Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Chittagong Seaport

Chittagong:Chittagong is the main seaport and second largest city of Bangladesh, and the administrative capital of the greater Chittagong Division. It is located on the northern banks of the Karnaphuli River in southeastern Bangladesh, along the coast the Bay of Bengal. The Chittagong Metropolitan Area is home to an estimated population exceeding 5.5 million people. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. An ancient and historic gateway to Bengal, Chittagong was a major port in Indian Ocean trade and attracted merchants from Arabia, Persia, China and Southeast Asia, as well as numerous historic travellers, including Admiral Zheng He, Ibn Battuta, Wang Dayuan and Niccolò de' Conti.The Portuguese arrived in the 16th century and established the settlement of Porto Grande De Bengala. Chittagong also became a trading post of the Dutch VOC and the French East India Company. After the collapse of the Principality of Bengal, the British East India Company gained control of the port in the late-18th century.
The modern city of Chittagong emerged during the British Raj as key transportation hub of Bengal, Assam and Burma. It underwent rapid urban and commercial expansion from the early-20th century as the chief port of eastern Bengal and Assam. It was the site of the Chittagong armoury raid of Surya Sen in 1930. During World War II, it served as a major base for Allied Forces engaged in the Burma Campaign, and witnessed several Japanese air raids. After the Partition of British India in 1947, Chittagong became part of East Pakistan. In 1971, at the onset of the Bangladesh Liberation War, the declaration of Bangladesh’s independence was proclaimed from Chittagong by Bengali political and military leaders on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Chittagong is a major commercial and industrial center, generating more than 40% of Bangladesh's industrial output and 80% of international trade. The city is home to many of the oldest and largest companies in Bangladesh, as well as many of Bangladesh's leading business families. In recent years, neighboring countries and international investors have looked to the port city as a future regional gateway to the eastern subcontinent and landlocked southern Asia (including northeast India, southwest China, Burma, Nepal and Bhutan).Due to its strategic position at the crossroads of the two burgeoning economic communities of SAARC and ASEAN, Chittagong intends to emerge as a regional economic hub in South and East Asia. Bangladesh is undertaking various megaprojects and infrastructure development schemes in the city, including the construction of a deep sea port.

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Royal Bengal Tiger of Sundarban




Khulna is situated in south-western Bangladesh with a whole part of 59.57 km²,  though the district himself is about 4394.46 km². It lies south of Jessore and Narail, East of Satkhira, West of Bagerhat and North of the Bay of Bengal. It is slice of the main mouth in the domain. In the southern slice of the mouth lies the Sundarban, the world's major mangrove forestry. The urban of Khulna is in the north slice of the district, and is mostly an increase of skill middles near to the Rupsha and Bhairob canals. Kapotakkh river is significant in Khulna.
The yearly usual infection for Khulna is 35.5 °C with a greatest little of 10 °C.

Nilgiri of Bandarban Torisum



Nilgiri or Nil Giri is one of the highest summits and attractive visitor advertisement in Bangladesh. It is about 3500 feet high and positioned at Thanci Thana. It is about 46 km south of Bandarban on the Bandarban-Chimbuk-Thanchi road. Near this advertisement you can see Mro villages. Their exciting nation and alive grace are assuredly an unfamiliar skill for the tourists. In drizzly period here makes a remarkable background, the whole advertisement is roofed with the complete of vapors. You can like a overcast skill. Winter is to come for you by it’s confused gesticulation on the height. It is a enjoyable place for campfire in that period. Most beautiful time is the origin. It is well if you chose to break thru 7-18 dates of a lunate month to relish the moonlit night. You can also relish the meandering sequence of Sangu River. This is the maximum remarkable traveler spot in Bandarban and achieved by Army taskforce of Bandarban.

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Ramparts of Mahasthangarh citadel in Bogra of Bangladesh

Bogra is a north district of Bangladesh, in the Rajshahi Division. It is so-called the entryway to the north Bengal. It is an manufacturing metropolitan where many unimportant and mid sized businesses are contained. Bogra district was a part of the antique Pundravardhana ground and Bogra was the principal of Pundravardhana. Bogra is well-known for its chronological values with Pundravardhana as former capital, which is now known as Mahasthangarh. Bogra Cantonment is positioned in Bogra District.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Tourism Site of Chittagong



Tourism:The urban of Chittagong is a main traveler fascination in Bangladesh. Its khaki knolls and jungles, its wide dirty seashores and its well calm weather always interest the holiday-markers. Designated by the Chinese itinerant bard, Huen Tsang (7th century AD) as "a snoozing prettiness developing from fogs and marine" and assumed the name of "Porto Grande" by the 16th century Portuguese seafarers. Chittagong is full with solid lime jungles, boundless progressing hills, a modest weather and wonderful seashores. Since the 7th century, Chittagong has been mentioned in many documents as a seaport of mystical beauty and magnificent charm. The active port attitudes in plain contrast to the tranquility and peaceful surroundings of the city.
The city has skilled many hostels and hotels approaching in fresh years. Many high end isolated hostels such as Hotel Agrabad, Hotel Well Park Dwelling, The Peninsula Chittagong, Hotel Harbour View, Hotel Meridian, Avenue Hotels and Suites etc. In the recent years extra than 20 hotels have threw process in the harbor urban to see values of distant manufacturer, patrons, merchants and travellers. Most of these hostels are positioned in Agrabad Commercial Area, Nasirabad, CDA Walk etc.
No worldwide cable hotels function here but Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, which has a Raddison in Dhaka, plans to open another in the harbor city, and the traveler recourse of Cox's Bazar.

Heritage Park, Chittagong


Heritage Park :
There is a tradition green called Shaheed Zia Memorial Complex and Mini Bangladesh at Chandgaon which replicates the most famous buildings and cases of Bangladesh. This 71-metre fortification in Miniature Bangladesh in Chittagong has a cafeteria on the maximum that rotates after every 90 minutes. The gallery contains a spinning cafeteria. One can distinguish of the country's architectural splendor, racial customs and archaeological bequest over having a sign of the birthright park. Imitation of chief buildings of the country, contains Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban (parliament building), National Memorial of Savar, Ahsan Manzil, Curzon Hall of Dhaka University, Paharpur Monastery, Kantajew Temple of Dinajpur, Lalbagh Fort and Sona Masjid. The green also has diverse trips for families.