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| Jatiyo Sriti Soudho
(Jatio Sriti Shoudho) or National Martyrs' Memorial
is a monument in Bangladesh.
It is the symbol of the valour and the sacrifice of those killed in the
Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, which brought the independence of Bangladesh from
Pakistani rule. The monument is located in Savar, about 35km north-west of the
capital, Dhaka.It was designed by Syed Mainul Hossain.
History:
Plans for the monument were initiated right after the independence, in 1972.
Following the site selection, road and land development, a nation-wide design
competition was held in June, 1978. Following evaluation of the 57 submissions,
Syed Mainul Hossain's design was chosen. The main structure and the artificial
lake and other facilities were completed in 1982
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| Shaheed Minar
Ekush is Bangla for 21, and Ekushey means 21st. In Bangladesh, ‘Ekushey' is synonymous with
‘Ekushey February', the day when Bangladesh celebrates its Bangla
Language Movement and honors those who sacrificed their lives in its name on
21st February, 1952.
To commemorate this movement and the fallen ones, Shaheed Minar, a solemn
and symbolic sculpture, was erected in the place of the massacre. The monument
is the symbol of Bangladesh Nationalism. Each year on 21st February, starting
from early morning, hundreds and thousands of people walks in bare feet to pay
their respect to the martyrs singing remembrance songs with garlands in hand at
the Shaheed Minar. The men and women wear only black and white cloths.
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| Cox’s Bazar beach
The main attraction of Cox’s Bazar is the world longest but least-crowded
sandy beach which stretches from the mouth of the Bakkhali River
and going all the way to Teknaf. Though normally known as Cox’s Bazar beach,
but the beach stretches far beyond the region designated as Cox’s
Bazar town. The setting for the beach with its silvery gold sand is
tropical-forested hills.
“Miles of golden sands, surfing waves, rare conch shells, towering cliffs,
delightful seafood, tribes, colorful pagodas and Buddhist temples” – this is
not a literary description for Cox’s Bazar beach, it’s an illustration for the
eager person who want to imagine the beach. The beauty of the beach cannot be
described by writing as no suitable word you can get to describe it.
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National Parliament of Bangladesh
It is one of the most majestic public buildings in Bangladesh. The
National Parliament (Sangsad Bhaban) complex is located at Sher-e-Bangla
Nagar of Dhaka city. The National Parliament
Building is an
architectural masterpiece for which the nation can be said to be justifiably
proud.
The decision to construct the National Parliament
Complex at Dhaka was originally taken in 1959.
Louis I Kahn. one of the greatest architects of the time was initially selected
for designing the complex. which would include the National Parliament
Building. Hostels for
members of parliament. ministers and secretaries. hospitality halls and
communally buildings. All linked by roads and walkways and surrounded by
attractive gardens and lakes. The main characteristic of the building is its
monumentally. The mass of concrete lined with marble strips, the outer wall
punctuate by pure geometrical openings and the dominating circular and
rectangular concrete masses impart a supreme monumentality to the building
quite suited to its noble function.
The main building complex consists of nine
individual blocks, of which eight at its periphery rise to a height of 35
meters, while the octagonal block at the centre shoots up to 52 meters. The
central block accommodates the Parliament chamber with a capacity of 354 seats
for members of the parliament. The entire complex has a floor area or 76,487 SQ
meters in the main building, 20725 sq meters in the South
Plaza and 6,041 sq meters in the North Plaza.
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| Bangladesh
National Museum
The Bangladesh National Museum :
Preserves and displays the cultural property and heritage, as well as specimens
of natural history of Bangladesh. Its mission is to establish a bridge between
the past and the present and uphold the national tradition and culture. It is
located at Shahbag, Dhaka. The museum is well
organized and displays have been housed in several departments like department
of ethnography and decorative art, department of history and classical art,
department of natural history, and department of contemporary and world
civilization. The museum also has a conservation laboratory. The museum was
formally inaugurated on 20 March, 1913. The four-storied building of the museum
has 43 galleries on a total floor space of 238,000 square feet. The galleries
include: Bangladesh in maps; Rural Bangladesh; Sundarbans; rocks and minerals;
plants; flowers, fruits and creepers; animals; birds; mammals; elephant; life
in Bangladesh; boats of Bangladesh; tribes of Bangladesh-1; tribes of
Bangladesh-2; potteries; archaeological artifacts; sculpture-1; sculpture-2;
architecture; inscriptions; coins, medals and ornaments; ivory works; arms and
weapons; metal works; porcelain and glassware; dolls; musical instruments;
textiles and costumes; embroidered quilts; wood carvings-1; wood carvings-2;
manuscripts and documents; traditional and miniature paintings; Shilpacharya
Zainul Abedin Gallery; contemporary art-1; contemporary art-2; eternal
Bangladesh, portraits of national heroes, historical documents and mementos of
national heroes, martyred intellectuals; war of liberation-1; War of
Liberation-2; world art-1; world art-2 and portraits of world personalities.
The museum has two auditoriums - one with 700 seats and the other with 200
seats, a temporary exhibition hall and office rooms for officers and the staff.
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| Royal Bengal Tiger |
sundarbans
The Sundarbans (Bengali:
সুন্দরবন, Shundorbôn) is the
largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world.[1]
The name Sundarban can be literally translated as "beautiful
jungle" or "beautiful forest" in the Bengali
language (Shundor, "beautiful" and bon,
"forest" or "jungle"). The name may have been derived from
the Sundari trees that are found in Sundarbans in large numbers.
Alternatively, it has been proposed that the name is a corruption of Samudraban
(Bengali: সমুদ্রবন Shomudrobôn "Sea Forest")
or Chandra-bandhe (name of a primitive tribe). But the generally
accepted view is the one associated with Sundari trees.
The Sundarban forest lies in the vast delta on the Bay of
Bengal formed by the super confluence of the Padma, Brahmaputra
and Meghna
rivers across Saiyan southern Bangladesh. The seasonally-flooded Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests
lie inland from the mangrove forests on the coastal fringe. The forest covers
10,000 sq.km. of which about 6,000 are in Bangladesh. It
became inscribed as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997. The Sundarbans is
estimated to be about 4,110 km², of which about 1,700 km² is occupied
by waterbodies in the forms of river, canals and creeks of width varying from a
few meters to several kilometers.
The Sundarbans is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and
small islands
of salt-tolerant mangrove forests. The interconnected network of waterways
makes almost every corner of the forest accessible by boat. The area is known
for the eponymous
Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), as well as numerous fauna
including species of birds,
spotted deer, crocodiles and
snakes. The
fertile soils of the delta have been subject to intensive human use for
centuries, and the ecoregion has been mostly converted to intensive
agriculture, with few enclaves of forest remaining. The remaining forests,
taken together with the Sundarbans mangroves, are important habitat for the
endangered tiger.
Additionally, the Sundarbans serves a crucial function as a protective barrier
for the millions of inhabitants in and around Khulna and Mongla against the
floods that result from the cyclones.
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Lalbagh Fort
(Fort Aurangabad)
is an incomplete Mughal palace fortress at the Buriganga
River in the southwestern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Construction was commenced in 1678 by Prince Muhammad Azam during his 15-month
long vice-royalty of Bengal, but before the
work could complete, he was recalled by Aurangzeb. His successor, Shaista Khan,
did not complete the work, though he stayed in Dhaka
up to 1688. His daughter Iran Dukht nick named Pari Bibi (Fairy Lady) died here
in 1684 and this led him to consider the fort to be ominous.
Lalbagh Fort is also the witness of the revolt of the native soldiers
against the British during the Great Rebellion of 1857. As in the Red Fort in India, they
were defeated by the force led by the East India Company. They and the soldiers
who fled from Meerat were hanged to death at the Victoria Park. In 1858 the
declaration of Queen Victoria of taking over
the administrative control of India
from the Company was read out at the Victoria
park, latter renamed Bahadur Shah Park after the name of the last Mughal Emperor who
led that greatest rebellion against then British empire.
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| Choto Sona Masjid | One of the finest monuments of the Sultanate period is the Choto Sona Masjid or Small Golden Mosque at Gaur in Rajshahi. Built by a Wali Muhammad during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Husain Shah (1493-1519), was originally covered more than 15 golden domes, three ChauchaIqa domes in the middle row, from which it derives its curious name. |
