Global Fire Power Index 2019 | Bangladesh is 45th

Bangladesh has moved three steps forward in the military power among all the countries of the world. Bangladesh is currently ranked at 45th out of 137 countries in the world. Last year the global military power position was 56th.

Such information has emerged in a global report published by the international organization 'Global Fire Power' on military power of all the countries of the world. As per the report, the complete Global Firepower list for 2019 puts the military powers of the world into full perspective.

According to the report, the ten five countries in the world military force are the United States of America, Russia, China, India and France, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, Turkey and Germany respectively. Bhutan is ranked 137th on the list and Pakistan is in the 15th. And neighboring Myanmar is at the position 37th.

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The GlobalFirePower.com finalized the report based on more than 55 individual facts of each country including Manpower, Air Power, Land Strength, Naval Strength, Petroleum Resources, Logistics, Financials, and Geography etc.

The top 50 countries including Power Index (PwrIndx) of the list are as follows:

1. United States (Power Index: 0.0615)
2. Russia (Power Index: 0.0639)
3. China (Power Index: 0.0673)
4. India (Power Index: 0.1065)
5. France (Power Index: 0.1584)
6. Japan (Power Index: 0.1707)
7. South Korea (Power Index: 0.1761)
8. United Kingdom (Power Index: 0.1797)
9. Turkey (Power Index: 0.2089)
10. Germany (Power Index: 0.2097)
11. Italy (Power Index: 0.2277)
12. Egypt (Power Index: 0.2283)
13. Brazil (Power Index: 0.2487)
14. Iran (Power Index: 0.2606)
15. Pakistan (Power Index: 0.2798)
16. Indonesia (Power Index: 0.2804)
17. Israel (Power Index: 0.2964)
18. North Korea (Power Index: 0.3274)
19. Australia (Power Index: 0.3277)
20. Spain (Power Index: 0.3921)
21. Canada (Power Index: 0.3941)
22. Taiwan (Power Index: 0.3956)
23. Vietnam (Power Index: 0.3988)
24. Poland (Power Index: 0.4059)
25. Saudi Arabia (Power Index: 0.4286)
26. Thailand (Power Index: 0.4302)
27. Algeria (Power Index: 0.4551)
28. Greece (Power Index: 0.4955)
29. Ukraine (Power Index: 0.5082)
30. Czechia (Power Index: 0.5119)
31. Sweden (Power Index: 0.5263)
32. South Africa (Power Index: 0.5405)
33. Switzerland (Power Index: 0.5459)
34. Mexico (Power Index: 0.5574)
35. Netherlands (Power Index: 0.6063)
36. Norway (Power Index: 0.6103)
37. Myanmar (Power Index: 0.6162)
38. Argentina (Power Index: 0.6274)
39. Belarus (Power Index: 0.6418)
40. Romania (Power Index: 0.6461)
41. Malaysia (Power Index: 0.6523)
42. Peru (Power Index: 0.6841)
43. Venezuela (Power Index: 0.6931)
44. Nigeria (Power Index: 0.7007)
45. Bangladesh (Power Index: 0.7156)
46. Colombia (Power Index: 0.7157)
47. Ethiopia (Power Index: 0.7361)
48. Uzbekistan (Power Index: 0.7365)
49. Bulgaria (Power Index: 0.7525)
50. Syria (Power Index: 0.7644)

For the full report please visit the official website of Global Fire Power.

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Bangladesh Tourism Sector | 5 Steps Improvements

Bangladesh has made great achievement in tourism sectors through development of security, infrastructure and communication of the country. In the last two years tourism sector of Bangladesh has risen by five steps globally. In 2017 the global position was 125th and this year the position has become 120th.

However, Bangladesh is still far behind in the global average index. This image has appeared in the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019 of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The number of tourist arrival around the world is increasing every year. In 2018 more than 1.4 billion tourists arrived worldwide.

According to the report, total 140 countries have been ranked based on 90 criteria including ports and aviation infrastructure, security, culture, accommodation, financial quality and stable travel opportunities etc. In this, Bangladesh has made the most progress in security in the Asia-Pacific area through regional analysis. Bangladesh has ranked 105th in this index from the previous position 123rd. With improved on security, Bangladesh will be now very convenient for international tourists.

Spain has availed the top position. From second to tenth places have been acquired by France, Germany, Japan, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Canada and Switzerland.

The report Says,

"Asia-Pacific is the second-most competitive region in terms of T&T. Japan (4th) leads the region in overall score, while Bangladesh (120th) had the greatest improvement. The region boasts the best combination of natural and cultural resources, including the highest regional performance for the Cultural Resources and Business Travel sub-index."

According to the report:

• Bangladesh has moved to 111th from position 116th in the grounding of Information and Communication Technology (ICT).
• In Travel and tourism priorities it has moved to position 121st from 127th.
• In the costing competition Bangladesh has moved to position 85th from previous position 89th
• In the land and port infrastructure facilities it has moved to 60th from position 74th.
• In environment safety Bangladesh has moved to position 116th from 128th^.

The report said that Bangladesh is one of the countries that achieved some greatest improvements in travel and tourism potential. But as a whole the country is still far behind. This proves that Bangladesh has great potential and attraction for tourists in this sector. Bangladesh has immense opportunities especially in natural and cultural tourism. Due to this, the number of foreign tourists in Bangladesh is expected to increase rapidly, which is indicating the improvement of tourism sector in the country.

The report also highlighted some shortages in Bangladesh's tourism success. It said that in the International openness Bangladesh has slipped from position 104th to 114th. This has happened due to the increments for visa requirements. In addition, Bangladesh is far behind the global average in tourist services infrastructure. The bureaucratic complexity must also be reduced.

The report recommends utilizing natural resources to move forward the tourism sectors of Bangladesh. The natural tourism is threatened due to relaxation of laws in the protection of the environment. Deadly pollution is reducing the overall attractiveness of Bangladesh. Besides, water purification system is not sufficient.

Of the SAARC countries in the list, India is ranked 34th, Sri Lanka 77th, Nepal 102nd, Bangladesh 120th and Pakistan 121st.

In this year's World Economic Forum discussions, four aspects of tourism sectors have gained importance. These are natural and cultural resources, aviation infrastructure, national travel and tourism policies and proper environment from security to labor market hygiene etc.

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Walkways Beside Four Rivers Around Dhaka City

Around 52 km long walkway will be constructed on the banks of the four rivers surrounding the capital city Dhaka. This walkway will be built on the banks of Buriganga, Turag, Shitalakkhya and Balu rivers. After completion of the whole project the banks of Buriganga and other rivers will be turned into tourist spots that will attract even the foreigners.

Recently construction work of the boundary pillar to stop recapture of these rivers to build the walkway was inaugurated. On July 2019 the Home Minister Mr. Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and the State Minister of Shipping Mr. Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Government inaugurated the work at Kholamora Ghat in Kamrangirchar, Dhaka.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is implementing this project. Recently the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave instructions to bring Buriganga back to its old form. The introduction of the circular waterways around Dhaka will facilitate passenger and freight transport. Buriganga will be seen like Hatirjheel, the whole surrounding area of Dhaka will be changed.

The Buriganga River will be the center of joy and entertainment. If the whole projects implemented then within few years the water of the Buriganga will be pollution free. The river will be used for the livelihood of humans, such an environment will be created. The beauty of the Thames River beside London city will be here in Buriganga River beside Dhaka city.

At present the government is working to free all the rivers surrounding the city from recapturing and pollutions. Lots of steps have already been taken. Based on the reports published on various newspapers regarding this issue, from January-June, 2019, about 5,239 illegal constructions have been evacuated and 145.1 acres river banks were recovered. During this period, about taka 8.5 crore has been fined.

Cooperation of all the peoples is very much needed to save the rivers from pollution's. The whole project work will be done in different phases.

First phase:

• Total number of 3803 RCC border pillars will be placed around the river port of Dhaka. 2340 pillars will have single pile and rest 1,463 pillars will have double piles.
• Construction cost of 3,803 RCC border pillars will be around 70 crore and will be end by December 2020.
• From Ramchandraur to Basila and from Rayerbazar to Kamrangirchar, one kilometer walkway, one km key wall and 2.5 km walkway on pile will be constructed.
• The walkways key-walls construction work will cost 55 crore taka and will be completed by June 2020.

Second Phase:

• From Ramchandrapur to Basila and from Rayerbazar canal to Kamrangirchar, the walkway will be constructed along with bank of the river.
• Apart from this, there will be total 52 km of walkways, 40 km embankment, 10,820 border pillars on the recovered banks of the rivers, three eco-parks, 19 RCC jetties, 100 RCC stairs and other beautification works will be done.
• There will be more 38 spots, 36 signboards, six pontoons, and two tourism parks.

The whole project will be implemented in different phases at a cost of around Taka 845.55 crore and hope will be completed within June 2022.

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Rajshahi City Skyline Images - 2019

The ancient name of the Rajshahi city was Mahakal Gor. Later it became transformed into Rampur-Boalia. Geographical location: 24°07 min to 24°43 min north latitudes and 88°17 min to 88°58 min east longitudes. Total area of the whole district is 2407.01 square kilometers app.

Rajshahi is one of the most beautiful and clean city in Bangladesh. The city is located beside the Padma River which gave the city a special look. Some mega projects are ongoing and some will be start in the near future for a smart development of this city.

Bangabandhu Silicon City (hi-tech park), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre, 200-bed Rajshahi Shishu Hospital, Rajshahi Medical University are some special projects of Rajshahi. Besides there are several projects of Power Distribution Management Development, Roads and Highways has been implementing seven projects including flyovers and roads.

The Northwest Zone of Bangladesh Water Development Board is implementing eight mega schemes, eight projects of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), six other projects of Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE) and the West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has been implementing four different projects.

Below is some collection of Skyline Images of Rajshahi City, taken in the year 2018-2019. All the images has collected from various sources (Internet, Friends, Google Maps etc.)

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Buses will run from Uttara Airport to Jatrabari Kutubkhali without any interruption through the Dhaka Elevated Expressway which is under construction. There will be no traffic congestion in this 20 kilometers long road way, not any traffic signals. People will be able to reach from one end of the city to the other end. This will be the benefit of Dhaka Eligible Expressway.

The Dhaka-Chittagong highway will connect to this Expressway and hope the construction will end in September 2021. This Expressway will be open for vehicular traffic from September-2021. Based on this goal, the project is progressing fast. At present in the project area, the workers and engineers are working 24 hours non-stop due to the dry season facility.

50% of the work of the first phase of this project has already been completed from Airport to Banani section. The second phase is from the Banani railway station to Moghbazar railway crossing which is expected to complete in July next year and the third or final phase will be completed in September 2021 which is from Maghbazar railway crossing to Kutubakhali in Dhaka-Chittagong Highway.

According to the government's plan, the project will be opened for transportation when the project is completed from the Kawla near Airport Railway station to Banani rail crossing and from the Banani rail crossings to the Magbazar railway crossing. At the same time, the third phase of work will continue.

The Dhaka Elevated Expressway has so far made 50% progress in the first phase and the overall progress of the project is 20%. There are total number of 1,304 piles in the expressway. Of these, 280 pile caps, 62 cross-beam constructions have been completed. Hundred percent works of 163 columns of the project is done. The remaining 84 columns were partially completed and the construction of 186 i-girders was completed. Apart from this, the work of establishing two span i-girders has already been completed.

The total cost of this project has been estimated to be 8,940 crore BD Taka. Total length of this flyover is about 20 kilometers. The route is starting from Kawla near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport- Kuril Bishwa road- Banani- Mohakhali- Tejgaon- Maghbazar- Kamalapur- Sayedabad- Jatrabari- Kutubkhali of Dhaka-Chittagong Highway.

The project is being implemented on the basis of Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis. If the project is implemented, the traffic congestion will be reduced considerably inside Dhaka city. It will take only 20 minutes to Kutubakhali from the Airport. There will not even any traffic signals. As a result, vehicles coming from Chittagong city will not stuck in the inner streets of Dhaka city.

The passenger will be able to reach Chittagong from north part of Dhaka without facing any kind of traffic congestion. Not only that, the Dhaka Elevated Expressway will also provide regional connectivity to the Asian Highway corridor and this connectivity will be more advanced and dynamic.

It will also reduce travel costs because the fuel costs will decrease due to this expressway. The most profitable will be the time consuming during the journey. Within in a short span of time passengers will be able to travel 20 km distance. This will also accelerate the economic development of the country. Add new dimension to GDP, new horizons will be created in the field of communication in Dhaka city as well as the whole country.

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On Monday, May 27 2019, new circular bus in Uttara has been inaugurated. Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Atiqul Islam and mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayed Khokan together inaugurated this service.

Mayor Khokan said in the opening ceremony, "Bangladesh is now a role model of development today. And it has become possible due to the strong leadership capability of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. But public transport and traffic congestion is a major problem in our city. Based on the instructions of the Prime Minister, we are working for improving the lives of the people of this city." DSCC mayor urged the citizens to be more aware of the situation.

DNCC mayor Mr Atiqul Islam expressed hope that this bus service will give relief to the Northern residents of Dhaka city. He also said that this is undoubtedly the news of happiness. There is no public transport option for healthy, moving, dynamic and modern Dhaka. If these buses continue to move freely on the streets, pedestrians will have to walk on the footpath. Before that we need to get rid of the sidewalks.

Dhaka mayor of the northern region also said that the law enforcers should take steps to remove the leguna services from the seven avenues of Uttara area.

In the joint initiative of Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka Metropolitan Police, ten number of air conditioned buses of BRTC will run on two routes in Uttara. The minimum fare is 20 taka, maximum 30 taka. Buses on one of the routes are colored green, and another one is colored red.

• From Uttara Passport Office to the House Building via Sonargaon Janapath. The route for red buses starts from Alaol Avenue, and ends at Uttara passport office, having 12 stoppages on both sides of the road.

• From Airport to Uttara sector 12. The route for green buses starts from airport station, and ends up at Uttara sector one, with 19 stoppages in between on both sides of the road. 

Ten buses will cover all the avenues and sectors of Uttara, and run on two separate circular routes.

Ward Councilor Afsar Uddin Khan, Chief Executive Officer of DCC Abdul Hai, BRTC Chairman Farid Ahmed Bhuiyan, Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) Executive Director Khandakar Rakibur Rahman, Additional Commissioner (Traffic) of DMP Mafiz Uddin Ahmed was also present n the ceremony.

Earlier in March, the circular bus service was started in the Dhanmondi- New Market-Azimpur area under the management of BRTC. This service has already got popularity for the local people.

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The Second Meghna and Second Meghna-Gomti Bridge (Daudkandi Bridge) has been inaugurated by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 25^th May 2019, Saturday morning through video conferencing from Ganobhaban. The life-line of Bangladesh's economy, the highly anticipated Dhaka-Chittagong highway (N1) is now feeling better! Since the inauguration, the bridges (Meghna, Meghna-Gomti and Kanchpur) are opened for vehicular movement.

Due to the inauguration of the bridges, the people of the south-east are can return to their home with comfort to enjoy the Eid-Al-Fitr holiday. Nearly seven hundred Crore BD Taka for the construction of the new second Meghna, second Meghna-Gomti Bridge including the second Kanchpur Bridge, have been saved and the construction work has been completed almost seven months before the tentative date.

The Japanese ambassador in Bangladesh Mr. Hiroyasu Ejumi, in the inauguration ceremony, expressed hope that Bangladesh-Japan relations will go much further.

In addition to the second Meghna and the second Gomti-Meghna bridge, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Sasek road connecting project, the Konabari and Chandra flyover at Joydevpur-Chandra-Tangail-Elenga Highway, Kaliakoir- Deohata- Mirzapur- Gharinda underpass and Kadda-1 bridge and Baimail Bridge.

According to local sources, from the booth sides more than 35 thousand vehicles are transported daily by this National Highway (N1). To cross the toll plaza of the two bridges passengers faces the traffic congestion. Due to daily traffic congestion, the highway was become a great suffering route. The construction of the second bridges has begun in 2016, to end the suffering of the last five to six years.

For the financial assistance of JICA and the Bangladesh government, the cost was Taka 1,950 crore for the Meghna-Gomti River which is 1,410 meters long with 17 spans and 17.75 meters wide. The second Meghna Bridge of 17.75 meter width and the cost of Taka 1,750 crore which is 930 meters long including 12 spans. Construction of the two bridges ended in the 41st month for almost three and a half years.

Due to the much-awaited inauguration of Meghna and Meghna-Gomati Bridges, there is no traffic congestion on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway from today (25^th May, 2019). Peoples are not going to suffer for hours after hours and in the Eid return home journey, hoping the passengers will not suffer further. It was found that where there was a congestion hourly traffic jam on the previous day, there was absolutely no traffic congestion on the highway except toll collection time in the same place.

It is known that in any long holiday breaks, including Eid every year caused long traffic congestion when the people's back home. The traffic congestion sometimes crossed the Kanchpur Bridge at the Dhaka Sylhet highway intersection. Last year during the Ramadan, the traffic congestion hit the Mayor Hanif Flyover of Dhaka-Narayanganj under pressure from the people to return home. But the traffic department said that there will be no more such problem again.

Passenger Mr. Ariful traveled on this route told, "I come to Dhaka every week for my business purpose. Before that it took hours after hours to cross the road. Before one day, we had to pass hours in one place. After the bridge started today, I crossed in a moment. Hopefully we will not suffer the trouble of Eid festival”.

The bus driver of Dhaka-Cumilla Tisha Exclusive service told that the bridges have introduced and they are really happy. They had suffered a lot and wasted lots of time before the inauguration. Sometimes even days have passed; they had Iftar and Sahari on the road. It is expected that there will be no more traffic jam on this route.

There is a Joint Expansion in the second Meghna Bridge of 930 meters long. As a result, there will be no obstruction in the movement of this bridge. Vehicles will be able to move on this bridge very quickly. The old Meghna Bridge is of two lanes but the new is of four lanes. That means total six lanes in two bridges. Vehicles with four lanes of roads can move to six lanes in two bridges. As a result, due to the bridge there will be no traffic congestion will occur. The bridges are now free of traffic.

Every year the local administration take additional police help in controlling the traffic congestion of this route. This year, the Second Meghna, Second Meghna-Gomti Bridge (Daudkandi Bridge) and Kanchpur Bridge is ready, so they are expecting that this year there will be no traffic congestion.

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