বাংলাদেশের অজানা কিছু তথ্য...

• ছোট্ট একটি দেশ “বাংলাদেশ” তবে গর্ব করার মত এখন
  অনেক কিছুই আছে যা আমি আপনি অনেকেই জানতাম না !

  
  জেনে নেয়ে যাক আজ আমাদের স্বদেশ সম্পর্কে ।

   

   

  ★★ দূর্নীতিতে বাংলাদেশ আগে ছিল চ্যাম্পিয়ন, কিন্তু এখন
  ১৩তম!
  ★★ বিশ্বের সুখী রাষ্ট্রসমুহের মাঝে বাংলাদেশের অবস্থান
  ১১তম!
  ★★ পৃথিবীর সবচেয়ে স্বাস্থ্যকর পরিবেশের স্থান
  কক্সবাজার! 

  ★★ বৃহত্তর সিলেট এখনও ‘দ্বিতীয় লন্ডন’
  হিসেবে বিশ্বদরবারে পরিচিত!
  ★★ প্রধান ও একমাত্র ম্যানগ্রোভ ফরেস্ট আমাদের
  বাংলাদেশেই! (ভারতের অংশটুকুতে বর্তমানে প্রাণী সম্পদ
  কম।)
  ★★ বিশ্বে এখনও সবচেয়ে বেশী পাট উত্পাদন আমরাই করি! 

  ★★ বাংলাদেশ ফ্রীল্যান্সিং এ এখন বিশ্বে ৩য় এবং খুশির
  খবর হল এই ধারা অব্যাহত
  থাকলে আমারা ফ্রীল্যান্সিং খাতে ২০১৫ এর দিকে ১ম
  স্থানে চলে আসবো!
  ★★ ‘মসজিদের শহর’ এখনও ঢাকা–ই আছে!
  ★★ পৃথিবীর দীর্ঘতম সমুদ্র সৈকত একমাত্র বাংলাদেশেই (কক্সবাজার)!
  ★★ আমাদের শহীদ দিবসই স্বীকৃতি পেয়েছে “আন্তজার্তিক
  মাতৃভাষা দিবস” হিসেবে!
  ★★ পৃথিবীর জনপ্রিয় ভাষাগুলোর মাঝে ‘বাংলা’ এখনও ৪র্থ!
  ★★ আমরাই পৃথিবীর একমাত্র জাতি যারা ভাষার জন্য প্রাণ
  দিয়েছে!

   ★★ একমাত্র বাঙ্গালীই এমন জাতি, যারা প্রবাসে থাকলেও
  নিজস্ব সংস্কৃতিকে ধরে রাখে!
  ★★ পবিত্র হজ্বের পরেই মুসলমানদের সবচেয়ে বড়
  মিলনায়তনের স্থান হলো “বিশ্বইজতেমা” যা কিনা একমাত্র
  বাংলাদেশেই হয়!
  ★★ পবিত্র কাবা’র ৫ ওয়াক্ত নামাজের জন্য নিযুক্ত পাঁচজন ঈমামের মাঝে একজন বাংলাদেশী!
  এর চেয়ে বেশি সম্মান আর কোথায়আছে?
  ★★ এবারের হজ্বেও স্বয়ং আরবের পরেই
  সবচেয়ে বেশী সংখ্যক হাজী ছিলেন বাংলাদেশ থেকে!
  ★★ পৃথিবীর সয়চেয়ে বড় আর উচ্চতম মন্দির আমাদের
  বাংলাদেশেই অবস্থিত! 

  ★★ এখনও প্রতি রমজানে পবিত্র মক্কার
  মসজিদগুলোতে তারাবীহ এর সালাত পড়ানোর দাওয়াত
  যারা পান, তাদের দুই–তৃতীয়াংশই বাংলাদেশী!
  ★★ ক্রিকেটে বিশ্বের এক নম্বর অল–রাউন্ডার সাকিব
  আমাদের দেশেরই!
  ★★ বিশ্বের দ্বিতীয় বৃহত্তম মুসলিম দেশ হচ্ছে বাংলাদেশ! 

  ★★ YouTube আবিষ্কারক তিনজনের একজন (জাবেদ করিম)
  বাংলাদেশী বংশোদ্ভূত!
  ★★ বিশ্বের প্রভাবশালী ১০ জন মানুষের মধ্যে “খান
  একাডেমীর” প্রতিষ্ঠাতা বাংলাদেশী বংশোদ্ভুত সালমান
  খান একজন!
  ★★ আমাদের বাংলা ভাষা অন্যদেশের ২য় রাষ্ট্রভাষার সম্মান পেয়েছে!
  ★★ যুক্তরাজ্যে বাঙালীদেরকে নিয়ে গঠিত
  হয়েছে“মিনি বাংলাদেশ”!
  ★★ চীনে বাঙ্গালীদের জন্য “বাংলাদেশ দিবস”
  নামে একটি দিন জাতীয়ভাবে পালন করা হয়!
  ★★ নিউইয়র্কের সিনেটে বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা দিবস উদযাপনের আইন করে বিল পাশ করাহয়েছে!
  ★★ আমাদের জাতীয় কবির লিখিত কবিতা তুরস্কের জাতীয়
  সঙ্গীত! :::
  অথচ আমরা শুধুই চেঁচাই যে আমাদের কিছুই নাই 

   

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আমিও ছিলেম বসন্ত বেলায়...

আমিও ছিলেম বসন্ত বেলায়
দখিনের হাওয়া যখন তোমার চুলে
খেয়েছিল দোল,
দেখেছিলেম এক ষোড়শী কিশোরীর
উচ্ছল হাসি আহা! বড়ো ভালোবাসি
তোমার গালে পড়া টোল।

চেয়েছিলেম চিরমুগ্ধ এক প্রেমিক
প্রকৃতির সে অপার মহিমাময়
তোমার অঙ্গ সে কী ছন্দময়,
হারিয়েছিলেম এক কবিকে
মুহূর্তের সেই আলোড়নটুকু
আজো পুলকিত করে হৃদয়।

ভেবেছিলেম এমন বসন্ত
যদি হতো অনন্ত তবে
কবির সে কী ভাগ্য,
কতো বসন্ত এলো
বসন্ত গেলো আরো কতো
কবি কী তবে এসবেরই যোগ্য!

তুমি আসবে বলে....

তুমি আসবে বলে বৃষ্টি হল
তপ্ত রোদেলা দুপুরে স্নান করল পৃথিবী,
শুকিয়ে যাওয়া এই ছোট্ট নদীটায়
সাঁই সাঁই জোয়ার এলো আবার।

সজীবতা ফিরে পেল উঠোনের এক কোণে
স্তব্ধ দাঁড়িয়ে থাকা কদম গাছটি,
ডালে ডালে ধরল ছোট বড় কত ফুল।
দেবদারু গাছের শাখায় হঠাৎ
মিষ্টি সুরে গেয়ে উঠল একটা
কালো কোকিল।

কতদিন তুমি আসনা!
তাই সবকিছু বিমর্ষ এমন।

আজ তুমি আসবে বলে
হৃদয় জুড়ে বাজে বাঁশের বাঁশি,
বেহালায় সেই মায়াময় সুর
ফুটফুটে জ‌্যোৎস্না হাসে আকাশে
সুখের মাতম যেন বসন্ত বাতাসে।

তুমি আসবে বলে
ফুলগুলো সব উঠলো হেসে
সবুজে সবুজে ভরল বৃক্ষ কানন।

তুমি আসবে বলে
সমুদ্রের বুকে নামলা শীতলতা
তোমার জন্যই প্রিয় সব মমতা।

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Saint Valentine

Saint / Holiday Figure

Born: ?

Died: c. 270 (beheading)

Birthplace: Roman Empire

Best known as:

The namesake of Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine, according to romantic legend, was a kind-hearted Roman priest who married young couples against the wishes of Emperor Claudius II, and was beheaded for his deeds on the 14th of February. In truth, the exact origins and identity of St. Valentine are not known. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, "At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are mentioned in the early martyrologies under the date of 14 February." Two of these men lived in the third century A.D., one being the bishop of Interamna (now Terni, Italy) and the other a priest of Rome. (Some speculate that these two figures were actually the same man.) Both seem to have been persecuted for their beliefs; the Roman priest reportedly was beaten and then beheaded on the orders of Emperor Claudius II, on or about the year 270. Legends vary on how the martyr's name became connected with romance: the date of his death may have become mingled with the feast of Lupercalia, a pagan festival of love, or with the ancient belief that birds first mate in the middle of February. In modern times Valentine's Day is a day of special romantic sentiment and gift-giving among lover

Biography of Hitlar

• NAME: Adolf Hitler
• OCCUPATION: Military Leader, Dictator
• BIRTH DATE: April 20, 1889
• DEATH DATE: April 30, 1945
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Braunau am Inn, Austria
• PLACE OF DEATH: Berlin, Germany
• NICKNAME: Der Führer ("The Leader")
• FULL NAME: Adolf Hitler

BEST KNOWN FOR

Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945. He initiated World War II and oversaw fascist policies that resulted in millions of deaths.

QUOTES

"Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live."

"It is not truth that matters, but victory."

"Germany will either be a world power or will not be at all."

"I go the way that Providence dictates with the assurance of a sleepwalker."

"If you want to shine like sun first you have to burn like it."

Synopsis

Born in Austria in 1889, Adolf Hitler rose to power in German politics as leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, also known as the Nazi Party. Hitler was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and served as dictator from 1934 to 1945. His policies precipitated World War II and the Holocaust. Hitler committed suicide with wife Eva Braun on April 30, 1945, in his Berlin bunker

Early Years

Born in Branau am Inn, Austria, on April 20, 1889, Adolf Hitler was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and Klara Polzl. When Hitler was 3 years old, the family moved from Austria to Germany. As a child, Hitler clashed frequently with his father. Following the death of his younger brother, Edmund, in 1900, he became detached and introverted. His father did not approve of his interest in fine art rather than business. In addition to art, Hitler showed an early interest in German nationalism, rejecting the authority of Austro-Hungary. This nationalism would become the motivating force of Hitler's life.

Alois died suddenly in 1903. Two years later, Adolf’s mother allowed her son to drop out of school. He moved to Vienna and worked as a casual laborer and a watercolor painter. Hitler applied to the Academy of Fine Arts twice, and was rejected both times. Out of money, he moved into a homeless shelter, where he remained for several years. Hitler later pointed to these years as the time when he first cultivated his anti-Semitism, though there is some debate about this account.

At the outbreak of World War I, Hitler applied to serve in the German army. He was accepted in August 1914, though he was still an Austrian citizen. Although he spent much of his time away from the front lines, Hitler was present at a number of significant battles and was wounded at the Somme. He was decorated for bravery, receiving the Iron Cross First Class and the Black Wound Badge.

Hitler became embittered over the collapse of the war effort. The experience reinforced his passionate German patriotism, and he was shocked by Germany's surrender in 1918. Like other German nationalists, he believed that the German army had been betrayed by civilian leaders and Marxists. He found the Treaty of Versailles degrading, particularly the demilitarization of the Rhineland and the stipulation that Germany accept responsibility for starting the war.

After World War I, Hitler returned to Munich and continued to work for the military as an intelligence officer. While monitoring the activities of the German Workers’ Party (DAP), Hitler adopted many of the anti-Semitic, nationalist and anti-Marxist ideas of DAP founder Anton Drexler. Drexler invited Hitler to join the DAP, which he did in 1919.

To increase its appeal, the DAP changed its name to theNationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP). Hitler personally designed the party banner, featuring a swastika in a white circle on a red background. Hitler soon gained notoriety for his vitriolic speeches against the Treaty of Versailles, rival politicians, Marxists and Jews.

In 1921, Hitler replaced Drexler as NSDAP party chairman.

Hitler's vitriolic beer-hall speeches began attracting regular audiences. Early followers included army captain Ernst Rohm, the head of the Nazi paramilitary organization, the Sturmabteilung (SA), which protected meetings and frequently attacked political opponents. On November 8, 1923, Hitler and the SA stormed a public meeting of 3,

000 people at a large beer hall in Munich. Hitler announced that the national revolution had begun and declared the formation of a new government. After a short struggle including 20 deaths, the coup, known as the "Beer Hall Putsch," failed.

Hitler was arrested three days later and tried for high treason. He served a year in prison, during which time he dictated most of the first volume of Mein Kampf ("My Struggle") to his deputy, Rudolf Hess. The book laid out Hitler's plans for transforming German society into one based on race.

Rise to Power

The Great Depression in Germany provided a political opportunity for Hitler. Germans were ambivalent to the parliamentary republic and increasingly open to extremist options. In 1932, Hitler ran against Paul von Hindenburg for the presidency. Hitler came in second in both rounds of the election, garnering more than 35 percent of the vote in the final election. The election established Hitler as a strong force in German politics. Hindenburg reluctantly agreed to appoint Hitler as chancellor in order to promote political balance.

Hitler used his position as chancellor to form a de facto legal dictatorship. The Reichtag Fire Decree, announced after a suspicious fire at the Reichtag, suspended basic rights and allowed detention without trial. Hitler also engineered the passage of the Enabling Act, which gave his cabinet full legislative powers for a period of four years and allowed deviations from the constitution.

Having achieved full control over the legislative and executive branches of government, Hitler and his political allies embarked on a systematic suppression of the remaining political opposition. By the end of June, the other parties had been intimidated into disbanding. On July 14, 1933, Hitler's Nazi Party was declared the only legal political party in Germany.

Military opposition was also punished. The demands of the SA for more political and military power led to the Night of the Long Knives, which took place from June 30 to July 2, 1934. Ernst Röhm and other SA leaders, along with a number of Hitler's political enemies, were rounded up and shot.

The day before Hindenburg’s death in August 1934, the cabinet had enacted a law abolishing the office of president and combining its powers with those of the chancellor. Hitler thus became head of state as well as head of government, and was formally named as leader and chancellor. As head of state, Hitler became supreme commander of the armed forces. He began to mobilize for war. Germany withdrew from the League of Nations, and Hitler announced a massive expansion of Germany’s armed forces.

The Nazi regime also included social reform measures. Hitler promoted anti-smoking campaigns across the country. These campaigns stemmed from Hitler’s self-imposed dietary restrictions, which included abstinence from alcohol and meat. At dinners

Hitler sometimes told graphic stories about the slaughter of animals in an effort to shame his fellow diners. He encouraged all Germans to keep their bodies pure of any intoxicating or unclean substance.

A main Nazi concept was the notion of racial hygiene. New laws banned marriage between non-Jewish and Jewish Germans, and deprived "non-Aryans" of the benefits of German citizenship. Hitler's early eugenic policies targeted children with physical and developmental disabilities, and later authorized a euthanasia program for disabled adults.

The Holocaust was also conducted under the auspices of racial hygiene. Between 1939 and 1945, Nazis and their collaborators were responsible for the deaths of 11 million to 14 million people, including about 6 million Jews, representing two-thirds of the Jewish population in Europe. Deaths took place in concentration and extermination camps and through mass executions. Other persecuted groups included Poles, communists, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses and trade unionists, among others. Hitler probably never visited the concentration camps and did not speak publicly about the killings.

World War II

In 1938, Hitler, along with several other European leaders, signed the Munich Agreement. The treaty ceded the Sudetenland districts to Germany, reversing part of the Versailles Treaty. As a result of the summit, Hitler was named Time magazine's Man of the Year for 1938. This diplomatic win only whetted his appetite for a renewed German dominance. On September 1, Germany invaded Poland. In response, Britain and France declared war on Germany.

Hitler escalated his activities in 1940, invading Scandinavia as well as France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Belgium. Hitler ordered bombing raids on the United Kingdom, with the goal of invasion. Germany’s formal alliance with Japan and Italy, known collectively as the Axis powers, was signed to deter the United States from supporting and protecting the British.

On June 22, 1941, Hitler violated a non-aggression pact with Joseph Stalin, sending 3 million German troops into the Soviet Union. The invading force seized a huge area before the German advance was stopped outside Moscow in December 1941.

On December 7, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Hitler was now at war against a coalition that included the world's largest empire (Britain), the world's greatest financial power (the U.S.) and the world's largest army (the Soviet Union).

Facing these odds, Hitler's military judgment became increasingly erratic. Germany's military and economic position deteriorated along with Hitler's health. Germany and the Axis could not sustain Hitler’s aggressive and expansive war. In late 1942, German forces failed to seize the Suez Canal. The German army also suffered defeats at the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Kursk.

On June 6, 1944, the Western Allied armies landed in northern France. As a result of these significant setbacks, many German officers concluded that defeat was inevitable and that Hitler's denial would result in the destruction of the country.

Death and Legacy

By early 1945, Hitler realized that Germany was going to lose the war. The Soviets had driven the German army back into Western Europe, and the Allies were advancing into Germany. On April 29, 1945, Hitler married his girlfriend, Eva Braun, in a small civil ceremony in his Berlin bunker. Around this time, Hitler was informed of the assassination of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. Afraid of falling into the hands of enemy troops, Hitler and Braun committed suicide the day after their wedding, on April 30, 1945. Their bodies were carried to the bombed-out garden behind the Reich Chancellery, where they were burned. Berlin fell on May 2, 1945.

Hitler’s political program had brought about a world war, leaving behind a devastated and impoverished Eastern and Central Europe, including Germany. His policies inflicted human suffering on an unprecedented scale and resulted in the death of an estimated 40 million people, including about 27 million in the Soviet Union. Hitler's defeat marked the end of a phase of European history dominated by Germany, and the defeat of fascism. A new ideological global conflict, the Cold War, emerged in the aftermath of World War II.