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Khulna
Khulna (, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. It is the divisional centre of 10 districts of the division. Khulna is also the second largest port city of Bangladesh after Chittagong because of Port of Mongla. There is also a river port within the city named Port of Khulna. Khulna's economy is mainly marine, sea port and local industry based and it is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 billion in gross regional domestic product and $95 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2020. Khulna is on the Rupsha River, Rupsha and Bhairab River, a strategic industrial point in southwestern Bangladesh. It is also an important industrial hub in Bangladeshi industry, hosting many of the nation's largest companies. Khulna's economy is affected by the Port of Mongla, Bangladesh's second-largest seaport. A colonial steamboat service, which includes the ''Tern'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khulna Division
Khulna Division () is the second largest of the eight divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population of 17,416,645 at the 2022 Bangladesh census (preliminary returns). Its headquarters and largest city is Khulna city in Khulna District. History During the British Raj era, Khulna Division was part of the Presidential division. Before 1947, The Presidential division had six major districts, Murshidabad, Calcutta, 24 Parganas, Khulna, undivided Jessore, and undivided Nadia. In 1947, The Partition of India divided this division into two. The district of Khulna and the other half of Jessore District and Nadia District became part of the newly established East Bengal. And rest of the district of the presidential division became part of West Bengal. In 1948, Nadia district of East Bengal formed a new district called Kushtia. And the government of East Bengal added the Jessore, Khulna & Kushtia district into the Rajshahi Division. In 1960, the government of East Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khulna Metropolitan Police
The Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP), is a metropolitan police unit of the Bangladesh Police for the Khulna Metropolitan Area based in Khulna City. History The Khulna Metropolitan Police was established on 1 July 1986 by the Khulna Metropolitan Police Ordinance, 1985. Crimes increased in 2003 after the removal of joint forces following the end of Operation Clean Heart. On 26 June 2004, a constable of the Khulna Metropolitan Police was injured at a bomb attack at Arya Dharmasava Temple during Ratha Jatra festival. The Khulna Metropolitan Police provided protection for Mizanur Rahman Mizan, general secretary of the Awami League Khulna city unit, and Ajmol Ahmed Tapan, panel mayor of Khulna following the assassination of a councilor of Khulna. The Khulna Metropolitan Police announced plans to establish a wanted list on their website in February 2010. In May 2011, the Bangladesh High Court warned two police officers of the Khulna Metropolitan Police over beating and electrocu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khulna City Corporation
Khulna City Corporation ( - in short: KCC), is a local governing body that administers all civic services in Khulna, a area of Bangladesh. The KCC administration is elected by a popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 41 councillors. It follows and derives most of its powers from it. Khulna Municipality, established in 1884, is one of the major divisional city corporations of Bangladesh. Before its establishment as city corporation, it was a municipal corporation in 1984. Basically, Khulna City Corporation is a formation under the local government administration of Bangladesh to regulate the city area of Khulna, which is under the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (LGRD). Generally under local government, an election is held to elect a mayor of Khluna City Corporation. This election is held in every 5 years. Khulna City Corporation is self-governing organizations, which runs on its own. To take care of legal issues of this corpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khulna District
Khulna District () is a district of Bangladesh. It is located in the Khulna Division, bordered in the north by Jashore District and Narail District, in the south by the Bay of Bengal, in the east by Bagerhat District, and the west by Satkhira District. It was the first sub-division of the United Bengal Province established in 1842. On 1 June 1882, by notification of the official gazette published from Kolkata, Khulna and Bagerhat sub-division of Jashore district and Satkhira sub-division of 24 Parganas district together formed the new district of Khulna. Geography and climate Khulna District has a total area of . It borders Jessore District to the north, Narail District to the northeast, Bagerhat District to the east, the Bay of Bengal to the south, and Satkhira District to the west. Khulna district is mostly composed of flat plains. The northernmost part of the district, north of Khulna town, comprises deltaic silt deposits and is relatively elevated compared to the rest o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khulna WASA
Khulna Water Supply & Sewerage Authority or KWASA (Generally known as Khulna WASA) is a government-owned water supplier organization. It is a parallel organization of Khulna City Corporation. History Water supply system was first installed in Khulna in 1921. That time, they supplied 900 cubic metres of water per day. In 1960, Khulna Water Supply Authority started to supply water by production tubewell. Then Khulna Water Supply & Sewerage Authority was established in 2008. It is independent of Khulna City Corporation. Services Khulna WASA serves residents of the city by supplying pure water from Bangabandhu Water Treatment Plant of Rupsha. Khulna WASA also sells bottle water labeled by Sundarban Pure Drinking Water from the Bottle Water Plant situated in Rayer Mahal of Khulna city. Projects Khulna WASA is set-upping sewerage network throughout the Khulna city under the Khulna Sewerage System Development Project. Two several Sewage treatment plant Sewage treatment i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Khulna ...
The Mayor of Khulna City is the highest ranking official of the Khulna City Corporation in Bangladesh. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Khulna city. The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban; it has jurisdiction over all 31 wards of Khulna City. List of officeholders ;''Political parties'' * * ;''Other factions'' ;''Status'' References {{reflist List Khulna Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khulna University Of Engineering & Technology
Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (), commonly known as KUET, formerly BIT Khulna, is a public technological university located in Khulna, Bangladesh. It emphasizes education and research in engineering and technology. It was founded in 1967 as an engineering college before gradually converting into a university. Academics Academic structure The academic division of KUET is organized in 20 departments under 4 faculties. Sixteen departments offer undergraduate courses. Among the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management (IEM) provides an Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE) degree to the undergraduate students. * Faculty of Civil Engineering ** Department of Civil Engineering (CE) ** Department of Urban and Regional Planning (URP) ** Department of Building Engineering & Construction Management (BECM) ** Department of Architecture (ARCH) * Faculty of Science & Humanities ** Department of Mathematics (MATH) ** Department of Chemistry (CHEM) ** Departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khulna Development Authority
Khulna Development Authority (KDA) is a governing body that is responsible for planned development in Khulna City, Bangladesh. It was established by an ordinance of the Government of East Pakistan called the Khulna Development Authority Ordinance, 1961. It was established for better planning for Khulna city and its suburbs areas. Projects Completed by KDA * Construction of KDA Avenue and Majid Sarani with commercial plots. * Sonadanga Residential Area * Construction of KDA Outer Bypass Road aka Mujgunni Highway * MA Bari Road * Mujgunni Residential Area * Nirala Residential Area * KDA Shiromoni Residential Area * KDA Shiromoni Industrial Area * KDA Mirerdanga Residential Area * KDA Daulatpur Residential Area * KDA Nibir Residential Area * KDA Moyuri Residential Area * Construction of Teligati Bypass Road * Construction of Bastuhara Byapass Road * Construction of Jalil Sarani * Construction of Rayer Mahal to Koiya Bazar Road * Construction of Sonadanga Bypass Road * Construction of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divisions Of Bangladesh
Divisions are the first-level administrative divisions in Bangladesh. As of 2024, there are eight divisions of Bangladesh, each named after the major city within its jurisdiction that also serves as the administrative seat of that division. Each division is divided into several districts of Bangladesh, districts which are further subdivided into upazilas (sub-districts), then union council (Bangladesh), union councils. History Following the History of Bangladesh#People's Republic of Bangladesh, independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the country had four divisions: Chittagong Division, Dhaka Division, Dacca Division, Khulna Division, and Rajshahi Division. In 1982, the English spelling of the Dacca Division (along with the name of the capital city) was changed into Dhaka Division to more closely match the Bengali language, Bengali pronunciation. In 1993, Barisal Division was :Image:Bangladesh divisions 1993-1998.png, split off from Khulna Division, and in 1995, Sylhet Division was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundarbans
Sundarbans (; pronounced ) is a mangrove forest area in the Ganges Delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. It spans the area from the Hooghly River in India's state of West Bengal to the Baleswar River in Bangladesh's Khulna Division. It comprises closed and open mangrove forests, land used for agricultural purpose, mudflats and barren land, and is intersected by multiple tidal streams and channels. Spread across , it is the world's largest mangrove forest. The islands are also of great economic importance as a storm barrier, shore stabiliser, nutrient and sediment trap, a source of timber and natural resources, and support a wide variety of aquatic, benthic and terrestrial organisms. They are an excellent example of the ecological processes of monsoon rain flooding, delta formation, tidal influence and plant colonisation. Covering 133,010 ha, the area is estimated to comprise about 55% forest land and 45% wetlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Constituencies Of The Jatiya Sangsad
This is a list of 300 parliamentary constituencies currently represented in the Jatiya Sangsad, the unicameral national legislature of Bangladesh. Each constituency is represented by a single Member of Parliament. The Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh consists of 350 seats, of which 50 seats are reserved for women, who are elected by the 300 directly elected members on the basis of procedure of proportional representation in the Parliament through single transferable vote. The Bangladesh Election Commission is made responsible to "delimit the constituencies for the purpose of elections to Parliament" by the Constitution of Bangladesh (chapter VII, article 119). It also says, "There shall be one electoral roll for each constituency for the purposes of elections to Parliament, and no special electoral roll shall be prepared so as to classify electors according to religion, race caste or sex" (article 121). The current list, published by the Bangladesh Election Commission in 2018 as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Mongla
The Port of Mongla is a link seaport, located at Mongla Upazila, Khulna Division, Bangladesh. It is a sea port of Khulna city, which is located to the north shore of the Bay of Bengal. It is the second largest and second busiest seaport of Bangladesh after the Port of Chittagong. The Mongla port lies close to the shore of the Bay of Bengal and Pashur river and divisional city Khulna.It is also connected by rail with Khulna. Also an airport is being under construction near the post area named Khan Jahan Ali Airport Mongla was renowned historically among the major important ports of the Bengal delta. Due to the increasing congestion in Bangladesh's largest port in Chittagong, many international shipping companies have turned to Mongla as an alternative. Also the continuous demand from all over the country and neighbouring countries has made it busier and economically attractive. Also political and economical influence in Khulna region from the government also prevailing the dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
