Bangladesh Geographical Society
Bangladesh Geographical Society is a professional body for geographers in Bangladesh.[1][2][3][4]
History
[edit]Bangladesh Geographical Society was established in 1955 as the East Pakistan Geographical Society. In 1957, the society started publishing Oriental Geographer. The Oriental Geographer is published on January and July annually. It also started another journal in Bengali called Bhugol O Paribesh (Geography and Environment), published twice every year.[5][6]
Bangladesh Geographical Society awards the Nafis Ahmad award, named after Nafis Ahmad, to geography students in universities in Bangladesh for outstanding academic achievements. The society is funded through grants from Dhaka University, Ministry of Science and Technology and other sources.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Kinnaird, Vivian; Momsen, Janet (2002). Different Places, Different Voices: Gender and Development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Routledge. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-134-90402-0.
- ^ Geographical Review of India. Geographical Society of India. 1972. p. 192.
- ^ "River-linking to spell disaster for both Bangladesh, India". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "'Develop human resources to resolve migrant workers' issue'". The Daily Star. 1 July 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b Baby, Sultana Nasrin. "Bangladesh Geographical Society". Banglapedia. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ Castree, Noel; Kitchin, Rob; Rogers, Alisdair (2013). A Dictionary of Human Geography. OUP Oxford. p. 577. ISBN 978-0-19-959986-8. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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