Bangladesh

Children prepare for a lesson in a village school in Bangladesh. When they're a little older, they'll no doubt learn about the history of their country. This year, Bangladesh celebrated 40 years of independence. Do you know from which country?

These plastic sandals are lined up outside a building in a village in Bangladesh. More than a third of that country's population is under the age of 18. The children who own these shoes are lucky. Read our story to find out why.

This woman was promised a husband in India. Instead, she was forced to work there as a prostitute. She later escaped back to her village in Bangladesh. Human trafficking affects millions of people each year. Find out what the United Nations has been trying to do about it.

Men in Bangladesh transport rice to market near the border town of Rajshahi. Rice has been cultivated in south Asia for more than 4,000 years, and today Bangladesh is the world's fourth-largest producer of rice. So does it import or export rice?

Microcredit is a financial innovation made famous by the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. This bank has successfully enabled very poor people to start businesses, create jobs, earn incomes and get out of poverty.

From Las Vegas Boulevard — known as "the Strip" — to the harsh landscape of the Kalahari Desert, from beautiful Sydney Harbour to the slums of Dhaka, our photo blogger Jan Stuermann has been there. Let's join him now in another world tour.

From Byron Bay on the coast of New South Wales to Chittagong, the main seaport of Bangladesh, our photo blogger Jan Stuermann has been there. He's also been to Europe's last dictatorship and has visited the city state that once ruled an empire.

For visitors to Bangladesh, highlights include the tiger-filled Sundarbans National Park and the impressive colonial tea plantations around Srimangal. All of this comes with some of the kindest, most open-hearted people you will ever meet. 

The price of rice in Bangladesh has been rising. Food inflation jumped to 10.56 percent in January. Now the world's fourth-biggest rice producer plans to import 300,000 tonnes of rice and 750,000 tonnes of wheat before the end of the month.

The expression "to wipe the slate clean" means "to agree to start again" with a relationship. The term comes from the Latin tabula rasa. The Romans wrote on tablets covered in slate and wax, and the entire slate could be erased for reuse afterwards.