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Satkania Upazila
Satkania ( bn, সাতকানিয়া) is an upazila of Chattogram District in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Geography Satkania has a total area of 280.99 km2. It is bounded by Chandanaish Upazila on the north, Lohagara Upazila on the south, Bandarban Sadar upazila on the east, Banshkhali and Anwara Upazilas on the west. Main river is Sangu, Dalu & Hangor; Main depressions are Goribarjheel, Mahalia. Demographics According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Satkania Upazila had 70,808 households and a population of 384,806, 14.1% of whom lived in urban areas. 12.0% of the population was under the age of 5. The literacy rate (age 7 and over) was 52.7%, compared to the national average of 51.8%. Points of interest * Sangu River * Katakhali Lake * Baitul Izzat Area * Baitarani-Shilghata Forest Area by the river Sangu * Razar Pahar Charati * Shahi Eid Gah of Churamani * Charati and pukuria Belgao Tea Garden * Amilaish Bill and Charanchal * Mahaliya Bill (Natural Lak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purangor Union
Purangor Union ( bn, পুরাণগড় ইউনিয়ন) is a Union of Satkania Upazila in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It has an area of Geography The union's total area is . Purangor is bounded by Dohazari in the west, Bandarban in the east, Bajalia in the south and Chandanaish in the north. Economy Most villagers are directly and indirectly involved in agriculture. Here main crops are rice, beans, cucumbers, potatoes and other vegetables. They supply these crops local market and outside. Overall, their financial condition is good. There are also teachers, engineers, doctors, businessmen, bankers and government employees in this village. and it beside Bank of the sangu river it life of purangor union. Administration *Natun Hat *Hashim Para *Purangor *South Purangor *middle Moneyabad *Moneyagor *Kalinogor *Lotabnia *Fokirkhil *Boitoroni *Shilghata Education There are only 1 high school, 8 government primary school and 4 junior dakhil madrasha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madarsha Union
Madarsha Union ( bn, মাদার্শা ইউনিয়ন) is a union parishad of Satkania Upazila in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It has an area of . Geography The union total area is . Madarsha Union is located in the south-western part of Satkania Upazila. The distance of this union from Upazila Sadar is about 10 kilometer. Eochia Union to the north of this union, Satkania Municipality to the east, Sonakania Union on the south and Saral Union, Bailchhari Union and Kalipur Union of Banshkhali Upazila on the west. Kurulia's Chara is flowing over the Madarsha Union. History The Madarsha Union was formed in 1943 during the British rule with the two present villages of Rampur and Madarsha. At that time the chairman of the union was called the village president. During the rule of Pakistan in 1950, the post of village president was declared as the chairman of the union council. In 1954, Oshiuddin Sarkar became the first village president. Gradually Abu Noyee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eochia Union
Eochia Union ( bn, এওচিয়া ইউনিয়ন) is a union parishad of Satkania Upazila in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Area Eochia Union's total area is 23.91 km2 Population As of 2011, Eochia Union total population is 19,925. There are male 9849 and female 10,076. Union chairman The current chairman of Eochia is Abu Saleh. ;List of previous chairmen See also * Madarsha Union Madarsha Union ( bn, মাদার্শা ইউনিয়ন) is a union parishad of Satkania Upazila in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It has an area of . Geography The union total area is . Madarsha Union is located in the so ... References Unions of Satkania Upazila {{Chittagong-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Ekushey Padak
Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contributions in a number of fields, including culture, education, and economics. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs administers the award. The award consists of an 18 carat gold medal weighing 3 tolas and a certificate of honour. The medal was designed by the artist Nitun Kundu. The amount of the cash reward was originally ৳ 25,000, but it was subsequently increased to ৳ 100,000 in 2015. Next it was increased to tk 2,00,000 in 2017 and to tk 4,00,000 as of November 2019. Etymology The name ''Ekushey'' is important to Bengali nationalism, referring to 21 February 1952, commemorated as Language Movement Day and International Mother Language Day, when students campaigning for official status of the Bengali language within Pakistan were killed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abul Momen
Abul Momen (born December 18, 1948) is a Bangladeshi journalist. He had been a resident editor of Prothom Alo since 1998. He is currently the advisory editor of Dainik Suprabhat. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2017 by the Government of Bangladesh. Background and career Momen was born on December 18, 1948 in Chittagong district under Satkania Upazila at Keochia Union. He was the son of littérateur Abul Fazal. He completed his master's from the University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i .... He worked in Chittagong Art College, The Daily Star and The Daily Bhorer Kagoj. He won Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2016 in the non-fiction category. Personal life Momen is married to Shila Momen. Together they have one daughter and one son. References Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin
Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin ( bn, আবু রেজা মুহাম্মদ নেজামউদ্দিন) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Chittagong-15. Early life Nezamuddin was born on 15 August 1968 in Chittagong District at Satkania Upazila under Madarsha Union. He has a M.A. and a PhD degree. Career Abu Reza Nadwi MP was elected to Parliament from Chittagong-15 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League 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 mos .... He is an associate professor in Da`wah & Islamic Studies Department, International Islamic University Chittagong since 14 August 2004. He is the chairman of a number of foundation including Allama Fazlullah Foundation, Darul Hikma Education Foundation, Chittagon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asiatic Society Of Bangladesh
The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh is a non political and non profit research organisation registered under both Society Act of 1864 and NGO Bureau, Government of Bangladesh. The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh was established as the Asiatic Society of East Pakistan in Dhaka in 1952 by a number of Muslim leaders, and renamed in 1972. Ahmed Hasan Dani, a noted Muslim historian and archaeologist of Pakistan played an important role in founding this society. He was assisted by Muhammad Shahidullah, a Bengali linguist. The society is housed in Nimtali, walking distance from the Curzon Hall of Dhaka University, locality of Old Dhaka. Publications The society's publications include: * ''Banglapedia, the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh'' (edition 2, 2012) * ''Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh'' (2010, 28 volumes) * ''Cultural Survey of Bangladesh, a documentation of the country's cultural history, tradition and heritage'' (2008, 12 volumes) * ''Children’s Banglapedia'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chittagong University
The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acres hilly landmass in Fatehpur Union of Hathazari Upazila, north of Chittagong city of Bangladesh. This university has the largest campus among Bangladeshi universities. The academic activities of the university formally began on 18 November 1966. It has about 27,500 students and more than 900 faculty members. Location University of Chittagong is located in Fatehpur Union, Hathazari Upazila about 22 kilometres north of the Chittagong city around 1754 acres of hilly and flat land. History Chittagong University was founded on 3 December 1965 by Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry in Chittagong City. He was one of the main facilitators for the demand of the university. List of vice-chancellors Following is the complete list of the vice-chancellors. # A R Mallick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abul Fazal (writer)
Abul Fazal (1 July 1903–4 May 1983) was a Bangladeshi writer and academic. He served as the 4th vice-chancellor of University of Chittagong. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962 and Independence Day Award in 2012 (posthumously). Early life and education Fazal was born at Satkania Upazila in Chittagong District in 1903 to Moulvi Fazlur Rahman, an Imam of Chittagong Jame Masjid. Fazal earned B.A. from the University of Dhaka. He passed M.A. in Bengali language and literature from Calcutta University in 1940. Career Fazal began his career as an Imam. He taught in multiple schools as a teacher. In 1941, he became a professor of Krishnanagar College and later of Chittagong College. He served as the vice-chancellor of the University of Chittagong from 1973 to 1975. Fazal served as a member in charge of education and culture of the advisory council of the Government of Bangladesh during 1975–23 June 1977. Works Fazal wrote in a variety of genres: novels, shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afzal Ali (poet)
Afzal Ali ( bn, আফজল আলী, Afzol Ali) was a medieval Bengali poet. He is best known for his magnum opus, ''Nasihatnama''. Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad claims that he belongs to the 16th-century, although Banglapedia places him in the 17th century. Early life and family Afzal Ali was born into a Bengali Muslim family from the village of Milua in present-day Satkania, Chittagong District.Bangla Academy The Bangla Academy ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি, ) is an autonomous institution funded by the Bangladesh government to foster the Bengali language, literature and culture, to develop and implement national language policy and to d ... Chharitavidhan (Dictionary of Biography), 3rd edition, June 2011, page: 32-33 language=bn His father was known as Bhangu Faqir. Career Afzal Ali was known to have written ''Nasihatnama'' (নসীহতনামা) around 1662 C.E., as well as ''Padabali'', which were a few verses written in Vaishnava style. The former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirzakhil High School
Mirzakhil High School and College is an educational institution of Bangladesh. Location Mirzakhil High School and College is located in Chittagong district under Satkania Upazila at Sonakania Union at Mirzakhil village. History The high school was founded in 1964 by Abdur Rauf. It run as a secondary school in 1982. The institution received permission to teach higher secondary level as per the notification signed by the Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Education on 10 February 2022. Management The school is conducted by a managing committee of various individuals. Teachers Akhter Ahmed is the present headmaster of the school. The institution has more than 20 teachers. Extracurricular activities Extracurricular activities include Scouts and Girl Guides, as well as yearly cultural competitions. Achievement Among the 1500+ student's studies in this school, its yearly result is 92%. Gallery Mirzakhil High School and College 02.jpg Mirzakhil High School and College 03.jpg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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