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On 14 September, an Indian Air Force aircraft landed in Chittagong with 53 tonnes of relief materials, including food, salt, cooking oil and mosquito nets. The delivery was meant to help Bangladesh cope with the vast influx of Rohingyas—a minority community in Myanmar that is facing large-scale violence there.

The Creative Arts in Bangladesh: An Evening with Anisul Hoque
Lecture: Chowdhury Center | September 18 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room))

By Steve George, CNN

Updated 12:06 PM ET, Fri September 1, 2017

(CNN )In rural areas across northern Bangladesh families are preparing to mark Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest dates on the Muslim calendar.

Eye on South Asia: Challenges to Development and Democracy in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal
Panel Discussion: Chowdhury Center | March 22 | 5-7 p.m. | Faculty Club, Seaborg Room

Video Recording of Lecture. Please scroll below to see a Storify of the event and photos from the event

Celebrating International Women's Day: With talks by Former Executive Director of Acid Survivor's Foundation in Bangladesh, Monira Rahman and Former President and CEO of Ms. Foundation for Women, Anika Rahman
Panel Discussion: Chowdhury Center | March 10 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)

Bangladeshi Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Sara Hossain delivers the Chowdhury Center Distinguished Lecture for 2017
Lecture: Chowdhury Center | February 16 | 5-7 p.m. | Hearst Field Annex, D37 (Blanche du Bois Room)

Ashok Gadgil | Addressing the largest mass poisoning in recorded history: Arsenic in drinking water in Bangladesh and vicinity
Lecture | September 15 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)

Bangladesh, unlike its neighbour India, has maintained a low profile for the outside world. However, contrary to its image, the political-economic significance of Bangladesh is actually huge. To start with, the country happens to be the eighth most populous nation-state in the world with a vast majority of Muslim population.

Rubana Huq | Price and Progress: Beyond Rana Plaza in Bangladesh
Lecture | April 25 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)

Sewing Power: Labor Rights in the Garment Industry in South Asia
Conference/Symposium | April 4 | 1-3:30 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conference Room)

A summary of the lecture
by Sridevi Prasad, ISAS Program & Publications Assistant

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in conversation with UCB Professor of Economics, Pranab Bardhan: The Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center Distinguished Lecture for 2016
Lecture | March 13 | 4-5:30 p.m. | The Sanctuary, First Presbyterian Church, 2407 Dana St, Berkeley, CA

Videorecording of the lecture

The Dark Subcontinent: Freud, Tagore, and Imagining the Female Nationalist Subject in Colonial Bengal
Lecture | November 12 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)

Development and Democracy in Bangladesh: Current problems and Prospects.
Conference/Symposium | November 6–8, 2015 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Clark Kerr Campus
Opening speech by BDI President Munir Quddus

Welcome address by Sanchita Saxena