I like the Honorable President of Bangladesh

The Honorable President of Bangladesh

Mr. Md. Zillur Rahman, the 19th President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, was born in a respectable Muslim family under Bhairab Thana of Kishorgonj district on March 09, 1929. His father late Meher Ali Mian was a renowned lawyer, the Chairman of the then Mymensingh Local Board and the Member of the District Board. Mr. Zillur Rahman started his academic life at the district town of Mymenshing. He passed Matriculation from Bhairab K. B. High School in 1945 and obtained Intermediate of Arts (I. A.) certificate from Dhaka Intermediate College. In 1954, he got his M.A. with Honors in History and L. L. B. degree from the University of Dhaka. Mr. Zillur Rahman played an active role in the great Language Movement in 1952. He presided over a student gathering held in the historic Amtala (Mango grove) of Dhaka University on 19 February 1952 on demand of Bangla as the State Language. The work plan of 21 February was taken from here. Mr. Zillur Rahman was one of the prominent leaders among the 11 student-leaders who met at the pond-side between Fazlul Huq Hall and Dhaka Hall on 20 February 1952 and took decision to break the section144. In 1953, he was elected as the Vice-President of Student Union of Fazlul Huq Hall of Dhaka University uncontested. The University authority expelled him from the University and snatched his Masters Degree due to his active participation in Language Movement. However, facing intense mayhem by the students, the university authority compelled to return his degree. At the time of Jukto-Front (United Front) Election in 1954, he was made the Vice-Chairman of Election Steering Committee of the greater Mymenshing district. He also performed his duties as the President of erstwhile East Pakistan Awami Sechchhasebak League. He was the founder President of Kishorgonj Awami League in 1956. He was elected General-Secretary of Dhaka District Bar Association in sixties. Mr. Zillur Rahman came in close touch with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman during his study in Dhaka Intermediate College in 1946, when he was engaged in publicity work on referendum in Sylhet during the British regime. He took part in all mass-movements including the movement against military rule in 1962, six-point movement in 1966 and mass-upsurge in 1969 as a close associate of the Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In 1970, he was elected Member of the National Assembly (M. N. A.) of Pakistan. Mr. Zillur Rahman was one of the veteran organizers of our Liberation War in 1971. He was associated with the operation of the Sadhin Bangla Betar Kendro (a Radio Centre of Independent Bangladesh) and publication of newspaper named, JoyBangla, the mouth-piece of the then Mujibnagar Government . During the war of liberation, the occupying Pakistan Government sentenced him twenty-year imprisonment and confiscated his all properties by canceling the Membership of the National Assembly. In 1972, just after our victory in the war of liberation, he as a Member of Bangladesh Constituent Assembly actively took part in formation of the Constitution of Bangladesh. He was elected Member of Parliament (MP) in 1973 and 1986 from his constituency. In 1996, he re-elected as MP in the 7th Parliament and became a Minister. He held the portfolio of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development & Cooperatives. Besides, he successfully performed the duties of Deputy Leader in the Parliament till 2001. Mr. Zillur Rahman further elected MP in the 8th Parliament in 2001. Mr. Zillur Rahman led the party in a very crucial time with courageous and farsighted after the arrest of Sheikh Hasina, the President of Bangladesh Awami League, on July 16 following the promulgation of State of Emergency on January 11, 2007. During her 11 month- captive life in Special Jail and six-month staying abroad for treatment, Mr. Zillur Rahman played vital role as the Acting President of the Party to keep the Party united and to revive the Democracy. Bangladesh Awami League won the landslide victory in the 9th Parliament Election held in 29 December 2008. He became the Member of Parliament for the Sixth time. He has been playing pivotal role as the Deputy Leader of the Parliament before taking oath as the 19th President of the Republic. In 1972, after the Independence, the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was elected as the President while Mr. Md. Zillur Rahman was elected as the General-Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League. He re-elected as the General-Secretary of the Party in 1974. He was the first General Secretary of Bangladesh Krishok Sramik Awami League in 1975. After the brutal assassination of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family in 1975, he was kept in prison for 4 years. In 1981, after the return of Sheikh Hasina, the elder daughter of Bangabandhu, from abroad to motherland, Mr. Zillur Rahman played important role as Presidium Member of Bangladesh Awami League. He was imprisoned again in 1986 while he was a Member of Parliament. He was elected as General-Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League both in 1992 and in 1997. Mrs. Ivey Rahman, the beloved wife of the Hon�ble President Zillur Rahman and a veteran leader of Bangladesh Awami League died after two days following the brutal grenade attack on 21 August 2004 at a grand-rally of Bangladesh Awami League at Bangabandhu Avenue in Dhaka. She was the Ex-President of Bangladesh Mohila Awami League and Ex-Chairperson of Jatio Mohila Songstha. Until her death, she was the Secretary of Bangladesh Mohila Awami League. Mr. Zillur Rahman is blessed with a son and two daughters. Mr. Md. Zillur Rahman sworn in of the office of the President of the People�s Republic of Bangladesh on 12 February 2009 as the 19th President.

Economy of my country Bangladesh

Basic Information
Currency : Taka (Tk.)
GDP at Current Price : Tk. 4674.97 billion (US$ 68.05 billion)
Annual per capital GDP : US$ 482
GDP growth rate at (1995/96) constant price : 6.51 percent
Agricultural growth rate at constant price : 2.95 percent
Industrial/Mfg growth rate (% of GDP) : 11.19 percent
Large & Medium scale Industry : 11.56 percent
Small scale Industry : 10.28 percent

Service sector growth
rate of GDP at current price : 12.45 percent
Inflation rate (12 month average) : 8.65 percent
Domestic savings rate of GDP: 20.46 percent
National savings rate of GDP: 29.15 percent
Investment rate of GDP: 24.33 percent
Exports (2006-07): US$ 12177.86 mn
Imports (2006-07): US$ 17156.80 mn
Trade Deficit : US$ 4978.90 mn
Foreign Exchange Reserve : US$ 5514.60 mn
Remittances : US$ 3447.32 mn
Foreign Investment

Direct : US$ 263mn
Portfolio : US$ 48 mn
Bank rate : 5.0 per cent
Broad Money (M2) : 222042.60 crores
Total No. of Limited Co.
Public Limited Co : 35,000
Private Limited Co. : 23,000

Principle Industries :
Garments, Pharmaceuticals, Textiles, Paper, Manufacturing, Newsprint, Fertilizer, Leather and Leather goods, Sugar, Cement, Fish processing, Steel & Chemical industries etc.

Major export items :
Garments, Tea, Jute, Frozen shrimps, Leather products, Newsprint, paper, Naphtha, Urea, etc.

Principle imports :
Fuel, Rice, Wheat, Cotton & Textile, Petroleum products, Fertilizer, Staple fibers, yarn etc.

The Country : The People's Republic of Bangladesh.

Geographical location :
South Asia; between 20° 34´ and 26° 38´ northlatitude and between 88° 01´ and 92° 41´ east longitude; consists of flat fertile alluvial land.

Boundaries :
North-India (West Bengal and Meghalaya)
West-India (West Bengal)
East-India (Tripura & Assam) & Mayanmar
South-Bay of Bengal.

Area : 147,570 square km. (Territorial water—12 nautical miles).

Capital City : Dhaka Metropolitan Area (1528 sq. km.)

Standard time : GMT+ 6 hours.

Climate : Sub-tropical monsoon
Winter (November- February) temperature average maximum 29° C, average minimum 11° C ; Summer (March-June) temperature : average minimum 32° C, average minimum 21° C ; Monsoon (July-October).

Rainfall : 1194 mm to 3454 mm (average during monsoon, June-August).

Humidity : Highest :99 percent (July), Lowest :36 percent (December and January).

Population : 150.45 Million (July'07 est.)

Population Growth Rate : 2.05 percent

Population Density : 1045 Person per sq km

Total fertility rate : 3.09 Children born/woman (2007 est.)

Life expectancy : 62.84 years

Birth rate : 29.36 Per sent

Mortality rate : 8.13 Per sent

Adult literacy rate : 47.5 Per sent (15 years +)

Language : 95 percent Bengali and 5 percent other dialect. English is widely spoken.

Religion : Muslim (88.3%), Hindu (10.5%), Buddhist (0.6%) Christian (0.3%), & Animists and believers in tribal faiths (0.3%).

Food : Rice, Vegetables, pulses, fish and meat.

Mineral resources: Natural gas, Limestone, Hard rock, Coal, Lignite, Silica sand, White clay, Radio active Sand etc.
(There is a strong possibility of oil deposit)

Human resources: A substantial manpower reserve, trained from 21 Public Government and technical Universities along with 52 Private Universities & a strong media.

Skilled : Engineers, Technicians, Physicians, Economists, Accountants, Administrative and Managerial personnel, Abundance of low cost, easily trained and adaptable, hardworking, Intelligent and Youthful labor force.

I love my Country very much Bangladesh

The Country : The people's Republic of Bangladesh

Geographical location : South Asia; between 20° 34´ and 26° 38´ north latitude and between 88° 01´ and 92° 41´ east longitude; consists of flat fertile alluvial land.

Boundaries : North - India (West Bengal Meghalaya)
West - India (West Bengal)
East- India (Tripura & Assam) & Mayanmar
South - Bay of Bangal

Area : 147,570 square km. (Territorial water - 12 nautical miles)

Capital City : Dhaka
Metropolitan Area 1528 sq.km

Standard time : GMT+ 6 hours.

Climate : Sub-tropical monson.
Winter (November- February) temperature
average maximum 29 C, average minimum 11 C, Summer (March-June) temperature : average minimum 32 C, average minimum 21 C : Monsoon (July-October).

Rainfall :1194 mm to 3454 mm (average during monsoon, June-August)

Humidity : Highest :99 percent (July), Lowest :36 percent (December and January)

Population : 150.45 Million (July,07 est.)

Population Growth Rate : 2.05 percent

Population Density : 1045 Person per sq km

Total fertility rate : 3.09 Children born/woman

Life expectancy : 62.48 years

Birth Rate : 29.36

Mortality rate : 8.13

Adult literacy rate : 47 Per sent (15 years +)

Language : 95 percent Bangla and 5 percent other dialect. English is widely spoken.

Religion : Muslim (88.3%), Hindu (10.5%), Buddhist (0.6%) Christain (0.3%), & Animists and believers in tribal faiths (0.3%)

Food : Rice, Vegetables, pulses, fish and meat.

Mineral resources : Natural gas, limestone, hard rock, coal, Lignite, silica sand white clay, radio active, Sand etc. (There is a strong possibility of oil deposit)

Human resources : A substantial manpower reserve, trained From 21 public government and technical University along with 48 Private University 18 media.

Skilled : Engineers, technicians, physicians economists, Accountants, administrative and managerial, personal abundance of low cost, easily trained and adaptable, hardworking, intelligent and Youthful l abourforce.

I like Bangladeshi Foods

I am a Bangladeshi. I like Bangladeshi foods such as rice, fish, Dal, vegetables, fruits like mangoes, jack fruits, bananas, pineapples, black-berries etc. Rice and fish are my favorite food. I like polao with beef very much. I like small fish curry very much. The hilsa fish are available in Bangladesh. I like rice with hilsa fish curry. I am really habituated in having rice and fish which are very common and favorite food in Bangladesh.
I also like seasonal home made foods like vapa pitha in the month of Poush winter season. Actually we have traditional home-made foods and they are very delicious.

My favourite Film Abar Tora Manush Hoa

The name of the film was Abar Tora Manush Hoa by late Khan Ata-a renowned film director. In this film he has shown the anarchic condition of Bangladesh just after its independence. Just after the liberation some students, some freedom fighters and some people of other sections took law in their hands. The students in stead of attending to their lessons took arms in their hands. They did not care law and order. There was a scene of much copying in the examination hall by the students. Many businessmen became very corrupt. They had no sense of right and wrong. They only knew money. Actually what I saw in the film could not be described all in words.

But some of the memories of my childhood school days are still vivid in my mind.

My Childhood

I am Qazi Md Hamdur Rahman. I am a programmer of Urea Fertilizer Factory ltd. Palash Narsingdi-1611, Bangladesh. We are six brothers and one sister. I am the 2nd of them. My father was a retired government officer of B.I.D.C Dockyard sonakanda, Police station: Bandar in the district of Narayangonj. At present he spends his time in social activities. My mother is a house-wife. My eldest brother is an Advocate in the Narayangonj Judge court. My younger brother read in B.B.A. I cann't recollect all the memories of my childhood. But some of the memories of my childhood school days are still vivid in my mind. When I was four, my father got me admitted in the baby class into our village Farazikanda Free primary school, Police station: Bandar in the district of Narayangonj where I spent four years. On the first day when I entered the school compound with my father, the children were enjoying themselves here and there. My mind was trouble with fear that I might not be quite free and easy in the midst. But the warmth with which my classmates received me dispelled all my fears. my heart began to beat fast when I was taken to the headmaster but his smiling face and gentle words put me at ease. He used to inspire me to do well in the examinations. He loved me Very much. He was my best guide. Though I have left that school. I would neve forget him.

When I was nine, my father got me admitted in class four into B.I.D.C Dockyard school, sonakanda, Police station: Bandar in the district of Narayangonj where I spent two years.