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Chittagong accounts for 12% of Bangladesh's GDP, including 40% of industrial output, 80% of international trade, and 50% of tax revenue. The port city is home to many of the oldest and largest companies in the country. The Port of Chittagong is one of the busiest ports in South Asia.
One of the world's oldest ports with a functional natural harbor for centuries, Chittagong appeared on ancient Greek and Roman maps, including on Ptolemy's world map. Chittagong port is the oldest and largest natural seaport and the busiest port of Bay of Bengal. It was located on the southern branch of the Silk Road.
Chittagong district is situated along the southeastern coast of Bangladesh, between the Bay of Bengal to the west, Cox's Bazar district to the south, the Chittagong Hill Tracts to the east, the Indian state of Tripura to the north and Feni district to the northwest. Within the Bay of Bengal is the island of Sandwip and several nearby islands ...
Chittagong, the second largest city and main port of Bangladesh, was home to a thriving trading post of the Portuguese Empire in the East in the 16th and 17th centuries. [ 1] The Portuguese first arrived in Chittagong around 1528 [ 2] and left in 1666 [ 3] after the Mughal conquest. [ 4] It was the first European colonial enclave in the ...
Anisuzzaman, Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature. Murtaja Baseer, painter and artist; Mohammad Shah Alam, chairman (acting) of Bangladesh Law Commission and founding father of Faculty of law, University of Chittagong, and former professor at the Department of Law, University of Rajshahi; Monsur Ul Karim, painter
The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), the only extensive hilly area in Bangladesh, lie in the southeastern part of the country (210 25' N to 230 45' N latitude and 910 54' E to 920 50' E longitude) bordering Myanmar on the southeast, the Indian state of Tripura on the north, Mizoram on the east and Chittagong district on the west.
The Insurgency in the Chittagong Hill Tracts refers to a political and armed conflict that occurred in Bangladesh in two phases: . First phase happened from 1977 to 1997 between the government of Bangladesh and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (United People's Party of the Chittagong Hill Tracts) and its armed wing, the Shanti Bahini, over the issue of autonomy and the land rights ...
A. J. M. Nasir Uddin আ জ ম নাছির উদ্দীন Vice President of Bangladesh Cricket Board In office 16 September 2014 – 21 August 2024 BCB President Nazmul Hassan Preceded by Mahbub Anam 5th Mayor of Chittagong In office 7 May 2015 – 4 August 2020 Preceded by M. Manjur Alam Succeeded by Mohammed Khorshed Alam Sujon (Administrator) Personal details Born (1957-01-01) 1 ...