Mymensingh

Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus went before a judge Tuesday in Mymensingh, a district about 100 kilometers north of the capital of Dhaka.

Nobel-Winning Micro-banker Free on Bail 2011

"The bank is all about him," she said by phone from northern Mymensingh district.

Bangladesh orders Nobel laureate Yunus from microfinance bank 2011

Then I read in Wikipedia that "As so many Sylhetis are resident abroad, Sylhet has a major flow of foreign currency from non-resident Bangladeshis; many Sylheti families 'sole source of income comes from relatives abroad and this attracts influx migrant workers and families from other parts of Bangladesh, earning livings by peddling rickshows, working as servants and peasants, particularly people from Comilla, Noakhali, Mymensingh and Barisal are found lower denomination jobs in Sylhet."

Archive 2008-02-01 Not a sheep 2008

I rushed to Amir International Hotel in Mymensingh where the 'Close Up 1' auditions were being held, straight from the exam.

Hopes, goals and ambitions In conversation with Close Up 1 champion Liza 2009

Abdul Barek Mir, 37 years old guy, lives in Gaffargaon a small union of the Mymensingh District.

Sand digger: Abdul Barek Mir Junaed 2009

The video was randomly recorded in two villages “Mujatati” and “Kabarikanda” of Mymensingh districts from 12-15 December 2008.

Rural Voice on Election 2008 2008

On my way to Mymensingh, Bangladesh by train, I once met a devout, young American.

In Quest of Happiness 2008

In Fulbaria of Mymensingh, AL leader Golam Kibria got the victory as municipal mayor In Naohata of Rajshahi, AL leader Abdul Gafur become the municipal mayor.

BANGLADESH: AWAMI LEAGUE GRASP LOCAL POLL 2008

Over on Bibliobibuli a couple of days back, Sharon blogged about Monica Ali and her book "Brick Lane" and how Monica has been criticized by a lead writer in the Guardian newspaper as follows: ... she was a mixed-race Oxford graduate whose main characters were not from Sylhet the original home of nearly all Brick Lane residents but a completely different region: Mymensingh.

Archive 2007-11-01 Glenda Larke 2007

Over on Bibliobibuli a couple of days back, Sharon blogged about Monica Ali and her book "Brick Lane" and how Monica has been criticized by a lead writer in the Guardian newspaper as follows: ... she was a mixed-race Oxford graduate whose main characters were not from Sylhet the original home of nearly all Brick Lane residents but a completely different region: Mymensingh.

Cultural Appropriation and the Fiction Writer Glenda Larke 2007