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After the partition of India in 1947, the region was divided into the dominions of India and Pakistan. East Bengal, now known as Bangladesh, was part of this division. On 15 September 1951, Dacca Time (DACT) was introduced in East Bengal, which was UTC+06:00 achieved by subtracting 30 minutes from UTC+06:30. This is the official time zone in ...
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 Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, together with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, jointly flagged off the New Jalpaiguri to Dhaka Mitali Express train service via video conference from Dhaka on 26 March 2021. [8] Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Dhaka to celebrate the fifty years of Independence of Bangladesh.
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 ...
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 ...
The Maitree Express (13109/13110) train (Bengali: মৈত্রী এক্সপ্রেস), often pronounced Moitree Express, is the first express train service connecting Dhaka in Bangladesh to Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Bengali name Maitree Express means Friendship Express when translated to English, denoting the ...
Pohela Boishakh (Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাখ) [n 1] is the Bengali New Year celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian [2] states of West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand and Assam (Goalpara and Barak Valley).
Climate change has forced many people of Bangladesh living in rural areas to migrate to cities that has caused a sharp rise in the slum population of Dhaka. [8] As Bangladesh is already less than 20 feet above sea level, thus there are fears that by the end of the 21st century, more than a quarter of the country will be inundated and 15 million people will be displaced. [8]