“Assalamu alaikum. Ami Bangla bolte pari na.” This is how I have started almost all of my interactions with people here in Bangladesh, whether it’s in the villages conducting my study, in the marketplace (so [...]
Lush is still the best word that comes to mind when I think of Bangladesh. Seeing the shades of greens from above to seeing the height and volumes of the greens on the ground [...]
As a Global Epidemiology student at the University of Michigan, I began my search for a summer internship over 10 months ago. While I explored many different opportunities, it was not until I came across [...]
Fortified by the goodwill, support and hard work of many and her own perseverance and ability to foster partnerships, civil rights lawyer Moushumi “Mou” Khan launched the Foundation for Charitable Activities in Bangladesh, a new [...]
After noted civil rights attorney Moushumi “Mou” Khan’s father died in a snowy car crash near their Ann Arbor home, she began to consolidate the collective power and intent of Michigan’s Bangladeshi-American community to bring [...]
When Moushumi “Mou” Khan, 46, was growing up in Ann Arbor, her father Abdul Majid Khan, a nuclear engineer and graduate of University of Michigan, often spoke of wanting to share his many blessings with [...]
U.S. Ambassador Bernicat and USAID Mission Director Jaruzelski, along with a team of senior staff including USAID Director of the Office of Public Health, Nutrition and Education, USAID Director of the Office of Economic Growth, [...]
Tree Plantation . . . Keep Bagdumur Clean
Bishwo Shahitto Kendro is a non-profit institution in Bangladesh that promotes reading habits, enlightenment and progressive ideas among students and the general public. Bishwo Shahitto Kendro actively maintains libraries across the nation. It pioneered the [...]
