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This place truly is constantly changing. Sitting on the largest river delta in the world, crouched beside the Bay of Bengal, this low-lying land sees its very soil renewed like clockwork each spring as the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers deliver -countless tons of mineral-rich silt. The world’s third largest Muslim nation, after Indonesia and Pakistan, Bangladesh is one of the most crowded places on the planet. It's also home to many spectacular river-swimming Bengal tigers. Over time, it has assimilated the beliefs of Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Jainism, all of which may be seen in its cultural life today.

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ঐ ভবনের নিচে কয়েক হাজার মানুষ চাপা পড়েছে ?

নাহ, ওতে চাপা পড়েছে দেশ ! আমাদের বিবেক ! আমাদের মায়া-মমতা ন্সেহ ভালবাসা আর ঘৃনার পাপ চাপা পড়েছে ঐ কংক্রিটের জঙ্গলের ভগ্নস্তুপে ! যুগান্তর ব্যপী চলতে থাকা আমাদের দাসত্বের ধর্ম চাপা পড়েছে ! সাথে আমি ও আমার স্বপ্নের ডানা, আমার ভাবনার ভূবন স্যান্ডউইচ হয়ে পড়ে আছে ঐ রানা প্লাজার গ্রাউন্ডফ্লোরে.

Are there just a couple thousand people buried underneath the building?

No, the entire nation is buried! Our conscience is buried. Our compassion, affection, and the sin of our hatred and negligence is trapped in that concrete jungle. Our ongoing immoral practice of slavery is trapped under the debris.

With that, my dreams, and my conscious are sandwiched on the ground floor of Rana Plaza.

Thank you seasonoftears for the help with translation.

The Gaanjaam (Gangnam) Style Flash Mob Project, Bangladesh

When you deprive nerds off of youtube, they take to the streets and bust cheesy moves!

Kawran Bazar, Dhaka. 4:15pm Saturday, 22nd of September 2012.

Ashulia

Photograph of a river scene taken in Dhaka district in the 1870s by an unknown photographer. This view illustrates a scene with a temple on the banks of the Buriganga River at an unidentified location in the Dhaka region in Bangladesh.