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Shampad,Shampattir Adhikar Ebong Praner Rajniti O Arthoniti

Shampad,Shampattir Adhikar Ebong Praner Rajniti O Arthoniti

For a long time, the people of Bangladesh have been fighting for their rights of wealth and property and economic freedom. We acquired independence through persistent struggle. Our aspiration from independence was to see every citizen’s socio-economic and...

Sundarbans Atlas: Bangladesh Forest Compartment Maps and Gazetteer

Sundarbans Atlas: Bangladesh Forest Compartment Maps and Gazetteer

An essential guide on the Sundarbans for conservationists, scientists, journalists, forest and law enforcing authorities, NGOs, legal resource users, boatmen, tourist companies, guides and visitors.  By Helmut Denzau, Gertrud Neumann-Denzau and Peter...

To preserve our diversity, we must recognize it first

To preserve our diversity, we must recognize it first

Photo: 3. Participants at a session. Photo.Philip GainThese marginal and excluded groups—ethnic communities, Harijans (sweepers),Bedes(gypsies), Jaladas (fishingcommunity in seashore), Kaiputra(pig rearing community), Rishi (cobblers), sex workers, Biharis...

Ambushed by Greed: The Chak Story – by Philip Gain

Ambushed by Greed: The Chak Story – by Philip Gain

Longodujhuri (Khal) Chak Para, now deserted of human habitation, is located in Baishari Union in Naikongchari Upazila in Bandarban Hill District. Quite unknown even to regular trekkers to the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Baishari is one of four unions in...

SEHD organizes seminar on man-made disasters on 28 September

SEHD organizes seminar on man-made disasters on 28 September

Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD) has been paying great attention to man-made disasters in its research and investigations for two and half decades. With the works of SEHD and other researchers in hand, SEHD has organized a seminar on 28...

Lower Depths: Little-Known Ethnic Communities of Bangladesh

Lower Depths: Little-Known Ethnic Communities of Bangladesh

Edited by Philip Gain | English PBK, 220 pages, 2016 | Price: Tk. 400 US$15In the latest government record (2010), the number of the ethnic communities in Bangladesh was 27 (duplications considered, their actual number is 24). The ethnic communities...

On the Margins: Images of Tea Workers and Ethnic Communities

On the Margins: Images of Tea Workers and Ethnic Communities

“On the Margins: Images of Tea Workers and Ethnic Communities” documents life, culture and diversity in Bangladesh’s tea workers and little-known ethnic communities. It gives readers a rare glimpse into the fascinating lives of Bangladesh’s invisible and...

National Seminar on Exclusion and Marginalization Held

National Seminar on Exclusion and Marginalization Held

Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD) in partnership with Power and Participation Research Center (PPRC), Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) and Gram Bikash Kendra (GBK) organized a national workshop titled, “Leaving...