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- Bengali word order
- Standard modern Bengali clauses follow subject–object–verb order. The finite verb normally comes last, and modifiers precede the noun they modify.
- মেঘনাদবধ কাব্য
- An epic poem by Michael Madhusudan Dutt, published in 1861, written in blank verse (অমিত্রাক্ষর). It is regarded as the first full-length Bengali epic.
- রূপসী বাংলা
- A poetry collection by Jibanananda Das published in 1957, celebrating the rural landscape of Bengal. It contains the widely known poem বনলতা সেন.
- Tagore Nobel Prize
- Rabindranath Tagore received the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature for গীতাঞ্জলি (Song Offerings). He was the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in any category.
- Subject-verb agreement
- A verb must match its subject in number and person. Indefinite pronouns such as everyone, each, and neither take singular verbs despite referring to many.
- Reported speech backshift
- When the reporting verb is past, tense in the reported clause usually shifts back, for example present to past and past to past perfect.
- Third conditional
- A structure for unreal past situations: if + past perfect in the condition, and would have + past participle in the result clause.
- Comma splice
- An error in which two independent clauses are joined only by a comma. Correct it with a semicolon, a coordinating conjunction, or a full stop.
- Profit percent formula
- Profit percent equals selling price minus cost price, divided by cost price, multiplied by one hundred. It is always calculated on cost price.
- Compound interest
- Interest computed on principal plus accumulated interest. Amount equals principal times one plus rate divided by compounding periods, raised to total periods.
- Combined work formula
- If one worker finishes a job in x days and another in y days, working together they finish in xy divided by x plus y days.
- LCM and HCF relation
- For two positive integers, the product of their least common multiple and highest common factor equals the product of the two numbers themselves.
- Speed unit conversion
- To convert kilometres per hour into metres per second, multiply by five-eighteenths. To reverse the conversion, multiply by eighteen-fifths.
- Victory Day
- Observed on 16 December in Bangladesh, marking the surrender of Pakistani forces in Dhaka in 1971 and the end of the Liberation War.
- SAARC founding
- The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation was established in 1985 in Dhaka. Its permanent secretariat is located in Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Geneva Conventions
- A set of 1949 treaties and protocols forming the core of international humanitarian law, protecting wounded soldiers, prisoners of war, and civilians in conflict.
- United Nations membership
- The United Nations was founded in 1945 with headquarters in New York. It currently has 193 member states; Bangladesh joined in 1974.
- RAM versus ROM
- RAM is volatile working memory that loses content when power is cut. ROM is non-volatile and typically stores firmware such as the boot instructions.
- IPv4 versus IPv6
- IPv4 addresses are 32 bits long and written in dotted decimal form. IPv6 addresses are 128 bits and written in hexadecimal groups.
- HTTPS port number
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure uses port 443 by default and encrypts traffic with TLS. Plain HTTP uses port 80 without encryption.
- Firewall function
- A firewall inspects network traffic and permits or blocks it according to configured rules, forming a barrier between trusted internal networks and untrusted ones.
- Byte conversion
- One byte equals eight bits. One kilobyte equals 1024 bytes, one megabyte equals 1024 kilobytes, and one gigabyte equals 1024 megabytes.
- Bangladesh-India border length
- Bangladesh shares roughly 4,096 kilometres of land boundary with India along its west, north, and east, the longest border with any single country.
- BGB origin
- Border Guard Bangladesh began as the Ramgarh Local Battalion in 1795, was later called Bangladesh Rifles, and received its present name in 2010.
- Exclusive Economic Zone
- A coastal state may claim an exclusive economic zone extending 200 nautical miles from the baseline, with sovereign rights over living and mineral resources.
- Border pillar protocol
- Boundary pillars mark the international line. Any displaced, damaged, or missing pillar must be recorded and raised for joint verification by both sides.
- Tropic of Cancer in Bangladesh
- The Tropic of Cancer at about 23.5 degrees north latitude passes through Bangladesh, placing most of the country in a tropical monsoon climatic zone.
- Sundarbans
- The world's largest mangrove forest, shared by Bangladesh and India. The Bangladeshi portion spans Khulna, Satkhira, and Bagerhat and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Chittagong Hill Tracts
- A southeastern region of Bangladesh comprising Rangamati, Khagrachari, and Bandarban districts, characterised by folded hills, narrow valleys, and diverse ethnic communities.
- Cyber phishing
- A social-engineering attack in which a fraudulent message impersonates a trusted source to trick a person into revealing passwords, OTPs, or account details.
- Need-to-know principle
- Access to sensitive information is granted only to persons whose duties require it. This limits the harm caused by a single compromised or careless account.
- National emergency number
- In Bangladesh, dialling 999 connects police, fire service, and ambulance. The number 333 is the national government information and service helpline.