Happy New year in Bangladesh

Happy New Year :

In many countries Happy New Year is celebrated on 1^st January. But the preparation starts from 31^st December. People are eagerly waiting for a new day to be coming. New Year’s function is celebrated at evening social gatherings, where people dance and sing, eat some special food. New Year tradition and celebrations in Bangladesh is a very common tradition. There are some places where people celebrate in different ways which may feature concerts, late-night partying, sporting events, and fireworks. More often people like to celebrate New Year with family. Hotels & resorts are all decked up in anticipation of the terrorist influx. But the all of the celebration are only city based. Rural people don’t like to take part in this celebration, because there is another Bengali New Year in the Bengali calendar. But the New Year is really a happy occasion for Bangladeshi People.

History of Dhaka as Megacity

Capital of Bangladesh

Megacity:     

Megacity refers to those Metropolitan areas where the population is 1 Million or more then 10 Billion .According to the information of  UNICEF there are 21 Megacity in the whole world & Dhaka (Capital of Bangladesh) is elected as the “16^th Megacity” in the world. According to the “Bangladesh Constitution” section 5 (1), Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh. The present name of Dhaka was “Dacca”. It was named as “Dhaka” in 5^th October 1982 & it got validity by the 8^th correction of constitution in 1988. 

Establishment of capital “Dhaka” :-----

Dhaka City

According to the order of Emperor Jahangir the “Subedar of Bangla” Islam Khan Cishti transferred the capital of “Suba Bangla” from Rajmahal to Dhaka in 16^th July 1610 A.D. Then it was named “Jahangir Nagar” according to the name of Emperor Jahangir. This name remained until the death of Emperor Jahangir. The capital of “Suba Bangla” was changed in so many times. For instance in 1650 A.D. the second son of Emperor Sajahan named Prince Suja again transferred the capital to Rajmahal in Bihar. In 1660 A.D. Emperor Alamgir appointed Mir Jumla to the “Subedar” of Bangla and he brought back the capital to Dhaka. In 1717 A.D. Subedar Murshid Kuli Khan transferred the capital to Mursidabad. But in 1799 the British ruler selected Kalkata as the capital so the importance of Dhaka was gradually decreased. In 1905 Lord Karjon created the “Patition of Bengal” and “Dhaka” got dignity as the capital of newborn province “East Bengal & Asham”. In 1947 after the establish of Pakistan “Dhaka”  regained the dignity of provincial capital of East Pakistan. Finally in 16th December 1971 Dhaka was established as the capital of independent Bangladesh.

World largest human flag in Bangladesh

The Largest Human Flag In Bangladesh

It is a unique way of celebrating victory and freedom that befits the passions behind the 1971 Liberation War.Bangladesh on Monday attempted a world record creating the largest 'human flag' with its red-and-green on the 42nd Victory Day.The world record attempt, organised by mobile telecom operator Robi and the Bangladesh Army, drew in 27,117 persons at the National Parade Ground in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.Among the participants were army personnel who held up the red centre while students made up the green rectangle.Significantly the standing record was set by 24,200 youths in Pakistan, a country with which Bangladesh fought a bloody nine-month war to gain independence.Syed Talat Kamal, Robi’s vice president for Corporate Communication told that a team of Guinness officials were present during the attempt on Monday, when Bangladesh observed its 42nd Victory Day.Russians thrown back by this assembly. In July  2013 the 26,904 people who made human flag in Bhladibhastakera residents of Russia.

Activities of 16 December in Bangladesh

Celebration of  Victory Day 

The celebration of Victory Day has taken place since 1972. The Bangladesh Liberation War became a topic of great importance in cinema, literature, history lessons at school, the mass media, and the arts in Bangladesh. The ritual of the celebration gradually obtained a distinctive character with a number of similar elements: Military Parade by Bangladesh Armed Forces at the National Parade Ground, ceremonial meetings, speeches, lectures, receptions and fireworks. Victory Day in Bangladesh is a joyous celebration in which popular culture plays a great role.  The main streets are decorated with national flags. Different political parties and socioeconomic organizations undertake programs to mark the day in a befitting manner, including the paying of respects at "Jatiyo Smriti Soudho", the national memorial at Savar near Dhaka.

Nobel Prize in Bangladesh

Dr. Muhammad Yunus ( born 28 June 1940 ) is the first Bangladeshi people who got the Nobel prize around the world. Dr. Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi banker, economist and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. As a professor of economics, he developed the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. These loans are given to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts through microcredit to create economic and social development from below.Yunus has received several other national and international honours. He was awarded the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal in 2010,and presented with it at a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on 17 April 2013.

The Beautiful Note of the World

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Russia is an online outlet of entertainment in a vote for the world's finest selection of organized notes .They made a list of best notes according to the opinion of online reader around the world.  According to the list "Two Taka" note of  Bangladesh is selected as the finest note of the  world Rafi Uddin Ahmed from Jessor got the  responsibility to design the note in (1984-85).The  note released in the market in 29th December,1988.

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The Victory Day of Bangladesh

National Memorial at Savar.

Victory Day is a national holiday in Bangladesh celebrated on December 16 to commemorate the victory of the Allied forces High Command over the Pakistani forces in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.The Victory Day is celebrated with various activities and programmers of government and non-government organizations. This is a public holiday but the national flag is hoisted on the buildings of official installations, shopping centers and residential areas, Armed forces, BNCC, Rover Scout, Girl Guide and the students of schools and colleges gather for procession and parade. Literary and cultural organizations hold discussion, seminar and cultural show to mark the day. Radio and television telecast different programmers. Newspapers publish special supplement on the importance of the day. People of Bangladesh proved the fact, through their bloody struggle, that freedom is the birth right of man. The aspirations of the martyred heroes will be achieved only when Bangladesh will enjoy economic freedom. It is built with Concrete, but made of blood. It stands 150 feet tall, but every martyr it stands for stands so much taller. It is an achievement the dimensions of which can be measured but it stands for an achievement which is immeasurable. It stands upright for the millions of martyrs who laid their lives so that we may stand upright, in honor and dignity, amongst the nations of the world. Most prominently visible is the 150 feet tower that stands on a base measuring 130 feet wide. There is actually a series of 7 towers that rise by stages to a height of 150 feet. The foundation was laid on the first anniversary of the Victory day. There is actually a plan to build a huge complex in several phases. The entire complex will cover an area of 126 acres. The plan of this complex includes a mosque, a library and a museum. The relics of the liberation war will be kept museum. They will ever remind our countrymen and all who would come to visit the museum of the valiant struggle and supreme sacrifices of a freedom loving people. Here also will be clear warning to all oppressors that the weapons of freedom need not be very big. The will of people prevails, for man is born to be free. The most moving sight of the complex is the graves we bow down our heads in respect, as the towards soar symbolizing the loftiness of their sprit.

National Memorial of Bangladesh

History of Victory Day :

The 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War was a war of independence, which resulted in the secession of East Pakistan from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and established the sovereign nation of Bangladesh. The war pitted East Pakistan and India against West Pakistan, and lasted over duration of nine months. One of the most violent wars of the 20th century, it witnessed large-scale atrocities, the exodus of 10 million refugees and the displacement of 30 million people. On 16 December 1971, Lieutenant General Amir Khan Niazi, CO of Pakistan Armed Forces located in East Pakistan signed the Instrument of Surrender. The Instrument of Surrender was a written agreement that enabled the surrender of the Pakistan Eastern Command in the Bangladesh Liberation War, and marked the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 in the Eastern Theater. The surrender took place at the Ramna Race Course in Dacca on December 16, 1971. Lieutenant General Amir Khan Niazi and Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora, Joint Commander of Indian and Bangladesh Forces, signed the instrument amid thousands of cheering crowds at the race course. Air Commodore A. K. Khandker, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, and Lieutenant General J F R Jacob of the Indian Eastern Command, acted as witnesses to the surrender. Also present were Vice-Admiral Mohammad Shariff, commander of the Pakistani Naval Eastern Command and Air Vice-Marshal Patrick D. Callaghan of the Pakistan Air Force's Eastern Air Force Command, who signed the agreement. On behalf of Bangladesh, Air Commodore A. K. Khandker acted as witness to the surrender. Lieutenant General Jacob Rafael Jacob, Chief of Staff of the Indian Eastern Command, along with the other commanders of Indian naval and air forces, acted as witnesses on behalf of India. Aurora accepted the surrender without a word, while the crowd on the race course started shouting anti-Niazi and anti-Pakistan slogans.

Victory Day of Bangladesh