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  • Bose, N. (2008) Review of: Constructing Bangladesh: Religion, Ethnicity and Language in an
    Islamic Nation; by Sufia M. Uddin (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press; and New
    Delhi, Vistaar Pub., 2006), South Asia Research, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 236-238.

  • Durnnian, Terry (2007) Mother Language First (Dhaka, Bangladesh: Save the Children UK,
    Bangladesh Programme (on behalf of the International Save the Children Alliance member offices
    in Bangladesh)).

  • Farooqui, Sabrin (2007) “Developing speaking skills of adult learners in private universities in
    Bangladesh: problems and solutions”, Australian Journal of Adult Learning, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp.
    94-110.

  • Imam, Syeda Rumnaz (2005) “English as a global language and the question of nation-building
    education in Bangladesh”, Comparative Education, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 471-486.

  • Khan, Harunur Rashid (2005) “Teaching English in the Primary School: Pros and Cons”,
    Bangladesh Education Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1 (June), pp. 25-32.

  • Sadat, M. M. M. and M. M. Alam (2006) “Making Both Ends Meet in EFL Speaking Classroom in
    Bangladesh”, Journal of Social Studies, No. 110, pp. 63-75.

  • Sengupta, D. (2007) Review of: Constructing Bangladesh: Religion, Ethnicity and Language in an
    Islamic Nation; by Sufia M. Uddin (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press; and New
    Delhi, Vistaar Pub., 2006), Contributions to Indian Sociology, Vol. 41, No. 2 (May), pp. 261-263.

  • Uddin, Sufia M. (2006) Constructing Bangladesh: Religion, Ethnicity, and Language in an
    Islamic Nation (New Delhi, India: Vistaar Pub).

  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Bangkok (2005),
    First language first: community-based literacy programmes for minority language contexts in
    Asia (Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    (UNESCO), International Bureau of Education (IBE)).

  • Zaman, Naushad Uz (2006) "Status and Challenges of Local Language Computing and BRAC
    University's Initiative", Paper presented at the 5th Anniversary celebration of D.Net, BRAC Centre
    Inn, Mohakhali, Dhaka (January 28-29).
Publications of the Moment

Recognizing
Bangladeshi Language Martyrs’ Day
and
International Mother Language Day
(February 21, 2009)

the BDRC provides
recent developmental publications related to
Bangladesh’s Mother Language