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- Dhaka
- Capital
- Taka (BDT)
- Currency
- 131,269,860
- Population
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Bangladesh Slideshow
Bangladesh
Travel Blogs from Bangladesh
Grameen Danone
... yogurt plant. Ultimately, our dream of a network of up to fifty such plants around Bangladesh remains achievable, although it will take longer to realize than we’d expected." ---------------------------------------------------- January 2009 ...
A cup of tea, a monkey and me
Dhaka has treated me well- so far. I moved in the beginning of December and right away I had many meetings and things to do. Then a couple of days later I went on an In-Country Retreat. There were 5 MCCers that went. We took a 4 day trip to the Sylhet ...
"Let There Be Peace on Earth and Let It Begin .."
... - I had an opportunity to share with two of the classes. As I had done nine months previoiusly on my first trip to Bangladesh - I was very moved by these kids and the incredible goodness of so many things that are going on in this country that has ...
Merry Christmas
... is all kind of confusing but I will try to explain- over the last 30 years, MCC has set up handicraft projects around Bangladesh. MCC has targeted poor rural women and has created sustainable employment in many poor areas. MCC set up Prokritee in 2001 to ...
Visit to Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital
... He was the former Executive Director, Bangladesh Institute of Health Sciences Hospital, an enterprise of diabetic association of Bangladesh-Netherlands Joint Cooperation. He had earlier worked as the Project Director, Shurawardy General Hospital, a major ...
Grameen Eye Care Hospital
I visited with Md. Imamus Sultan, Managing Director of Grameen Health Care Services Ltd in Dhaka and then went to the Grameen Eye Care Hospital in Bogra and was hosted by Mahbubul Haque the Manager of the Hospital. Located on the same piece of land as ...
still alive
... the Myanmar border. It is said to be the worlds largest natural beach. It has an endearing Burmese Buddhist atmosphere and is Bangladesh's only beach resort...definatley worth a visit! Anyway, that was my adventure up to now, i shall mail again soon...i ...
My Normal Life.... NOT
Well this year tops the oddest Christmas and New Years ever! Christmas day was spent with my Bangla family, the Sarker¡¦s. In the morning we went to their church- they go to a small Baptist church, close to our house. I am not over exaggerating when I ...
Grameen Shakti (Energy)
Grameen Shakti - or Grameen Energy is the leading alternative energy company in Bangladesh with large programs in Solar Energy, Biogas and Improved Cook Stoves. Only 30% of the Bangladesh population has access to the national electricity grid. I ...
Bengali N. Years Weekend- Sunderbans Tiger Reserve
So, Akash explained to us that this weekend was the Bengali New Years Weekend. Woohoo, we love a celebration! Because of this holiday and because we all got along so well, the three of us decided to go to Bakkali, a beach village 132 km south of ...
Expanding our horizons
... by his parents. He met her once before the wedding. This is not at all uncommon—many marriages in Bangladesh are arranged. However, marriages out of love are becoming more frequent; a couple of our other friends had met their ...
Border Crossing
Going by land on a bus from Kolkata India to Dhaka Bangladesh is cheap (10 dollars) but NOT a piece of cake! It is probably the stupidest experience ever! It should take about 10 hours from Kolkata to Dhaka but at the border you are usually stuck for a ...
Hard Lessons
... survived getting lost on a baby taxi who didn't where Aarong was!!!! (Aarong is a HUGE store that is fully ethical and made in Bangladesh and everybody knows where it is jeez...) We've been NGO visiting. We went to a urban slum last friday which was ...
The Tiger Reserve
Namaste, ich bin zurueck von meinem Ausflug in den Sunderban NP, groesster Mangrovenwald der Erde im Flussdelta von Ganges und Brahmaputra. Der groesste Teil liegt in Bangla Desh, aber ein guter Teil auch in Indien, dort nennen sie den Park ...
Conduct Your Own Bangaldeshi Wedding!! - Day 1
... this is an abridged Bangladeshi wedding. An unabridged wedding is several days longer. If you would like to have an unabridged Bangladeshi wedding, please consult with your nearest friend from Bangladesh or the nearest Bangladeshi Embassy. Thank you. ...
One Wedding= 2 weeks of celebrations!
... and 1 Hindu wedding) and they were all completely different than Western Weddings. But this wedding was very Western! It was a Bangladesh Christian wedding and I actually knew what was going on! They had the wedding in a church, they had a procession ...
Dhaka
On the train journey from Rajshahi to Dhaka we spot the first Westerners. They are an older couple who have been living in Bangladesh for many years and teach at the University in Rajshahi. They say the only see tourists once in a blue moon and that it's ...
Back to Dhaka again!
In the end we decided to stay in Dhaka for Christmas, due to the uncertainty of the next leg of our trip and the fact that we'd been offered Christmas lunch on the day. Having been to church here a couple of times we'd met some nice families who decided ...
Back to Bangladesh
... days. Then I went on another tiger hunt! This time we spent 4 days on a boat going up and down the rivers of Bangladesh in a mangrove forest. Supposedly its the largest mangrove forest- whatever that means! Anyways we had a fun time relaxing on the boat, ...
oops...i did it again!
Hi again...don't worry, this email lark won't be daily...i'm just excited and spending 30taka per hour (30p ish) on emailing...the novelty will wear off!! Anyway, in all the excitement i forgot to tell you about this place...here's the history bit:Savar ...
Bangladesh !
... sites nearby : Mahasthangarh and Somapuri Vihara in Paharpur, a Buddhist monastery, "the most impressive archaeological site in Bangladesh", according to Lonely Planet. I was a little bit disappointed by the latest, totally ruined, with only the main ...
Bangladesh
... the door on the staring. Now begins another cordial interrogation, involving many personal questions: 'Why are you here in Bangladesh?', 'What is your relationship?', 'What are your academic qualifications?', 'At which institution did you gain your ...
A Family vacation to Bangladesh
... is a donation office where you can give whatever amount you want to be distributed amongst the poor. Day 13 - Bangladesh Tea Research Institution (Srimongol) While on a shopping trip we decided to pop in the BTRI, it's a ...
Conduct Your Own Bangaldeshi Wedding!! - Day 3
... 's family, and their gardener's family. And just in case we left anyone out, pick some random addresses in the address book of Bangladesh, and send invitations to them too. 2) Put on your best clothes. You may need your parents to help dress you for ...
My Bengali Family
... that won't load.). We named it Betsy. I also was indoctrinated into the art of a riding in a rickshaw, thanks to Tanzeem's Dad. You will also hear more about Bangladesh at the End of December, when I return there for Tanzeem's wedding. ...
Friday at the beach in a Muslim country
... traveling in Asia. After a first try in Kolkata a few weeks before, I had another refusal in Dhaka. I had expected that, because Bangladesh is a neighboring country of Myanmar, and because Dhaka is its capital, it would not take more than 1 day or 2 to ...
