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Nagarkanda Upazila
Nagarkanda () is an upazila of Faridpur District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. In this upazila, in the village of Kodalia, the Pakistani Army killed at least 22 people including women and children on 1 June 1971. The incident is also recorded on film. Geography Nagarkanda is located at . It has 42,904 households and a total area of 192.20 km2. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh, Nagarkanda upazila had 42,904 households and a population of 197,898. 48,422 (24.47%) were under 10 years of age. Nagarkanda had an average literacy rate of 46.79%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1013 females per 1000 males. 15,805 (7.99%) of the population lived in urban areas. According to the 1991 Bangladesh census, Nagarkanda had a population of 267, 193. Males constituted 50.18% of the population, and females 49.82%. The population aged 18 or over was 131, 533. Nagarkanda had an average literacy rate of 22.6% (7+ years), against the nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upazilas Of Bangladesh
An ''upazila'' ( pronounced: ), formerly called ''thana'', is an administrative division in Bangladesh, functioning as a sub-unit of a districts of Bangladesh, district. It can be seen as an analogous to a county or a borough of Western countries. Rural upazilas are further administratively divided into Union councils of Bangladesh, union council areas (union parishads). Bangladesh has 495 upazilas. The upazilas are the second lowest tier of regional administration in Bangladesh. The administrative structure consists of divisions (8), districts (64), upazilas (495) and union parishads (UPs). This system of devolution was introduced by the former military ruler and president of Bangladesh, Hossain Mohammad Ershad, Lt-Gen Hossain Muhammad Ershad, in an attempt to strengthen local government. Below UPs, villages (''gram'') and ''para'' exist, but these have no administrative power and elected members. The Local Government local ordinance, Ordinance of 1982 was amended a year lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islam In Bangladesh
Islam is the largest and the state religion of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. According to the 2022 census, Bangladesh had a population of about 150 million Muslims, or 91.04% of its total population of million. Muslims of Bangladesh are predominant native Bengali Muslims. The majority of Bangladeshis are ''Sunni'', and follow the '' Hanafi'' school of ''Fiqh''. Bangladesh is a ''de facto'' secular country. The Bengal region was a supreme power of the medieval Islamic East. In the late 7th century, Muslims from Arabia established commercial as well as religious connection within the Bengal region before the conquest, mainly through the coastal regions as traders and primarily via the ports of Chittagong. In the early 13th century, Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji conquered Western and part of Northern Bengal and established the first Muslim kingdom in Bengal. During the 13th century, Sufi missionaries, mystics and saints began to preach Islam in villages. The Islamic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moosa Bin Shamsher
Abu Daud Muhammad Moosa (; born 15 October 1945), better known as Moosa Bin Shamsher (), is a Bangladeshi businessman, philanthropist, economist, and self proclaimed arms dealer serving as the CEO of DATCO Group, a laborer export company. He is the richest man in Bangladesh. Early life and education Abu Daud Muhammad Moosa was born on 15 October 1945 to a middle class Bengali family of Muslim Mullahs in the village of Qazikanda in Faridpur District, Bengal Presidency. He was the third son in a family of four sons and two daughters. His father, Shamsher Ali Mollah, graduated from the University of Calcutta and served as an education officer and civil servant for the British Raj. When Moosa was a school student, he participated in a school debate competition and received the Best Orator award from President Ayub Khan. In 1988, Moosa was awarded a PhD in economics. There are conflicting reports of which institution awarded his PhD. The schools named are Pacific Western Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naheed Ezaher Khan
Naheed Ezaher Khan (born 30 August 1972) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former state minister of cultural affairs . She is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing a women's reserved seat. Early life Naheed Ezaher Huda was born on 30 August 1972 in Dacca, Bangladesh. She belongs to a Bengali family of Khondkars originally from the village of Kodalia in Nagarkanda, Faridpur District Faridpur District () is a district in south-central Bangladesh. It is a part of Dhaka Division. It is bounded by the Padma River to the northeast. The district was named for its headquarters, the city of Faridpur, Bangladesh, Faridpur, which its .... She is the daughter of Colonel Huda. Career Khan was elected to parliament on a seat reserved for women as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in February 2019. She is a member of the parliamentary caucus on child rights. References 1972 births Living people People from Nagarkanda Upazila Awami League politicians Wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khondkar Nazmul Huda
Khondkar Nazmul Huda (6 July 1938 – 7 November 1975) was a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War. The Bangladesh government awarded him the title of Bir Bikrom for his bravery in the war of independence. Early life Huda's ancestral home is in Kodalia village of Nagarkanda upazila of Faridpur district. His father's name was Khandaker Moazzem Hossain and his mother's name was Badrun Nesha Khatun. His wife's name is Nilufar Huda. They have one son Ehtesham Huda and one daughter Naheed Ezaher Khan, who was elected as a member of parliament of Bangladesh Awami League from the reserved women's seat in the 11th National Assembly in 2019. Career Huda was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers in the Pakistan Army in 1963. For some time in 1964-65 he worked as a platoon leader under Lt. General Javed Nasir as company commander. On January 3, 1968, he was arrested along with many others as accused in the Agartala Conspiracy Case. He was the 26th accused. In 1969, he was acquitted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad AKM Khairuzzaman Mia
Mohammad AAM Khairuzzaman Mia was a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and member of parliament for Faridpur-2 Faridpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Nagarkanda and Saltha upazilas, and one union parishad of Sadarpur Upazila: Krishnapur. History Th .... Career Mia was elected to parliament from Faridpur-2 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986. He died on 1 March 2018 in Dhaka. References Jatiya Party politicians 2018 deaths 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 1932 births People from Nagarkanda Upazila {{JatiyaParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaykobad
Mohammad Kazem Al-Qureshi (; – 21 July 1951), known by his pen-name Kaykobad (), was a Bengali poet. Nikhil Bharat Sahitya Sangha titled him ''"Kavyabhusan"'', ''"Vidyabhusan"'' and ''"Sahityaratna"''. Early life and education Mohammad Kazem Al Qureshi was born in to a Bengali family of Iraqi Arab descent, descending from the Quraysh tribe. He was born in his maternal family home situated in the Purba Para of Agla in Nawabganj, Dacca district, Bengal Presidency, as in tradition with other old Muslim families of Bengal. He was the son of Shahamatullah Al-Qureshi and Zarifunnesa Khatun. The Al-Qureshi family were based in the village of Gorail in Faridpur district. During the reign of Shah Jahan, his great great grandfather Hafizullah Al-Qureshi migrated from Baghdad to Delhi and was appointed as the Imam of the Shahi Juma Masjid. This position passed down hereditarily until Kaykobad's grandfather Muhibbullah left India during the collapse of the Mughal Empire and settle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahalla
is an Arabic word variously translated as district, Quarter (country subdivision), quarter, Ward (country subdivision), ward, or neighborhood in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations. History Historically, mahallas were autonomous social institutions built around familial ties and Islamic rituals. Today it is popularly recognised also by non-Muslims as a neighbourhood in large cities and towns. Mahallas lie at the intersection of private family life and the public sphere. Important community-level management functions are performed through mahalle solidarity, such as religious ceremonies, life-cycle rituals, resource management and conflict resolution. It is an official administrative unit in many Middle Eastern countries. The word was brought to the Balkans through Ottoman Turkish language, Ottoman Turkish ''mahalle'', but it originates in Arabic محلة (''mähallä''), from the root meaning "to settle", "to occupy". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Union Parishad
Union council (), also known as union parishad, rural council, rural union and simply union, is the smallest rural administrative and local government unit in Bangladesh, with zila parishads (district councils) being the largest rural authorities and upazila parishads (sub-district council) being the intermediate level. A union council, headed by a chairperson, consists of nine wards. These wards serve the purpose of electing members for general seats, with three additional seats reserved for women, all of which are directly elected. Union councils are formed under the ''Local Government (Union Parishads) Act, 2009''. The boundary of each union council is demarcated by the deputy commissioner of the district. Union councils are responsible for various development tasks, including agriculture, education, health, infrastructure, and sanitation. They also oversee administrative duties like birth registration, census activities, and maintaining civil status registers. Addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Bangladesh Census
In 1991, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active population, literacy and educational attainment, religion, number of children etc. According to the census, Hindus were 10.5 per cent of the population, down from 12.1 per cent as of 1981. Bangladesh have a population of 106,314,992 as per the 1991 national census report. As many as 93,886,769 reported that they were Muslims, 11,184,337 reported as Hindus, 616,626 as Buddhists, 350,839 as Christians and 276,418 as others. See also * Demographics of Bangladesh * 2001 Census of Bangladesh * 2011 Census of Bangladesh * 2022 Census of Bangladesh References External links * Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics"Census Reports: Population Census-2001" 2001. The 1991 census figures can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Bangladesh Census
In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000. The previous decennial census was the 2001 census. Data were recorded from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh, including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active population, literacy and educational attainment, religion, number of children etc. Bangladesh and India also conducted their first joint census of areas along their border in 2011. According to the census, Hindus constituted 8.5 per cent of the population as of 2011, down from 9.6 per cent in the 2001 census. Bangladesh has a population of 144,043,697 as per the 2011 census report. The majority of 130,201,097 reported that they were Muslim, 12,301,331 reported as Hindu, 864,262 as Buddhist, 532,961 as Christian and 201,661 as others. See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinduism In Bangladesh
Hinduism is the second largest religion in Bangladesh, as according to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, approximately 13.1 million people responded as Hindus, constituting 7.95% of the nation. Bangladesh is the third-largest Hindu populated country in the world, after India and Nepal. Hinduism is the Religion in Bangladesh, second-largest religion in 61 of 64 districts in Bangladesh, but there are no Hindu majority districts in Bangladesh. Demographics According to the 2001 Bangladesh census, there were around 11.82 million Hindus in Bangladesh constituting 9.6% of the population, which at the time was 123.15 million. The 2011 Bangladesh census, Bangladesh 2011 census states, that approximately 12.73 million people responded that they were Hindus, constituting 8.54% of the total 149.77 million. While 2022 Census of Bangladesh, put the number of Hindus in Bangladesh at 13.1 million out of total 165.1 million population, thus constituting 7.95% of the population. According to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
