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• Music for a Cause – Bangladesh

  Music for a cause can work miracles for the soul! The magical effect of lyrics on our senses is incredible enough as it is, but to spend money on a DVD which helps the poor adds so much to the ...

• Bangladesh – Farming and Fertility

  Bangladesh is one of the most fertile areas on Earth, yet it is often plagued by natural disasters on a scale most of us cannot even imagine. For example, Hurricane Katrina was responsible for ...

• Bangladesh – Center of the Ship Breaking Industry

  As dawn breaks on the shores of the Bay of Bengal, a surreal scene unfolds: thousands of workers stream down to the rusted hulks of beached ships, some of them huge oil tankers. Soon the sounds ...

• Best Beaches in Bangladesh

  Mention the word "Bangladesh" and travelers seem to get caught up in a world of images akin to monastery's and riding atop elephants in search of Bengal tigers. All that is well and good, but ...

• Experience Bangladesh as a Volunteer

  Few trips to a foreign country can be as worthwhile as when you spend time as a volunteer. Sure, you can travel to Bangladesh and visit the sites and experience the culture and cram as much as ...

• Bangladesh: Dhaka – Land of the Rickshaw

  Dhaka (formerly Dacca) is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. Located in the geographic center of the country in the great deltaic region of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, Dhaka has ...

• Bangladesh: Ecotourism with Indigenous Peoples

  Bangladesh is so culturally vast, that it is easy to lose sight of how many indigenous peoples inhabit the region. Visitors looking for a truly unique experience may opt to get away from the ...

• Bangladesh – Land of the Tiger

  Bangladesh is one of the world's poorest, most populous and most densely populated countries. This is due in part to the great fertility of the land, well-watered as it is by three great rivers: ...

• Chittagong: A Visit to Skyscraper City – Bangladesh

  If you thought all Bangladesh was about was about was archaic temples and dusty back streets then think again. Amid the bustling throngs of beggars and buyers lies a vibrant infrastructure ...

• Bangladesh: A Visit to the Shat Gambuj Mosque

  To the uninitiated, Bangladesh can seem like a logistical nightmare: subdivided into 6 divisions and all named after their respective capitals: the Dhaka Division, Chittagong Division, Khulna ...