Munshiganj District

Munshiganj (Bangla: মুন্সীগঞ্জ) also historically known as Bikrampur is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Geography Total land area is 235974 acres (954 km²), out of which 138472 acres (560 km²) are cultivable and 5609 acres (23 km²) are fallow land. It has no forest area. 40277 acres (163 km²) of land is irrigated while 26242 acres (106 km²) of land is under river. It has 14 rivers of 155 km passing through. Subdivisions The district consists of 6 upazilas: Lohajang Upazila Sreenagar Upazila Munshiganj Sadar Upazila Sirajdikhan Upazila Tongibari Upazila Gazaria Upazila Economy of Munshiganj Munshiganj...

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Dhaka District

Dhaka District (Bengali: ঢাকা জেলা, Dhaka Jela) is a district located in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, rests on the eastern banks of the Buriganga River which flows from the Turag to the south of the district. While Dhaka (city) occupies only about a fifth of the area of Dhaka district, it is the economic, political and cultural centre of the district and the country as a whole...

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Shariatpur District

Shariatpur is a district in the Dhaka Division of central Bangladesh. Upazilas Six upazilas (sub-district) under this district are: Bhedarganj Upazila Damudya Upazila Gosairhat Upazila Shakhipur Upazila Naria Upazila Shariatpur Sadar Upazila Zanjira Upazila Shariatpur District Map Geography & Demography Shariatpur District is bounded on the north by Munshiganj District, Barisal District on the south, Chandpur District on the east, Madaripur District on the west. Main rivers are Padma, Meghna, Kirtinasha, Palong, Jayanti and Dharmaganj. Area of Shariatpur district is 1181.53 km². It consists of 6 upazilas, 5 Municipality,...

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Netrokona District

Netrakona is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Netrakona District in Bangladesh Geography Netrakona District is situated in the northern part of Bangladesh. Near the Himalayan border. Historically Netrakona is the main center point of Mymensingh Githika as the view of Mahua Malua who lived there and created their performances. Netrokona Sadar Upazila has an area of 340.35 km² and it is surrounded by Durgapur and Kalmakanda upazilas on the north side, Kendua and Gauripur upazilas on the south side, Barhatta and Atpara upazilas on the east side, Purbadhala upazila on the west. There are four rivers in Netrokona....

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Faridpur District

Faridpur is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Faridpur District has a population of over 1.7 million people and is situated on the banks of the Padma river (Lower Ganges). It is bordered by Madaripur, Narail, Rajbari, Magura, Shariatpur, Gopalgonj, Dhaka and Manikganj. Once a subdivision, the original area of the district comprised what is today the Greater Faridpur region which includes the present day districts of Rajbari, Gopalgonj, Madaripur, Shariatpur and Faridpur. Famous for its jute fields, which are considered to produce the finest raw jute, and aristocratic zamindar families, the district was a focal...

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Manikganj District

Manikganj is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Geography Manikganj District (Dhaka Division) with an area of 1378.99 sq km, is bounded by Tangail District on the north, Dhaka District on the east, Faridpur and Dhaka districts on the south, the padma, jamuna and the districts of Pabna and Rajbari on the west. Annual temperature: maximum 36 °C and minimum 12.7 °C; annual rainfall 2376 mm. Main rivers are the Padma, Jamuna, Dhaleshwari, Ichamati and Kaliganga. An extensive area of the district especially riverine area of the upazilas of Harirampur, Shivalaya and Daulatpur becomes victim to riverbank erosion every...

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Rajbari District

Rajbari is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. It was named by the renowned ruler Raja Surjoprashad Sen. He established his palace or rajbari in this district. It was a part of Faridpur district before. Later on, it was separated from Faridpur and rose as Rajbari. Upazilas There are 5 upazilas in this district. They are: 1) Baliakandi Upazila 2) Goalanda Upazila 3) Pangsha Upazila 4) Kalokhali Upazila 5) Rajbari Sadar Upazila History of RajbariRajbari is a district of Bangladesh. It is under Dhaka division. Rajbari was named by the renowned ruler Raja Shurjoprashad Sen. It was a part of Faridpur...

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Gopalganj District

Gopalganj is a district (zila in Bangla) in the Dhaka division (bibhag in Bangla) of Bangladesh. The district has about 1.1 million inhabitants and its surface area is 1,490 km². The main city of the district is also called Gopalganj. The district is the political bastion of the Awami League. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, hailed from the village of Tungipara in the district. Sheikh Mujib's nephew Sheikh Fazlul Haq Mani had also been elected to parliament from Gopalgonj-2 constituency. Both were assassinated on August 15, 1975 and the country was lifted from the ruins of socialist style dictatorship of the Mujib...

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Dhaka

Dhaka (formerly spelled Dacca, and Jahangirnagar, during Mughal era) is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city in Bangladesh. It is the 9th largest city in the world and also among the most densely populated cities in the world. Dhaka is known as the City of Mosques and with 400,00 cycle rickshaws running on its streets every day, the city is also described as the Rickshaw Capital of the World. Under...

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Bangladesh Liberation War

The Bangladesh Liberation War(i) (Bengali: Muktijuddho) was an armed conflict pitting East Pakistan and India against West Pakistan. The war resulted in the secession of East Pakistan, which became the independent nation of Bangladesh. The war broke out on 26 March 1971 as army units directed by West Pakistan launched a military operation in East Pakistan against Bengali civilians, students, intelligentsia, and armed personnel who were demanding separation of the East from West Pakistan. Bengali military, paramilitary, and civilians formed the Mukti Bahini (Bengali: Liberation Army) and used guerrilla warfare tactics to fight against the West...

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh (Bengla: Gonoprojatontri Bangladesh) is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma (Myanmar) to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south. Together with the Indian state of West Bengal, it makes up the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. The name Bangladesh means "Country of Bengal" in the official Bengali language. The borders of present-day Bangladesh were established with the partition of Bengal and India in 1947, when the region became East Pakistan, part of the newly formed nation of...

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