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Amar Desh (Bengali: আমার দেশ; "My country"), a Bengali-language newspaper published between 2004 and 2013. [34] [35] The Bangladesh Observer, an English-language daily published between 1949-2010 and last edited by Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury. [7] Kishore Bangla, a Bengali juvenile weekly published between 1977 and 1983.
It is the seat of the Government of Bangladesh, many Bangladeshi companies, and leading Bangladeshi educational, scientific, research, and cultural organizations. Since its establishment as a modern capital city, the population, area and social and economic diversity of Dhaka have grown tremendously.
Bangladesh, [a] officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, [b] is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and seventh most densely populated with a population of 173,562,364 in an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi).
The Soviet Union supported Bangladesh and Indian armies, as well as the Mukti Bahini during the war, recognising that the independence of Bangladesh would weaken the position of its rivals—the United States and the People's Republic of China. It gave assurances to India that if a confrontation with the U.S. or China developed, the USSR would ...
Sheikh Hasina [a] (born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. [ b ] She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , the first president of Bangladesh .
[citation needed] Tests of tube wells in Sylhet District by the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1997 found that about 27.6% contained more arsenic than the acceptable limit set by Bangladesh of 50 micrograms per liter, and 49.2% contained more arsenic than the World Health Organization standard of 10 micrograms per liter ...
For the sixth edition of Bangladesh Premier League, he was included in the A+ category and was signed by Comilla Victorians. [62] [63] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Dhaka Platoon in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League. [64] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka ...
Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976) is an Australian former international cricketer, who played all three formats of the game.During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world.