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Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (formerly Zia International Airport), [222] located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) north of Dhaka city centre, is the largest and busiest international airport in the country. [223] Although built with an annual passenger-handling capacity of 8 million, [224] it handled more than 11 million passengers in 2023. [225]
A city with a population of more than 10,000,000 is defined by the bureau as a megacity. Dhaka is the only megacity in Bangladesh according to this definition. [3] Together, Dhaka and the port city of Chittagong account for 48% of the country's urban population. [4] An urban centre with a population of less than 100,000 is defined as a "town".
Dhaka Dhaka City College: Dhaka Dhaka College: Dhaka Dhaka Commerce College: Dhaka Dhaka Imperial College: Dhaka Dhaka Polytechnic Institute: Dhaka Dhaka Residential Model College: Dhaka Dinajpur Government College: Dinajpur Dinajpur Polytechnique Institute: Dinajpur E: Eden Mohila College [9] Dhaka Engineering University School & College [10 ...
In 1972, the first Government of Bangladesh, in an effort to speed up the investment in the sector issued an ordinance, [7] creating the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). BPDB, from 1972 to 1995, has increased the generation capacity in the country from 475 MW to 2818 MW, and the length of its 230 kV and 132 kV transmission networks to ...
Chowkbazar (Bengali: চকবাজার), also called Chawkbazar Model Thana, is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was formed in August 2009 from parts of Lalbagh Thana and Kotwali Thana, and has an area of 2.07 km 2. [3] It includes the Chowk Bazaar and was the site of the February 2019 Dhaka fire.
The ward covers sectors 1-10 of Uttara Model Town. [2] It is bounded on the north by the Tongi Khal, on the east by the Narayanganj–Bahadurabad Ghat rail line (across which lie wards 47 and 50), on the south by Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport , and on the west by Uttara Lake (across which lies ward 51).
Mugda (Bengali: মুগদা, romanized: Mugdā) or Mugdapara (মুগদাপাড়া, Mugdāpāṛā) is a thana (city district) in Dhaka South City Corporation, Bangladesh. The thana is encompassed by wards 5, 6, and 7, [1] [2] home to Kamalapur Stadium, and situated close to Kamalapur railway station and Motijheel. [3] [4]
The constituency was created when, ahead of the 2008 general election, the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census. [4] The 2008 redistricting added 7 new seats to the Dhaka metropolitan area, increasing the number of constituencies in the capital from 8 to 15. [5]