Chittagong Collectorate Building |
Chittagong, with its beautiful landscape and rugged terrain, is the
commercial capital, the second largest metropolis, and the premier seaport
of the country. It handles almost all of the Bangladesh’s import and export.
The shipping world, the import/export businesses, ship breaking, steel, gas,
petroleum, heavy industries have grown up here.
Only four and half square miles in 1947, the area of the town centred on the
small hillocks around old fortress area in Anderkilla now a 209 sq.
kilometer-city with rapid industrializations and development the city has
expanded to the west to Hathazari, Faujdarhat on the north and to Kalurghat
on the northeast. Chittagong has a population of over 3.3 million, and it
continues to grow. One of the cleanest cities of Bangladesh, it has a
serenity of its own.
Chittagong University, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology,
International Islamic University of Chittagong, University of Science and
Technology Chittagong, Chittagong College, other universities, the
Mercantile Marine Academy, colleges, schools, religious education centres
and technical education institutions meet the demand of an ever growing
number of students of the city. For more.. |
