Portal:Bangladesh/Selected picture archive/2008

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Bangladesh Portal selected picture archive

2007 - 2008

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Durga Puja is the biggest festival of Hindus in Assam, Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Bangladesh, and of Bengali Hindus all over the world. It is also called Akalbodhan, Vijaya Dashami, Dashain, and Dussehra. The image shows celebration of the festival at Dhakeshwari Temple, the national temple of Bangladesh.
Photo credit: Rajiv Ashrafi

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Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) is one of the 6 species of parrots that are resident in Bangladesh. Locally known as Tiya (Bengali: টিয়া), these birds are popular as pets. This image was captured in a garden of Jahangirnagar University, Savar.
Photo credit: Rayhan R. Kollol

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The Asian pied starling (Sturnus contra) is one of the 12 bird species of family Sturnidae resident in Bangladesh. Locally known as myna (Bengali: ময়না) or shalik (Bengali: শালিক), these birds build their nests in holes or cavities in trees or buildings, or large globular structures of straw, twigs, etc. in trees.
Photo credit: J.M.Garg

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Magpie Robin, a very common bird in Bangladesh - locally known as Doyel or Doel (Bengali: দোয়েল), is designated as the National Bird of the country.
Photo credit: J.M.Garg

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On Language Movement Day of 1953, two of the greatest leaders of the history of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (3rd from right) and Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (4th from right) participated in the morning procession (known as Probhat Ferry) to protest the killing of students on the same date the previous year.
Photo credit: Rama's Arrow

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Patenga, a sea beach and popular tourist spot, is located 14 kilometres south of the port city of Chittagong, Bangladesh, near the mouth of the Karnaphuli River. The beach is very close to BNS Isha Khan Naval Base of Bangladesh Navy, and Shah Amanat International Airport.
Photo credit: Ziaul Hoque

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Bengal Tiger, the national animal of Bangladesh, is a subspecies of tiger primarily found in Indian subcontinent. In the Sunderbans, a 2004 census found the presence of about 280 Tigers on the India side & 500 tigers on the Bangladesh side.
Photo credit: Hollingsworth, John and Karen, retouched by Zwoenitzer

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Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban is the National Assembly Building of Bangladesh, located in the capital Dhaka. It was created by architect Louis I. Kahn and is one of the largest legislative complexes in the world. It houses all parliamentary activities of Bangladesh.
Photo credit: Karl Ernst Roehl

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Shaheed Minar, or the Martyr's monument, located near Dhaka Medical College was established to pay the tribute to the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 and as such has become the center of commemoration of Language Movement Day, in Bangladesh on February 21 every year.
Photo credit: Karl Ernst Roehl

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Ahsan Manzil, the official residential palace and seat of the Dhaka Nawab Family, situated on the banks of the Buriganga River. The palace is now a museum.
Photo credit: Md. Shahed Faisal