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Dhaka District shares borders with Gazipur and Tangail to the north, Munshiganj and Rajbari to the south, Narayanganj to the east and Manikganj to the west. The main rivers flowing through this district are Padma, Kaliganga, Dhaleshwari, Ichamati, Shitalakshya, Buriganga and numerous smaller rivers including Bangshi, Turag, Balu, Elamjani, Alam, Bherujkha, Ramkrishnadi, Elisamari, Tulsikhali.
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The headquarters of a district is called the district seat (Bengali: জেলা সদর, romanized: zila sadar). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. There are 64 districts in Bangladesh. The districts are further subdivided into 495 subdistricts or upazilas .
Water Supply and Sewerage Authority or WASA is the main body administering Water supply, Drainage and Sanitation system in Bangladesh. [1] It was established in the year 1963 as an independent organization, under the East Pakistan ordinance XIX. At present WASA operates according to the WASA act 1996. [2]
Bangladesh: Designed by GB Marine. Specifications:- length: 65.70, breadth: 7 m, deadweight: 440 MT. The LCT is capable of carrying 1 helicopter, 9 tanks and 150 troops. [73] [74] BS Jahangir: LCT: 1 China Bangladesh: One Type 074 built by the People's Republic of China exists in the Bangladesh Army fleet. [75] Type C (2012) class LCVP: 2 ...
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". In total, there are 490 such towns in Bangladesh. [3]
[13] [14] In November 2021, a ship exploded at the depot of Padma Oil Company in Sugandha River in Jhalokati District killing one and injuring seven others. [15] Five of the injured died in the hospital which raised the death toll to six. [16] On 11 November 2021, Padma Oil increased the price of jet fuel for the 11th time in around 13 months. [17]
Petrobangla was founded in 1985 (Notification of Ordinance-21 in April 11 1985) by merging two government organizations Bangladesh Oil & Gas Corporation (BOGC) and Bangladesh Mineral Exploration and Development Corporation (BMEDC) into Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation(BOGMC). [3]