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The Public Gambling Act of 1867 serves as the primary legislation governing gambling in Bangladesh. [4] However, its enactment in 1867 pre-dates the internet age which has led to ambiguities regarding the legality of online gambling; due to lack of specific regulations for online platforms, authorities and citizens remain unsure of the practice's legal boundaries. [4]
The first French lottery was created by King Francis I in or around 1505. After that first attempt, lotteries were forbidden for two centuries. They reappeared at the end of the 17th century, as a "public lottery" for the Paris municipality (called Loterie de L'Hotel de Ville) and as "private" ones for religious orders, mostly for nuns in convents.
Accompanying the lottery is the betting game, an illegal form of lottery among the people, which uses the results of the jackpot of the legal traditional lottery as the prize-winning results. In Hanoi, the "agent" system of the betting game has developed along with traditional lottery stores and iced tea stalls, operating quite openly. [ 46 ]
The Sangbad was founded in 1951 and published from Dhaka, Bangladesh.Its first owner was Nasiruddin Ahmad and its first editor was Khairul Kabir. [2] During the 1950s and 1960s, the newspaper expressed strong views opposed to the Ayub Khan government of Pakistan, and was accordingly repressed.
Sambad Prabhakar was the brainchild of Ishwar Chandra Gupta. His patron was Jogendra Mohan Thakur of Pathuriaghata. It began as a weekly newspaper launched on 28 January 1831 (16 Magh 1237BS). [1] As stated, Mr. Thakur was the backbone to this paper and his death caused the paper to close publication in 1832.
The archives were founded in 1973 by the government of Bangladesh and are administered by the Directorate of National Archives and Libraries. Located in a rented building near the campus of Dhaka University until 1985, the collections are now housed in a purpose-built part of the National Library of Bangladesh complex in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. [2]
Newspapers published in Bangladesh are written in Bengali or English language versions. Most Bangladeshi daily newspapers are usually printed in broadsheets; few daily tabloids exist. Daily newspapers in Bangladesh are published in the capital, Dhaka, as well as in major regional cities such as Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet, and ...
The British goal was to increase the productivity of the Bengali economy. They experimented on Bengal's administration and economy. The results of some of the experiments were not always successful. The increased taxation in Bengal's unstable climate was a calamity. The taxation was not eased even during the drought and floods of 1769–1770.