Sundarbans: World's Largest Mangrove Forest and Home of the Bengal Tiger
Sundarbans is the world's largest mangrove forest, shared by Bangladesh and India — home to Bengal tigers, river dolphins, honey collectors and ancient tides.
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Jibanananda Das: Poet of Rupasi Bangla
Jibanananda Das (1899–1954), the Barisal-born modernist poet of Rupasi Bangla and "Banalata Sen", was neglected in life and rediscovered after death.
Read MoreHumayun Ahmed: Creator of Himu and Misir Ali
Humayun Ahmed (1948–2012), creator of Himu and Misir Ali, wrote over 200 bestselling books and reshaped Bangladeshi literature, television and film.
Read MoreMuhammad Yunus: Founder of Grameen Bank and Nobel Peace Laureate
Muhammad Yunus (born 1940), Bangladeshi economist and founder of Grameen Bank, pioneered microcredit and shared the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize with the bank.
Read MoreBegum Sufia Kamal: Poet and Pioneer of the Women's Movement in Bangladesh
Begum Sufia Kamal (1911–1999): self-taught Bengali poet of Sanjher Maya, founding president of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and conscience of the nation.
Read Moreicddr,b: How a Dhaka Cholera Laboratory Changed Global Medicine
Founded as a SEATO cholera laboratory in Dhaka in 1960, icddr,b proved oral rehydration therapy and became a world leader in global public health research.
Read MoreBUET: Bangladesh's Premier Engineering University and Its Long Road from a Survey School
From an 1876 colonial survey school at Nalgola to Bangladesh's top engineering university — BUET's history, research role and the Abrar Fahad reckoning.
Read MoreUniversity of Dhaka: The Oxford of the East and the Cradle of a Nation
Born in 1921 as compensation for a lost province, the University of Dhaka — the 'Oxford of the East' — shaped a language movement and midwifed a nation.
Read MoreThe Bengal Famine of 1943: The Hungry Year That Scarred a Nation
War, a cyclone and soaring rice prices made food unaffordable in 1943 Bengal, killing millions. The famine's causes remain debated by historians today.
Read MoreThe Partition of Bengal, 1947: The Radcliffe Line and the Making of East Bengal
How Bengal was divided in 1947: the 1905 precedent, the failed United Bengal plan, the Radcliffe Line and the long migrations that reshaped two nations.
Read MoreThe Language Movement, 1947–1952: How Bengali Became a State Language
How Bengali became a state language: from the 1947 Tamaddun Majlis pamphlet to the martyrs of 21 February 1952 and recognition in the 1956 constitution.
Read MoreFazlur Rahman Khan: The Dhaka Engineer Who Reinvented the Skyscraper
Fazlur Rahman Khan, the Dhaka-born engineer behind the Hancock Center and Sears Tower, reinvented the skyscraper through his tubular structural designs.
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