Pictures of Bangladesh & Bengal

[Karachi]

Looks amazing. Had a question, my friend is getting married in Bangladesh this year, can I visit him on a Canadian Passport? Of course I wont use my Pakistani one, but would me being a Pakistani background create any problems? I would also like to tour the country as it seems beautiful

[Bengal_Tiger]

Looks amazing. Had a question, my friend is getting married in Bangladesh this year, can I visit him on a Canadian Passport? Of course I wont use my Pakistani one, but would me being a Pakistani background create any problems? I would also like to tour the country as it seems beautiful

No one has problems with individual Pakistanis on a personal level in Bangladesh. There are lots of Pakistanis in Dhaka anyway and they are fine not just some of the Pakistani cricketers who are in Bangladesh or who were such as Shahed Afridi. You will find people quite warm and everyone understands Hindi/Urdu. Pakistani visitors to Bangladesh have actually commented on the warmth of the people. No one would blame you for a war that happened over 40 years ago which you had no personal involvement in. It's like Germans going to Israel they'll be fine, it's just that on a state to state level Israelis would expect the German state to be apologetic for their mass murder of Jews as we Bangladeshis expect the Pakistani regime/military to carry out its Islamic duty and apologise for the mass murder of Bengalis.

To be honest the only things you should be worried about are the horrific and appalling traffic in Dhaka (Dhaka isn't as glamourous as the photos in my thread which are all real but are deliberately taken like any other such photos to enhance the visual beauty of the scene e.g. colour, lighting, angle), maybe some food issues etc. Dhaka also has slums, a lot of people aren't that impressed by Dhaka. If you can spend short time in Dhaka and then try and visit somewhere like the Sundarbans, Cox's Bazar etc.

I really don't think you will like Dhaka and when you come back you will say it's a bit of a disappointment. However the purpose of this thread is similar to my photos of Afghanistan thread which is to show the positive aspects of Afghanistan in contrast to all the negative stuff spoken about in this forum by the likes of Shamlawar Khurasani and others e.g. Taliban, terrorism, ISIS, Bachabazai etc. I could be wrong about Dhaka though. If you do go let me know how your trip was.

Having a Canadian passport, just like anywhere else in the world with a western passport, means you will be respected and enjoy VIP status as someone coming from an advanced country.

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Dhaka.

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WEST BENGAL

Kolkata (India)













































Kolkata (Calcutta) was the former capital of India and Bengal was the richest province.

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Indian in Bangladesh.





Lights off after an earthquake which hit Dhaka.



Gateway to Nawab Bhari, Dhaka 1863.

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The flashing blue Arabic letters on the left hand box under the tree have the name of the holy prophet ('alaihi salaatu wa salam) and the name of Allah.























Bangladeshi facebook post in the light of the recent tragedy at Bacha Khan university, Bengalis praise Bacha Khan.



The Pashtun fighter who rallied for Mujib

Tribune Report


A Pashtun freedom fighter who propagated non-violent methods and collaborated with Mahatma Gandhi, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was better known as Bacha Khan (Bacha means king in Pashto) and died in 1988. He was born on February 6, 1890.

Khan was a disciple of Indian independence leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and collaborated with him as closely as leaders such as Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel did.

Khan met Gandhi and entered politics in 1919 during agitation over the Rowlatt Acts, which allowed the internment of political dissidents without trial. In 1920, he joined the Khilafat movement, which sought to strengthen the spiritual ties of Indian Muslims to the Turkish Ottoman Empire.

As a part of movement against British colonial rule, Khan mobilised thousands of people in the north-west fringes of the Indian sub-continent, then known as the North West Frontier Province, to fight a nonviolent struggle, which earned him the title “Frontier Gandhi”.

His movement was known as “Khudai Khidmatgar,” which means “Servants of God” in Pashto.

Khan was against the idea of partition of Indian subcontinent into two nations along religious lines.

He lived in newly created Pakistan after partition following independence from the British but faced house arrest for many years and was even imprisoned by the Pakistani government.

He formed Pakistan’s first national opposition party in 1948, the Pakistan Azad Party.

In 1969, Khan addressed a joint session of the Indian parliament, on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 100th birthday. Later in 1987, he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest Indian honour given to civilians. He was the first non-Indian to receive this honour.

Along with his son Khan Abdul Wali Khan, co-founder of National Awami Party, Bacha Khan called on the military dictatorship to hand over power to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Awami League after its landslide victory in 1969 general election. Later both condemned the military occupation in the then East Pakistan.

Bangladesh government awarded the duo with Friends of Liberation War Honour in 2013.

- See more at: http://www.dhakatribune.com/banglade....GABDm0i3.dpuf



1. In the 1970 elections in the united Pakistan, 3 out of the 5 provinces of Pakistan i.e. east Pakistan (majority of the population), Balochistan and the then NWFP (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) voted for a coalition led by the Awami League.

2. The democratically elected government of Pakistan was stopped from taking power and the army started massacres of Pakistani civilians in east Pakistan resulting in the eventual separation of the eastern wing and the creation of Bangladesh.

3. Bacha Khan and his followers were part of the coalition which would have ruled Pakistan if the army had not illegally stopped the people's representatives from assuming office.

4. Bacha Khan supported Mujib but had also expressed sympathy for Bengalis the year before when floods killing up to possibly as much as 1/4 million Bengalis took place with the almost complete indifference of the Pakistani federal government based in west Pakistan.

5. Wali Khan rescued a Bengali diplomat's son during the 1971 war and saved his life and helped him to escape to Kabul.

6. Members of Wali Khan's NAP were arrested for protesting in favour of Bengalis and against the Pakistan army's genocide in east Pakistan in 1971.

7. A former Khudai Khidmatgar sympathizer and Pashtun, Mumtaz Khan Pathan, gained fame in east Pakistan for helping local Muslim Bengalis during the 1971 genocide.





Mumtaz Khan Pathan.

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As we can see from the quote above, Asfandyar Wali Khan, the grandson of Badshah Khan (rahmatullahi 'alaih) and son of Wali Khan (rahmatullahi 'alaih) was privileged as he was the only Pakistani politician invited to attend that event in Dhaka, Bangladesh.



Asfandyar Wali, leader of Pashtuns in Pakhtunkhwa.






Dhaka, Bangladesh.















Kuwaiti-Bangladeshi flags in Dhaka. Bangladesh helped to liberate and protect Kuwait in 1991.













Recent Bangladeshi film.

[Shapur]

Wow, didnt expect Dhaka to be this modern. Looks like New York.

Good going

[Bengal_Tiger]

Wow, didnt expect Dhaka to be this modern. Looks like New York.

Good going

Manana Shapura wrora......not as bad as most think, but not as glamourous as some of these pictures may make it seem.

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Western visitor in the Meridien in Dhaka.

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Busy beans cafe, Dhaka.

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Shilpa Shetty’s ancestors from Sylhet




Showtime Desk


Popular Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s ancestors are from Sylhet, the actress revealed while visiting Dhaka for a fashion show this month.

She appeared as the show stopper at a fashion show titled “Fashion for Passion,” held at the Bashundhara Convention Centre in the capital, on May 13.

While talking to journalists, Shilpa said: “I had heard a lot about the affectionate and loving attitude of Bangladeshis, and I am fascinated after coming here. I never knew that I have such a huge fan following in Bangladesh! Thanks to the organisers for inviting me to participate in such a beautiful arrangement.”

The Bollywood diva said: “My ancestors were from Sylhet. With that connection, I can speak Bangla a little. I understand it well, like ami tomake bhalobashi, and tumi dekhte khub mishti. However, I might get stuck if I try to speak it for a long time.”

She opined that Bangladesh has advanced a great deal in the field of fashion and ramps. In Fashion for Passion, everyone’s outlook, style, and ideas matched the international standard. All the Bangladeshi participants were very talented, she added.

“The most exciting part was the audience’s reaction,” she said.

Expressing a desire to visit Sylhet, Shilpa said: “I wished to visit the homestead of my ancestors but cannot manage time this time. I came to Dhaka after finishing a programme in Dubai, and now have to rush for Mumbai.”

While answering different queries of journalists, she shared that she loved the rain of Bangladesh.

The actress has cut back on work after her marriage, and is currently spending most of her time with business, yoga, and practising dance.

“I will work when I like some script. I will accept any offer to act in Bangladeshi films after considering the opportunity,” she said.

- See more at: Shilpa Shetty’s ancestors from Sylhet | Dhaka Tribune



Sylhet in north-eastern Bangladesh, a region where Usman Afghan Khan (rahmatullahi 'alaih) died alongside other Pakhtuns.

1. Sylhet is my home region of Bangladesh and where 90% of Bangladeshis in the UK come from.

2. There has been Pakhtun influence in the region including in the form of Usman Afghan Khan (rahmatullahi 'alaih).


3. Sylhetis have our own language which is facing potential linguistic genocide with the onslaught of "Bengalification".

I hope Sylhetis can preserve our distinct language in harmony with our national language "amader jatiyo bhasha", Bangla.

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