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Shah Jalal Mazar Mosque. Jalal was said to have been born on May 25, 1271. Various traditions and historical documents differ in his place of birth, and there is a gap of two centuries between the life of the saint and literature which attempted to identify his origin.
The Shah Jalal Dargah (Bengali: শাহজালাল দরগা) is the shrine and burial place of the 14th century Muslim saint Shah Jalal, located in Sylhet, Bangladesh. The site, known as a dargah , was originally constructed c. 1500 , though many additions and alterations were made to its structures over the following centuries.
In 2010, the government changed the airport's name once again, from Zia International Airport to the present name of Shahjalal International Airport, in honour of Shah Jalal, one of the most respected Sufi saints of Bangladesh. [26] The airport's ICAO code was also changed to reflect the name change, from VGZR to VGHS. [citation needed]
The Conquest of Sylhet (Bengali: শ্রীহট্টের বিজয়, romanized: Srīhôtter Bijôy, lit. 'Conquest of Srihatta') predominantly refers to an Islamic conquest of Srihatta (present-day Sylhet, Bangladesh) led by Sikandar Khan Ghazi, the military general of Sultan Shamsuddin Firoz Shah of the Lakhnauti Sultanate, against the Hindu king Gour Govinda.
The British had built military airstrips at Tejgaon, Dhaka during the Second World War for operating warplanes for the Battle of Kohima and other Burmese war threats. The construction of Tejgaon Airport at Dainodda started in 1941; and the building of a landing strip at Kurmitola (Balurghat) started at about the same time.
The captain safely landed the plane at Shahjalal International Airport. The first officer received an eye injury. [51] [52] 5 April 2013: A fire broke out in the cargo village of Shahjalal International Airport at around 11:30 am. [53] Ten units of Fire Service and Civil Defence rushed to the spot and doused the fire one-and-a-half-hour later.
This is a list of airports in Bangladesh, grouped by type and sorted by location.All airports are operated and maintained by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.
The Airport Armed Police (AAP) [1] is the specialized unit of Bangladesh Police responsible for security in the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport of Dhaka, the largest and busiest airport of Bangladesh. [2] The AAP is one of the battalion of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) in Bangladesh.