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  • ...fter territorial acquisitions led parliament to intervene into the affairs of the company. The Regulating Act was the result. ...abolition of the Company and bringing British India under the direct rule of the Crown-in-Parliament in 1858. [Sirajul Islam] ...
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  • ...fter territorial acquisitions led parliament to intervene into the affairs of the company. The Regulating Act was the result. ...abolition of the Company and bringing British India under the direct rule of the Crown-in-Parliament in 1858. [Sirajul Islam] ...
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  • ...Board of Control and replaced the President of the Board by the Secretary of State for India. ...e, Council members and the Council staff would be paid out of the revenues of India. ...
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  • ...litically unacceptable when the company had become the sovereign authority of Bengal. ...the Charter Act of 1853 when the privilege was abolished and a new system of recruiting civilians by competitive examinations introduced. ...
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  • ...me and seven part-time members. The chairman is the chief executive of the Board. ...sericulture; and (iii) to devise means for improved methods of cultivation of [[mulberry]], [[castor]], and other related plants. ...
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  • ...Lord Ellenborough was nominated by the cabinet to be the Governor General of India. He served as Governor General from 28 February 1842 to 15 June 1844. ...neral. In a state of continuous non-cooperation of the civilians the Court of Directors recalled him in June 1844. [Sirajul Islam ...
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  • ...d) seeds to farmers and thus promote production of high-yielding varieties of various crops. The agency is headed by a director and has 238 staff distrib ...tension in the promotion and use of improved seeds; and collecting samples of truthfully labelled seeds throughout the country and checking their declare ...
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  • ...ourt of Directors|court of directors]] and the [[Board of Control|board of control]]. During the company period, the annual administration report was a confid ...the Administration of Bengal provides extraordinary insight into the state of the colonial governance, its strengths and weaknesses. [Sirajul Islam] ...
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  • ...cessive [[Charter Acts|charter acts]] since then made the company a shadow of its former self by 1853. ...e [[Board of Control|board of control]] and the [[Court of Directors|court of directors]]. ...
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  • ...tary of Ministry of Education. The Board is presently managing the affairs of the College. ...ucation in three levels: primary, secondary and higher secondary. Students of class III to XII can study here both in Bangla and English medium. The Coll ...
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  • ...ember with the designation of the [[Secretary of State for India|secretary of state for india]]. The 'Home Government'; was then shifted to a new office ...d for that purpose they tried to make a lot of money for using it at times of elections. ...
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  • ...tension of sericulture in the country. The institute is located on an area of about 20 ha. About 100 staff including 22 scientists are now working in the ...ogical institute was first set-up in Rajshahi in 1898. After the partition of British India in 1947, East Pakistan received two nurseries, one located at ...
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  • ...ept changing its set-up, jurisdictions, powers and functions until the end of the British rule. ...cil was the Committee of Revenue when it transacted the revenue businesses of the new state. ...
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  • ...parameters, quality control of different construction materials, analysis of water quality, suspended bed material and bedload sediment. ...e of the Act No. 53 of July 1990. Headquarters of RRI is located at suburb of Faridpur town. ...
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  • ...the British Bible Society, the Foreign Bible Society, and the Propagation of Gospel and Church Missionary Society. ...ompany government to rescue the depraved Indian society from the labyrinth of moral degradation. He argued that this goal might be achieved if the compan ...
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  • ...eneration of the only imported variety, deterioration of quality, and lack of marketing. ...es; and (v) detection of cotton diseases and development of preventive and control measures. ...
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  • ...machinery, spare parts, and raw materials, and clearance from environment control authorities. ...sues a pass book, which is then sent to the office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports, who, in turn, issues an Import Registration Certificat ...
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  • ...gladesh Civil Service (BCS) by which candidates are selected for positions of class I government officers are also public examinations. ...he universities at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay in 1857, the responsibility of conducting the entrance examination (renamed later as matriculation examina ...
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  • ...modern India and presented a comprehensive plan for the later development of the educational system in the subcontinent. ...introduction of a system of grants-in aid to help support a rising number of privately managed educational institutions. ...
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  • ...e in Queta. After the liberation of Bangladesh he was promoted to the post of Lt. Colonel in 1973 and retired from Bangladesh army. ...ral secretary of the Party in 1985. Mustafizur Rahman was elected a member of the Jatiya Sangsad in 1991 and was included in the cabinet as Foreign Minis ...
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  • ...be invited to participate in decision processes of the Superior Selection Board. ...Minister was also made a member of the SSB. The secretary of the Ministry of Establishment acts as its member-secretary. ...
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  • ...nal license that is Continuous Discharge Certificate (CDC) from Department of Shipping. ...three assisting organs namely Academic Council, Board of Studies and Board of Discipline. The academy has three departments such as Nautical, Marine Engi ...
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  • ...aptahik Bangladesh''. He was appointed as chairman of the Board of Editors of ''Dainik Desh'' in 1982. ...ce Abdus|abdus sattar]] in charge of the Ministry of Health and Population Control, Labour Manpower and Social Welfare. ...
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  • ...became chief secretary of the Supreme Government of Calcutta and a member of the Council from October 1801. ...d in July 1807. In recognition of his laudable services during the regimes of Cornwallis, [[Shore, Sir John|john shor]]e and [[Wellesley, Lord|wellesley] ...
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  • ...of French influence from India and to make the British the paramount power of the subcontinent, which he implemented through wars as well as by peaceful ...Subsidiary Alliance and thus was peacefully turned into a subordinate ally of the British.   ...
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  • ...ent stages in different parts of the country; (vi) to nurture the ideology of group theatre; (vii) to inform drama with social purpose; (viii) to publish ...chairpersons is selected as its chairperson and one of the 12-member board of secretaries is selected as its secretary general. ...
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  • ...major war in India. He had achieved several diplomatic victories. By show of force he prevented the Pindari leader, Amir Khan from interfering in Berar. ...of the British. By the treaty Ranjit Singh accepted Sutlej as the boundary of his Kingdom and faithfully observed the treaty terms all his life. The trea ...
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  • ...d of direct relationship of peasants with the king or sovereign in respect of land ownership, which came to be known as the [[Raiyat|raiyat]] based syste ...r]]s, who were not owners of land, but were imperial agents for collection of rents from the individual tenants in their respective areas. ...
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  • ...mentioned the grama-vrddhas (village elders) who were the esteemed members of the village assembly and whose duty was to assist the government officials ...y social laws and customs and suggest penalties only against the violators of these. ...
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  • ...ieth century, 'taxes on imports and exports' were the seventh major source of public revenue. ...t 1896, the Land Customs Act 1924, and the Tariff Act 1934) and Section 14 of the Civil Aviation Ordinance 1960 were repealed. This put an end to legal f ...
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  • ...lanning, development and management of [[Water Resources|water resources]] of the country as well as offering training facilities to develop [[energy]] a ...
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  • ...gladesh. The [[Dakatia River|dakatia]] is one of the important tributaries of the Gumti and the Buri river is its distributary. ...ementation of a number of BWDB projects, the Gumti appears now to be under control. ...
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  • ...nown to [[Fort William|fort william]] people that Nanda Kumar, a confidant of Mir Jafar, motivated the hard-pressed nawab to make secret contact with oth ...y highlighting the bribes were duly sent to the [[Court of Directors|court of directors]]. ...
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  • ...ed enterprises into public limited companies through sale of more than 50% of shares directly or through [[Stock Exchange|stock exchange]]. ...ned enterprises leaving them in an unprotected environment. The government of Bangladesh promulgated Abandoned Properties Ordinance and Nationalisation O ...
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  • ...he post of commissioners, each in charge of a division comprising a number of districts. Bengal was divided into twenty divisions, each under a commissio ...ely Dhaka, Chittagong and Rajshahi. Later, Khulna division was created out of Rajshahi division. During the 1990s, two more divisions, namely Barisal and ...
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  • ...have capacity at all to buy those. In this context, the central government of Pakistan requested the United Nations to provide technical assistance. A mi ...nt Board (BPDB). Similar functions and charter of duties of the water wing of the erstwhile EPWAPDA were assigned to BWDB, formed comprising a Chairman a ...
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  • ...s. The institute also contributes to advancing knowledge and understanding of contemporary international and strategic issues from national and regional ...ernment of Bangladesh. A limited fund is also generated from sale proceeds of publications and funded projects. The institute is entitled to receive gran ...
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  • ...about 150 miles (240 km) and built during his time, also acted as a flood control embankment. The Mughal emperors constructed embankments along different lar ...etres of embankments have been built along rivers and in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. These embankments provide a protected environment for agricultu ...
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  • ...ple. In the wild plant, they are pale lilac with a purple spot at the base of each petal. ...um is prescribed for curing mental and physical diseases, especially those of the eye. ...
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  • ...Maharaja|nanda kumar]] is the glaring example of the despotic application of law by the Supreme Court. ...t of Judicature for the more speedy and effectual trial of persons accused of offences committed in the East Indies'. ...
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  • ...er of Works and Communication. Consequent upon his defeat by the candidate of combined opposition parties in the 1965 elections he resigned from the cabi ...rning body of Sir Salimullah Orphanage, and chairman of managing committee of Dhanmondi School. ...
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  • ...l officers to manage the affairs of the institute under the direct control of the Director General. ...ng. Newly appointed assistant judges are given basic training for a period of four to six weeks on substantive and procedural laws to make them equipped ...
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  • ...s). A new administrative unit was thus created which was to form the basis of the present-day thana or upazila in Bangladesh. ...ommended the setting up of circle boards, initially under the chairmanship of CO. This, however, was never set up during British rule. ...
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  • ...d the railway network in Eastern India. Its closest runners in other parts of India were the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, South Indian Railway, North ...come up with a serious plan to motivate the government of India in favour of laying railway tracts in India was Rowland Macdonald Stephenson, a civil en ...
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  • ...ost notable among his historical works are History of England (1839), Laws of Ancient Rome (1842), and History, 4 vols (1855). His collected works run in ...ing among themselves as to whether in British India the traditional system of education should be supported by the government or any alternative method o ...
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  • ...external scarcity (such as in wartime) or inflationary pressure. The basis of tax computation may be ad valorem (as in a [[Value Added Tax|value added ta ...and the tax on opium, similar to excise duty, was a major source of income of the Muslim rulers. ...
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  • ...-stained soil of Bengal we vow not to forget any of our martyrs, any event of our history'. ...rted to operate as an endeavour to maintain records of the historic events of liberation struggle in an objective and authentic way. ...
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  • ...overed with water at any time of the year, including benefits to arise out of such land. ...and (ix) transfer by way of sale, mortgage or lease, or otherwise dispose of any property or any easement, interest, profit or right, present or future, ...
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  • ...n spite of the loss of America Cornwallis retained his high image as a man of great courage, honesty and integrity. ...nance in Bengal. He was particularly directed to stop the ad hoc character of revenue administration and establish the [[Permanent Settlement, The|perman ...
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  • ...undreds of others working here got injured at the outset of liberation war of 1971. ...ontrol of the Ministry of Shipping. The Port is run by CPA Board consisted of a Chairman and not more four other members appointed by the government. ...
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  • ...tered as a national NGO in 1990 under the Social Welfare (Registration and Control) Act, 1961. ...adesh and one at Fatullah in Narayangonj in co-operation of the Department of Primary Education, Bangladesh. ...
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  • ...ding 10 minutes interval in the middle. The round ball has a circumference of 58-60 cm and weighs 425-475 grams. In the handball game, a goal is scored w ...ew methods. In 1919, another coach Karl Shillenge added certain techniques of his own to enrich the game. He introduced playing handball on an open groun ...
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  • ...ng privileges for the company. Later, he became the president and governor of [[Fort William|fort william]] (est. 1706). Thus Rowland M Stephenson's clos ...pointed out to the authorities about the commercial and military benefits of a railway line stretching from Calcutta to Delhi via Benares. ...
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  • ...n of the Thakurs to leave their parental home in Jessore and join the rank of banians to the Europeans was one Panchanan, who worked with the French as a ...) was Joyram, an Amin of the 24-Parganas in 1760-62 who had four sons; one of whom was Nilamani Thakur (d 1791), who served as a serestadar in Chittagong ...
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  • ...en the form of government was changed. However, since 1991 when the system of government reverted to parliamentary, this important division has again bee ...for framing the [[Rules of Business|rules of business]] and for allocation of functions among various ministries/ divisions also rests with the cabinet d ...
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  • ...ng techniques and knowledge for livestock and poultry production; training of resource persons for the sector; strengthening research-extension-NGO linka ...ning model which should yield a higher growth rate in terms of live weight of cattle and a higher feeds conversion efficiency. A selective breeding progr ...
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  • ...of India. The JRC started functioning from June 1972 although the Statute of the Indo Bangladesh Joint Rivers Commission was signed in Dhaka on 24 Novem ...June 2000 JRC is operating as independent organisation under the Ministry of Water Resources. ...
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  • ...smission line. The country's power distribution line was about 209,932 Km, of which 29,176 Km belong to PDB. ...n of electricity on commercial basis for the common people. The government of East Pakistan took over all private power generation houses and distributio ...
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  • ...ustodian of Enemy Property (Lands and Buildings) with effect from the date of this order. No person could transfer any land, building or movable property ...in effect till the emergence of Bangladesh in December 1971. The director of Land Records and Surveys, East Pakistan, was appointed deputy custodian; th ...
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  • ...inate relation with him by borrowing his tools or space or any other means of production and distribution from him. A grocer has a mahajan if his busines ...nts mostly through the intermediation of mahajans who bought or sold bills of exchange on their behalf. ...
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  • ...on) in analytical and Inorganic Chemistry, and FRSC from the Royal Society of Chemistry, London in 1967 for ‘original contribution in Chemistry. ...of Mines, London. He was a DAAD Senior Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Stuttgart University, Germany, and the Swedish Institu ...
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  • '''Habibullah, Khwaja''' (1895-1958) nawab of Dhaka, politician and social worker. Khwaja Habibullah was born on 26 April ...of Dhaka he had extensive influence over the mahalla leaders. At the time of any communal riot Habibullah would form a peace committee taking members fr ...
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  • ...cruing from his property. He had apportioned his property into nine shares of which three were to be devoted to sacred uses, four for pensions, stipends ...Secretary to the Government's Sadr Board of Revenue. The General Committee of Public Instruction was asked to report on this suggestion. ...
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  • ...modifications, and are seemingly still prevalent in administrative system of Bangladesh. ...em in the civil service was thus established following the recommendations of the Aitchison Commission. ...
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  • ..., and are responsible for causing colossal damage to the life and property of human beings. They are found almost everywhere on land, excepting the two p Rodents have three distinct groups based on their arrangements of chewing muscles, orbits and teeth. These are the Squirrel Forms or Sciuromo ...
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  • ...Commission in 1961. After 1972, the institute was renamed as the Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (INA) under the newly formed Bangladesh Atomic Energy C ...shInstituteofNuclearAgriculture.jpg|thumb|502px|right|Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, Mymensingh]] ...
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  • ...roved apparatus. The in-patient departments have taken the characteristics of almost a general hospital, although diabetic and other endocrine patients a The clinical services of BIRDEM provide comprehensive diabetic care free of charge to all the registered diabetic patients. The fund collected by 'Cros ...
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  • ...1963, the government constructed a 3-storyed building to the northern side of the complex. Separate hostels for Hindu and Muslim students were also built ...and youth leader and a leading planner of the [[War of Liberation, The|war of liberation]], Mohammad Sirajul Alam Khan.' ...
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  • ...gh its appointed bodies. Public sector enterprise normally has three forms of organisational structure, the departmental undertakings, statutory corporat ...lopment Board, Water Development Board, Customs Department, National Board of Revenue, ordnance factories, overseas communication services, and multipurp ...
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  • ...as 67%. Flood control and drainage is used as a means to reduce the depth of flooding or eliminate it through 'controlled flooding', so as to provide gr ...embankment]]s, [[Barrage|barrage]]s and [[Canal|canal]]s. Some major flood control drainage and irrigation projects are described below. ...
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  • ...nce as a unit of administration is closely associated with the land system of Bengal. ...were made an administrative unit called a district during the early years of British rule, and the system continued throughout the British period. More ...
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  • ...ical origin of the co-operative movement is to be traced from the writings of Robert Owen, Louis Blanc, Charles Fourier and others. ...ultural and artisan classes became almost totally subjected to the control of usurious moneylenders. ...
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  • ...anath Sasmal was called ''Deshapran'' for his love of the country. He came of an affluent Mahisya family on which the Brahma religion had made a deep imp ...red the Metropolitan College, Calcutta, but on the urge of being a student of [[Banerjea, Surendranath|surendranath banerjea]], he sought a transfer to t ...
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  • ...separated from BSCIC. Bangladesh Handloom Board and Bangladesh Sericulture Board were established. ...ollowing the BSCIC Act, govt. rules and policy guidelines. Chairman of the Board is the Chief Executive Officer. Each member heads one functional division. ...
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  • ...e. Thus a barrage is a device to regulate river flow by suitable operation of its gates. The gates can be opened during high [[Flood|flood]]s to release ...rage include flood bypass to release unusually high flood discharges, silt control devices for removing [[Sediment|sediment]] deposited in the [[Reservoir|res ...
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  • ...nerate water and produce water related goods and services for the benefits of the society as a whole. It includes physical intervention, related financia ...itutional arrangements to regulate and control the availability and access of users to these components. ...
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  • ...griculture, serves to the whole of Bangladesh and has a nationwide network of outlying field offices down to the upazila level and at some places even be ...Planning, and Finance. The administrative wing is under the direct control of the Chairman, and each wing is headed by the concerned Member-Director. ...
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  • ...ed containing a provision that the shares were transferable. The privilege of limited liability was not conferred upon by this Act, although a company wa .... This Amendment Act of 1936 also recognised for the first time the system of managing agencies in the subcontinent. ...
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  • ...was given to other urban or rural areas for a long time. The apprehension of loosening central authority and the concern over raising local taxes for su ...ously, the people did not like to be taxed for such activities as cleaning of roads nor did they realize the need for such an institution. ...
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  • ...Khan|murshid quli khan]] and wrest the [[Bamandanga Zamindari|zamindari]] of the pargana from the Ghazis. ...ily had been in uninterrupted control of the pargana down to the abolition of zamindari system in 1951. ...
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  • ...uced for the first time in 1835 by James Ronald Martin, presidency surgeon of Bengal. ...ajor diseases-fevers, causing 40 per cent of all deaths and three-quarters of all hospital admissions; dysentery and diarrhoea; liver diseases; and chole ...
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  • ...50 kilometers northwest of Dhaka metropolis covering an area of 119 acres of land. ...s are established each in Dinajpur, Barisal, Chittagong, Khulna and Sylhet of which only the Dinajpur branch is now in operation. ...
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  • ...eaucratic decision-making process. It developed in Bangladesh on the basis of legal requirements, economy's management needs, conventions, functional con ...and expenditures in public accounts); extra-budgetary resources (debenture of autonomous bodies, their self-financing and accumulated balance, and materi ...
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  • ...colonial state. On 1 May 1793, Cornwallis announced his Code. The summary of the Code runs as follows: ...ing to this system, the [[Zamindar|zamindar]] (landlord) is the sole owner of land and has full rights to transfer or donate such land. The government re ...
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  • ...cheduled Offences (Special Tribunal) Order, 1972 (President's Order No. 50 of 1972). ...on of the public; and (viii) prejudice the economic or financial interests of the state. ...
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  • ...nist, politician. He was born in 1923 at village Farakkabad in Biral thana of Dinajpur district. His father was Gafuruddin Shah. Yusuf Ali had his early ...embly in 1962 as a candidate of the Awami League. He was elected as member of Pakistan Constituent Assembly in 1965 as a candidate from Combined Oppositi ...
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  • ...arters in Dhaka was jointly run by Pakistan and SEATO. After the emergence of Bangladesh in 1971, PSCRL passed through a difficult time, but its activiti ...organisations working in relevant fields to augment the research capacity of the CRL. ...
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  • ...|ahsan manzil]], the headquarters of the Nawab Estate, was the focal point of Muslim politics in Eastern Bengal. ...rict (now in the Tangail district). He acquired it in 1806 on the strength of a mortgage bond for Rs. 40,000. ...
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  • ...rns, increase cropping intensity, and improve the socioeconomic conditions of the farmers. ...us crop that has a higher water demand. Till 1999, the maximum achievement of irrigation reached 43,000 ha in the aman (Kharif-II) season, while 99,000 h ...
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  • ...|teota zamindar family]][[Zamindar Family of Teota|,]] and the younger son of [[Chaudhuri, Rai Parbati Sankar|rai parbati sankar chaudhuri]]. His formal ...d that Ray should specialise in the treatment of tuberculosis. As a result of this, Ray came to work at the Ochill Hill Sanatorium in Scotland, and was a ...
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  • ...nctioning in 1986 with the recruitment of manpower and initial development of infrastructure. ...dinate basic and adaptive research for development and optimum utilisation of all living aquatic resources; to develop low-cost, less labour intensive, e ...
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  • ...t' by the name of Kumudini Welfare Trust in 1947 with a view to using part of its incomes for public welfare. ...ts business, which her nephew, Rajiv Prasad Shaha, later expanded. A Board of Directors manages the Kumudini Welfare Trust. ...
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  • ...sely accompanied by overseas colonial expansionism of the Maritime nations of Western Europe. ...ritory. Fort St. George was built at Madras, which became the headquarters of the company's business in India. ...
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  • ...e National Service Board. It was brought under the control of the Ministry of Home Affairs in 1973. In 1980, a separate cadre called the Bangladesh Civil ...limited, the Ansars used to maintain public order in the remotest corners of the country. They were deployed in almost all the border outposts to guard ...
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  • .... Most of these legal instruments regulate the rights and responsibilities of the working people. ...ayment of Wages Act, 1936, Maternity Benefit Act, 1939, and the Employment of Children Act, 1938. ...
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  • ...d in East Pakistan deserted it and joined the [[War of Liberation, The|war of liberation]]. It was they who organised the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) whic ...d a traumatic effect on the rebuilding processes of the air defence system of the new born country. But it soon recovered from its early frightful experi ...
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  • ''Source''  Bangladesh Population Census 2001, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. ...Pakistan army and the freedom fighters took place in order to take control of the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra. ...
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  • ...] poppy cultivation expanded to about 280,000 hectares by 1996. Almost 90% of the world's illicitly produced opiates originate in the two main production ...inely are the amphetamine type stimulants, whereas sedatives, another type of synthetic drug, which includes barbiturates and benzodiazepines, are divert ...
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  • ...tion to Medina). Besides, the Masjid-e-Nababi (622 AD) and 9 other mosques of Medina were also used as education centres. Among the Caliphs, Hazrat Omar ...rasahs were set up in Bengal during that period. Among these, the Madrasah of Moulana Takiuddin Arabi at Mohisantosh is the oldest. In 1248, Sultan Nasir ...
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  • ...auditor is to make a report to be presented in the annual general meeting of the company on accounts examined by him. ...uds, and prevention of errors and frauds were the two important objectives of auditing in Bangladesh. At present, Bangladesh follows ISA guidelines in au ...
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  • ...Chittagong. His father Kazi Amjad Ali Sowdagar was a renowned businessman of Chittagong. His mother was Pearjan Bibi. Nur Ahmad passed Matriculation exa ...istered primary schools. By dint of his relentless efforts, the percentage of literacy in Chittagong municipal area became the highest in undivided Benga ...
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  • ...rd, 1997''' an agreement signed on 2 December 1997 between the government of Bangladesh and the [[Parbatya Chattagram Jana-Samhati Samiti|parbatya chatt ...-Samhati Samiti in March 1973 with the object of safeguarding the interest of the hill people. Subsequently an armed wing called the [[Shanti Bahini|shan ...
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  • ...e authorized capital of the exchange was Rs 300000 divided into 150 Shares of Rs 2000 each. Number of Listed Securities, Paid Up Capitals, Market Capitals And Indexes. ...
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  • ...design depend on the geology and configuration of the site, the functions of the dam, and cost factors. ...the central structure in a multipurpose scheme aiming at the conservation of water resources. ...
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  • ...nister Lord Salisbury offered him the post of Governor General and Viceroy of India. ...Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.He was not therefore ignorant of Indian affairs altogether. Like [[Wellesley, Lord|wellesley]] and [[Dalhous ...
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  • ...omulgated the Cooperative Societies Act, thereby encouraging the formation of cooperative societies, especially agricultural cooperative credit societies ...cooperative societies are regulated by this law and the cooperative rules of 1987. ...
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  • ...the Surma. This confluence is five kilometres east of Kuliarchar and north of Bhairab Bazar. Downstream from this point, the river is referred to as the ...wer Meghna below Shatnol is one of the largest rivers in the world because of its wide estuary mouth. The Lower Meghna is at times treated as a separate ...
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  • .... Viewed in this perspective, Merchant Guilds were an extended connotation of the term company as it is understood today. These companies were basically ...ver time became a political authority and exercised the monopoly of powers of the state. ...
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  • ...and expect immediate results. Rather, it is a complicated interwoven mesh of soils, plants, animals, implements, workers, other inputs, and environment. ...ng system. In Bangladesh, different production systems are practiced. Most of the large farms may have more than one enterprise that may be complementary ...
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  • ...15 m respectively (Rahman,1997). Besides these, there are surface deposits of construction materials such as boulders, gravels etc. at Tetulia-Panchagarh Thus the hardrocks of Bangladesh are categorized as (i) Maddhyapara subsurface hardrock, (ii) Bho ...
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  • ...est Research Institute. It is a government organisation under the Ministry of Environment and Forest, and is located at Sholashahar, Chittagong. ...orest produces through the application of technology; help in conservation of [[biodiversity]] and environmental balance in national and rural forests. ...
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  • ...Muga is semi-domesticated, and the Tasar is wild. The rearing and raising of silkworm is known as sericulture. ...e silk they produce, the type of leaves on which they feed, and the number of breeding per year.   ...
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  • ...the Partition of Bengal (1947) came within the management responsibilities of the government, first as [[Abandoned Property|abandoned property]] or wench ...anagement of custodians or assistant custodians working under the Ministry of Land. ...
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  • ...li and his union set out to change the 'stereotype images' with the weapon of left-leaning trade unionism at an international level. In 1950s and 1960s, ...lkata. In late 1930s, Afatb Ali founded All India Seamen Federation (AISF) of which he became the President and Malik Secretary.     ...
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  • ...putra River originates from the northern slopes of the Himalayas, in Tibet of China. Its tributaries originate from the Kailash Range, Tibetan Plateau, t ...those two rivers. But towards east of this lower plain has the tributaries of Meghna River. The Bengal plain has some independent rivers to the west orig ...
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  • ...tion by clearing jungles has the right to own the same, subject to payment of rent or revenue to the king. ...there was no arrangement for irrigation, land revenue should be one-sixth of the produce. ...
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  • ...nd an industrial unit that produced carbon paper together had 122 workers, of whom 55 were men, 51 women and 16 children. ...years of its establishment. In 1964, KPM was sold out to the Dawood Group of Pakistan, which undertook a balancing, modernisation and rationalisation (B ...
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  • ...ain is a desirable location for man and his activities, it is important to control floods so that the damage does not exceed an acceptable level. ...of the total annual inflow. By comparison only about 187,000 million cu m of streamflow is generated by [[Rainfall|rainfall]] inside the country during ...
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  • ...ted to private and public efforts geared towards increasing the well being of rural citizens. ...nd political power to the rural masses to control the use and distribution of scarce resources. ...
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  • ...accessible to the clients through up gradation of software and automation of BRTA enforcement activities. The Headquarter of BRTA is located at Allenburi, Tejgaon in Dhaka. It has divisional offices o ...
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  • ...h invites FDI for industrial growth, in particular welcoming establishment of manufacturing firms and service sector enterprises that would sell their pr ...ablished from 1947 to 1971 was only 22, and there were mainly large plants of drugs and pharmaceuticals, and electric goods. ...
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  • ...expert's position under the Department of Agriculture, and the assumption of responsibility by Sir RS Finlow in 1904. The BJRI in its present form and f ...ses caused by diseases and insect pests, and to introduce improved methods of retting. ...
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  • ...ot to grow private insurance companies in the country. Since 1984, a total of 43 private general insurance companies have been doing business successfull ...a paid up capital of Tk 100 million. The government gives the full amount of capital. ...
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  • ...nts for service in India with the [[Secretary of State for India|secretary of state for india]], and hence the covenanted civil service (CCS). ...system was called, met disastrous results culminating in the Great Famine of 1768-69. ...
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  • ...wo exhibition halls. There are four other branch museums under the control of Bangladesh National Museum- these are [[Ahsan Manzil|ahsan manzil]] Museum ...ion of setting up of a museum at Dhaka was fallen backside. Then the elite of Dhaka came forward and demanded for a museum with active interest. ...
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  • ...n is engaged in life [[Insurance|insurance]] business under the provisions of the Insurance Act 1938, Insurance Rules 1958, Insurance Corporation's Rules ...iness only. Foreign companies concentrated more on non-life insurance. Two of them did life insurance business only, another one did life as well as gene ...
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  • ...local extension of the central authority, perhaps tempered by some degree of local consultation system through a social council system. ...d moral conduct of the villagers. Holding fairs and festivals, maintenance of law and order were also their functions. ...
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  • ...its, social practices, religious beliefs and, in many cases, superstitions of the people who prescribe or use them. .... In course of time it became a part of culture and heritage of the people of the Indian subcontinent. ...
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  • ...phone service remained limited to government offices, business communities of large and medium towns, and a few privileged urban citizens. ...ne way radio communications, paging and radio services. The BTTB Ordinance of 1979 provided BTTB the monopoly rights and powers for issuing license for t ...
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  • ...r in the fielding side or the batting side through a toss held in presence of the umpire. Three umpires, two in the field and one outside and a match ref ...height of the stamps from the ground is 27 inches. Globally, the perimeter of a standard cricket ball is 250 cm and its weight is about 160 gram. In cric ...
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  • ...re framed. But before the draft legislation could be passed, the Partition of Bengal took place in 1947. ...e raiyat at the bottom. The Floud Commission did not recommend any ceiling of khas land, which could be retained by any individual landholder in his dire ...
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  • ...religious duties enjoined by the [[Quran|quran]] as well as by the Sunnah of the Prophet (Sm). ...nciples of Islam. Most Bengal Muslims did not even follow the fundamentals of Islam. ...
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  • ...t can read and analyse different layers of spatial information in the form of maps and satellite images easily and allows identifying the spatial relatio ...contain locational references such as a district, or the actual boundaries of land parcels. ...
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  • '''Election Laws''' The purpose of election laws include proper holding of elections, explaining the proper conduct expected from candidates and the p ...of the People Order 1972, The Conduct of Election Rules 1972, and the Code of Conduct 1996 have been framed for fixing the procedures to be followed and ...
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  • ...ation that commences after primary education and continues up to beginning of higher education. ...en by the father to the son. In the later Vedic age (1000-500 BC), the age of [[Upanisad|upanisad]]s, education was institutionalised and it took a defin ...
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  • ...eering disciplines began to develop and the stage was set for an explosion of technical knowledge in the 20th century. ...ents. In Bangladesh the Institution of Engineers, the professional society of engineers, was formed on 5 May 1948. ...
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  • ...in many countries long time ago. In Bangladesh the state had the monopoly of providing higher education (university level) until 1992.As the epoch-makin ...sector. But this fear proved to be unfounded in 1996 when the first batch of graduates produced by the first government approved private university (Nor ...
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  • ...c (As) and arsenic compounds are used in a variety of ways for the benefit of mankind but beyond a limit they become a deadly killer. Higher arsenic conc ...ial waste, wooden power poles, base metal mining and smelting, and fallout of contaminated aerosols. ...
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  • ...stry at that time. Its export trade before 500 AD was significant in terms of both quality and quantity. The main export items were textile and fabrics, ...tion of sugar also increased. A remarkable progress was made in production of salt from saline water during the 17th century. Within that period, other i ...
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  • ...in use contain nicotine and alcohol which enhance or suppress the function of the nervous system. ...ance. In the past, and particularly during 1980s, the essential drugs list of Bangladesh included some 200 products. The list has been enlarged in the 19 ...
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  • ...ng with all capital and liabilities of the then Dhaka branch of State Bank of Pakistan. ...rs oversees the affairs of the bank. The Governor and the Deputy Governors of the Bank are appointed by the government for a period not exceeding five ye ...
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  • ...simulation of rivers and flood flows in the complex surface water systems of Bangladesh. ...s have been drawn from different ministries, departments and organisations of Bangladesh and outside. ...
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  • ...000 m3/s which is usually received in August. The annual average discharge of the Meghna at Bhairab Bazar is approximately 4,800 m3/s and the maximum flo ...hin a few meters below the ground surface. Bangladesh also receives plenty of rainfall in the monsoon extending from June to October. ...
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  • ...in each district whose responsibility was to send details and compilations of important events in the area to the royal court. ...ship. The proprietor of Bengal Harkara Charles Maclean (1798), the editor of Calcutta Journal James Silk Buckingham (1823), his successor Arnott (1823) ...
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  • ...e idea and took initiative for establishing such a laboratory in this part of the continent. At the beginning, this regional multidisciplinary research u ...nology. Dr. Muhammad Qudart-i-Khuda, was appointed as the founder Director of the East Regional Laboratories and under his dynamic leadership and guidanc ...
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  • ...res from the outer bar on the Bay of Bengal to the main berths on the bank of the river Karnafuli. ...lucrative centre for trade. By the beginning of the 15th century, the port of Chittagong was an important trading centre. Chinese chronicler [[Ma Huan|ma ...
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  • ...ministration'' Shahbagh Thana was formed on 7 August 2006 comprising parts of Ramna thana. ''Source'' Bangladesh Population Census 2001,Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. ...
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  • ...ithin relatively short span of time mark a glorious chapter in the history of our liberation. ...gla. Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed is commanding Bangladesh Navy as chief of the naval staff (CNS). ...
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  • ...law of the country enshrining therein, amongst others, fundamental rights of the citizens and judicial review by the High Court Division. ...ter period by the edicts and directives of the chieftains and subsequently of the kings. ...
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  • ...sequently, it may be seen that there are differences among the six systems of Hindu philosophy on certain matters although they draw from the same source '''''Samkhya''''' philosophy, regarded as the oldest of Indian philosophies, was introduced by Kapila Muni. It is generally agreed ...
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  • ...ra Sangram Parishad' in January 1968 and declared an eleven points charter of demand. | 1 || (a) || To abandon the policy of provincialisation of the financially solvent colleges and to deprovincialise the colleges hither ...
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  • ...er of resources from the private to the public sector, levied on the basis of predetermined criteria. ...alt with by the 'Money Bill', but except in case of reduction or abolition of any tax, the 'Money Bill' cannot be introduced in the Parliament without th ...
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  • ...Bengal was not far behind Europe and America, thanks to the colonial rule of the East India Company. ...e with government participation in the form of land acquisition and a term of guaranteed profit to the company for capital investment. The first railway ...
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  • ...outilya's Artha Shastra also suggests the existence of banking and payment of interest on deposits in the Vedic period. ...t some instability in the economy of that time and, upon quick realisation of the fact, the British set up the English Agency House. ...
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  • ...petition regularly. This trend later expended worldwide with the invention of more games and sports event. In nineteenth century a Frenchman named Pierre ...istry of Youth and Sports was also crated later for the smooth promotional of sports in the country. ...
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  • ...w technologies. This change occurred silently to reduce hunger of millions of people in the world. ...et increased by two and a half times between 1950 and 1995 due to adoption of green revolution technology package in agriculture. As a result, least deve ...
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  • ...lptures to promote any political opinion or religious faith are the result of hatred. ...ge. Today not only the developed world, but the economy and defence system of developing nations also more or less depend on international computer netwo ...
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  • ...nother feature of nawab's revenue policy of encouragement to the formation of big zamindaries. ...unandan was the most promising and enterprising. Darpanarain, the zamindar of Puthia, and Murshid Quli Khan had significant contributions behind Raghunan ...
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  • ...ose records of any public or private institution which are adjudged worthy of permanent preservation for reference and research purposes and which have b [[Image:Archives.jpg|thumbnail|400px|right|National Archives of Bangladesh, Agargaon]] ...
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  • ...merged only after the publication of the Despatch. Wood's Despatch was one of the first documents advocating formal education for girls in Bengal. ...form of a government resolution in 1904 which contributed to the increase of vernacularization at high school level especially in public schools, catere ...
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  • ...l of A3300,000 ($500,000) was later merged with the Bengal Tea Association of Kolkata. ...na origin developed in the Calcutta Botanical Garden. The first tea garden of Bangladesh was established in 1854 at Malnichhara in Sylhet. Two other tea ...
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  • ...he picture becomes clear and we are in a position to trace the development of education in a much more coherent way. ...Bengal and designated them as dasyus and mlechchhas. But with the passage of time Aryan language and culture entered Bengal; most probably in the Maurya ...
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  • ...Bengal. Jute grows under wide variation of climatic conditions and stress of tropic and subtropics. ...cularly white and tossa. Belgium, Italy, USA, South America are the buyers of superior quality jute. Jute was cultivated in ancient times in Bengal. ...
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  • ...ater with interest. The term credit is also used to mean the acceptability of one’s promise to pay his debt, ie creditworthiness. ...it system was accelerated primarily because of the increased participation of moneylenders, goldsmiths, and the merchant class. ...
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  • ...ad its genesis in the Regulating Act of 1773 culminating in the Government of India Act 1935. Since 1947, constitutional development followed the model e ...of the British Crown over the Indian territories (1813), create structures of provincial governments in India (1833), empower the executive council with ...
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  • ..., and laid the foundation of a colonial bureaucracy consisting exclusively of the whites. ...embers of the CCS though not high, their right to private trade was a kind of compensation. They were also tacitly allowed to receive commissions and per ...
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  • ...in the region more decisively than the adverse theories alluded to in the Board meetings at the centre. The conquering initiatives taken by its field serva ...d 1784, came the idea of partial control of the country with the intention of extracting its revenue for financing the company's business in the 'East In ...
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  • ...es and organizations. Foreign aid to Bangladesh is classified on the basis of terms and conditions, source, and use. Accordingly, the various types forei ...import of expertise (foreign consultants and technicians), and development of human resources by providing training facilities, including foreign fellows ...
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  • ...Shat (delta) prefixed to Ganga (Ganges), indicating the city at the mouth of the Ganges. The district received the name 'Chittagong' from the city. ...ermanent mark on the physical features, dialect and religion of the people of Chittagong. ...
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  • ...ever remained the same always. Every new conquest was followed by new mode of administration. In the Hindu-Buddhist period (ancient period) the administr ...attempt to reconstruct some of the important aspects of the administration of Bengal during the period. ...
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  • ...it founded its first trade post at Surat in 1608, its office at Hariharpur of Bengal was set up in 1633. ...f indigenous traders, whose business remained confined largely to shipping of local products to foreign countries. Many such traders went to Middle-Easte ...
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  • ...ial), historians have taken notice of them and considered their activities of historical significance. ...the time these struggles were short-lived, sporadic and under the control of non-peasant outsiders. ...
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  • ...ering of temperature eliminated most mammals and also helped in extinction of Tertiary and Siwalik flora. ...the post-vedic period, viz Ramayana, and Mahabharata. Frequent references of Sal (Shorea robusta), Dhab (Anogeissus latefolia), Billa (Aegle marmelos), ...
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  • ...gles; a wall lizard, a sparrow, a pigeon, a myna or a crow are all members of wild [[Fauna|fauna]]. ...ies of birds went extirpated, 120 species of inland mammals, and 3 species of marine mammals. ...
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  • ...the 13th century. Bangladesh is today a Muslim majority country; about 90% of her population belongs to the Islamic faith. ...yyids, the Afghans and the Mughals. So broadly speaking, the Muslim rulers of Bengal belonged to three racial groups- the Turks, the Afghans and the Mugh ...
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  • ...onal education. So, it is very difficult to describe the primary education of that time separately. ...s in the language, phrases, thoughts etc. proves that the education system of that time was developed to a great extent. But only the 'Brahmanas' had the ...
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  • ...y or the [[Transport|transport]] system. A few articles on the environment of Bangladesh are given below: • State of environment ...
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  • ...e panchayet seems to be the most glaring example of the elective character of local governance until 1793, when it was formally abolished by [[Cornwallis ...eform bills widening the franchise in the 19th century and by the adoption of the secret ballot in 1872, and finally by introducing adult franchise in 19 ...
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  • ...943) and East Bengal (1954), Home Minister of Pakistan (1955) and Governor of East Pakistan (1956-58). ...Kazi Akram Ali, a good Arabic and Persian scholar, was a prominent muktear of Barisal. ...
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  • ...hing and often as a source of drinking water, fish became an integral part of the food culture. In the past hardly any need was felt for fisheries educat ...ed at 6.5% which fell short of increased demand; however, the present rate of fish production has increased to about 8 percent. A few articles related to ...
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  • ...have been built up from as early as the second millennium BC. The account of Bengal's trade and commerce is given below in two sections. ...to the sea. These geographical features considerably influenced movements of men and merchandise in early Bengal. ...
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  • ...r from reaching its targeted goal 'health for all'. With growing awareness of the people, health and other related sectors are however gradually seeing p ...of God, and immersion of body by evil spirits or the malevolent influence of stars and planets. Medicine practised later by prehistoric man improved, st ...
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  • ...e-October. Since agriculture is the mainstay of the majority of the people of Bangladesh, the article deals with all relevant aspects, which are given be ...and [[Meghna River|meghna]] and their innumerable tributaries, with plenty of rainfall, make agricultural operations relatively easy. Consequently, popul ...
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  • ...ential in East Bengal for nearly subsequent one hundred years. The founder of the family, Khwaja Abdul Hakim, came to Bengal from Kashmir for trading pur ...s of Barisal, Itna pargana of Mymensingh, Baldakhal and Elahikhal parganas of Comilla. ...
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  • ...hs and literature which contain information on the history of the 'region' of Bengal. ...jacent areas was known by the name of [[Harikela|harikela]]. The existence of these janapadas is known from later Vedic literature, as areas inhabited by ...
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  • ...to male power. For example, there is a story that Queen Vallabhadevi, wife of the Pala king [[Dharmapala|dharmapala]], was banished to the forest because ...llowed during this period is not known, they included pre-puberty marriage of brides with bridegrooms three times their age. Most family celebrations wer ...
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