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A K M Rezaul Mazid
A K M Rezaul Mazid ndc, afwc, psc is a major general in the Bangladesh Army. He is the incumbent Chief Consultant General of Construction Supervision of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge (Bengali: পদ্মা বহুমুখী সেতু, romanized: Pôdma Bôhumukh Setu), a two-level road-rail bridge that spans the Padma River, the principal tributary of the Ganges in Bangladesh. The bridge links Louhajang Upazila of Munshiganj, Zajira Upazila of Shariatpur and Shibchar Upazila of Madaripur, connecting the less developed southwest of the nation to the more developed northern and eastern parts. Career Mazid is an army engineer who served as Director of Directorate of Works and Chief Engineer (Army) in Army Headquarters in Military Engineers' Services until 2022. Earlier, he was commander of Bangladesh Army 34 Engineer Construction Brigade. He was project director of the country's first six-lane flyover at Mohipal in Feni. In November 2022, he become CCG in replace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padma River
The Padma ( bn, পদ্মা ''Pôdma'') is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for to its confluence with the Meghna River near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is situated on the banks of the river.Hossain ML, Mahmud J, Islam J, Khokon ZH and Islam S (eds.) (2005) Padma, Tatthyakosh Vol. 1 and 2, Dhaka, Bangladesh, p. 182 . Since 1966, over of land has been lost due to erosion of the Padma. History Etymology The Padma, Sanskrit for lotus flower, is a mentioned in Hindu mythology as a byname for the Goddess Lakshmi. The name ''Padma'' is given to the lower part of the course of the Ganges (Ganga) below the point of the off-take of the Bhagirathi River (India), another Ganges River distributary also known as the Hooghly River. Padma had, most probably, flowed through a number of channels at different times. Some authors contend that each distributary of the Ganges in its deltaic part is a remnan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Army Generals
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of India in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
F M Zahid Hossain
F M Zahid Hossain afwc, psc is a retired major general in the Bangladesh Army who was the Chief Consultant General of Construction Supervision of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge. Early life Hossain passed SSC and HSC from Jhenidah Cadet College respectively in 1982 and 1984. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree from University of Chittagong. He has a Bachelor of Engineering degree and a Master of Engineering degree from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He has a master's degree in defense studies from the National University of Bangladesh. He has an executive MBA from the American International University-Bangladesh. Career He served at the Directorate of Works and Chief Engineer (Army) in Army Headquarters while he was a lieutenant colonel. Hossain also severed at the Military Institute of Science and Technology Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) ( bn, মিলিটারি ইনস্টিটিউট অফ সায় ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shibchar Upazila
Shibchar ( bn, শিবচর) is an upazila of Madaripur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Shibchar is located at . It has 58085 households and total area 321.88 km2. Demographics As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Shibchar has a population of 306082. Males constitute 51.46% of the population, and females 48.54%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 143975. Shibchar has an average literacy rate of 26.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. Administration Shibchar Upazila is divided into Shibchar Municipality and 19 union parishads: Bahertala Dakshin, Baheratala Uttar, Bandarkhola, Baskandi, Charjanazat, Dattapara, Ditiyakhando, Kadirpur, Kathalbari, Kutubpur, Madbarerchar, Nilokhe, Panchar, Sannasirchar, Shibchar, Shiruail, Umedpur, Vhadrasion, and Vhandarikandi. The union parishads are subdivided into 108 mauzas and 519 villages. Shibchar Municipality is subdivided into 9 wards and 17 mahallas. See also * Upazilas of Banglades ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zajira Upazila
Zajira ( bn, জাজিরা) is an upazila of Shariatpur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Zajira Thana was established in 1973 and was converted into an upazila in 1984. It is named after its administrative center, the town of Zajira. Geography Zajira Upazila has a total area of . About two-thirds is land and one-third is water, chiefly the Padma River, which flows through the northern part of the upazila. It borders Munshiganj District to the north, Naria Upazila to the east and south, Shariatpur Sadar Upazila to the south, and Madaripur District to the west. Demographics According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Zajira Upazila had 14,715 households and a population of 194,019, 11.0% of whom lived in urban areas. 11.2% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 44.4%, compared to the national average of 51.8%. Administration Zajira Upazila is divided into Zajira Municipality and 12 union parishads: Bara Gopalpur, Bara Kris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louhajang Upazila
Lohajang ( bn, লৌহজং eaning ''rusting of iron'' is an upazila of Munshiganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Lohajang is located at on the south bank of Padma River. It has a total area of 130.12 km2. Demographics According to the 2011 Bangladesh census In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were reco ..., Louhajang Upazila had 36,554 households and a population of 159,242, 2.7% of whom lived in urban areas. 9.5% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 45.9%, compared to the national average of 51.8%. Administration Louhajang Upazila is divided into ten union parishads: Baultoli, Bejgaon, Gaodia, Haldia, Kalma, Kanaksar, Khidirpara, Kumarbhog, Lohajang-Teotia, and Medinimandal. The union parishad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganges
The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. The river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It flows south and east through the Gangetic plain of North India, receiving the right-bank tributary, the Yamuna, which also rises in the western Indian Himalayas, and several left-bank tributaries from Nepal that account for the bulk of its flow. In West Bengal state, India, a feeder canal taking off from its right bank diverts 50% of its flow southwards, artificially connecting it to the Hooghly river. The Ganges continues into Bangladesh, its name changing to the Padma. It is then joined by the Jamuna, the lower stream of the Brahmaputra, and eventually the Meghna, forming the major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padma Multipurpose Bridge
The Padma Multipurpose Bridge ( bn, পদ্মা বহুমুখী সেতু, Pôdma Bôhumukhī Setu), commonly known as the Padma Bridge ( bn, পদ্মা সেতু, Pôdma Setu), is a two-level road-rail bridge across the Padma River, the main distributary of the Ganges in Bangladesh. It connects Louhajang Upazila of Munshiganj and Zazira Upazila of Shariatpur and a small part of Shibchar Upazila of Madaripur, linking the less developed southwest of the country to the northern and eastern regions. The bridge was inaugurated on 25 June 2022 by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The bridge is considered to be the most challenging construction project in the history of Bangladesh, the steel truss bridge carries a four-lane highway on the upper level and a single track railway on the lower level. The bridge consists of 41 sections, each long and wide, with a total length of . It is the longest bridge in Bangladesh, the longest bridge over the rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major General
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a lieutenant general outranking a major general, whereas a major outranks a lieutenant. In the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and in the United States, when appointed to a field command, a major general is typically in command of a Division (military), division consisting of around 6,000 to 25,000 troops (several regiments or brigades). It is a two-star general, two-star rank that is subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the rank of brigadier or brigadier general. In the Commonwealth, major general is equivalent to the navy rank of rear admiral. In air forces with a separate rank structure (Commonwealth), major general is equivalent to air vice-marshal. In some countries including much of Eastern Europe, major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Defence College (Bangladesh)
National Defence College is a government owned institution for the strategic training of civil and military officers and is located in Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The college was established on 7 December 1996 and started its operations on 10 January 1999. Armed Forces War College Armed Forces War College was established in 2001 under the National Defence College. It is headed by the Commandant of the National Defence College. Notable alumni * Lieutenant general Tukur Yusuf Buratai the Chief of Staff Nigerian Army The Nigerian Army (NA) is the land force of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It is governed by the Nigerian Army Council (NAC). The Chief of Army Staff is the highest ranking military officer of the Nigerian Army. History Formation The Nigerian ... (2015–2021). * Major general, Major General K.J.Wijetilleke- Sri Lankan general. * Air marshal, Air Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler VM, Director General (Inspection and Safety) of Indian Air Force. * Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
