Khulna is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative center of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 billion in gross regional domestic product and $95 billion in purchasing power parity (PPP) in 2020. In the 2024 census, the city corporation area had a population of 884,445.
Rajshahi is a metropolitan city and a major urban, administrative, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous division and district. Located on the north bank of the Padma River, near the Bangladesh–India border, the city is surrounded by the satellite towns of Nowhata and Katakhali, which together build an urban agglomeration of about 1 million population. Modern Rajshahi lies in the ancient region of Pundravardhana. The foundation of the city dates to 1634, according to epigraphic records at the mausoleum of Sufi saint Shah Makhdum. The area hosted a Dutch settlement in the 18th century. The Rajshahi municipality was constituted during the British Raj in 1876. It was the divisional capital of the greater Rajshahi division which was the largest division in Bengal Province.
Rajshahi District is a district in mid-western Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division. The metropolitan city of Rajshahi is in Rajshahi District.
Bangladesh is divided into 8 divisions (bibhag) and 64 districts, although these have only a limited role in public policy. For the purposes of local government, the country is divided into upazilas (sub-districts), "municipalities" or town councils (pourashova), city corporations and union councils . The diagram below outlines the five tiers of government in Bangladesh.
Shah Makhdum Airport is a domestic airport serving Rajshahi, the principal city of the Rajshahi Division in Bangladesh. The airport is located at Nowhata, about 10 kilometers away from city center of Rajshahi and named after Sufi saint Shah Makhdum Rupos. The airport also serves as a base for two flying training academy.
Paba is an upazila of Rajshahi District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Boalia is a thana of metropolitan Rajshahi in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh.
Shah Makdam is a Police Station of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. It is named after Sufi saint Shah Makhdum Rupos.
Uttara Model Town or simply Uttara is a neighbourhood of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The name derives from the Bengali word uttor meaning "north". It lies on the road to Gazipur, and adjoins Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
The history of aviation in Bangladesh began with kites, the traditional heavier-than-air man-made object that is flown by one or more people while staying on the ground. The first recorded manned flight was arranged by the Dhaka Nawab Family in 1882, which resulted in the death of the flyer.
NOVOAIR is a Bangladeshi airline based in Dhaka operating mostly domestic flights. It operates 25 flights each day from Dhaka to its eight destinations.
Rajshahi City Corporation is the self-governing corporation that is associated with the task of running the affairs of Rajshahi city. It is one of the major divisional city corporations of Bangladesh. The incorporated area was divided into several wards. Each ward has an elected ward commissioner. The mayor of the city is elected by popular vote every five years. The next election is announced to be held on 2023.
Dakshin Surma, also known as South Surma, is an upazila of Sylhet District in Sylhet Division, Bangladesh.
The Rajshahi ethnic cleansing, marked by widespread ethnic violence and killings of minority Hindus, took place in April 1962 in Rajshahi and Pabna districts of East Pakistan. People and property were attacked. Around three hundred non-Muslims died in the massacre.
‘Abd al-Quddūs Jalāl ad-Dīn, best known as Shah Makhdum, and also known as Rupos, was a Sufi Muslim figure in Bangladesh. He is associated with the spread of Islam into the Varendra region of Bengal. He arrived in Bengal with his elder brother Syed Ahmad from Baghdad. Shah Makhdum Airport of Rajshahi, is named after him.
Sylhet Metropolitan Police or SMP was formed in 2009 to serve the city of Sylhet in north-eastern Bangladesh. It is the largest metropolitan police unit by area in Bangladesh.
Rangpur Metropolitan Police is a newly formed police unit of Bangladesh Police, serving Rangpur City Corporation, Haragach Municipality, Sarai Union of Kaunia Upazila, and Kallayni Union of Pirgacha Upazila of Rangpur District. Rangpur Metropolitan Police started its all out operational activities on 16 September 2018. Nure Alam Mina is the commissioner of Rangpur Metropolitan Police.
The Banalata Express is a Bangladeshi Intercity train which runs between Chapainawabganj and Dhaka under Bangladesh Railway.
Uttara West Thana is a thana of Bangladesh situated in Sector 11 of Uttara, Dhaka.
