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A. F. M. Solaiman Chowdhury
AFM Solaiman Chowdhury is a former civil servant in Bangladesh. He is a former chairman of the National Board of Revenue. Prior to that, he was the Secretary, Ministry of Textiles and Jute. Early life AFM Solaiman Chowdhury was born on 1 January 1950 in Comilla District. Career AFM Solaiman Chowdhury is a member of Bangladesh Administrative Service and Bangladesh Civil Service regular batch and has served important positions in field administration. Joining the government service, he has held various responsibilities including Chief executive officer Dhaka City Corporation, Secretary of Chittagong City Corporation, Chairman of Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation, Chairman of Chittagong WASA, Chairman of Janata Bank, Chairman of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, Secretary to the President of Bangladesh. He was the Deputy Commissioner of Kurigram DistrictFeni District. After 2006, he retired as Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration and most recently as Chairman of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amar Bangladesh Party
Amar Bangladesh Party () is a List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The party was established on 2 May 2020 by a reformist splinter group of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. It is the political wing of Jana Akankhar Bangladesh (), a political research organisation in Bangladesh. History The party witnessed a major split in October 2023 when several important leaders abruptly left the party and joined the Syed Muhammad Ibrahim-led Bangladesh Kalyan Party after ABP decided not to take part in the 2024 Bangladeshi general election, 2024 general election. The party applied for registration before the 2024 election and passed the primaries, but failed to get registration at the end. In view of the judgment and order passed by the Bangladesh High Court, High Court on 19 August 2024, the party was registered under the provisions of Chapter 6 of the Representation of the People Order, 1972. Position The party supports proportional representation and calls for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Civil Service
Bangladesh Civil Service (), popularly known by its acronym BCS, is the civil service of Bangladesh. Civil service in the Indian subcontinent originated from the Imperial Civil Service which was the elite higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule, in the period between 1858 and 1947. After the partition of 1947, East Bengal became a province of Pakistan, and the successor to the Imperial Civil Service in Pakistan was Central Superior Services. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, it became known as Bangladesh Civil Service by an ordinance from the then President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC) is the main policy setting and recruitment body of BCS. BCS has 26 cadres. In Bangladesh's parliamentary democracy, elected representatives, known as ministers, are ultimately responsible for running the administration. But the handful of ministers cannot be expected to deal personally with the manifold problems of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Chittagong Alumni
A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law and notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde''A History of the University in Europe: Volume 1, Universities in the Middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Monoharganj Upazila
The term "the people" refers to the public or Common people, common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of Person, persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independence, independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 Births
Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 aboard are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur. * January 6 – The UK recognizes the People's Republic of China; the Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response. * January 7 – A fire in the St Elizabeth's Ward of Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, United States, kills 41 patients. * January 9 – The Israeli government recognizes the People's Republic of China. * January 12 – Submarine collides with Sweden, Swedish oil tanker ''Divina'' in the Thames Estuary and sinks; 64 die. * January 13 – Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feni District
Feni District () is a coastal Districts of Bangladesh, district situated in the south-east of Bangladesh, within Chittagong Division. One of Bangladesh's smallest districts, it is strategically located along the N1 (Bangladesh), Dhaka–Chittagong transportation corridor. Bordered by India to the north and the Bay of Bengal to the south, it serves as the sole entry point linking Chittagong, the country's primary port city, to the northern districts. The district's population stood at 1.6 million in 2022, ranking 42nd among 64 districts and 4th least populous in Chittagong Division. Established as Bangladesh's 61st district in 1984 with its administrative hub in Feni, Bangladesh, Feni city, it was previously a Mahakuma, sub-division under Noakhali District. The district comprises six upazilas (sub-districts): Sonagazi Upazila, Sonagazi, Fulgazi Upazila, Fulgazi, Parshuram Upazila, Parshuram, Daganbhuiyan Upazila, Daganbhuiyan, Chhagalnaiya Upazila, Chhagalnaiya and Feni Sadar Upaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurigram District
Kurigram District () is a district of Bangladesh in Rangpur Division. The district is located in northern Bangladesh along the country's border with India. Under British rule, the area was organized as a mahakuma and was not established as a district until 1984 under Chief Martial Law Administrator, Hussain Muhammad Ershad's decentralization programme. Etymology The name "Kurigram" is derived from the words ''Kuri'' and ''Gram''. ''Kuri'' means "twenty" and ''Gram'' means "village" in Kol, a Munda language formerly spoken in the district. History The region has historically been viewed as a part of Gaurabardhan (today Mahasthangarh) or Kamrup (today Assam). When the Kamrup kingdom was divided into many small kingdoms, the northern half of the Kurigram was controlled by the new polity Cooch Behar, while the southern half became a part of the Uari kingdom. At the beginning of the 12th century, the Khen dynasty emerged as a power in the area of Kurigram, led by such kings as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Bangladesh
President of Bangladesh (POB), officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is the head of state of Bangladesh and commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The role of the president has changed three times since Bangladesh achieved its Independence of Bangladesh, independence in Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971. Presidents had been given executive power. In 1991, with the restoration of a democratically elected government, Bangladesh adopted a parliamentary democracy based on a Westminster system. The President is now a largely ceremonial post, elected by the Parliament."Background Note: Bangladesh" US Department of State, May 2007 In 1996, Parliament passed new laws enhancing the president's executive authority, as laid down in the constitution, after the Parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation () (BPC) is a government agency in Bangladesh to import, distribute and market oil and petroleum products. Amin-Ul-Ahsan is the chairperson of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation. History Founded in 1976 by Presidential Ordinance to import and distribute crude oil, fuel, lubricating oil, and petroleum products in Bangladesh. It is managed by the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation had an annual import level of as much as 29 million barrels as of 2009. The 2017 Economic Survey found Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation to be the most profitable state-owned enterprises. It made more than 90 billion taka in the 2015-16 fiscal year. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation decided not to sell oil to Biman Bangladesh, the state owned airlines, on credit for because the airlines outstanding due had crossed 16 billion taka in December 2017. Bangladesh is setting sail on a transformative path to directly offload import ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janata Bank
Janata Bank PLC. () is a state-owned commercial bank of Bangladesh established in 1972. Its headquarters is situated at Motijheel in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It is the second largest commercial bank in Bangladesh. It has 925 branches throughout the country, it has also 4 overseas branches in UAE. History Following the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan at the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, Janata Bank PLC was formed combining the then United Bank Limited and Union Bank Limited under the Bank Nationalization Ordinance of 1972 (President's Order 26). In March 2004, managing director of the bank, Murshid Kuli Khan, visited Greece to study the feasibility of remittance from the country. The management of Janata Bank was changed under the Enterprise Growth and Bank Modernization Project' (EGBMP) which has been taken in 2004–05 in order to reform the nationalized commercial banks. Janata Bank became a public limited companies on 15 November 2007 led by cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation
Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC, ) is a public corporation that manages all government-owned jute factories and industries in Bangladesh. The corporation is located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. In addition to the jute mills, it also owns several public entities in other fields for the purposes of funding and revenue collection. History The BJMC corporation was formed in 1972 when the government of Bangladesh nationalised all the jute mills in the country as part of an effort to institute new socialist policies. The corporation is currently responsible for managing nine state-run jute mills in Bangladesh, including Adamjee Jute Mills. In 2016, the government announced plans to upgrade the jute mills by spending $340 million USD with Chinese assistance. The corporation also has a professional football team called Team BJMC. List of nationalised jute mills About 78 jute mills were nationalised following the independence of Bangladesh The independence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
