DHAKA, May 19: A 31-year-old Bangladeshi accountant on Saturday became the first woman from her country to climb Mount Everest.

Nishat Majumder, who began her adventure on April 9, hoisted the Bangladeshi flag atop the 8,848-metre 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 and became the first Bangladeshi to scale the mountain twice.

The first Bangladeshi to conquer Everest was Musa Ibrahim who did so in May 2010.

A Bangladeshi girl, Wasfia Nazreen, has also reached the base camp to scale the mountain.

By arrangement with the Times of India