All articles starting with B

Bangs (hair)

Bangs (UK: fringe) are hair cut shorter to hang over the forehead. Covers the American word origin, Ziryab's early popularization, the 1915 Irene Castle bob, main types like curtain and micro bangs, and 2025-2026 trends.

Bangsamoro

Bangsamoro (BARMM) is the autonomous Muslim-majority region in the southern Philippines, created by the 2014 MILF peace deal and the 2018 Bangsamoro Organic Law, replacing ARMM in 2019 with a parliamentary government and first elections in 2026.

Bangsamoro Organic Law

Bangsamoro Organic Law (Republic Act 11054, OLBARMM), signed July 27, 2018, created the BARMM under the 2014 CAB peace deal: an 80-seat parliamentary region replacing ARMM, with first parliamentary elections held September 14, 2026.

Bangsamoro Parliament

Bangsamoro Parliament: unicameral 80-seat legislature of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao under the Bangsamoro Organic Law; the Philippines' only parliamentary region, with its first elected parliament seated after the September 14, 2026 election.

Bangsean

Bangsean (บางแสน), also spelled Bangsaen, is a 3.7 km temporary beachfront street circuit in Chon Buri, Thailand, first raced in 2007 and home of the Bangsaen Grand Prix and Thailand Super Series.

Bangudae Petroglyphs

The Bangudae Petroglyphs (반구대 암각화) are prehistoric rock engravings on a cliff in Ulsan, South Korea, whose whale-hunting scenes are the oldest known depictions of whaling in the world.

Bangui

Bangui is the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic, on the Ubangi River. Founded by the French in June 1889, it had a projected 869,600 residents in 2025 and eight arrondissements.

Oct 20, 2026

Bangui Prefecture

Bangui Prefecture, the Central African Republic prefecture containing the capital Bangui (also the autonomous commune), population about 1,425,276 (2021), four sub-prefectures, 10 arrondissements since 2020.

Bangwato

The Bangwato, also called the Ngwato or Bamangwato, are a Tswana people of east-central Botswana who built the largest Tswana state, centered on Shoshong and later Serowe.

Bangweulu

Bangweulu, "where the water meets the sky," is a Zambian wetland system of Lake Bangweulu, swamps, and floodplains in the upper Congo basin, drained by the Luapula River, home to the endemic black lechwe and shoebill, a Ramsar site co-managed since 2008.

Bangweulu - Mweru

Bangweulu - Mweru is a freshwater ecoregion covering the lakes and swamps of the Bangweulu and Mweru systems in southeastern DRC and northeastern Zambia, with rich endemic fauna.

Bangweulu Swamps

The Bangweulu Swamps, meaning "where the water meets the sky," are permanent swamps and seasonally flooded grasslands in northeastern Zambia, home to the endangered black lechwe.

Bánh chưng, bánh giầy

Bánh chưng and bánh giầy are Vietnamese sticky-rice cakes of Tết: a square boiled cake with mung bean and pork, and a round pounded-rice cake.

Bánh mì

Bánh mì (banh mi) is Vietnam's baguette sandwich, a French colonial import rebuilt with rice-flour dough, pâté, cold cuts, pickles, and herbs; OED-listed since 2011, TasteAtlas's top 2024 sandwich, but prone to salmonella outbreaks.

Bánh trôi nước

Bánh trôi nước is a four-line Nôm poem by Hồ Xuân Hương that describes a boiled rice cake and, by double meaning, the fate of Vietnamese women.

Banhā

Banhā, also spelled Benha (Arabic: بنها), is a city on the Damietta Branch of the Nile 48 km north of Cairo, capital of Qalyubia Governorate and site of ancient Athribis.

Bani of Ravidas

The bani of Ravidas, also known as Raidas, is the collected devotional hymns of Ravidas, a North Indian bhakti sant poet from the Chamar community.

Sep 19, 2026

Bani Surmah

Bani Surmah (Ban-e Sorma) is an Early Bronze Age necropolis of 37 stone corridor tombs in the Pusht-i Kuh, western Luristan, Iran, excavated in 1966 and 1967.

Banī Suwayf

Banī Suwayf (Beni Suef, بني سويف) is the capital city of Beni Suef Governorate in northern Upper Egypt, about 120 km south of Cairo on the Nile's west bank, known for New Beni Suef, Heracleópolis Magna archaeology, and Beni Suef University.

Bani Thani

Bani Thani (बणी ठणी) is an Indian miniature portrait of an idealized woman, painted around 1750 by the Kishangarh court artist Nihal Chand and known as the "Indian Mona Lisa".

Bania (बनिया) (caste)

Bania (बनिया, also Baniya, Vania) is a north and west Indian cluster of Hindu and Jain Vaishya trading castes, including Agarwals, Oswals, and Marwaris, traditionally bankers, moneylenders, and shopkeepers, classified as a forward caste.

Banibangou attack

The Banibangou attack was a June 2026 assault by Islamic State Sahel Province fighters on a Nigerien military base in western Niger, killing at least 34 soldiers.

Banig

Banig is the Filipino handwoven sleeping or sitting mat, made from tikog, pandan, buri, or rattan; regional traditions include Tawi-Tawi's Badjao and Samal mats, the Maranao round mat, and Basey, Samar, the banig capital.

Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel

The Banihal Qazigund Road Tunnel, also called the Navyug Tunnel, is a twin-tube road tunnel opened in 2021 that carries National Highway 44 between Banihal and Qazigund in Jammu and Kashmir.

Banijay Group

Banijay Group, formerly FL Entertainment, is a French media and entertainment group on Euronext Amsterdam spanning content production (Banijay Entertainment), live experiences, and gaming (Betclic, Tipico), with 2025 revenue of €4.9 billion.

Banished by Sin

Banished by Sin (2024) is Deicide's thirteenth studio album and first in six years, released on Reigning Phoenix Music; 12 tracks, 38:59, live-style production, AI cover art controversy.