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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 use today. [1] [3] On 30 September 1951, Dacca Time was officially implemented in East Bengal. [4]
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. [220] Dhaka also hosted the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, along with Chittagong and Sylhet, in 2014. [221]
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]
78,933. • Density. 3,929/km 2 (10,180/sq mi) Time zone. UTC+6 ( BST) Uttar Khan is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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 among the most densely populated with a population of 170 million in an area of 148,460 square kilometres (57,320 sq mi). Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east ...
The Dhaka Metro Rail is a mass rapid transit system serving Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It is owned and operated by the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited . [ 1 ] Together with a proposed subway system it is expected to reduce traffic congestion in the city.
The Dhaka Metro is projected to serve more than 60,000 passengers per hour by 2022, with headways of approximately 4 minutes. [31] The entire route can be travelled in less than 40 minutes at a speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), and is expected to drastically reduce the number of private cars on Dhaka's streets as well as their potentially 7-hour-long ...
Sangsad Bangladesh Television, [a] often known as Sangsad Television, [b] [1] branded on-air as Sangsad Bangladesh, [c] is a Bangladeshi state-owned parliamentary television channel, which is the sister of Bangladesh Television.