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Hartal called by Reason Casualties and damage Notes 1962 – 1971: 15 [1] then East Pakistan: 1972 – 1975: 5 [1] 1981 – 1987: 59 [1] 1991 – 1996: 266 [1] Awami League, called for hartal of unknown number of days: 1996 – 2001: 215 [1] BNP, called for 59-day hartal [2] 2001 – 2007: Unknown: Bangladesh Awami League, called for 173-day ...
A hartal is a mass protest, often involving a total shutdown of workplaces, offices, shops, and courts of law, and a form of civil disobedience similar to a labour strike. In addition to being a general strike , it involves the voluntary closure of schools and places of business.
List of years in Bangladesh 2022 ( MMXXII ) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar , the 2022nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 22nd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century , and the 3rd year of the 2020s decade.
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The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is a extensive hilly area in Bangladesh, lie in the southeastern part of the country (210 25' N to 230 45' N latitude and 910 54' E to 920 50' E longitude) bordering the Indian state of Tripura on the north, Rakhine State of Myanmar on the south, Chin state of Myanmar and Indian state Mizoram on the east, Chittagong District and Cox's Bazar District on the west.
It was formed in 1999 [3] for the 2001 election, and consisted of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Bangladesh Jatiya Party (Najiur) and Islami Oikya Jote. The alliance won a substantial majority in 2001, but was heavily defeated by the Awami League-led Grand Alliance of Bangladesh in 2008. On 18 April 2012, the Four ...
In the 1980s and early 1990s, several tall buildings were built in Motijheel. They are mainly the headquarters of Bangladeshi state-owned banks. For many years, the Bangladesh Bank Building located in Motijheel was the tallest building in Bangladesh. City Centre Dhaka of Motijheel is the current tallest building in Bangladesh and has been since ...