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East Bengal, now known as Bangladesh, was part of this division. On 15 September 1951, Dacca Time (DACT) was introduced in East Bengal, which was UTC+06:00 achieved by subtracting 30 minutes from UTC+06:30. This is the official time zone in use today. [1] [3] On 30 September 1951, Dacca Time was officially implemented in East Bengal. [4]
In 2018, the Bangladesh government planned to modify the Bangladeshi calendar again. [21] The changes were done to match national days with West. [ citation needed ] As a result of the modification, Kartik started on Thursday (17 October 2019) and the dry season was delayed by a day as the revised calendar went into effect from Wednesday (16 ...
The following is a list of scheduled and expected events for the year 2025 in Bangladesh.2025 is the current year, and is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2025th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 25th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2020s decade.
[note 8] This difference in viewpoints was not resolved. 2012 [22] [23] In 2012, the United Nations approved a 2009 claim by the Philippines to the Benham Rise. [23] 10 December 1898: Spain, still sovereign, [note 9] cedes the Philippines to the United States via the Treaty of Paris (1898). [24] 11 April 1899
On 26 January 2013, Bangladesh Bank issued a ৳ 25 note to commemorate the 25th anniversary (silver jubilee) of the Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd. On the front is the National Martyr's Monument in Savar, the designs of the previous series of the Bangladeshi taka notes and its postage stamps, three spotted deer and the magpie ...
And today, a consciousness has grown among our people, which is different from that of the people of our neighboring country and other countries of the region. — Ziaur Rahman [ 8 ] After independence, the government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman began to promote Bengali nationalism which was also the basis of Bangladesh's independence from ...
Today Bangladesh is a sovereign and independent country. On Thursday night [March 25, 1971], West Pakistan armed forces suddenly attacked the police barracks at Razarbagh and the EPR headquarters at Pilkhana in Dhaka. Many innocent and unarmed have been killed in Dhaka city and other places of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh was admitted to the United Nations in 1974 [4] and was elected to a Security Council term in 1978–1980 [5] and again for a 2000–2002 term. Foreign Minister Mr. Humayun Rasheed Choudhury served as president of the 41st UN General Assembly in 1986.