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Mohammed Nurul Absar
Mohammed Nurul Absar is a retired commodore of the Bangladesh Navy and former Chairman of the Cox's Bazar Development Authority. From 2009 to 2013, Absar served as the Naval Secretary of Bangladesh. He founded the think tank Central Foundation for International and Strategic Studies. Early life and education Absar was born in Moheshkhali Upazila, Cox's Bazar District. He studied electronics engineering at the Marshal Tito Yugoslav Center for Higher Naval Studies. In 1988, he completed postgraduate studies in Electronics and Weapon Application at the Royal Naval Engineering College in the United Kingdom. Absar later earned a Master's in Defence Studies from National University, Bangladesh in 1997. He completed an MBA from Trinity University in 2000. He completed a postgraduate degree in Disaster Management from the University of Dhaka in 2014. He is currently a PhD Fellow at the Bangladesh University of Professionals. Military career Absar served in the Bangladesh Navy for 38 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moheshkhali Upazila
Moheshkhali () is an upazila of Cox's Bazar District in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The government's ambitious project to transform Maheshkhali Island in the Bay of Bengal into a thriving energy hub aims to establish power plants and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal by 2027. This endeavor is driven by the objective of strengthening the country's economy and achieving self-reliance in the power and fuel sector. As a result of this initiative, the country's energy crisis will improve significantly, and the socio-economic landscape of the region will become more sustainable. To support this transformation, the government is constructing substantial oil storage infrastructure at Kalamarchara in Maheshkhali as part of the Single Point Mooring (SPM) project. This pipeline system will not only save time but also reduce expenses by approximately TK 800 crore annually. The Maheshkhali terminal will be equipped with six storage tanks, three for diesel and three for crude oil, allowing f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rwanda
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a comparatively high elevation, Rwanda has been given the sobriquet "land of a thousand hills" (), with its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the southeast, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year. It is the most densely populated mainland African country; among countries larger than 10,000 km2, it is the third-most densely populated country in the world. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Kigali. Hunter-gatherers settled the territory in the Stone Age, Stone and Iron Ages, followed later by Bantu peoples. The population coalesce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Dhaka Alumni
A university () is an educational institution, institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate education, undergraduate and postgraduate education, postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic Church, 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, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Cox's Bazar District
The term "the people" refers to the public or 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 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 Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladeshi Civil Servants
Bangladeshis ( ) are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the permanent residents of the former East Pakistan were transformed into citizens of a new republic. Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous nation. The vast majority of Bangladeshis are ethnolinguistically Bengalis, an Indo-Aryan people. The population of Bangladesh is concentrated in the fertile Bengal delta, which has been the centre of urban and agrarian civilizations for millennia. The country's highlands, including the Chittagong Hill Tracts and parts of the Sylhet Division, are home to various tribal minorities. Bengali Muslims are the predominant ethnoreligious group of Bangladesh with a population of 150.36 million, which makes up 91.04% of the country's population as of 2022. The minority Bengali Hindu population made up approximately 7.95% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Bangladeshi Taka
The taka (, , currency sign, sign: , ISO 4217, code: BDT, Short form (linguistics), short form: Tk) is the currency of Bangladesh. In Unicode, it is encoded at . Issuance of banknotes 10 and larger is controlled by Bangladesh Bank, while the 2 and 5 govt. notes are the responsibility of the Ministry of Finance (Bangladesh), ministry of finance. The govt. notes of Tk. 2 and Tk.5 have mostly been replaced by coins while lower denomination coins (including all poysha coins) up to Tk. 1 have almost gone out of circulation due to inflation. The most commonly used symbol for the taka is "" and "Tk", used on receipts while purchasing goods and services. It is divided into 100 paisa, poysha, but poysha coins are no longer in circulation. The poysha is still used for accounting purposes (e.g., Tk 123,456.78 for 123,456 taka and 78 poysha). On 8 May 2024, the central bank placed the taka in a crawling peg to the US dollar, with a rate of 117 takas per US dollar. Etymology Accordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forkan Ahmad
Forkan Ahmad (born 21 February 1959) is a retired lieutenant colonel of the Bangladesh Army and former chairman of the Cox's Bazar Development Authority. Early life Ahmad was born on 21 February 1959. Career The Government of Bangladesh established the Cox's Bazar Development Authority on 6 July 2015 and appointed Ahmed its first chairman. In 2017, he worked on rehabilitation efforts following floods that left half a million people marooned in Cox's Bazar. Ahmad was re-elected chairman of the Cox's Bazar Development Authority in August 2020 for a third consecutive term. He returned 43 million BDT surplus fund to the government after completing the construction of the 10-story headquarters of the Cox's Bazar Development Authority. Justices J. B. M. Hasan and Razik-Al-Jalil of the High Court Division The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh (), popularly known as High Court, is one of the two divisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the other division being t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Housing And Public Works (Bangladesh)
The Ministry of Housing and Public Works (; ''Gr̥hāẏana ō gaṇapūrta mantraṇālaẏa'') is a ministry of the government of Bangladesh which provides housing and regulates the state construction activities in the country. Directorate *Public Works Department (PWD) * Urban Development Directorate (UDD) * Housing and Building Research Institute (HBRI) * Department of Architecture * Directorate of Internal Audit * Directorate of Government Accommodation * National Housing Authority (NHA) * Rajdhani Development Authority (RAJUK) *Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) *Khulna Development Authority (KDA) *Rajshahi Development Authority (RDA) * Cox's Bazar Development Authority (CXDA) *Barishal Development Authority ( BDA) *Gazipur Development Authority (GDA) *Sylhet Development Authority (SDA) References Housing and Public Works Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Security Intelligence
The National Security Intelligence, commonly known as the NSI, is the principal civilian intelligence agency of Bangladesh. The NSI is the leading body of the Government of Bangladesh in the fields of internal security, counter terrorism, counter intelligence and foreign intelligence. NSI is the largest among the intelligence agencies in Bangladesh, the others being the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), SB, CID, PBI and intelligence directorates of armed and paramilitary forces. The agency stands under the direct authority of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. It is an independent civilian intelligence agency. Today, its internal security functions are similar to the British security service MI5, while the foreign intelligence function does not quite resemble the MI6. The NSI also has territorial units in all 64 districts of Bangladesh, headed by a joint director/deputy director. Being the only independent civilian intelligence agency in Bangladesh, the NS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant () is a 2.4 GWe nuclear power plant currently under construction in Bangladesh. It consists of two 1200 MWe VVER-1200 reactors. The nuclear power plant is being constructed at Rooppur in Ishwardi Upazila on the bank of the river Padma, about 160 km northwest of Dhaka. It will be the country's first nuclear power plant, and the first of the two units is expected to become operational in December 2025. History Planning The plan to establish a nuclear power plant in the then East Pakistan was made in 1961. In 1963, the Rooppur village of the Pabna district was selected for the proposed plant and 260 acres of land was acquired. The plan was to establish a 200MW nuclear power plant on the selected site. The plan to construct a 200 MW power plant was completed in 1969 with the assistance of Belgium. However, in 1969-1971, the project was scrapped by the then Pakistan government. After Bangladesh gained independence, the government of Bangladesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Institute Of International And Strategic Studies
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) is a state owned autonomous national research institute and think tank working as a statutory institute that carries out research on security and strategic issues in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Major General Iftekhar Anis is current Director General and Ambassador A F M Gousal Azam Sarker is the current Chairman of BIISS. History The institute was established in 1978 by the Government of Bangladesh as a statutory organisation. The institute is under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r .... References Research institutes in Bangladesh 1978 establishments in Bangladesh Think tanks based in Bangladesh Organisations based in Dhaka {{Bangl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
