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Stories Set in Bangladesh
1971's liberation, Dhaka's rickshaw ranks, madrasa childhoods and garment-factory heroines — the delta's stories run deep and recent. Start with these ten, then open Bangladesh on StoryTerra's map.
Open Bangladesh on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Bangladesh
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Browse 32 books and 53 movies set in Bangladesh.

Extraction
Tyler Rake a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord.

Mujib: The Making of a Nation
Biopic on the father of the nation of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The film will showcase his growing up as a child to his standing up against all injustice in his youth to fighting for the independence of his…

Mirror Game
Ayna is an actor and the prison is his stage. He slips into the characters of the powerful convicted in exchange of money and take their place in prison. This strange profession is borne out of a society that doesn't…

দীপু নাম্বার টু
ভূমিকা:"আমি যখন পদার্থ বিজ্ঞানে ডি.এইচ.ডি করার জন্যে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে গিয়েছি তখন সেখানে আমি একেবারেই একা, বাংলায় কথা বলার একজন মানুষও নেই। পড়াশোনার প্রচন্ড চাপ, সিয়াটলের মেঘে ঢাকা ধূসর আকাশ, গুড়িগুড়ি বৃষ্টি, কনকনে…

Rashed, My Friend
1971 was a turning point in the sub-continent's history: it was when everything changed and Bangladesh came into existence. For nine months from March to December, the people of the country sacrificed their lives and…

The Concert for Bangladesh
A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for the poor of Bangladesh. The Concert for Bangladesh was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles…

Whores' Glory
An examination of the lives needs troubles and hopes of prostitutes in Thailand Bangladesh and Mexico.

Janowar
Based on a true story- A group of robbers broke into a house at night with the intention of committing robbery. The house was inhabited by two young girls and a disabled child and their mother. Not getting the desired…

Sathi
A man sacrifices everything for his love but his identity remains hidden from her for most of the movie.

The Unnamed
A migrant worker's passing leads authorities on a wild goose chase on his identity and what to do with his corpse.
The 10 stories above are just a sample of the 85 in the catalogue for this entry. For the full live catalogue, open Bangladesh in the StoryTerra app. On the live map you can also filter by the exact time the stories take place — any year, decade or century, from BCE to the future.
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