Shob-e-barat in Bangladesh

The night is known as the 'night of fate' or 'night of grace' to Muslims around the world.Believers will offer special prayers at mosques from after the Maghrib or the evening prayer on Tuesday. Pious Muslims spend the night in prayer, and pray for the salvation of the departed souls. Dishes like Ruti-Halua are prepared in many households and distributed among the community on the occasion. It is believed that on this night the Creator decides on human fate for the upcoming year, and so the night is very significant to Muslims.A milad mahfil at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, a discussion session at the Islamic Foundation, oaj-mahfil at Arambagh Bara Rahmat and Gulshan's Gausul Azam complex, will be arranged on the occasion. Additionally discussions and milad-mahfils will also be arranged by various religious and social organisations. Government offices, commercial banks and financial institutions have announced Wednesday as a holiday on this occasion – with no newspapers being published.

The Royel Bengal Tiger

The Sundarbans is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests. The area is known for the eponymous Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), as well as numerous fauna including species of birds, spotted deer, crocodiles and snakes.It is estimated that there are now 500 Bengal tigers and about 30,000 spotted deer in the area.

National fish of Bangladesh

Hilsa is the national fish of Bangle It is an economically important tropical fish.adesh, Hilsa is mainly available in the major Bangladesh rivers of the Padma,Meghna, Jamuna, and Godavari. In Bengal, hilsa can be smoked, fried, steamed, baked in young plantain leaves, prepared with mustard seed paste, curd, brinjal (eggplant), different condiments like jeera and so on. It is said that people can cook hilsa in more than 50 ways. Hilsa roe is also popular as a side dish. Hilsa can be cooked in very little oil since the fish itself is very oily.

National fruit of Bangladesh

It is the national fruit of Bangladesh. Jackfruit plants are frost sensitive. The jackfruit bears fruit three years after planting. Recently, the species expanded excessively, due to the fact that its fruits, once they had naturally fallen to the ground and opened, were eagerly eaten by small mammals such as the common marmoset and the coati. The seeds are dispersed by these animals, which allows the jackfruit to compete for space with native tree-species. Additionally, as the marmoset and coati also prey opportunistically on bird's eggs and nestlings, the supply of jackfruit as a ready source of food has allowed them to expand their populations, which has negatively impacted the local bird population.

Doyel the national bird of Bangladesh

Doyel is our national bird.Magpie-robin is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia, Thailand, south China and the Philippines. They have been introduced to Australia.
The Oriental Magpie Robin is found in open woodland, cultivated areas often close to human habitations.

Shapla the national flower of Bangladesh

Shapla or Water Lily is an aquatic plant of the genus Nymphaea which has large, disk-like, floating leaves and showy flowers.
There are about 50 species growing in different countries. In Bangladesh there are two species: N. nouchali (blue variety) and N. pubescens (white variety).
Both species grow abundantly as a mixed population in almost all shallow natural waterbodies, but the latter is more frequent and popular in Bangladesh and has been designated as the national flower.

International Mother Language Day

International Mother Language Day originated as the international recognition of Language Movement Day, which has been commemorated in Bangladesh since 1952, when a number of Dhaka university students were killed by the Pakistani police and army in Dhaka during the Bengali Language Movement. On 21 March 1948, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Governor general of Pakistan, declared that Urdu would be the only official language for both West and East Pakistan. The people of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), whose main language is Bengali, started to protest against this. On 21 February 1952, (8 Falgun 1359 in the Bengali calendar), students in the present day capital city of Dhaka called for a provincial strike. The government invoked a limited curfew to prevent this and the protests were tamed down so as to not break the curfew. The Pakistani police fired on the students despite these peaceful protests and a number of students were killed.