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This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters located in the country. The industry and sector follow the Industry Classification Benchmark taxonomy. Organizations which have ceased operations are included and noted as defunct.
Bangladesh Blade Factory Limited. Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation. Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited. Bangladesh Diesel Plant Limited. Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation. Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation. Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited.
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- Early History of Bangladeshis in Britain
- Causes of Immigration
- Bangladesh Liberation War
- First Bangladeshi Settlers
- Racial Violence
- Official Recognition
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Throughout the 17th to early 20th centuries, the British East India Company employed thousands of lascars and workers from British India, who were mostly Bengali Muslim and Punjabi Sikh, to work on British ships. The first educated to travel from colonial India to Europe and live in Britain was I'tisam-ud-Din, a Bengali Muslim cleric, munshi and di...
A large number of Bangladeshi men emigrated to the UK for employment during the 1950s and the 1960s, and they are regarded as the first generation Bangladeshi settlers. They settled in industrial cities and towns such as Birmingham, Luton, Bedford, Oldham, Haslingden, Rochdale, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Liverpool, Scunthorpe, Kidderminster, Sund...
During 1971, East Pakistan (known today as Bangladesh) went to war against West Pakistan (Pakistan) for independence, in what was known as the Bangladesh Liberation War. The Pakistani infantry occupied the Sylhet region, which led some people to join the Mukti Bahini to defend themselves against the Pakistanis.Large numbers of Sylhetis also fled th...
Bangladeshis first started arriving in the UK in large numbers in the 1970s and mostly settled in and around the Brick Lane area of East London. However, some Bengalis had been present in the country as early as the 1920s, although minuscule. Author Caroline Adams records one instance in 1925 when a lost Bengali searching for other Bengali settlers...
1970s and Altab Ali
In the 1970s, there was a large rise in the number of attacks on Bangladeshis. Racial tensions in the area had been simmering for 40 years, since Oswald Mosley incited attacks on the older Jewish communities in the 1930s. White power skinhead gangs began to roam the Brick Lane area, where they vandalised property and spat at Bengali children. In Bethnal Green, National Front members handed out leaflets on the streets and assembled people at a pub in Cheshire Street. Bengali children were allo...
1990s
Incidents of racial violence started to occur in 1993 as a result of the British National Party (BNP). Several Bangladeshi students were severely injured in violent incidents. Racial violence started to occur again against the Bangladeshis and other ethnic groups, when during 1993 the BNP won a seat in the Isle of Dogs, Tower Hamlets. The party started to sell their newspapers in Brick Lane, and later that year, some party members attacked young Bangladeshi students. Both were seriously injur...
In April 2001, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets council officially renamed the 'Spitalfields' electoral ward to Spitalfields and Banglatown. Surrounding streets were redecorated, with lamp posts painted in green and red, which are the colours of the Bangladeshi flag.
<p>The citizens of the region have been fighting for democracy, economic liberation, and cultural freedom within the framework of the Pakistani state for 25 years. The attempt to achieve victory through systematic struggle was made in the 1970 elections. However, the manipulation by Pak Samarjanta pushed us into a path of war. Following independence, India had a dominant influence on our ...
22. Bangladesh is now an unsecured and risky land. Even a child in the mother’s womb is not free from the claw of cruel crimes. People seeking justice from the court is being denied justice. Courts are used to suppress the members of the opposition parties. A culture of impunity has engulfed the country.
Our Leaders. Lieutenant General Ziaur Rahman Bir Uttam (1936-1981) was the founder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was the declarer of independence and a valiant freedom fighter. He was also Chief of Army Staff and later became the elected President of Bangladesh. He opened up multi-party democracy in Bangladesh and defined Bangladeshi ...
