Partition of Bengal 1905: Curzon's Partition and the Swadeshi Movement
In 1905 Lord Curzon split Bengal in two. The Swadeshi movement, the Muslim League's birth in Dhaka and the 1911 annulment: the story of Bengal's first partition.
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Brojen Das: The First Asian to Swim the English Channel
Brojen Das (1927–1998), the Bikrampur swimmer who in 1958 became first Asian to cross the English Channel, crossed it six times and set a world record in 1961.
Read MoreQudrat-i-Khuda: Scientist and Education Reformer of Bangladesh
Qudrat-i-Khuda (1900–1977): organic chemist, founder of the laboratories behind BCSIR, Bengali science writer and chairman of the 1972 education commission.
Read MoreHason Raja: The Mystic Bard of Sunamganj
Hason Raja (1854–1922), the Sunamganj zamindar who gave up luxury for mystic song: his life, his songs, and the fame Tagore carried from Sylhet to Oxford.
Read MoreJasimuddin: The Palli Kabi Who Sang Rural Bengal
Jasimuddin (1903–1976), Bengal's Palli Kabi and poet of rural Bengal: creator of Nakshi Kanthar Math and Sojan Badiar Ghat, collector of 10,000 folk songs.
Read MoreGrameen Bank: Microcredit Pioneer Owned by Its Borrowers
Grameen Bank lends small, collateral-free loans to 10.8 million members — 96.7 percent of them women — who together own 90 percent of the bank itself.
Read MoreMigration and Remittance in Bangladesh: The Workers Who Fund an Economy
Migration and remittance now rival garments as Bangladesh's economic engine: record inflows, the world's highest migration costs, and the risks workers face.
Read MoreReady-Made Garment Industry in Bangladesh: Exports, Workers and the Road Ahead
The ready-made garment industry: how it became the world's second-largest apparel exporter, its four million workers, Rana Plaza's legacy and the tests ahead.
Read MoreClimate Change in Bangladesh: Impacts, Costs and Adaptation in the World's Largest Delta
Bangladesh faces rising seas, fiercer floods and creeping salinity despite tiny emissions — how the world's largest delta adapts, and what it will cost.
Read MoreRivers of Bangladesh: Padma, Jamuna and Meghna — the Rivers That Built a Delta
Rivers of Bangladesh: the Padma, Jamuna and Meghna that built the world's largest delta — and the erosion, pollution and water disputes reshaping it today.
Read MoreHaor Basin: The Seasonal Wetlands of North-East Bangladesh
Haor Basin guide: 373 seasonal wetlands of north-east Bangladesh — Tanguar and Hakaluki haors, boro rice, mother fisheries, migratory birds and flash floods.
Read MoreChittagong Hill Tracts: Hills, Lakes and Indigenous Cultures of Bangladesh
Chittagong Hill Tracts guide: Bangladesh's hill region of lakes and twelve peoples — Kaptai, the 1997 Peace Accord, Boishabi and life in the hills today.
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