SUST Auditorium in Sylhet

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The most magnificent  and attractive auditorium in the sylhet city is going to be inaugurated in the campus of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) sylhet on 13 august.

Finance minister AMA Muhith will inaugurate the Auditorium attending as a chief guest in the program.

Meanwhile a newly built third Boys Student Hall namely ‘Syed Mujtoba Ali Hall’ will also be inaugurated on that day.

In a press conference on Monday at Vice Chancellor’s conference hall, Treasurer Prof. Dr Md Elius Uddin Biswas told above to the journalists working in the campus.

VC Prof Dr Saleh Uddin, provost of Shaporan Hall Syed Hasanuzzaman, Provost of Mujtoba Ali Hall Prof Dr Niyaj Ahmed, Provost of 1st Girls hall Dr Nazia chowdhury and Registrar Muhammed Ishfaqul hussen also present there.

 

Sources said, the central auditorium costs an amount of total 12 crore and 80 lac taka to build which is entire air conditioned.

The auditorium also consists of 1200 seat for the audience which is the largest in the city sylhet.

Any cultural and social organization can hire this auditorium giving fees to the university authority, said the university treasurer.

In the inaugurate programme Sylhet City Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran, Hafiz Ahmed Majumdar MP, Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury Koyes MP, Imran Ahmed  MP , Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury  MP , and Syeda Jebunnesa Haque MP is also expected to attend the among others. 

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North East Medical College Hospital In Sylhet

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Sylhet a land hallowed by the memories of great saint Hazrat Shahjalal Yemeni (R), has been full of social, cultural and educational tradition from very early times. But in course of time these traditions are fading away. The literacy rate was falling dreadfully and mass people were deprived of adequate health care facilities. People from all walks of life including educationists, professionals and elite of the society were realising the need of establishing a Private Medical College in the Sylhet division.

In that situation a group of Doctors forms North East Private Ltd. Company decided to establish a College & Hospital by the name of North East Medical College Hospital.
The college and hospital is managed by staff of excellent Professional personnel whose expertise & experiences have enriched the Teaching Research and Health Care system
» The College has been approved by the Ministry of Health and family Welfare, Government of Peoples     Republic of Bangladesh in 1998
» Affiliated with the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet in 1998.
» Recognized by Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council (BMDC) in 2000.
» Enlisted by WHO to the World Directory of Medical School in 2003.

» Post-Graduate Training was recognized of by Bangladesh College of Physician & Surgeon (BCPS) in     2004.

  

For a long time the people of greater Sylhet have realized the Professional education and better health care services for community development. During the British period the community leaders were striving hard to establish a medical college in Sylhet with a view to develop the existing health care system.
Accordingly the then government of Assam agreed to establish a Medical College at Sylhet and construction work of the college and the hostel building started here in 1934. But due to the influence of some evil high official adviser the project was shifted to Gouhati. The then Asam government while under pressure announced an official gazette that a medical school would be established at Sylhet instead of college. After some time the proposed building was converted to hospital in 1936 which was later upgraded to cater for British and allied troops of the Burma front in the second world war. In the year 1948 the hospital was further upgraded and converted into a Medical School with appropriate teaching staff and residential accommodation in order to produce Licentiate Medical Faculty doctors (LMF).
Later on in 1962 the then Pakistan government, while under pressure, decided to start a five years graduate course of study leading to award the MBBS degree (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) and hence converted it into a Medical College. The hospital was further upgraded and the bed strength was increased to five hundred. At present this 500 bedded hospital can not bear the extra load of patients referred from greater Sylhet.
Over the past twenty-five years there has been increasing dissatisfaction about the hospital based health care services. This is due to inadequate health budget, the insufficient number of hospital beds, and an inappropriate staffing pattern. Taking the opportunity of such inadequate health coverage, private medical organizations began to develop which delivered health services with a very high cost. A major part of the society have restricted ability to avail these costly health services. The community realize the urgent need for an easily approachable health care system within the economic reach of society. Considering the health situation of the region a group of doctors took an initiative to establish a Medical College and Hospital to provide modern health to the public at a reasonable cost which would also promote medical education and research.

Course: 

M.B.B.S Course
 
The North East Medical College Hospital offers a five years graduate course of study in Medical Science leading to the award of MBBS degree of the affiliated university. The graduate course consists of 11/2 years pre-clinical, 31/2 years clinical and 1 year compulsory internship training. The authority has further planned to add Diploma Courses in Nursing, Pharmacy, Medical Technology (Laboratory, Dental, Radiography, Physiotherapy, and Radiotherapy).
SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
The School of Medical Science of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet conducts the undergraduate medical course in accordance with the curriculum laid down by the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council. On successful completion of five years academic study, the university awards the MBBS degree. The School of Medical Science functions through the committee of courses and studies & examination committee.
SESSION DATES: July-June
In Common with other medical colleges of Bangladesh the date of admission and teaching period are laid down by government and Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. Students are advised to keep contact with college office from January onward. The specific date of admission advertised in the News papers.

M. B. B. S courses are designed to equip student with a fundamental knowledge and understanding of medicine and to develop the skills and attitude to apply knowledge in medical practice.
Five year M.B.B.S 

First Profession : One and Half years 
Anatomy
Physiology
Biochemistry

Second Profession : Two years
Pharmacology
Forensic Medicine
Pathology 
Microbiology
Community Medicine
Final Profession : One and Half years
Medicine
Surgery
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
 Contract Information: 

North East Medical College,  South Surma, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh
Phone & Fax: +88 0821 2832829, +88 0821 724441-3, Mobile: +88 01715944733
Email: info@nemc.edu.bd, nemc@sol-bd.com
Last update: 14, Nov, 2010, 2:23 AM

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information of Hason Raja in Sylhet

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Hason Raja (Bangla: হাসন রাজা, literary meaning - Hason the King), also known as Dewan Hason Raja, was a Bengali poet, mystic philosopher and folksongs writer and composer. He gained international recognition few years after his death, when Nobel prize laureate, poet Rabindranath Tagore mentioned him in his lectures at Oxford University.Kobi Guru Rabindranath Tagore says; “ We realise it through admiration and love, through hope that soars beyond the actual, beyond our own span of life into an endless time wherein we live of all men.” and “It is a village poet of East Bengal who preaches in a song the philosophical doctrine that the universe has its reality in its relation to the Person. ” 

Born	21 December 1854 Lakkansree, Sunamgonj, Sylhet
Died	6 December 1922
Occupation	Landlord, Mystic poet, songwriter,Composer
Children	Khan Bahadur Dewan Ganiur Raja Dewan Hasinur Raja Khan Bahadur Dewan Eklimur Raja Dewan Aftabur Raja

Life:

Early life:

Hason Raja was the son of Dewan Ali Raja, who was a direct descendant of the Hindu king Raja Birendraram Singhdev (later converted to Islam and became known as Raja Babu Khan). Ali Raja’s fifth and last marriage in 1853 was with Hurmuth Jahan Bibi who was the mother of Dewan Hason Raja. Dewan Hason Raja Choudhury was born on 21 December 1854 in the village of Lakkansree, the part of which is now part of Sunamgonj Municipal town under Sylhet division. Since his childhood he used to live alongside his mother in Sunamganj when mother Humuth Jahan Bibi found her only one son to have had been overprotected within the net of her people serving her land-lordship. While Hason Raja was at the age of six/seven, his father Dewan Ali Raja started living away from his son and wife by staying at Rampasha of Bishwanath (to its southeast angle) 33 miles away from Sunamganj for seven to eight months a year in the aim to supervise and manage his paternal properties and the rest three to four months he used to live alongside them The death of Hason's elder step-brother, Ubeydur Raja, followed by the death of his father Ali Raja (in about 40 days gap), put the power and responsibility of the whole family upon Hason at a very young age. This put a beginning to his religious pursuits and the life of an "Ascetic King".

 

Youth Life:

Despite his financially privileged upbringing, Hason is credited with setting up a number of local schools and religious centres like mosques, temples and churches, and he is said to be widely engaged in charities within his immediate communities. Dewan Hason Raja donated a vast land properties for the well-being of the people. Hason Raja was more interested about welbeing and protection of birds and animals life. So he spent a lot of his money in those lives.On 12 June 1897 one of the biggest earthquake happened to shake up Assam and Sylhet area. The largest known Indian interpolate earthquake at 8.8 Richter scale resulted in the destructions of structure over much of the Plateau and surrounding areas, and caused widespread liquefaction and flooding in the Brahmaputra and Sylhet floodplains. Hason Raja found out many of his kins and relatives as well as his people wounded and killed. His thatched house was fully damaged. At his age of forty three he lost many of his tamed birds and animals. The earthquake left a big impact on his mind, life, philosophy and his music. This made him looking at the short length of his life-time into a deeper realization.,
“They say my home is no good
What home shall I make in the void?
In a better dwelling how long could I stay?
Into mirror I look my hair turned grey.
thus Hason Raja sets up no house and door
Rather cries of where Allah keeps him in lure
If Hason Raja been aware of where he would be living
He would make nice castle and building”

Death:

Hason Raja died in 1922, years before his contribution to the poetry of Bengal was mentioned in lectures at Oxford University by Nobel poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore 1930.
Two museums were established in his name in two places. One namely, Hason Raja Museum sponsored by "Hason Raja Museum Trust" at his birthpalce Lahhansree, Sunamganj displays a good number of his memorabilia to visitors on daily basis and another namely, Museum of Rajas' at Raja - Kunjo, Sylhet, Bangladesh; where many historical exhibits of Hason Raja, are displayed. The sponsor of this spectacularMuseum of Rajas' is 'Educationist Dewan Talibur Raja  

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Hakaluki Haor In Sylhet

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Hakaluki Haor is a marsh wetland ecological system of Eastern Bangladesh in an area bordering Assam, India. It is one of Bangladesh's largest and one of Asia's larger marsh wetland resources. Some 190,000 people live in the surrounding Hakaluki haor area.

Hakaluki Haor was designated an Ecologically Critical Area (ECA) by the Director General of the Department of Environment, as the ecosystem is considered to have reached a critical state. It also is a protected Ramsar site. of international importance for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands.

The surface area of Hakaluki Haor is 181.15 km², of which 72.46 km² (40.01%) is within the territory of Barlekha Upazila. The haor is partly under the jurisdiction of Barlekha Upazila.

 

Hakaluki Haor located in greater Sylhet, the haor offers a very different type of ecosystem as well as a new set of management issues. The haor basin is an extensive alluvial plain supporting a variety of wetland habitats. It contains about 47 major haors and more than 6,000 beels, or freshwater lakes, nearly half of which are seasonal. Hakaluki Haor itself is a complex of more than 80 inter-connecting beels located in the Maulvi Bazar district. During the dry season, the beels cover an area of approximately 4,400 ha. However, during the rainy season, the entire area gets flooded, and the beels are united as one large lake, or haor, with an area of approximately 18,000 ha. This makes it the largest haor in Bangladesh. Some 190,000 people live surrounding Hakaluki haor area.   

Hakaluki haor is a highly significant site for a wide variety of waterfowl. It is important for wintering migratory birds. Its overall significance is perhaps best expressed with reference to the various criteria for inclusion as a Ramsar site. "It is a particularly good representative example of a wetland which plays a substantial hydrological, biological or ecological role in the natural functioning of a major river basin85" (Ramsar Criterion 1.c); "It supports an appreciable assemblage of rare, vulnerable or endangered species of plant or animal, or an appreciable number of individuals of any one or more of these species." (Criterion 2.a); "It is of special value for maintaining the genetic and ecological diversity of a region because of the peculiarities of its flora and fauna." (Criterion 2.b); "It regularly supports about 20,000 waterfowl." (Criterion 3.a); "It regularly supports substantial numbers of individuals from particular groups of waterfowl, indicative of wetland values, productivity or diversity" (Criterion 3.b).

 

  
 Some Haors in Bangladesh:

Haors in Bangladesh
Eastern and lower Mymensingh basin	Baram haor  • Banka haor  • Habibpur haor  • Maker haor  • Makalkandi haor  • Ghulduba haor
At the foot of Meghalaya hills	Tanguar haor  • Shanir haor  • Matian haor
East of the Tanguar system	Dekhar haor  • Pathar Chanli haor  • Jhilkar haor  • Jhinkar haor
Eastern rim of the basin	Jamaikata haor  • Mahai haor  • Nalua haor  • Parua haor
Central Sylhet lowlands	Hakaluki haor  • Chatal Bar haor  • Haila haor  • Kawadighi haor  • Paglar haor
Southeastern hill ranges	Hail Haor
South of the basin	Dingapota haor  • Ganesher haor  • Tolar haor  • Anganer haor  • Bara haor  • Humaipur haor
Kishorganj district	Etna haor  • Sania haor
Eastern Mymensingh	Khaliaghuri haor
Southeast Mymensingh	Oail haor
Uncategorized	Dubriar haor  • Chayer haor  • Kangaler haor  • Maijeil haor  • Damrir Haor  • Panger haor  • Kanamaiya haor  •Ubdakhali haor  • Balai haor  • Bara haor  • Gurmar haor

 

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Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) In Sylhet

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Sector is the pioneer Sector of Border Guard Bangladesh. This Sector was raised on 01 Jul 1958 at Khajanchibari in Sylhet town and later shifted to its present location at Akhalia on 06 June 1985. This Sector has got 607 km of border belt and out of which 535 km land boundary and 72 km river boundary. 4 X Border Guard Battalion presently guarding the border under  this Sector. Lt Col Sarwar Khan was the pioneers Sector Commander of Sylhet Sector and after liberation this Sector was commanded by  Lt Col Shamsuddin Ahmed as first Sector Commander. 

Better known or labeled as the ‘ever-vigilant sentinels of the border’- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is the paramilitary force in the country. The glorious history of the organization is replete with rich traditions and successful military expeditions. This paramilitary setup emerged as the most effective border security for the country on 3 March 1972 after the liberation of Bangladesh. The HQ of BGB is located at Pilkhana, Dhaka. Presently the organization has 12 sectors to perform its tasks. These sectors will be organized under 4 Regions with 3 more new sectors in near future. 
Apart from its primary task of protecting the borders, preventing smuggling, human and drug trafficking the members of Bangladesh Rifles have taken part in numerous military operations displaying their courage, discipline and patriotism. This force was vested with additional task of checking smuggling in 1958. Its members took up arms in an organized manner against erstwhile Pakistan Army during the liberation war of 1971. The organization is proud of its contribution to the attainment of independence and sovereignty of the Bangladeshi nation. Its members got many gallantry awards. Of them, Lance Naik Nur Mohammad Sheikh and Lance Naik Munshi Abdur Rouf were the highest gallantry award of Bir Sreshtha, 8 got Bir Uttam, 40 Bir Bikram and 91 Bir Pratik.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is a well-disciplined, valiant and legendary paramilitary force of glories. Better known as the "ever vigilant sentinels of the border" BGB is entrusted with the protection of Bangladesh border, anti-smuggling & anti-narcotics operations, prevention of women & children trafficking, prevention of all sorts of trans-border crimes and internal security duties. Since its inception over 216 years, duties and responsibilities of the force have been increased manifold, as well as operational strategies put on multi-dimensions. The significant changes of the force marked from the history are as follows:

            a.         Ramgarh Local Battalion.    This force started its journey on 29th June 1795 with the name of 'Ramgarh Local Battalion' previously named 'Frontier Protection Force' formed by East India Company in 1794. There were 448 soldiers, two irregular cavalries and only four cannons as the resort of its commencement.

            b.         Frontier Guards.         In 1861, 'Ramgarh Local Battalion' was reorganized and renamed as 'Frontier Guards' with 1454 members altogether. The force headquarter was in Chittagong and under command outposts were at Kamrup, Goalpara, Laxmipur, Sylhet and Tripura. In 1879 'Special Reserve Company' of the force was raised for the first time at Peelkhana.

            c.         Bengal Military Police.         In 1891, this force was renamed as 'Bengal Military Police'. A European Subedar commanded the battalion which had four companies located at different parts of Indian subcontinent namely Dhaka, Dhumka, Vagolpur and Gangtok .

            d.         Eastern Frontier Rifle.          In 1920, its strength was increased by comprising 16 Platoons and renamed as 'Eastern Frontier Rifles'. Then its primary tasks were to protect the borders and assist in internal security duties.

            e.         East Pakistan Rifles.  After partition of the Indian subcontinent, the

organization was regrouped and renamed as 'East Pakistan Rifles'. A group of metropolitan armed police of Calcutta and some 1000 ex-soldiers of the then East-Pakistan were merged into this force. Some 3000 Bengali members were also employed in the force. Officers from the army were employed for efficient leadership in the force. In 1958 it was assigned with the tasks of border protection and anti-smuggling duties. The strength of the force increased to 13,454 on 25 March 1971.

 

f.          Active Participation in Liberation War.  This force valiantly played an illustrious role in the historic 'Liberation War' of Bangladesh. On 25 March 1971, Pakistani occupied force attacked erstwhile EPR headquarters at Peelkhana. Then 'Independence Message' from 'Bangabandhu' was transmitted to remote areas of the country through wireless system of its headquarters. Consequently soldiers and people of the country  were inspired to confront the Pak-forces. At the beginning of liberation war, Bengali members of the force created strong opposition  at Zinjira on the bank of Buriganga on tactical ground . Later on, almost 12000 soldiers of this force accompanied by other forces and civil freedom fighters fought 9 month long armed-battle under the commands of 11 sectors. Freedom fighters of this force carried out numerous operations like face to face, guerilla fight and suicidal attacks to destroy the dens of enemies. In the 'liberation war' a total of 817 soldiers of this force sacrificed their lives for the nation. Among them 'Shaheed Lance Naek Nur Mohammad Sheikh' and 'Shaheed Lance Naek Munshi Abdur Rouf' bestowed the highest gallantry award 'Bir Sreshtha' for their vast heroism. Among others, 8 martyrs awarded 'Bir Uttam', 32 martyrs awarded 'Bir Bikram' and 78 martyrs awarded 'Bir Protik'.     

h.         Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).   On 25-26 February 2009, a number of 74 people including 57 meritorious army officers were brutally killed in an atrocious carnage occurred in the force's headquarters at Peelkhana. Following that grievous mishap, reorganization of the force inevitably came onward. After passing the 'Border Guard Bangladesh Act, 2010' in the Parliament on 08 December 2010, it has come into effect from 20 December of the same year. Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,  formally raised the flag and opened the monogram of the renamed force on 23 January 2010 to launch as 'Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)'.

 
Conclusion: 
  
Reorganization activities of the force according to new law are being implemented. At present, the force is effectively discharging the assigned tasks and duties through its 12 Sectors, 47 Battalions and many other Border outposts. BGB as the "ever vigilant sentinels of the border" is sincerely protecting the border, preventing smuggling, human trafficking, trans-border crimes and internal security duties.

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