AHSAN MANZIL

Ahsan Manzil is one of the most significant architectural monuments of Bangladesh. The building structure was established on a raised platform of 1 meter, the two-storied palace measures 125.4m by 28.75m. The height of the ground floor is 5 meters and the height of the first floor 5.8 meters. The thickness of the walls of the palace is about 0.78 meters. There are porticos of 5 meters height on the northern and southern sides of the palace. The building has a broad front facing the Buriganga River. On the river side, an open spacious stairway leads right up to the second portal and on their stands the grand triple- arched portals. There was once a fountain in the garden in front of the stairs which does not exist today. All along the north and the south side of the building run spacious verandahs with an open terrace projected in the middle.
The palace Ahsan Manzil is divided into two parts: the eastern side and western side. The eastern building with the dome is called the Rangmahal and the western side with the living rooms is called Andarmahal. The high octagonal dome is placed on the central round room. There is a large drawing room, card room, library, state room and two other guest rooms are located on the east side of the palace. The ballroom, the Hindustani room and few residential rooms are situated on the western side. A beautiful vaulted artificial ceiling, made of wood, decorates the drawing room and the Jalsaghar. A splendid dining hall and few smaller rooms are placed on the west part. The floors of the dining and darbar halls are decorated with white, green and yellow colored ceramic tiles. The famous store room, where the valuables of the nawabs used to be stored, was in the middle of the five rooms located in the western half of the ground floor. Along with those rooms a Darbar Hall or assembly hall and a chest room is also place there.

There are attractive wooden stairs in the room that is attached to the north of the domed room. The balusters were ornamented with vine leaves made of iron along the railing of the stairs. The wooden ceiling of the room, decorated with geometric designs, is very elegant. The verandas and rooms are covered with marble. The doorways are placed within semicircular arches. The inner doors had multi-colored glasses. Wooden beams supported the roof of these rooms. The architecture and the decoration is one of a kind in whole Bangladesh.

The construction of the famous dome of the Ahsan Mazil, which is at the center of the palace, took a lot tedious planning. The square room on the ground floor was built with a round shape and brickworks were done around the corners. To give the room an octagonal shape, squinches were given around the roof corners. The eight corners of the octagon was slanted gradually to make the dome look like the bud of a lotus ( kumud kali). The peak of this dome is 27.13 m above the ground. Ahsan Manzil was severly damaged during the tornado that occurred on 7th April 1888.the western block of Andermahal was completely demolished and later it was entirely rebuilt. The present day dome, which is situated on the top, was built during the time of reconstruction. This place was also damaged during the earthquake of 1897 but Nawab Khwaja Ahsanullah repaired the whole place again.

TOURISTS ATTRACTION NEAR COX'S BAZAR

• Maheshkhali is a small island (268 square kilometres) off the Cox’s Bazar coast. The island offers panoramic scenic beauty and is covered by a range of low hills, about 300 feet (91 m) high, streatches through the center of the island and along its eastern coastline. The coasts of the island on the west and north form a low-lying tract that is fringed by the mangrove forests.^[23] Adinath Temple, a temple of Shiva, and a Buddhist pagoda are also located on this island.

• Sonadia Island, a small crescent shaped island of only 9 square kilometres, it is 7-km north-west of Cox's Bazar. The western side of the island is sandy and different kinds of shells are found on the beach. Off the northern part of the island, there are beds of window pane oysters. During winter, fisherman set up temporary camps on the island and dry their catches of sea fish. Sonadia Island supports the last remaining part of mangrove forest in southeast Bangladesh. Sonadia's mangroves are distinct from the well-known sunderbans, due to their development in a coastal lagoon setting rather than in a delta.^[24] Another attraction of this island is the sight of game birds migrating here in great numbers during the winter seasons.^[23]

• Teknaf, a place situated by the side of Naf river is the southernmost part of mainland Bangladesh. This also marks the end point of Cox's Bazar beach. Tourists usually come here to have a river cruise along beautiful Naf river, which flows between Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Dead corals at St. Martins Island.

• St. Martin's Island, a small island in the northeast part of the Bay of Bengal, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula. It is the only coral island in Bangladesh. It is about 8 km west of the northwest coast of Myanmar at the mouth of the Naf River. The local name of the island is "Narical Gingira", also spelled "Narikel Janjina/Jinjera", translated from Bangla, meaning 'Coconut Island'. St. Martin's Island has become a popular tourist spot. Three shipping liners run daily trips to the island. They are Kutubdia, Sea-Truck and Keary-Sindbad. Tourists can book their trip either from Chittagong or from Cox's Bazar. The surrounding coral reef of the island has an extension named Chera Dwip. The island is home to several endangered species of turtles, as well as the corals, some of which are found only on this island.

• Chakaria: One of most large area in Cox's Bazar.

• Bandarban: Bandarban lies three hours away from Cox's Bazaar by bus. The Buddha Dhatu Jadi, the largest Buddhist temple in Bangladesh, located in Balaghata, 4 km from the town, is an excellent place to visit. This Theravada Buddhist temple is made completely in the style of South-East Asia and houses the second largest statue of Buddha in Bangladesh. The waterfall named Shoilo Propat at Milanchari is also an excellent site. In addition, the numerous Buddhist temples, known as kyang in local tongue, and vihars in the town include the highly notable the Rajvihar (royal vihar) at Jadipara and the Ujanipara Vihar. Bawm villages around Chimbuk, and Mru villages a little further off, are also lie within a day's journey from the town. Prantik Lake, Jibannagar and Kyachlong Lake are some more places of interest. And, a boat ride on the river Sangu is also an excellent proposition.

Kaptai Lake at Rangamati.

• Rangamati: One can reach Rangamati from Cox's Bazar either via Chittagong or Bandarban. Rangamati offers several attractions including local tribal museum, Buddhist temple, tribal markets, hanging bridge and even the palace of traibal kings. The major attraction of the district is Kaptai Lake. It is a man-made lake in the Kaptai upazila of Rangamati District. The lake was created as a result of building the Kaptai Dam on the Karnaphuli River, as part of the Karnaphuli Hydro-electric project. The beautiful view of surrounding green hills has turned the lake into a wonderful spot for boating and cruising.

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বাংলাদেশের গর্ব

The Sundarbans (Bengali: সুন্দরবন, Shundorbôn) is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world.^[1] The name Sundarban can be literally translated as "beautiful jungle" or "beautiful forest" in the Bengali language (Sundar, "beautiful" and ban, "forest" or "jungle"). The name may have been derived from the Sundari trees that are found in Sundarbans in large numbers. Alternatively, it has been proposed that the name is a corruption of Samudraban (Bengali: সমুদ্রবন Shomudrobôn "Sea Forest") or Chandra-bandhe (name of a primitive tribe). But the generally accepted view is the one associated with Sundari trees.^[1]
The forest lies in the vast delta on the Bay of Bengal formed by the super confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers across Saiyan southern Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. The seasonally-flooded Sundarbans freshwater swamp forests lie inland from the mangrove forests on the coastal fringe. The forest covers 10,000 sq.km. of which about 6,000 are in Bangladesh.^[2] It became inscribed as a UNESCO world heritage suite in 1997, but while the Bangladeshi and Indian portions constitute the same continuous ecotope, they are separately listed in the UNESCO world heritage list as the Sundarbans and Sundarbans National Park, respectively. The Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans is estimated to be about 4,110 km², of which about 1,700 km² is occupied by waterbodies in the forms of river, canals and creeks of width varying from a few meters to several kilometers.
The Sundarbans is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests. The interconnected network of waterways makes almost every corner of the forest accessible by boat. The area is known for the eponymous Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), as well as numerous fauna including species of birds, spotted deer, crocodiles and snakes. The fertile soils of the delta have been subject to intensive human use for centuries, and the ecoregion has been mostly converted to intensive agriculture, with few enclaves of forest remaining. The remaining forests, pain together with the Sundarbans mangroves, are important habitat for the endangered tiger. Additionally, the Sundarbans serves a crucial function as a protective barrier for the millions of inhabitants in and around Kolkata against the floods that result from the cyclones that are a regular occurrence on this coast. Sundarbans have also been enlisted amongst the finalist in the New7Wonders of Nature.

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ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN BANGLADESH

Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম প্রকৌশল ও প্রযুক্তি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় Chottogram Prokoushol O Projukti Bishshobiddalôe), formerly named Bangladesh Institute of Technology-Chittagong, is an engineering university in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was established by the government with a major focus on engineering and technology.
CUET is a small university with about 1,900 students and eleven academic departments but a strong emphasis in theoretical, applied, and interdisciplinary scientific and technological education. The university undertakes research works sponsored by local industries and national/international organizations, such as United Nations organizations, Commonwealth Foundation, University Grants Commission, etc. As a center of excellence, CUET is not only continuing as the focal point for the development and dissemination of engineering and technological know-how in the country, but it is also involved in solving complicated practical problems of national importance faced by the planners, engineers and technologists.
Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology opened as full-fledged university in September 2003 and has become one of the five technological universities in Bangladesh. The university has continued to expand with the construction of new academic buildings, auditorium complex, halls of residence, etc.

Contents [hide] 1 Location 2 Campus 3 History 4 Administration 4.1 Chancellor 4.2 Vice-Chancellor 4.3 Deans 4.4 Head of the Departments 4.5 Others 5 Faculties and Departments 5.1 Faculty of Engineering 5.2 Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering 5.3 Faculty of Architecture & Planning 6 Academic programs 7 Academic calendar 8 Medium of instruction 9 Admissions 10 Halls of residence 10.1 Dr. Qudrat-E-Khuda Hall 10.2 Shaheed Mohammad Shah Hall 10.3 Shaheed Tareq Huda Hall 10.4 Ladies Hall 10.5 New Hall 11 Student organizations 11.1 Central Students' Union, CUET 11.1.1 Teacher members 11.1.2 Student members 11.2 Computer Club 11.3 Green for Peace 11.4 CUETFS 11.5 Photography & Art Culture Association 12 ASRRO 13 Affiliated Institutes and Centers 13.1 Institute of Energy Technology 13.2 Center for Information and Communication Technology 13.3 Earthquake Engineering Research Center 13.4 Bureau of Research, Testing & Consultancy 14 CUET Language Learning Center 15 First convocation 16 Recent activities and achievements 17 External links 18 See also

[edit] Location

CUET is unique in its proximity to Chittagong, the major seaport and second largest city of the country. The university is by the side of the Chittagong-Kaptai road some 25 kilometers from the center of Chittagong City.
Due to its status as a commercial and geographical hub, most of the large and high-tech industries of Bangladesh has been set up in Chittagong. CUET benefits from ties with many of these companies, engaging in collaborative and cooperative research and development in the current manufacturing environment. Students benefit from the strong relationships the university maintains with industries that offer opportunities for students in cooperative education and internship programs.
About 1,900 students are enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate studies. There are 130 teachers.

[edit] Campus

The university campus covers an area of 163 acres (0.66 km²). The campus of CUET is remarkable for its natural beauty^{[citation needed]}; it's landscaped around a valley. Various plants and precious varieties make the CUET campus a natural arboretum.
Facilities include academic buildings, administration building, auditorium, library, computer center, workshop, research laboratories, halls of residence, teachers' quarter, canteens and central mosque.
The University Medical Center is equipped for primary care. Serious cases are referred to a local hospital 10 kilometers away or to the city hospital by the authority of the university. The University has inside its boundaries a bank, a post office, a DRMASS telephone exchange, two card-phone booths, a PABX, a phone and fax caterer and a mini-mart where all general needs can be met with.
The surface water source is few and the tap water supply from avdeep tube well needs be aerated for general use and filtered for potability. There is a provision for a water treatment plant in the Development Scheme. A central Mosque having a large floor area of nearly 560 sq. meters is under construction. The Development Scheme includes an auditorium, extension of men's hall, etc.

[edit] History

The university was created out of Engineering College, Chittagong, which was established in 1968. The Engineering College, Chittagong, functioned as the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Chittagong. Through a Government Ordinance in 1986 the college was converted into an institution (BIT, Chittagong). The honorable President of Bangladesh is the visitor of the institute. A Board of Governors headed by a Chairman appointed by the President is the policy-making and administrative authority.
There were three other similar institutes of technology in the country: BIT Khulna, BIT Rajshahi and BIT Dhaka which have been converted to Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET), and Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology (DUET) respectively.

[edit] Administration

[edit] Chancellor

• President Md. Zillur Rahman, President of People Republic of Bangladesh

[edit] Vice-Chancellor

• Dr Shaymal Kanti Biswas

[edit] Deans

• Faculty of Engineering – Sultan Mohammad Farooq,
• Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering – Mohammad Rafiqul Alam.
• Faculty of Architecture & Planning – Md. Jahangir Alam.

[edit] Head of the Departments

• Department of Civil Engineering – Dr. Md. Jahangir Alam
• Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering – Dr. Poritosh Kumar Shadhu Khan
• Department of Mechanical Engineering – Dr. Md. Tazul Islam
• Department of Computer Science & Engineering – Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Khan
• Department of Architecture – Dr. Md. Rabiul Alam
• Department of Urban and Rural Planning – Sultan Mohammad Farooq
• Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering – Dr. Bodius Salam
• Department of Physics – Dr. Faruque-Uz-Zaman Chowdhury
• Department of Chemistry – Dr. Rezaul Karim
• Department of Mathematics – Dr. Ashutosh Saha
• Department of Humanities – Mohammad Obaieadul Hoque

[edit] Others

• Director, Planning & Development – Dr. Mohammad Omar Imam.
• Registrar – Md. Shafiqul Islam.
• Controller of the Examination – Dr. Md. Asaduzzaman Ukil.
• Comptroller – Md. Masudur Rahman

[edit] Faculties and Departments

[edit] Faculty of Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering (CE)
Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Department of Petroleum and Mining Engineering(PME)
Department of Physics (Phy)
Department of Chemistry (Chem)
Department of Mathematics (Math)

[edit] Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE)
Department of Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)

[edit] Faculty of Architecture & Planning

Department of Architecture
Department of Urban and Rural Planning (URP)
Department of Humanities (Hum)

[edit] Academic programs

The University offers undergraduate degrees in

• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Architecture
• Urban and Rural Planning
• Petroleum and Mining Engineering

And postgraduate degrees in

• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Computer Science and Engineering
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics

In the current five-year plan some other new departments are expected to be established

[edit] Academic calendar

The academic year and session is generally divided into two semesters. One semester is composed of 18.4 weeks and each week consists of 5 working days. The session usually starts after completion of the second semester. A full-time undergraduate course consists of four sessions or eight semesters. A regular examination is held at the end of each semester besides class tests for continuous assessment of progress. Coordinates: 22°27′43.50″N 91°58′22.60″E / 22.462083°N 91.972944°E / 22.462083; 91.972944

[edit] Medium of instruction

The medium of instruction of this university is English, which is also the official language for examinations.

[edit] Admissions

B.Sc. admission in CUET is highly competitive^{[citation needed]}, determined in part through a highly competitive admission test. After completion of higher secondary level (HSC) education, a student can submit an application for undergraduate admission if he or she fulfills the minimum requirement. Students with a minimum grade in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English of their higher secondary examination are allowed to appear in the admission test.
Last year,Template:When?? the minimum grade point average (GPA) requirement was 4.50 out of 5.00. This screening process allow 2,500–3,000 students to sit for the admission test out of the 20,000 that apply. After the admission test, the best 420 students get the opportunity to study in this institution.
For admission to M.S. and Ph.D. programs candidates are required to appear in interviews.

[edit] Halls of residence

There are four men's and one women's dormitories. These are:

• Dr. Qudrat-E-Khuda Hall
• Shahed Mohammad Shah Hall
• Shahed Tareq Huda Hall
• Lady's Hall
• New Hall

[edit] Dr. Qudrat-E-Khuda Hall

This hall is called Q.K. Hall. It is named for the Bangladeshi scientist Dr. Qudrat-E-Khuda. Q.K. Hall is a four-storied Z-shaped building; it has 104 rooms.
Three students can live in one room. 433 students get opportunity to reside here. The hall has a dining room, a prayer room, an indoor games room, a library, a reading room,a TV room and a Robotics & Mechatronics Lab. Every year indoor games are held in this hall.

• Provost – Prof. Dr. Rejaul Karim
• Assistant Provosts – Mahmud Abdul Matin Bhuiyan, Md. Abdur Rahman Bhuiyan

[edit] Shaheed Mohammad Shah Hall

This hall is known as South Hall. It is named after the freedom fighter Mohammad Shah who died during the freedom war in 1971.
South Hall is a four-storied Z-shaped building with 104 rooms. Three students can live in one room. 415 students can reside here. It has a dining room and a TV room. Every year various indoor games are held in this hall.

• Provost – Prof. Dr. Abdur Rashid
• Assistant Provosts – Kazi Zulfikar Ali, Md. Abdullah Al Masud

[edit] Shaheed Tareq Huda Hall

This hall is called North Hall. It is name for the freedom fighter Tareq Huda who gave way his life for his motherland during the freedom war in 1971. North Hall is a four-storied Z-shaped building modified in 2002. It has 104 rooms.
Three students can live in one room. 376 students can reside here. It has a dining room and a TV room. Every year various indoor games are held in this hall.

• Provost – Prof. Dr. Faruque-Uz-Zaman Chowdhury
• Assistant Provosts – Md. Abdul Wazed, Md. Moinul Islam

[edit] Ladies Hall

About 400 female students can reside in this hostel. It has no special name; generally it is known as Ladies Hall. Only a few years ago this new buildings of ladies hall was in a separate, isolated place in the teachers' quarter. This is a two-storied buildings with 50 rooms. Four students can live in each room. Every year various indoor games are taken place here. Students of this hall arrange cultural activities here.

• Provost – Dr. Ranjit Kumar Sutradhar
• Assistant Provosts – Md. Moshiul Hoque, Farzana Rahman Zuthi

[edit] New Hall

New Hall is a five-storied rectangular-shaped building. Four students can stay in one room. 600 students can reside here. It has two large dining rooms, two TV rooms, two indoor games rooms, one large prayer room, one large library,one playground and a nice guest room. Every year various indoor games are held in this hall.

• Provost – Dr. Ashutose Saha
• Assistant Provosts – Md. Yeakub Ali, Sheikh Muhammad Humayan Kabir, Shyamal Acharya,Sanaul Rabbi

[edit] Student organizations

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Students at CUET are involved in various extracurricular activities. The student organizations at CUET are:

• Central Students' Union
• Association for Information and Communication Technology (AICT)
• Computer Club
• Rangdhonu
• Debating Society
• Green for Peace
• Joyoddhoney
• CUET-Film Society (CUETFS)
• Robo Mechatronics Association(RMA)
• Photography & Art Culture Association
• Andromeda Space and Robotics Research Organization (ASRRO)
• CUET BSME
• CUET IEEE
• Computer Club of CUET
• CUET civil engineer's club
• CUET Programmers Club (CPC)
• Architects CUET
• CUET adventurers
• CUET athletic club

[edit] Central Students' Union, CUET

Central Students' Union, CUET is an organization representing general students, and all students at the institute are members. Most of the office bearers are students of the university and are directly elected by the students for a one-year term. Teacher office bearers are nominated by the VC of the university.
The office bearers are as follows:

[edit] Teacher members

• President
• Treasurer

[edit] Student members

• Vice President
• General Secretary
• Assistant General Secretary
• Editor
• Indoor Games Secretary
• The Vice Presidents of all the Halls are members of CSU.
• The General Secretary of the Athletic Club is also a member of CSU.

[edit] Computer Club

The computer Club, CUET started functioning in September 2000. The founder president of the computer club is Dr Md. Raisuddin Khan, a faculty member of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The main function of this club is to promote the consciousness of information technology. It also ensures programming contest inside and outside the country.

[edit] Green for Peace

Green for Peace of CUET is an organization for nature conservation and pollution eradication. It was established in 1998 by a group of innovative students from 92 EEE batch of the 1992-93 session with Mr. Arif Chowdhury as their leader. After being established, it played a vital role in tree planting, creating nature awareness among the students of CUET. It also arranges seminars on pollution control.

[edit] CUETFS

CUETFS was established by some innovative students and teachers. It has started its function by showing different types of educational and entertaining f