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Madaripur Sadar Upazila
Madaripur Sadar ( bn, মাদারিপুর সদর) is an upazila of Madaripur District in the Division of Dhaka Division, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Madaripur Sadar is located at . It has 74451 households and total area 283.14 km2. It is bounded by Shibchar Upazila, Shibchar and Zajira Upazila, Zanjira Upazilas on the north, Kalkini Upazila, Kalkini and Kotalipara Upazilas on the south, Shariatpur Sadar Upazila on the east, Rajoir Upazila on the west. Demographics As of the 2011 Bangladesh census, Madaripur Sadar has a Population Total 345,764; male 171,329, female 174,435; Muslim 336,754, Hindu 35,819, Buddhist 12, Christian 103 and others 97. Males constitute49.6% of the population, and females 50.4%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 187868. Madaripur Sadar has an average literacy rate of 51.1% (7+ years), and the national average of 48.4% literate. Points of interest * Shah Madar (RA) Dargah Sharif, * Algi Kazibari Mosque - Bahadurpur, * Jhaoudi Gir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upazilas Of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( bn, উপজেলা, upôzela, lit=sub-district pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative region in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas are further administratively divided into union council areas (union parishads). Bangladesh ha495 upazilas(as of 20 Oct 2022). The upazilas are the second lowest tier of regional administration in Bangladesh. The administrative structure consists of divisions (8), districts (64), upazilas (495) and union parishads (UPs). This system of devolution was introduced by the former military ruler and president of Bangladesh, Lieutenant General Hossain Mohammad Ershad, in an attempt to strengthen local government. Below UPs, villages (''gram'') and ''para'' exist, but these have no administrative power and elected members. The Local Government Ordinance of 1982 was amended a year later, redesignatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shariatpur Sadar Upazila
Shariatpur Sadar ( bn, শরিয়তপুর সদর) is an upazila of Shariatpur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Shariatpur Thana was converted into an upazila in 1984. The upazila takes its name from the district and the Bengali word ''sadar'' (headquarters). It is the subdistrict where the district headquarters, Shariatpur town, is located. Geography Shariatpur Sadar Upazila has a total area of . It borders Zajira Upazila to the north, Naria and Bhedarganj upazilas to the east, Damudya Upazila to the southeast, and Madaripur District to the south and west. Demographics According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Shariatpur Sadar Upazila had 45,883 households and a population of 210,259, 23.6% of whom lived in urban areas. 10.5% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 51.2%, compared to the national average of 51.8%. Administration Shariatpur Sadar Upazila is divided into Shariatpur Municipality and 11 union par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed
Mohammad Nizamuddin Ahmed (born c. 1960) was an admiral in the Bangladesh Navy and the former Chief of Naval Staff. He previously served as the Director of Coast Guard Operations and commander of Chittagong Naval Command (COMCHIT). He also served in Naval Headquarters as Director of Personnel Services and Secretary to the Chief of Naval Staff. Inter Service Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) announced Ahmed's nomination to succeed Admiral Farid Habib. Ahmed began serving as the 15th Chief of Naval Staff on 27 January 2016. Biography Early life Nizam was born in Madaripur, Dhaka in 1960. His father, Late M.A Rashid, was a teacher and his mother late Fazilatunnesa Rashid was a housewife. He spent his childhood in Madaripur, where he attended local schools. Education He attended Madaripur United Islamia Government High School, where he obtained first division with four letters in 1976. He later attended Madaripur Government Nazimuddin College. After joining the Navy, he gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFM Bahauddin Nasim
AFM Bahauddin Nasim ( bn, আ.ফ.ম বাহাউদ্দিন নাছিম) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and current Joint General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League. He is a former MP of Madaripur-3 Constituency. Early life He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University. Career Nasim started his political career by joining Bangladesh Student League. He was president and also secretary of Bangladesh Student League Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Unit. In 1981, he became president of Bangladesh Student League, Madaripur District unit. He was the President of the Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League. He was Assistant Personal Secretary -2 of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 1996-2001 period. He was elected to parliament in 2014 from Madaripur-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. In 2017, he was acquainted by a on a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission. He was a member of the treasury bench of the Parl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shajahan Khan
Shajahan Khan (Bengali: শাজাহান খান) is a Bangladeshi politician, 7-times elected member of Jatiya Sangsad from Madaripur-2 constituency. He served as the Minister of Shipping of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2019. He was announced as a presidium member of Awami League at 2019. Shajahan Khan is a freedom fighter, he fought in 1971 Liberation War as a member of Mukti Bahini. He is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Ministry of Liberation War Affairs on the 11th National Parliament of Bangladesh. Early life Khan was born on 1 January 1952 to Asmat Ali Khan, an MP, politician and educationist, and Tajan Nesa Begum. He passed the S.S.C examination from United Islamia High School, Madaripur in 1966 and H.S.C from Madaripur Nazimuddin College in 1968. He obtained his bachelor's from Govt. Nazimuddin College. Career Khan joined politics in 1964. He was elected as the secretary of Chhatra League in Madaripur subdivision. Later he was el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashim Saha
Asim Saha (born 20 February 1949) is a Bangladeshi poet and novelist. He received Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2011 for his contributions in poetry. In recognition of his contribution to Bengali language and literature, the government of Bangladesh awarded him the country's second highest civilian award Ekushey Padak in 2019. Early life Saha was born on 20 February 1949 in his uncle's house in Netrokona district of the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). His paternal residence is in Shivalaya Upazila of Manikganj District. His father Akhil buddha Saha was a professor. Saha completed his Secondary education in 1965 and Higher Secondary education from Madaripur Government Nazimuddin College in 1967. In 1973, he obtained his post-graduate degree from the university of Dhaka. Career Saha's writing career started in 1964. Awards * Bangla Academy Literary Award (2011) * Ekushey Padak Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ava Alam
Ava Alam (1947–1976) was a Bangladeshi classical singer and music teacher. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1978 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life and career Ava was born in Madaripur town in the 26 December 1947. Her father name Haripada De. Her real name Ava De. When she married Tariqul Alam, a reputed lyricist in 1964 then she became known as Ava Alam. Ava took music lesson from Mithun De and her father. Since 1959 when she was student of class eight she took part in classical music programs at the Dhaka center of Radio Pakistan. When the television service was launched in Dhaka, she was praised for playing classical music on TV. Surprised all the audience by performing one-hour long "''Puria Dhaneshri''" Raga while she attending the All Pakistan Music Conference. She also performed on different occasions in West Pakistan and India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basudeb Dasgupta
Basudeb Dasgupta (31 December 1938 – 31 August 2005) is an Indian novelist and short-story writer associated with the Hungry generation movement in Bengali literature. He is considered one of the most significant avant-garde and controversial figures in the history of Bengali literature. Early life and education His family came to India as refugees following the partition of Bengal in 1947. He graduated with an honours in Bengali literature from the Scottish Church College in 1961, which he followed with a degree in education. Between 1965 and till his retirement in 1999, he taught in a school. Writings Basudeb's major contribution to Bengali literature spanned from the early 1960s to the mid-1980s. His distinct styled short stories of that span include ''Randhanshala'' (1963), ''Ratanpur'' (1964), ''Basantoutsav'' (1964), ''Riputarito'' (1965), ''Bamanrahasya'' (1965), ''Abhiramer Chalaphera'' (1967), ''Leni Bruce O Gopal Bhandke'' (1968), ''Debotader Koyekminit'' (1971), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayed Badiuddin
Badīʿ al-Dīn, known as Shāh Madār, and by the title Qutb-ul-Madar 1315–1434), was a Syrian Sufi who migrated to India where he founded the Madariyya Sufi brotherhood. He is held in high esteem as a patron saint. Biography Badi' al-Din hailed originally from Syria, and was born in Aleppo in 1315 CE. In later centuries, a growing number of legends arose in relation to Badi' al-Din, which resulted in sources continuously backdating his year of birth. These same sources also disagree about Badi' al-Din's descent. Some state that he was a ''sayyid'', that is, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and trace his descent back to Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (died 765 CE). Others mention descent from Muhammad's companion (''sahabi'') Abu Hurayra, who died CE. The assertion that Badi' al-Din was a Jew who had converted to Islam is not corroborated by other sources. His teacher was Bayazid Tayfur al-Bistami. After making a pilgrimage to Medina, he journeyed to India to spread the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahalla
is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or "neighborhood" in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social institutions built around familial ties and Islamic rituals. Today it is popularly recognised also by non-Muslims as a neighbourhood in large cities and towns. Mahallas lie at the intersection of private family life and the public sphere. Important community-level management functions are performed through mahalle solidarity, such as religious ceremonies, life-cycle rituals, resource management and conflict resolution. It is an official administrative unit in many Middle Eastern countries. The word was brought to the Balkans through Ottoman Turkish ''mahalle'', but it originates in Arabic محلة (''mähallä''), from the root meaning "to settle", "to occupy". In September 2017, a Turkish-based association referred to the historical mahal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Parishad
Union council ( bn, ইউনিয়ন পরিষদ, translit=iūniyan pariṣad, translit-std=IAST), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh. Each union council is made up of nine wards. Usually one village is designated as a ward. There are 4,562 unions in Bangladesh. A union council consists of a chairman and twelve members including three members exclusively reserved for women. Union councils are formed under the ''Local Government (Union Parishads) Act, 2009''. The boundary of each union council is demarcated by the Deputy Commissioner of the District. A union council is the body primarily responsible for agricultural, industrial and community development within the local limits of the union. History The term ''union'' dates back to the 1870 British legislation titled the ''Village Chowkidari Act'' which established union ''panchayats'' for collecting tax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 recorded from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active population, literacy and educational attainment, religion, number of children etc. Bangladesh and India also conducted their first joint census of areas along their border in 2011. According to the census, Hindus constituted 8.5 per cent of the population as of 2011, down from 9.6 per cent in the 2001 census. Bangladesh have a population of 144,043,697 as per 2011 census report. Majority of 130,201,097 reported that they were Muslims, 12,301,331 reported as Hindus, 864,262 as Buddhists, 532,961 as Christians and 201,661 as others. See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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