Where to Stay
There are more than 71 quality hotel in Dhaka. Some are listed below…
1. Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka
107 , Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Tel: +880 2 811 1005
Website : Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel, Dhaka
2. Ruposhi Bangla Hotel
1 Minto Road, Shahbagh, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
Phone : 88-02-8330001
Fax : 88-02-8312975
Email : sales@ruposhibanglahotel.com
Website : Ruposhi Bangla Hotel
3. Radisson Water Garden Hotel, Dhaka
Airport Road, Dhaka Cantonment,
Dhaka 1206 Bangladesh.
Telephone: + 88 02 8754555
Fax: + 88 02 8754554 , + 88 02 8754504
Email : reservations.dhaka[at]radisson.com
Website : Radisson Water Garden Hotel
Dhaka Bangladesh
4. Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort
Airport Road, Nikunja 2
Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
Phone : +88-02-8913912, +880 2 8900250-9
Fax : +88-02-8911479
Email : info@dhakaregency.com
Website : www.dhakaregency.com
5. Best Western La Vinci Hotel, Dhaka
54, Kawran Bazar,
Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh
Phone No : 880-2-9119352
Fax No : 880-2-9131218
E-mail : lavinci[at]bol-online.com ,
reservation[at]lavincihotel.com
Web : www.lavincihotel.com
6. The Westin Hotel
Main Gulshan Avenue,
Plot-01, Road 45, Gulshan-2
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Phone : 88-02-9891988
7. Royal Park Residence Hotel
House no. 85, Road no. 25A
Block – A, Banani,
Dhaka 1213 Bangladesh.
Telephone: + 88 02 8815945/46
Fax: + 88 02 8815299
Email : hotelinfo[at]royalparkbd.com
Website : Royal Park Residence Hotel
8. Bengal Inn
House # 07, Road # 16,
Gulshan – 01
Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh.
Tel: +880 2 98880236, 9880610
Fax: +880 2 9880274
Email : info[at]bengalinn.com
Website : www.bengalinn.com
9. Hotel Sarina Dhaka
Plot #27, Road #17
Banani C/A,
Dhaka 1213 Bangladesh.
Tel: +880 2 8859604 -10, 8851040 -2, 8851011-4
Fax: +880 2 988-9989
Email : sales[at]sarinahotel.com, reservations[at]sarinahotel.com
Website : www.sarinahotel.com
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Darash Bari Madrasa (দারস বাড়ি মাদ্রাসা) is possibly the oldest Madrasa (মাদ্রাসা) of Bangladesh. According to the inscription that was found at the vicinity of the Madrasa (মাদ্রাসা) premise, it was built around 1500 AD, during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Hossen Shah. Now a days only few ruins are available. This archaeological edifice is located at the Chapai Nawabganj (চাপাইনবাবগঞ্জ) of Bangladesh.
This Madrasa (মাদ্রাসা) is located at the other side of the pond of the Darash Bari Mosque (দারস বাড়ি মসজিদ). This historical place is surrounded by dense mango forest. This dilapidated old edifice (renovated later) is having a shape of square. After visiting the mosque, you can easily visit this place within 10 minutes.
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History of Bangladesh Tea Research Institute dates back to 1840 when a pioneer tea garden was established on the slopes of the hills in Chittagong where the Chittagong Club now stands. First commercial tea garden was established in 1857 at Mulnichera in Sylhet. During the partition in 1947, Bangladesh (the then East Pakistan) owned 103 tea estates, covering 26,734 hectares of tea plantation with annual production of 18.36 M. Kg. with a yield of about 639 Kg. per ha. Home consumption was around 13.64 M. Kg. up to 1955. After that home consumption went up rapidly and Government imposed 3% mandatory extension of tea area per year in 1961. Ten years later by 1970, tea area was extended to 42,658 hectares and production was increased to 31.38 M. Kg.
Bangladesh Tea Research Institute (BTRI) is an autonomous organization under the Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB). The tea industry had very limited access to technology immediately after the partition of India in 1947. To solve various problems of growing and manufacturing tea, and to establish the industry on sound scientific footing, the Pakistan Tea Board decided in 1952 to establish a tea research station of its own. As a result the Pakistan Tea Research Station came at its present location at Srimangal on the 28th February, 1957. After liberation, the research station was raised to the status of an institute and names the Bangladesh Tea Research Institute (BTRI) in 1973. Now BTRI is one of the 10 National Agricultural Research System (NARS) institutes of the country.
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বাংলাদেশ চা গবেষণা ইন্সটিটিউটের ইতিহাসের আরম্ভ হয় ১৮৪০ সালে যখন চট্রগ্রামের পাহাড়ের ঢালে (বর্তমানে যেখানে চট্রগ্রাম ক্লাব অবস্থিত) স্থাপন করা হয়েছিল একটি চা বাগান। ১৮৫৭ সালে সিলেটের মালিনীছড়া চা বাগান প্রতিষ্ঠিত করা হয় বাণিজ্যিকভিত্তিতে প্রথমবারের মত চা উৎপাদন করার জন্য। ১৯৪৭ সালে দেশবিভাগের সময় বাংলাদেশে (তদানীন্তন পূর্ব পাকিস্তানে) চা চাষ করা হত ২৬,৭৩৫ হেক্টর জমিতে ১০৩টি চা বাগানে। সেসময় সারা বছর ১৮.৩৬ মিলিয়ন কেজি চা উৎপাদিত হত যা ছিল প্রতি হেক্টরে ৬৩৯ কেজি । ১৯৫৫ সাল পর্যন্ত গৃহ্পর্যায়ে চায়ের চাহিদা ছিল ১৩.৬৪ মিলিয়ন কেজি। এরপর চায়ের চাহিদা দ্রুত বৃদ্ধি পেলে ১৯৬১ সালে সরকার প্রতি বছর চা চাষের জন্য ৩% হারে জমি বৃদ্ধি করা বাধ্যতামূলক করে। এরই ফলশ্রুতিতে দশ বছর পর ১৯৭০ সালে চা চাষের জমির পরিমান বেড়ে দাড়ায় ৪২,৬৫৮ হেক্টরে এবং বার্ষিক উৎপাদন বেড়ে দাড়ায় ৩১.৩৮ মিলিয়ন কেজি।
বাংলাদেশ চা বোর্ডের (বিটিবি)অধীনে একটি স্বায়ত্তশাসিত সংস্থা হল বাংলাদেশ চা গবেষণা ইন্সটিটিউট (বিটিআরআই)। ১৯৪৭ সালের দেশ বিভাগের পর এ দেশের চা শিল্পতে প্রযুক্তির ব্যাবহার ছিল সীমিত। চা চাষ এবং উৎপাদনের ক্ষেত্রে বিভিন্ন সমস্যার সমাধান এবং বিজ্ঞানভিত্তিক চা শিল্প প্রতিষ্ঠার লক্ষ্য নিয়ে তৎকালীন পাকিস্তান চা বোর্ড ১৯৫২ সালে তাদের নিজেদের একটি গবেষণা কেন্দ্র প্রতিষ্ঠা করে। সেই ফলশ্রুতিতে ১৯৫৭ সালের ২৮ ফেব্রুয়ারি তৎকালীন পাকিস্তান চা গবেষণা কেন্দ্র শ্রীমঙ্গলের বর্তমান ঠিকানায় যাত্রা শুরু করে। স্বাধীনতার পর ১৯৭৩ সালে এই কেন্দ্রটিকে একটি বাংলাদেশ চা গবেষণা ইন্সটিটিউটে (বিটিআরআই) রুপান্তর করা হয়। বর্তমানে দেশের ১০টি জাতীয় কৃষি গবেষণা পদ্ধতির (এনএআরএস) একটি হল বাংলাদেশ চা গবেষণা ইন্সটিটিউট।
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[post_content] => Jahangirnagar University is a renowned public university in Bangladesh, located in Savar Upazila, Dhaka. It is the only fully residential university in Bangladesh.
The university stands on the west side of the Asian Highway, popularly known as the Dhaka-Aricha Road, and is 32 kilometers away from the capital. Spread over a land area of 697.56 acres (2.8 km²), the campus surrounded by the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC) on the south, and the Savar Cantonment on the northeast, on the north of which is the National Monument (Jatiyo Smriti Soudho) & a large dairy farm on the east. The topography of the land with its gentle rise & plains is shooting to the eye. The water features sprawled around the campus make an excellent habitat for the winter birds that flock in every year in thousands and bird watching here is a favorite pastime for many explorers.
The university was established in 1970 by the government of Pakistan by the Jahangirnagar Muslim University Ordinance, 1970. During the first two years, it operated as a project. Its first Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mafiz Uddin Ahmad (Ph.D in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Chicago) took up office on September 24, 1970. The first group of students, a total of 150, was enrolled in four departments: Economics, Geography, Mathematics and Statistics. Its formal inauguration was delayed until January 12, 1971, when the university was launched by Rear Admiral S. M. Ahsan, the Chancellor. From then to still now 12th January is observed as University day. At the time of starting, its name was Jahangirnagar Muslim University, and the initial plan was to operate this university as like as Aligarh Muslim University. But after the independence of Bangladesh, its name changed as Jahangirnagar University under the act of Jahangirnagar University Act' 1973.
Jahangirnagar University with a dozen residential halls a few more under construction is mandated to provide residential accommodation to each and every students with separate halls for the female students. Each hall has its own administration system headed by a provost and is equipped with facilities like playground, rooms for indoor games, the dining hall etc.
In 2014 the university had a total of 14,500 students, 672 teachers, 206 staffs and 1,200 other employees. There are 35 departments under six faculties.
Jahangirnagar University is culturally vibrant university with number of cultural organizations run by the students and teachers. Some of the well known organizations are-
Jahangirnagr Photographic Society (JPS), Archaeology Debating Club (ADC),Jahangirnagar Theater (TSC),Jahangirnagar Theater (Auditorium), Dhoni, Tori, Jahangirnagar University Debate Organization (JUDO), Jalshiri, Jahangirnagar Cycling Club (JCC), Gitnat, Kal Boishakhi, Jahir Rayhan Chalachitra Sangshad
The university boasts to have the first ever female Vice-Chancellor of any public university in Bangladesh.Dr Farzana Islam, a professor of Anthropology department, was appointed the country’s first-ever female Vice Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University on Sunday, March 2, 2014 for four years.
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Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU) was established at Santosh, Tangail in 1999 with a view to provide modern and scientific knowledge through high quality education to the students. Today's MBSTU is the outcome of the dream which had been dreamt by Mawlana Bhashani long ago. The students are educated in such a way, that they would also have knowledge on life history of Mawlana Bhashani and his social & political activities, ethics. In the true spirit of interdisciplinary approach, the students would, therefore, emerge as professionals with a humane outlook towards life.
On 21 November 2002 Prof. Dr. Md. Yusuf Sharif Ahmed Khan had been appointed as the first Vice Chancellor of the university and finally MBSTU started running officially with only two departments -Information and Communication Technology (ICT) & Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) under the first faculty of the university, which is the Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering. MBSTU had started its first academic activities with a total of 83 students and 5 teachers of the CSE faculty on 25 October 2003. After about eight months of academic duration of the university, two new departments were opened - Environmental Science & Resource Management (ESRM) and Criminology & Police Science (CPS) under the second faculty of the university, which is the Faculty of Life Science.
In the 2005-2006 academic session, three more departments were opened. These newly added departments were - Textile Engineering (TE), under the Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering and Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering (BGE), Food Technology & Nutritional Science (FTNS), under the Faculty of Life Science.In the 2010-2011 academic session, four more departments were added under the two newly opened faculties - the Faculty of Business Studies and the Faculty of General Science. These departments were, Bachelor of Business Administration, under the Faculty of Business Studies; Mathematics and Statistics, Chemistry & Physics, under the Faculty of General Science.
At present the university holds a total of about 2000 students and is making its way towards success and glory.
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