Lesson 5/54 min
Recent firsts and proposed projects
Watch out: The facts here are as of when Zubair's book was printed; items marked ‘will be’ were proposals then. They may have changed, so none is in the quiz. Check current news before an exam.
Very recent firsts (Zubair)
| Item | Fact |
|---|---|
| First artificial kidney | Shuvo Roy |
| First artificial lung | Ayesha Arefin Tumpa |
| First artificial brain | Saiful Islam |
| First gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad | Ahmed Jawad Chowdhury (Chattogram) |
| First warship built in the country | BNS Padma |
| First e-book | Ekushey e-book |
| First digital district | Jashore |
| First Wi-Fi city | Sylhet |
| First and largest burn unit | Chankharpul, Dhaka (Sheikh Hasina Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute) |
| Bangladeshi girl to cross the English Channel | Mitu Akhtar |
| Invented a solar-powered helicopter | Dr Hasan Shahid |
| Only oceanographic research institute | Ramu, Cox's Bazar |
| Beggar-free union | Kulkathi, Nalchity, Jhalokati |
| River container terminal | Pangaon, Dhaka |
| First smartphone made in the country | Walton (Primo E81) |
| Laptop, computer and smartphone factory | Chandra, Gazipur (Walton) |
| Marine museum | Kuakata, Patuakhali |
| Water museum | Kalapara, Patuakhali |
| Hi-tech park | Kaliakair, Gazipur |
| Liberation War research cell | Rajshahi University |
| Woman solicitor | Jasmin Ara Begum |
| Pulitzer Prize (as a Bangladeshi) | Mohammad Ponir Hossain, a Reuters photographer; 2018, as part of the team |
Proposed projects (as in Zubair)
| Project | Place |
|---|---|
| Autistic academy | Mohakhali, Dhaka |
| Printing industry city | Sirajdikhan, Munshiganj |
| ‘Khan Jahan Ali Airport’ | Rampal, Bagerhat |
| First Silicon City | Rajshahi |
| Software park | Karwan Bazar, Dhaka |
| Pharmaceutical industrial park | Gazaria, Munshiganj |
| Michael University | Jashore |
| Bangabandhu Digital University | Gazipur |
| Sylhet University | Sylhet |
| Submarine base and maritime university | Chattogram |
| LNG terminal and deepest seaport | Moheshkhali, Cox's Bazar |
| Waste-to-power plant | Ashuganj, Brahmanbaria |
Check yourself
What is the first locally made smartphone and who made it?
At a glance
- 1
First digital district Jashore; first Wi-Fi city Sylhet.
- 2
First locally built warship BNS Padma; first smartphone Walton Primo E81.
- 3
First gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad: Ahmed Jawad Chowdhury.
- 4
Pulitzer (2018, Reuters team): Mohammad Ponir Hossain; first river container terminal Pangaon.
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Proposed: Silicon City in Rajshahi; deepest seaport and LNG terminal at Moheshkhali.