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unusual facts about Strand Road, Chittagong


Padma Oil Company

The Padma Oil Company Limited, formerly Burmah Eastern Limited, is a Bangladeshi-state owned petroleum company with its head office in Strand Road, Chittagong.


Abdul Awal Mintoo

He then obtained a diploma in 1968 in Nautical Science from Mercantile Marine Academy in Chittagong then known as Pakistan Marine Academy.

Ahlon Township

Ahlon Township was once home to Thiri Mingala Market, Yangon's largest wholesale and retail market until 2010, when the Yangon City Development Committee began preparations to move the market to Hlaing Township in the suburbs, to allow for lane expansions on Strand Road and expansion of Asia World's wharves.

Bede people

Some of them beg on the busy streets of big cities like Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna.

Bengala

It may also refer to Chittagong, the major Bangladeshi port formerly known as "Bengala" and as "Porto Grande de Bengala".

Bengali phonology

In the dialects prevalent in much of eastern Bangladesh (Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet divisions), many of the stops and affricates heard in Kolkata Bengali are pronounced as fricatives.

Black softshell turtle

Originally native to the lower Brahmaputra River, the only population ever reliably known consists of 150-300 turtles in a manmade pond which is part of the Hazrat Sultan Bayazid Bastami (also transliterated "Bostami" or "Bustami") shrine at Chittagong, where they are dependent on humans for survival.

Chatteshwari Temple

Located in the centre of Chittagong city in Bangladesh, this Hindu temple is dedicated to the Goddess Kali.

Chittagong Government High School

Chittagong Government High School is a secondary school in Chittagong city, in south-eastern Bangladesh.

Chittagong Grammar School

Chittagong Grammar School (CGS) was founded in 1992, to satisfy the need for an international school in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Chittagong Hill Tracts

According to Philip Ziegler, the author of Mountbatten's official biography, the case of the Chittagong Hill Tracts was uppermost in Mountbatten's mind.

Chittagong Ship Breaking yard

In 1960, after a severe cyclone, the Greek ship M D Alpine was stranded on the shores of Sitakunda, Chittagong.

Chittagong Steel Mills High School

Chittagong Steel Mills School is a well known school is Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Eurasians in Singapore

Their ancestry can be traced to emigrants of countries that span the length and breadth of Europe, although Eurasian migrants to Singapore in the 19th century came largely from other colonies in Asia, such as British Malaya in particular Malacca and Penang; Chittagong and Goa in India; the Dutch East Indies and French Indochina.

Government Hazi Mohammad Mohshin College

Under the auspices of the 'Mohsin Fund' formed by the "Waqf-state" of Haji Muhd Mohsin, it was established in 1874 as Chittagong Madrasa.

Guite people

A powerful Guite prince from Vangteh, who was known as the one who went down to Chittagong (present Bangladesh) to learn gunpowder and as the first person to use it in the region.

Guwahati–Lumding section

The Chittagong link had been constructed in response to the demand of the Assam tea planters for a railway link to Chittagong port.

History of cricket in Bangladesh

1980: In January, Pakistan tours Bangladesh for a 2-day match in Chittagong and a 3-day sellout match in Dacca.

The MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong also dates back to 1954 as a first-class venue but it was not used for Tests until Bangladesh played there in 2001.

The home and away tournament has divisional teams from Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Khulna, Barisal and Rajshahi.

Ispahani family

The company now has corporate offices in Chittagong, Dhaka and Khulna where it employs over 20,000 people in many sectors such as tea, textile, real estate, crisps, poultry, shipping and internet services.

Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah

His authority stretched to eastern Bengal Moazzamabad (present-day Sunamganj) and south-eastern Bengal (present-day Chittagong).

Jamuna Oil Company

The General Manager is the top official and executive from Jamuna Oil Company, at Chittagong of the Government of Bangladesh.

Kalpana Datta

In the second supplementary trial of Chittagong armoury raid case, Kalpana was sentenced to transportation for life.

Kalurghat

A bridge near Kalurghat on the Karnaphuli River connects Chittagong city with the southern parts of the district.

Khan Jahan Ali

He is said to have built a highway from Bagerhat to Chittagong, a twenty-mile long road from Samantasena to Badhkhali, and a road running from Shuvabara to Daulatpur in Khulna.

Lakhai Upazila

Lakhai is the connecting point of 3 administrative divisions Sylhet, Dhaka & Chittagong of Bangladesh.

Naiyyum Choudhury

On his active supervision, a shipping of Sabre Jet spare parts for Chittagong, East Pakistan, was cancelled.

No. 8 Squadron IAF

On 2 December 1943, they were moved to Doublemooring in Chittagong (now in Bangladesh) to work closely together with No. 82 Squadron RAF in the Burma Campaign.

Port of Mongla

Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) and Haldia in India and Mongla and Chittagong in Bangladesh are the principal seaports on the world's largest Ganges delta.The port has trade links with almost all major ports of the world, although vessels arriving here are mostly from ports of Asia, the Middle East, Australia, Europe and North America and the ships rarely come to Mongla from the countries of Latin America or Africa.

Portuguese settlement in Chittagong

The Dianga area outside Chittagong hosted a large naval and military fort.

Radio Foorti

The station went live on September 21, 2006 and is currently available in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal, Mymensingh and Cox's Bazar.

Real estate in Bangladesh

Real estate in Bangladesh has developed dramatically in recent years due to the construction boom and increasing number of high-rise buildings in the major urban centers of the country, most notably Dhaka and Chittagong.

Religion in Bangladesh

Most of the Buddhists of Chittagong Hill Tracts belong to the Chakma, Chak, Marma, Tanchungya and the Khyang, who since time immemorial have practiced Buddhism.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Chittagong

Jesuit Father Francesco Fernandez, who came to 'Dianga' (Chittagong) in 1598, and who was blinded and tortured and died in captivity on November 14, 1602, is the Bengal's first martyr.

Shipbuilding in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has now over 200 shipbuilding companies, mostly concentrated in Dhaka, Chittagong, Narayanganj, Barisal and Khulna.

Sitakunda massacre

Sitakunda is a small town, 37 km to the north of Chittagong on the Chittagong-Laksham rail route.

STAR Sports 3

STAR Cricket now available in Dhaka and Chittagong by local operators and is available most part of Division of Bangladesh in cities or towns in local cable.

Strand Road, Yangon

It crosses the city in a west-east direction and runs parallel to the Yangon River.

Subodh Roy

Delzad Hilwade played the role of young Subodh Roy(Jhunku) in Bedabrata Pain's film Chittagong.

Suprobhat Bangladesh

Suprobhat Bangladesh (Bengali: সুপ্রভাত বাংলাদেশ Suprobhat Bangladesh "Good Morning Bangladesh") is a regional daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Chittagong in the Bengali language.

Tourism in Bangladesh

The Marriott, Westin, and Radisson are among the upcoming five-star hotels in Chittagong.

Tripuri people

They were able to expand their influence as far south as Chittagong, as far west as Comilla and Noakhali (known during the British period as 'plains Tipperah') and as far north as Sylhet (all in present Bangladesh).

Unilever Bangladesh Limited

Unilever Bangladesh Limited started its journey in Bangladesh with the production of soaps in its factory in Kalurghat, Chittagong.


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