Chuadanga, Chuadanga district or Chuadanga Zila is a Western district (zila) of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Khulna administrative division that covers most districts in the south-west of the country.
The Border Guard Bangladesh, formerly known as the Bangladesh Rifles, is the oldest uniformed force of Bangladesh. It is a paramilitary force under the Ministry of Home Affairs. BGB is primarily responsible for the border security of the country, in Bangladesh the force is known as "The Vigilant Sentinels of the National Frontier". The Present Director General is Maj. Gen. Shafeenul Islam.
Rapid Action Battalion or RAB, is an elite anti-crime and anti-terrorism unit of the Bangladesh Police. It consists of members of the Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force, Border Guard Bangladesh and Bangladesh Ansar. It was formed on 26 March 2004 as RAT, and commenced operations on 14 April 2004.
Eastern Housing Limited (EHL)is a public limited company in Bangladesh working in real estate development. The registered office of the company is situated in Bangladesh. Eastern Housing Limited is one of the 29 members of the REHAB Association, the central body for private sector developers in Bangladesh. Eastern Housing Limited (EHL) was established with the objectives of development of land for housing in the urban areas of Dhaka. It is involved in construction, engineering, manufacturing and trading activities. It has been responsible for redefining the environment in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, along with other major developers.
Shakib Khan is an actor in the Bangladeshi film industry. He made his debut in Ananta Bhalobasha (1999), and established himself as one of the most successful actors in Bengali Cinema. Khan has received various awards, including three National Film Awards for Best Actor, for Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na (2010), Khodar Pore Ma (2012), and Aro Bhalobashbo Tomay (2015) and Eight Meril Prothom Alo Awards. Shakib is also a producer. His first produced movie was Hero: The Superstar under his own banner SK films.
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi politician, minister and six-term member of Jatiya Sangsad and member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee, who served as the adviser of parliamentary affairs to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in from 2001 to 2006. Despite concerns about the fairness of the proceedings, on 1 October 2013 he was convicted of 9 of 23 charges and sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh for crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. He was put to death by hanging in Dhaka on 22 November 2015.
Rajeeb Samdani is a Bangladeshi industrialist and art collector. He is currently the managing director of Golden Harvest Group, a leading Bangladeshi conglomerate, and the founder and trustee of Samdani Art Foundation which produces the Dhaka Art Summit. He is the founding committee member and co-chair of the Tate Museum, United Kingdom, South Asian Acquisition Committee. Rajeeb and his wife Nadia Samdani are members of Tate's International Council and founding members of Harvard University Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute's Arts Advisory Council, USA. They are also members of Alserkal Avenue Programming Committee, Dubai and advisory council members of Art Dubai.
The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI), established in 1959, is an industry-led and industry-managed organization which represents the business and corporate sector in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The organization acts as a major advocate promoting the strategic economic development of Chittagong as the nation's business capital and a regional economic hub. Mahbubul Alam is the present president of the organization. In 2016 the chamber called for increasing the tax exemption income level for women.
Kazi Anis Ahmed is a Bangladeshi businessman, investor and publisher who serves as the Director and Chief Strategist of Gemcon Group and CEO of organics, education and retail department of the same group. He is the co-founder and the Vice-President of the Board of Trustees of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh and the publisher of the English-language daily newspaper Dhaka Tribune and Bengali-language online newspaper Bangla Tribune and the literary journal Bengal Lights.
Bangladesh has experienced terrorism conducted by a number of radical local Islamist organizations. In the past, both ISIL and al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent had claimed to be active in the country however, the Bangladeshi government believes that they mainly operated through local affiliates, before being neutralised by security forces.
Annisul Huq was a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, television show host and the mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation. According to the affidavits submitted to the Election Commission in March 2015, he had amassed a net worth of US$3.25 million.
Bobby Hajjaj is a Bangladeshi politician. Hajjaj is the founder and Chairman of the political party Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM). He is also an Oxford scholar, an academic, and spearheaded a citizen empowerment movement called Shopner Desh.
Nasrul Hamid is a Bangladeshi politician.. He is serving as the State Minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh from. His father Late Prof. Mr. Hamidur Rahman was a prominent figure in the liberation war, and his mother Late Hasna Hamid was actively engaged into politics. Prof. Mr. Hamidur Rahman was a founding member of the Bangladesh Awami League and was later appointed as the Treasurer of the Awami League. He was elected as a member of the Parliament in 1970.
The Port of Payra is a small seaport in southern Bangladesh. It was established by an Act of Parliament in 2013. The port was officially inaugurated in 2016. It is located on the Ramnabad Channel near the Bay of Bengal.
Amjad Khan Chowdhury was a retired Bangladesh Army officer and founder of Bangladesh conglomerate PRAN-RFL Group.
Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) is the national association of Software and information and communication technologies companies in Bangladesh.
Dhaka Bangla Media & Communication Ltd. is a satellite based 24 hour television news channel in Bangladesh. The Chairman of the channel is Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, the Media Adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Managing Director is Sahidul Ahsan and CEO & Editor in Chief is Monjurul Islam.
Directorate of Government Accommodation is a government directorate responsible for looking after government accommodations and state guest houses in Bangladesh and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is under the Ministry of Housing and Public Works.
