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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...

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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
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...

 - 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
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
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
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...

 | 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
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...

 | 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
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 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
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....

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Divisions

Divisions of Bangladesh
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...

 | Chittagong Division | Dhaka Division | Khulna Division | Rajshahi Division | Sylhet Division
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
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
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...

 | 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
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
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
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
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...

 | 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
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
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...

 | 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 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
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...

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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...

 | Syed Ali Ahsan | Syed Emdad Ali | Ismail Hossain Siraji | Syed Sultan | Selina Hossain
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
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...

 | 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
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 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...

 | 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
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...

 | 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
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...

 | 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...

 | 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
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 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:...

 | 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 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...

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

 | 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...

 | 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 :...

 | 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:...

 | 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...

 | 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
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...

 | 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 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...

 | 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...

 | 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...

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Composers

Altaf Mahmud
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
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
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
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:...


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Singers / Musicians

Abbas Uddin
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
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:...

 | 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
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
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
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
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...

 | 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....

 | Ehsan Khan | Nahas Ahmed Khalil | Nurur Rahman Khan | Kashef Mahboob | Enamul Karim Nirjhar
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
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...

 | 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
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
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
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
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....

 | 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 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
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
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
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"...

 | 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
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
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
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...

 | 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 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
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
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
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...

 | 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
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
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...


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
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...

 | 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
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
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:...

 | 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
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...

 | 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
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:...

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General

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...

 | 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...

 | 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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"...

 | 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
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...

 | 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
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
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
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...

 | State emblem
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...

 | 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
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...

 | 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
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...

 | 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
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...

 | 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
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...

 | Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban
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...


Miscellaneous

1991 Bangladesh census
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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