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Bangladesh Standard Time (BST; Bengali: বাংলাদেশ মান সময়) serves as the official time zone for Bangladesh. It operates six hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time and is observed uniformly across the country as a national standard. In 2009, Bangladesh briefly observed daylight saving time (DST) as a measure to ...
Hindus developed a calendar system in ancient times. [12] Jyotisha, one of the six ancient Vedangas, [13] [14] was the Vedic era field of tracking and predicting the movements of astronomical bodies in order to keep time. [13] [14] [15] The ancient Indian culture developed a sophisticated time keeping methodology and calendars for Vedic rituals ...
The following is a list of cities by sunshine duration.Sunshine duration is a climatological indicator, measuring duration of sunshine in given period (usually, a day or a year) for a given location on Earth, typically expressed as an averaged value over several years.
Kuakata (Bengali: কুয়াকাটা, Rakhine:ကုအာကာတ) is a town in southern Bangladesh known for its panoramic sea beach. [1][2] Kuakata beach is a sandy expanse 18 kilometres (11 mi) long and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) wide. [3] From the beach one can have an unobstructed view of both sunrise and sunset over the Bay of ...
Dhaka has also hosted the South Asian Games three times, in 1985, 1993 and 2010. Dhaka is the first city to host the games three times. The Bangabandhu National Stadium was the main venue for all three editions. [286] Dhaka also hosted the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, along with Chittagong and Sylhet, in 2014. [287]
Website. www.dhaka.gov.bd. Dhaka District (Bengali: ঢাকা জেলা, romanized: Ḍhākā jēlā) is a district in central Bangladesh, [6] and is the densest district in the nation. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and rests on the eastern banks of the Buriganga River which flows from the Turag to ...
History of Dhaka. Dhaka City across Buriganga River – a painting by Frederick William Alexander de Fabeck in 1861 [1] Dhaka (Dacca) is a modern megacity with origins dating to circa the 7th century CE. [citation needed] The history of Dhaka begins with the existence of urbanised settlements that were ruled by the Hindu Gauda Kingdom, Buddhist ...
Dhaka is the most populous city of Bangladesh and is characterized by its busy urban life with varied culture, including many festivities, a variety of cuisine, an entertainment industry, shopping experiences and sites of interest. These nature of these activities mirrors the secular character of the city's population. [1]