bangladesh)

Victory Day is a national holiday in Bangladesh celebrated on December 16.On this day in 1971, the Pakistani Army surrendered to the Indo-Bangladeshi High Command in Dhaka, ending the 9 month-long Bangladesh Liberation War and 1971 Bangladesh atrocities. General AAK Niazi, the Commanding officer...

| Armed Forces Day (Bangladesh) | Eid ul-Fitr

Eid ul-Fitr

| Eid al-Adha | Laylat al-Qadr

Laylat al-Qadr

Lailatul Qadr , the Night of Destiny, Night of Power, Night of Value, the Night of Decree or Night of Measures, is the anniversary of two very important dates in Islam that occurred in the month of Ramadan...

| Mid-Sha'ban

Mid-Sha'ban

Mid-Sha'ban is thereceding night is known as Laylatul Bara’ah or Laylatun Nisfe min Sha’ban in the Arab world, and as Shab-e-barat in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran and Afghanistan...

| Krishna Janmashtami | Durga Puja

Durga Puja

| Buddha Purnima | Christmas

Christmas

Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...

Flora and fauna

Bengal monitor

The Bengal monitor or common Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard found widely distributed over South Asia. This large lizard is mainly terrestrial, and grows to about 175 cm from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail...

| Black Bengal

Black Bengal

Black Bengal goat or Bengal Black goat is the common name for a small breed of goat found in Bangladesh and northeastern India . In Bangladesh, they are known simply as "BBGs."...

| Bengal tiger

Bengal Tiger

The Bengal tiger is a tiger subspecies native to the Indian subcontinent that in 2010 has been classified as endangered by IUCN...

| List of birds of Bangladesh

National symbols of Bangladesh

Bangladesh passport

The Bangladesh passport is issued to citizens of Bangladesh for international travel. The passport may be issued by the Government of The People's Republic of Bangladesh or by any of its overseas missions to any Bangladeshi citizen who are citizens by birth or by descent...

| National flag

Flag of Bangladesh

| State emblem

Coat of arms of Bangladesh

| National anthem

Amar Shonar Bangla

Amar Shonar Bangla is a 1905 song written and composed by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore , the first ten lines of which were adopted in 1972 as the Bangladeshi national anthem...

| Bengal tiger

Bengal Tiger

The Bengal tiger is a tiger subspecies native to the Indian subcontinent that in 2010 has been classified as endangered by IUCN...

| Jackfruit

Jackfruit

The jackfruit is a species of tree in the Artocarpus genus of the mulberry family . It is native to parts of Southern and Southeast Asia. It is the national fruit of Bangladesh, . The jackfruit tree is believed to be indigenous to the southwestern rain forests of India...

| Banyan

Banyan

A banyan is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree...

| Hilsa

Hilsa

Ilish , also spelled Elish, is the most popular fish to Bengalis. Its the national fish of Bangladesh and extremely popular in parts of India such as West Bengal, Orissa, Tripura, Assam as well. Ilish also can be found at India's Assamese-, Bengali- Oriya-speaking regions and in Telugu-speaking...

| National staple

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

| Doyel

Oriental Magpie Robin

The Oriental Magpie Robin is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered an Old World flycatcher. They are distinctive black and white birds with a long tail that is held upright as they forage on the ground or perch conspicuously...

| Shapla | Kazi Nazrul Islam

Kazi Nazrul Islam

| Kabaddi

Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a South Asian team sport...

| Bhawal National Park

Bhawal National Park

Bhawal National Park was established and maintained as a National Park in 1974; it was officially declared in 1982 under the Wildlife Act of 1974. It is located in Gazipur, Dhaka Division of Bangladesh, approximately 40 km north of Dhaka city, only 20km drive from Gazipur and 20 km from Kapasia...

| Baitul Mukarram

Baitul Mukarram

Baitul Mukarram is the national mosque of Bangladesh. Located at the heart of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, the mosque was completed in 1968. The mosque has a capacity of 30,000, giving it the respectable position of being the 10th biggest mosque in the world. However the mosque is constantly...

| Jatiyo Smriti Soudho

Jatiyo Smriti Soudho

| Bengali calendar

Bengali calendar

The Bengali calendar or Bangla calendar is a solar and sidereal Hindu calendar used by the Bengali people. It is used in the eastern Indian states of West Bengal, Assam and Tripura and in Bangladesh...

| Dhakeshwari Temple

Dhakeshwari Temple

| Jamuna Bridge

Jamuna Bridge

Bangabandhu Bridge, also called the Jamuna Multi-purpose Bridge , is a bridge opened in Bangladesh in June 1998. It connects Bhuapur on the Jamuna River's east bank to Sirajganj on its west bank. It was the 11th longest bridge in the world when constructed in 1998 and currently the 6th longest...

| Jamuna River | Keokradong

Keokradong

Keokradong is the third highest mountain peak located in South-Eastern Bangladesh. It was long claimed as the highest peak there, a mistaken information that still features in respected sources including some Bangladesh textbooks as well as the CIA World Factbook website.-Keokradong:Although it...

| National City

Chittagong

| Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban

Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban

Miscellaneous

1991 Bangladesh census

In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active...

| Bangladesh Scouts

Bangladesh Scouts

The Bangladesh Scouts is the national Scouting organization of Bangladesh. Scouting was founded in Bangladesh as part of the British Indian branch of The Scout Association, and continued as part of the Pakistan Boy Scouts Association until the country's divided sections split in 1971 during the...

| Padamdi Nawab Estate

Padamdi Nawab Estate

Padamdi Nawab Estate is an estate in Bangladesh.It was established in 1607 by a decree from the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. The land to the title was given as a donation to the religious clergy Syed Shah Pahlowan, an immigrant from Iraq....

| Human rights in Bangladesh

Human rights in Bangladesh

In 2005, Bangladesh experienced an unprecedented period of continuous political instability. OnAugust 17, 2005, four hundred bombs exploded in all but one of the nation's sixty-four districts...

| LGBT rights in Bangladesh

LGBT rights in Bangladesh

LGBT human rights are not respected in Bangladesh, and there appears to be no organized movement to advance such human rights. And such acts of homosexuality will lead to life in prison, or even face the death penalty.-Constitutional & Criminal Code:...

(Gay rights) | Bangladesh Standard Time

Bangladesh Standard Time

Bangladesh Standard Time , commonly abbreviated as BST is the time zone of Bangladesh, is observed throughout the whole country, with a time offset of UTC+6:00. Bangladesh observed daylight saving time in 2009 in order to cope with the ongoing electricity crisis but in 2010 the decision was cancelled...

| comparison of internet services in Bangladesh |

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