Tanguar haor

                                    Tanguar Haor

Bangladeshi people are really greedy travelers. When they get a chance during any vacation, they want to go on a tour. Sometimes it can be a group tour, family tour, couple tour or single. In our country there are lots of beautiful places to visit. Nowadays Tanguar haor is most popular for all kinds of people.

Tanguar Haor (in Bengali: টাঙ্গুয়ার হাওর), is located in the Dharmapasha and Tahirpur upazilas of Sunamganj District in Sylhet division Bangladesh. It takes roughly 6-7 hours to reach here from Dhaka. After getting off at the Surma Bridge just off the Bus station, you need to hire a bike or a CNG Taxi to get yourself to Tahirpur. From Tahirpur you can hire a boat and enjoy the beauty of Haor. This place is known as a unique wetland ecosystem of national importance and has come into international focus. The area of Tanguar Haor including 46 villages within the haor is about 100 square kilometers . It is the source of livelihood for more than 40,000 people in those areas. 

Every winter the haor is home to about 200 types of migratory birds from different countries. In 1999–2000, the government earned 7,073,184 taka as revenue just from fisheries of the haor. There are more than 140 types of freshwater fish in the haor. The most predominant among them are: ayir, Catfish, baim, tara, gutum, gulsha, tengra, titna, garia, beti, kakia. Gulli, balua, ban tulsi, nal khagra etc. There are also freshwater wetland trees in this haor. Plant species like Hizol (Barringtonia acutangula), Clematis cadmia, Crataeva nurvala, Euryale ferox, Nelumbo nucifera, Ottelia alismoides, Oxystelma secamone var. Secamone, Pongamia pinnata, Rosa clinophylla, and Typha species are present.

It has become more popular with tourists.Tourist main attraction due to the number of houseboats playing at Tanguar Haor. There is a big houseboat in Tanguar Haor. It is a huge, slow-moving barge used for leisure trips for the visitors. This service is inspired from the houseboat of Rabindranath Tagore used during his visit from  Shilaidaha. It is in service from 2021. It is about 71 feet long and about 14 feet wide in the middle.

Haor is a water body which dries in the winter. So the best time to go here is from june to October. People can really enjoy this place a lot. 

Eid ul adha

 Eid-Ul-Adha

Eid ul adha also known as “kurbanir eid” for the bengali muslim people. In the world there are two main festivals for the muslim people, eid ul adha is one of them. Although the story of eid ul adha was really a matter of sorrow for the Muslim but it has become a great festival now.
Eid-ul-Adha is always celebrated on the 10th day of Zil Hajj month of the Hizri calendar. Hazrat Ibrahim (AS), on this day, offered to sacrifice his beloved son Hazrat Ismail (AS) who willingly submitted to the will of his father to please Almighty Allah approximately  4,500 years back.
But the Almighty in His benign mercy spared Hazrat Ismail (AS) and instead sent a ram to be sacrificed.
After that time following  this historic event, muslim people across the whole world offer prayers in congregations and sacrifice animals according to their own ability in the name of Almighty Allah on the day.
They also offer munajat seeking divine blessings for peace, progress, prosperity and welfare of the Muslim Ummah.
Eid al-Adha is the second major Muslim festival after Eid al-Fitr. On the first day of Eid al-Adha, Muslims who can afford sacrifice an animal and distribute a set percentage of its meat to those less fortunate. This is done in symbolic remembrance of the Prophet Ibrahim, who, as per Islamic faith, was asked to sacrifice his son Ismail by God.

Dhaka Elevated Expressway

Bangladesh is a developing country. Day by day the improvements of our country are really appreciable. The Dhaka elevated expressway is one of them. The Dhaka Elevated Expressway is an all-elevated toll road in Bangladesh. This is the country's first elevated expressway, partially opened in 2023. It's total length is 19.73 kilometers (12.26 mi).It connects the Dhaka airport with the Farmgate area in Tejgaon. Its construction aims to enhance traffic capacity within and around Dhaka city by improving connectivity between the northern part of the city and the central, southern, and south-eastern parts. 

The four-lane Dhaka Elevated Expressway route begins near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at Kawla and runs alongside the railway line through Tejgaon, Moghbazar, Kamalapur, and ends at Kutub Khali near Jatrabari along the Dhaka–Chittagong Highway.

The expressway is toll-operated and accessible to eight types of vehicles, including buses, minibusses, sedans, SUVs, specific trucks, and pickups. However, motorcycles, CNG-run auto-rickshaws, three-wheelers, bicycles, and pedestrians are not permitted on the exexpressway. Tolls for entering the expressway are collected in four categories. 

1) Private cars, microbuses (16 seats) and light trucks (below three tonnes) toll charge is 80 Tk, 

2) Buses and mini-buses (16 seats and above) toll charge is 160 Tk, 

3) Medium-sized trucks (up to six wheels) toll charge is 320 Tk, 

4) Large trucks (more than six wheels) toll charge is 400 Tk.

The Dhaka Elevated Expressway project commenced in 2011. On 15 December 2013, the Bangladesh Bridge Authority signed a revised agreement with the First Dhaka Elevated Expressway Company Limited, the investment company of the project.

This project is being implemented under the public–private partnership model, with the Thailand-based Italian-Thai Development holding 51 percent of the shares, China Shandong International Economic & Technical Cooperation Group holding 34 percent, and Sinohydro Corporation Limited holding 15 percent. The project is being executed in three phases. Phase one spans from Kawla near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to Banani Railway Station, phase two stretches from Banani Railway Station to Moghbazar railway crossing, and phase three extends from Moghbazar rail crossing to Kutub Khali on the Dhaka–Chittagong highway. The total cost of the project, including main construction cost of the expressway, land acquisition, resettlement of the displaced, relocation of utility service lines, and consultation, amounts to ৳138.57 billion (US$1.3 billion).

 On 2 September 2023, the 11.5-kilometre (7.1 mi) Airport–Farmgate segment was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and opened to traffic on 3 September.

On 18 September 2023, the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation inaugurated a bus service on the Airport–Farmgate route via the expressway.

On 20 March 2024, the Kawran Bazar ramp of the expressway in front of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) was opened for transport movement.

As of March 2024, the expressway has a total of 16 entry and exit ramps. Now it has 15 entry and 16 exit ramps.

Entryramps                       

Southbound                                     

Entry ramps for southbound vehicles are situated at Kawla near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, in front of the Army Golf Club on Airport Road, and at Kuril along Pragati Avenue.                                        

Northbound                                          

To get on the expressway from the south, the entrances to the expressway are the north and south lanes of Bijoy Sarani overpass and Banani railway station on Kemal Ataturk Avenue in Banani.                                                  

  Exitramps                          

Southbound                                     

When heading south, exit ramps are situated at Kemal Ataturk Avenue in Banani, Mohakhali Bus Terminal, Indira Road in Farmgate, and Karwan Bazar in front of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation.                                 

Northbound                                     

When traveling north from the south, the four exit ramps are located at the Mohakhali Bus Terminal, the Airport Road opposite Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Kuril Bishwa Road, and the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

So we can say in Bangladesh, the Dhaka Elevated Expressway is not just an engineering marvel but also a symbol of the country’s aspirations towards modernization and sustainable urban development. Now people should maintain all rules & regulations. Only then can it be a beneficial good project for all classes of people in daily life.

 Sky

I want to fly

    in the sky.....

Nothing to say about sky. Sky is only sky.....I love sky all time in any types of weather. sky always play with different Color in many ways.....