Honouring Bengal’s millennia-old boatmaking heritage through restoration and repair by Syed Abu Sinjan Saadat,April 18, 2025 This World Heritage Day, we honour not just the monuments of the past, but the living, breathing traditions that connect us to our cultural...
Friendship's Cultural Preservation Efforts include the once-common sampan boat, now a relic of the past. Sampan boats carried both passengers and cargo on what served as the roads and highways of the region long before land routes were constructed. © Friendship by...
An interview with boat carpenter, Bhojon Chondro Shutrodhar Bangladesh boat carpenters proudly exhibit their work at an exhibition in Luxembourg. © Friendship by Syed Abu Sinjan SaadatJune 9, 2024 In the heartland of Bangladesh, where rivers weave through the...
A Tribute to Master Craftsmanship The B613 is the largest existing malar-class sailboat in the world, and part of Friendship's cultural preservation initiatives. © Friendship by Syed Abu Sinjan Saadat,April 18, 2024 Within Bangladesh's intricate cultural fabric lies a...
Runa Khan, founder Friendship (left) and President H.E. Emmanuel Macron (right) aboard the Flèche d’Or. © Suman Ghosh/Friendship by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhurySeptember 11, 2023 French President H.E. Emmanuel Macron enjoyed a ride on a traditional panshi boat operated...
Friendship teams up with Lalithakala Akademi and Preema Arte Foundation for Kranti Art Exchange Programme between India and Bangladesh Some of the final work on display near the entrance of the Friendship Centre at the end of the workshop. ©Ayon Das/Friendship by...
A series of testimonials on two decades of work in the most unaddressed communities in Bangladesh The Friendship cyclone shelter in Kuakata, which serves the climate-affected communities of the coastal south of Bangladesh. ©Friendship Friendship News DeskDecember 26,...
by Runa KhanDecember 7, 2022 On the twentieth anniversary of our founding, I cannot help but think back on where we started, how far we’ve come, how strongly with dedication we have grown, and also on our hopes for the future. At the turn of the millennium the world...
20 things that make Friendship the organisation that it has grown to be by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryNovember 6, 2022 Since its inception, Friendship has had to innovate to meet the requirements of the unique geo-logistical, socio-economic, and environmental challenges...
Outfitted with the largest extant sail and wooden hull still in use in South Asia, the B613 is one of the vessels that Contic offers for tours. ©Aref Syed/Friendship by Nusrat ZareenSeptember 27, 2022 Tourism has always had a strong connection with cultural heritage....
Friendship preserving the cultural identity of Bengal The B613, the largest malar still afloat in South Asia ©MD. ARIFUZZAMAN by RAEED ABD-ALLAH CHOWDHURYApril 18, 2022 With World Heritage Day today, coinciding with Ramadan and soon after Pohela Boishakh (Bangla New...
by TAHMEED CHAUDHURYFebruary 21, 2022 On February 21 2022, Friendship schools across the country celebrated Amar Ekushey and International Mother Language Day by hosting commemorations and paying tributes to the martyrs of the Language Movement. The annual event,...