Ahsan Manzil

Ahsan Manzil Museum

Ahsan Manzil stands on the bank of the river Buriganga, at the southern part of the Dhaka City. It was the palace of the Nawabs of Dhaka. In 1872 Nawab Abdul Ghani named it 'Ahsan Manzil' after the name of his son Khwaja Ahsanullah

Nawab Sir Khwaja Ahsanullah (1846-1901)

From the middle of the nineteenth century about a period of hundred years onwards this palace was a major political center of Bengal. The magnificent palace was renovated to a museum with 23 galleries and opened for visitors in 1992. Manzil stands on the bank of the river Buriganga, at the southern part of the Dhaka City. It was the palace of the Nawabs of Dhaka. In 1872 Nawab Abdul Ghani named it 'Ahsan Manzil' after the name of his son Khwaja Ahsanullah.

VISITING HOURS&HOLIDAYS

April to September
Saturday to Wednesday : 10:30 to 17:30

October to March
Saturday to Wednesday : 09:30 to 16:30

Friday : 15:30 to 19:30

Holidays :
Thursday and Government holidays.

H1N1 flu (swine flu) in our Mega City

Swine Flu is one of the biggest concern of the people of Dhaka. It is spreading day by day just for the carelessness of the people. What is Swine Flu ? The answer is 2009 H1N1 virus which is referred to as swine flu is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This virus was first found in people in the USA and spreading person to person world wide. This H1N1 virus is referred to as swine flu cause many laboratory tasting showed that many of the genes in this new virus are very similar to influenza viruses that normally occurred to pigs (swine) in North America. But further study has shown that this new virus is very different from what normally circulates in North American pigs. It has two genes from flu viruses that circulate in pigs in Europe and Asia and bird genes and human genes. Scientists call this a quadruple reassortant virus.

This virus is very dangerous for human. We need to prevent this virus for our betterment as we know that prevention is better than cure. First we need to know how this virus spread from person to person.

1. This virus spreads from person to person mainly by coughing and sneezing by people who is caring this virus.

2. People may become infected by touching something such as a surface or object with flu viruses on it and touching their mouth and nose.

Symptoms of Swine Flu:

Fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Severe illness and even death occur as the result of illness associated with this virus.

Now the first thing running in your mind is-" how can we prevent this." The answer is simple. We need to change our bad habits. The habits that we need to change are given below.

Things to do to prevent Swine Flu:

1. Shield others from your coughs and sneezing by using tissue. It is a must for preventing this virus to spread. We should tell others who have a bad habit of not using tissue while sneezing and throwing cough here and there.

2. wash your hands often specially before eating something.

3. keep your hands away from your eyes, nose and mouth.

4. Maintain healthful habits, get enough sleep and exercise, drink fluids, eat well.

5. Keep your place and the whole Mega City that you love neat and clean.

6. Avoid contact with people if you or they are sick

7. Stay at home when you are ill.

If we can change our bad habits and do these things we will be able to prevent this dangerous virus from our city. We need to change quickly as this virus is spreading quite fast. Remember this is our city and only we can make it beautiful and peaceful and free from these kind of dangerous viruses........................

Dhaka in Rainy season

Our beautiful Dhaka looks really amazing in Rainy season. The whole Dhaka city becomes a little sea where u will see cars instead of ships and rickshaws instead of noukas. Most of the streets of this mega city r flooded when it rains a little. The sufferings of the people of this city knows no bound in the rainy season. It becomes hard to find any transport to move from one place to another. Again traffic jam increases. The sufferings of office going people can not b described in words.

A rainy season is welcomed by most of the students of Dhaka city because they don't need to go to school. Probably the most disgusting part is the repairing work of streets of Dhaka begins when the rainy season starts. That brings lot more sufferings for the people of the city. Don't know why government takes this sort of decisions.

Anyways this is the city where we live. So we will have to do whatever we can to fix these problems.

Save Buriganga Part-2

About 12 million people lives in Dhaka and a large number of them depends on the Buriganga's water for drinking, fishing and carrying merchandise. The almighty Buriganga was the life line of this magnificent city Dhaka the capitol of Bangladesh. But the once mighty Buriganga is now the most polluted river in Bangladesh. According to Ainun Nishat a leading environmental expert "Much of the Buriganga has now gone, having fallen to insatiable land grabbers and industries dumping untreated effluents into the river." The World Bank said that the Buriganga receives 1.5 million cubic metres of waste water every day.

Because of that the water of Buriganga river has turned into something like black gel even rowing across the river is ow difficult for it's bad smell. Chemicals such as cadmium, chromium, and other elements such as mercury carried by the industrial waste are also creeping into the ground water posing a serious threat to public health.

"The pollutants have eaten up all oxygen in the Buriganga and we call it biologically dead. It is like a septic tank." that what Khwaja Mainnahtulla, a world bank specialist on environment and water management said about Buriganga. He also said "if the pollution is not controlled, we will face a serious health crisis in a year or two or at best three years."

So it is very very important for us to raise awareness to save Buriganga as quickly as we can. we dont have much time so we should try our utmost to save Buriganga.........................

Save Buriganga part-1

The Mega City Dhaka is situated on the bank of Buriganga river. It is the main river flowing beside Dhaka city. The average depth of this river is 39 ft and maximum depth is 93 ft. In distant past a course of the ganga river used to reach the Bay of Bengal through the dhaleshwari river. This course gradually shifted and ultimately lost its link with the main channel of the Ganga and renamed as Buriganga. This river is very important for Dhaka in many ways.It provides connection with the other parts of the country. But unfortunately for us that the Buriganga is threatened by pollution and possession. This wonderful river is no longer wonderful. This river is Dhaka's main outlet of sewerage waste. about 80% of Dhaka's sewerage is untreated here. A number of industries and tanneries also discharge their chemical wastes into Buriganga. These chamical and human wastes are polluting river water.The water of the river has turned into black.

In fact the river is almost dead now. Not a single living creature can be found in the river water. as a result the people who depends on this great river having all sorts of problems. Those who are using this polluted water are suffering from various kinds of disease. Some steps must be taken to save this river. In fact steps should be taken immediately otherwise this Dhaka city of ours which depends very much on Buriganga will face huge problems..................

The Historic 'Chawk' Mosque

The historic Chawk Mosque is located in Chawk Bazar area of old town. It is in the south of Dhaka. Most likely it was built during the rules of Mughals in the 17th century. May be it is the earliest dated Mosque in this country built on a high vaulted foundation. the mosque has been so much altered and extended today that it is hard to have an idea of it's original design. The northern wall of the mosque has been removed and original three domed roof has been demolished. A new roof similar to earlier one has been built.

The Chawk Mosque is a beautiful historical place of Dhaka. Over the main doorway of the mosque there is an inscription in Persian. It records the construction of the Mosque by Subadar Shaista Khan in 1676 AD. Those who loves to see the historical places are requested to pay a visit to this magnificent Mosque. It is one of gorgeous and probably the oldest mosque of Dhaka...............

About Dhaka

Dhaka is a historic place with a vast population. The development of townships, public work and a significant growth in population came as this mega city was proclaimed the capital of Bengal under Mughal rule at 1608 CE. this beautiful city was once known as 'Jahangir Nagar' in honour of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. The greatest expansion took place under Mughal general Shaista Khan. The city passed to the control of the British East India company in 1765. The city than became known as Dacca. Under British rule many modern educational institutions and public work were developed. Modern water supply system was introduced in 1874 and electric supply system was introduced in 1878. The Dhaka Cantonment was established near the city serving as a base for the British Indian army. Map of Dacca, from 1924

Following the partition of Bengal Dhaka became the capitol of East Bengal on August 15 1947. After the independence of Bangladesh a real estate boom has followed the development of new settlements such as Gulshan, Banani, Motijhil in 1985. The post independence period has also seen a massive growth of population. Dhaka has hosted the inaugural summit of the SAARC and also hosted the summits of the OIC.

This Mega City called Dhaka is a historic place indeed. We love this beautiful Dhaka city the capital of Bangladesh and everybody should provide a helping hand to make this city more beautiful.......................