( In the name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful )
INTRODUCTION OF BANGLADESH "Bangladesh"
is a combination of the Bengali words, Bangla and
Desh, meaning the country or land where the Bangla
language is spoken. The country formerly was known as East
Pakistan.
Location
and Geography.Bangladesh straddles the Bay
of Bengal in south Asia. To the west and north it is bounded
by India; to the southeast, it borders Myanmar. The
topography is predominantly a low-lying floodplain. About
half the total area is actively deltaic and is prone to
flooding in the monsoon season from May through September.
The Ganges/Padma River flows into the country from the
northwest, while the Brahmaputra/ Jamuna enters from the
north. The capital city, Dhaka, is near the point where
those river systems meet. The land is suitable for rice
cultivation.
THE
HISTORY OF BANGLADESH,
It
is not easy to give a historical account of ancient Bengal. There is
very little recorded history of the land, language, and its people.
The history of Bengal is one of the most complex in the world.
The
territory inhabited by Bengal-speaking people goes beyond the
boundary of Bengal, which stretches from the Himalayas in the north
to the Bay of Bengal in the south, from Brahmaputra, Kangsa, and
Surma in the east to Nagar, Barakar and Suvarnerekha in the west.
The majority of people in the western areas are Hindus, while in the
east Muslims predominate. Although there are strong feeling towards
Bengali and Bangladeshi nationalism, broadly speaking the term
Bengal designates the Bengali-speaking area.
Sylhet
Distric,
Situated in the
north-eastern region of Bangladesh, Sylhet is a prime
attraction for all tourists. Laying between the Khasia and
the Jaintia hills on the north, and the Tripura hills on the
south, Sylhet breaks the monotony of the flatness of this
land by a multitude of terraced tea gardens, rolling
countryside and the exotic flora and fauna. The Sylhet
valley is formed by a beautiful, winding pair of rivers
named the Surma and the Kushiara both of which are fed by
innumerable hill streams from the north and the south.The
valley has good number of haors which are big natural
depressions. During winter these haors are vast stretches of
green land, but in the rainy season they turn into turbulent
seas. These haors provide a
sanctuary to the millions of migratory birds who fly from
Siberia across the Himalayas to avoid the severe cold
there.
Sylhet has also a very interesting and rich history, Before
the conquest by the Muslims, it was ruled by local
chieftains. In 1303, the great Saint Hazrat Shah Jalal came
to Sylhet from Delhi with a band of 360 disciples to preach
Islam and defeated the then Raja Gour Gobinda. Sylhet thus
became a district of saints, shrines. Sylhet, the tea
granary of Bangladesh, not only has over 150 tea gardens but
also proudly possesses three largest tea gardens in the
world in respect of dimension and production.
Dhaka
is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. Today's Dhaka
has a long story of evolution. It was founded during the
10th century. It served as the Mughal capital of Bengal from
1608 to 1704.Before coming under British rule in 1765 it was
a trading center for British, French, and Dutch colonialism
. In 1905 it was again named the capital of Bengal, and in
1956 it became the capital of East Pakistan. During the
Bangladesh war of independence in1971 the city suffered a
heavy damage. In 1982 the spelling was changed from '
Dacca' to 'Dhaka'.
Dhaka is located
in the geographic center of the country. It is in the great
deltaic region of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers. The
city is within the monsoon climate zone, with an annual
average temperature of 25 deg C (77 deg F) and monthly means
varying between 18 deg C (64 deg F) in January and 29 deg C
(84 deg F) in August. Nearly 80% of the annual average
rainfall of 1,854 mm (73 in) occurs between May and
September.
Dhaka is located
in one of the world's leading rice- and jute-growing
regions. Its industries include textiles (jute, muslin,
cotton) and food processing, especially rice milling. A
variety of other consumer goods are also manufactured here.
The Muslim influence is reflected in the more than 700
mosques and historic buildings found throughout the city.
The University of Dhaka (1921) and several technical schools
and museums are located here.
Dhaka
is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. Today's Dhaka
has a long story of evolution. It was founded during the
10th century. It served as the Mughal capital of Bengal from
1608 to 1704.Before coming under British rule in 1765 it was
a trading center for British, French, and Dutch colonialism
. In 1905 it was again named the capital of Bengal, and in
1956 it became the capital of East Pakistan. During the
Bangladesh war of independence in1971 the city suffered a
heavy damage. In 1982 the spelling was changed from '
Dacca' to 'Dhaka'.