Istanbul Convention or Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence is a landmark human rights treaty that seeks to protect women...
National Martyrs Memorial is the national monument of Bangladesh that was built in memory of the soldiers who died in the 1971 Bangladesh liberation War. It is located...
Bagha Jatin (meaning ‘tiger Jatin’) or Jatindranath Mukherjee was a revolutionary freedom fighter born in Kushtia in Bangladesh. He acquired the ‘Bagha’ epithet after he singlehandedly fought and...
Rabindra Kuthi Bari is a country house in Kushtia in Bangladesh. It was built by Dwarkanath Tagore, the grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore, the noted Bengali poet and Nobel...
Sugandha Shaktipith temple is a temple dedicated to Goddess Sunanda and is located in Shikarpur in Barishal district of Bangladesh. It is an important pilgrimage destination for the...
Matua Mahasangha is a religious reformation movement founded by Harichand Thakur in 1860 CE. Matua is a sect of Vaishnava Hinduism. The movement originated in Orakandi in Bangladesh....
Bangabandhu Memorial is a shrine to pay homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s father of the nation. It is located in Tungipara in Bangladesh. This was also the...
Gamosa is a piece of cloth that has varied uses- as a towel (called ‘uka gamosa’), for felicitating celebrities or dignitaries (called ‘phulam gamosa’ i.e. floral version) during...
