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First Bangladeshi woman to climb Everest
Saturday May 19, 2012 06:31:12 PM,
IANS
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Dhaka: A 31-year-old
Bangladeshi accountant Saturday became the first woman from her
country to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain.
Nishat Majumder, who began her adventure April 9, hoisted the
Bangladeshi flag atop the 8,848-metre-high peak, an official of
the Bangla Mountaineering and Trekking Club told the Daily Star.
The club organised the trip and a non-governmental organisation
Plan Bangladesh co-sponsored it under a campaign titled "Because I
Am a Girl".
Another Bangladeshi mountaineer, M.A. Mohit, accompanied Nishat on
the trip.
Mohit became the first Bangladeshi to scale Everest twice. The
first Bangladeshi to conquer Everest May 23, 2010, was Musa
Ibrahim.
Another Bangladeshi girl, Wasfia Nazreen, has also reached the
base camp to scale the mountain.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated Nishat Saturday for
conquering the peak.
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