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[name] => Goaldi Mosque
[post_id] => 10965
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Sonargaon contains quite a number of Archaeological evidences, helping the scholars to reconstruct the Medieval History of Sonargaon area of Bangladesh. Goaldi Mosque, one of the very few surviving medieval monuments in the city of Sonargaon. About 6 km north-west of the little township of Panam, near Sonargaon in Narayanganj district, there are two such precariously surviving old single-domed mosques in the sequestered hamlet of Goaldi, virtually hidden behind thick bamboo brakes and clusters of mango and jackfruit tree groves.
Built in 1519, the graceful, single-domed Goaldi Mosque is the most impressive of the few extant monuments of the old capital city, and a good example of pre-Mughal architecture. This mosque is one of the few remnants from the Sultanate period in Sonargaon, during the reign of Sultan Hussain Shah in 925 Hijri (1519 AD). It was built by Mulla Hizabar Akbar Khan in the early 16th century, during the reign of Alauddin Husain Shah at a place called Goaldi - half a mile northeast of Panam village in Sonargaon. Sonargaon was the administrative center of medieval Muslim rulers of East Bengal. It became as the capital of Bengal during Isa Khan's ruling. The area falls under present-day Narayanganj District, Bangladesh. This mosque is more elegant and ornate in comparison to the earlier Sultanate mosques at Bagerhat.
There are some ornamental black stone pillars inside the prayer hall for the support of the roof. Corresponding to the three arched doorways on the east there are three richly decorated mihrabs on the west wall, of which the central one is bigger and beautifully embellished with curved floral and arabesque relief on dark black stone, but the flanking side mihrabs are ornamented with delicate terracotta floral and geometric patterns. The central stone mihrab is framed within an arched panel with an expanded sunflower motif in the centre. Below that the spandrels of the multi-cusped arch of the mihrab are decorated within a rectangular frame. The engrailed arched recess is carried on stunted octagonal pillars faceted at stages. Four round-banded turrets at the outer corners rise up to the curvilinear cornice.
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[name] => Lalon Shah Bridge
[post_id] => 2975
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Lalon Shah Bridge (Bengali: লালন শাহ সেতু), also known as the Paksey Bridge, is a road bridge in Bangladesh over the river Padma, situated between Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna on the east, and Bheramara Upazila of Kushtia on the west. Named after early 19th century mystic poet Lalon Shah of Chhewuriya, Kushtia District, the bridge was completed in 2004.
The bridge is 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) long and is the fourth longest road bridge of the country, after Jamuna Bridge, Meghna Bridge and Meghna-Gomti bridge. It provides important road connection to Mongla port of Khulna District in the south from Rajshahi division and Rangpur division, the northern part of Bangladesh. It is situated parallel to and south (downstream) of Hardinge Bridge.
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[name] => Dhanmondi Old Eidgah
[post_id] => 8738
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[post_content] => We came to know that Dhaka has passed it's 400 years of Glory. As it was one of the capital of Mughal Empire established in the bank of the river Buriganga, most of its old architectural sites are placed in the old town. Apart from these, there is an Eidgah established in Dhanmondi area 400 years ago which is still in use in the center point of Dhanmondi.
Many people do not aware about it. It is located near Dhanmondi KFC and the shopping mall Anam Rangs Plaza. According to Wikipedia, it was built by Shah Suja, son of Emperor Shah Jahan in 1640. Now the place is in danger because of the negligence of the government to preserve the place as a Historical Monument.
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[name] => Bakhrabad Gas Distribution Company Ltd
[post_id] => 5156
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Bakhrabad Gas Distribution Company Ltd (BGDCL), a company of Petrobangla under the Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, was incorporated on 7 June, 1980 with an authorized capital of Tk. 3 billion, with the government providing the total equity requirement of the company. The registered head office of the government-owned company is located at its own complex at Comilla.
BGDCL was established with three-fold responsibilities of production, transmission and distribution of natural gas to south-east Bangladesh (excluding Brahrmnanbaria district) through the development of Bakhrabad Gas field and construction of Bakhrabad-Chittagong gas transmission pipe line. Later, BGDCL also gave the responsibility to develop Feni gas field and to construct Bakhrabad-Demra gas transmission pipeline to supply gas in the Titas system to meet the increasing demand of gas in greater Dhaka. On successful completion of these projects, BGDCL started its commercial operation in its franchise area on 20 May, 1984 and gas supply to Titas system from 16 September, 1985.
Present Status: The gas production activities of the company relating to Bakhrabad and Feni gas fields were transferred to Bangladesh Gas Fields Company Limited (BGFCL) in May, 1989 under a reorganization plan of Petrobangla. Since then the major activities of BGDCL confined to transmission and distribution of gas. As per government decision BGDCL has handed over its main transmission lines to Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL) in the month of November, 2003 and as a result BGDCL is now engaged only with the gas distribution and marketing responsibilities.
Franchise Area: At present BGDCL covers its gas supply network in the adjacent towns, municipalities and upazillas of the districts of Comilla, Chandpur, Feni, Noakhali, Lakshmipur, Ashuganj. Besides, gas supply has been extended to Kasba and Bancharampur upazilas of Brahmanbaria district.
Authorized Capital: The company fetched its first profit during 1994 though the commercial activities of the company commenced during FY 1984—85. In view of volume of investment, the Government has raised the company's authorized capital from Tk. 3 billion to Tk. 5 billion in 1990 and Tk. 8 billion in 1994.
The company was originally established as a production and marketing company, with the Bakhrabad gas field as its source. Later, it was transformed in to an exclusive marketing company with the transfer of the Bakhrabad gas field to BGFCL. The company operates in the Chittagong Division area excluding Brahmanbaria. The major trunk line of the company is the 24", 110 km Bakhrabad-Chittagong pipeline. The network has about 3553.75km pipelines which include 67.46 km transmission, 146.19 km distribution and rest feeder mains and service lines. Up to July 2014, BGSL had a customer base of 324808. During that time 2013-14 fiscal year BGDCL sold 3151.710 MMCM gas to its customers, of which power and fertilizer plants consumed about 2220.080 MMCM and 302.960 MMCM respectively. The non-bulk and domestic customer base of BGDCLL accounted for the rest.
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