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Nah , even never had chance to discuss in any thread, it looks he does not post anymore,atleast since I have registered I haven't seen him in any discussion!

But familiar with some of his threads before registering here. He used to post military related threads. But now a days other than sticky threads I see no Defence discussion in this subforum!

I think BD members are waiting for specific action/results on the fighter selection program etc....and then it will pick up again. Because that was the big thing that supposed to be done soon after elections were completed.

There was just simply too many long threads and time used up before that amounted to nothing concrete (and I have teased them about it many times)....so they must wait and prove me and others "wrong" this time :)
 
Current status of emergency hotline number '999':


Latest on Dhaka MetroRail construction progress:

 
Business Report Feb. 17

Presentation on issues facing Bangladesh Private Aviation Sector

Record growth of 100-200% in the Chemicals and Drug manufacturing sectors....

 
Still the subject of dreams...but a real construction firm of international repute has been retained, along with a reputable local one (Powerpac)....Tower 142.....

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Still the subject of dreams...but a real construction firm of international repute has been retained, along with a reputable local one (Powerpac)....Tower 142.....

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Are the number of floors finalized. Last time in the bid submission they claimed to have the tower between 100 to 142 depending on the soil structure. If 142 then the soil is good as opposed to @bluesky
 
Are the number of floors finalized. Last time in the bid submission they claimed to have the tower between 100 to 142 depending on the soil structure. If 142 then the soil is good as opposed to @bluesky

Well they are still keeping things close to the chest and not publicizing a lot.

Construction contract went to Tajima-Powerpac consortium last i heard. Tajima is a reputed older company and has built many tall towers in Japan.

The pilings will have to be driven quite deep if they have to hit bedrock, but we have forged new avenues with the purchase of that custom Menck pile driver for Padma bridge, world's largest. But we will still need to know how deep to drive the piles.

Generally a rule of thumb says that floodplain type alluvial soil in Dhaka got deposited over hundreds of miilions of years so bedrock will be somewhere around 250-300 feet deep, which is still shallower than how deep the pilings in the Padma bridge footings were driven. I am sure they will do soil testing and bedrock depth geologic mapping when Tajima prepares the structural drawings.

I will be happy if the tower exceeds 71 stories, 142 is still unbelievable to a lot of people.

Here are the soil geology types around Dhaka...
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Whereas in Japan, they learned quite brutally and cruelly because of WW2, what the dangers are of over-reliance on a govt (no matter what your society is like)...that grabs the nationalism banner for itself exclusively. Thus lot more of this foundational true people-based nationalism approach instead in Japan. You can see it for yourself, how Japanese schools were like before WW2 too (and Japan in general, and japanese goods quality etc), they really were not great at all, or even average....because the govt had imposed itself as the be-all end-all agent....above and over the common people.....rather than subservient/accountable to them.
It is not exactly what you are thinking about Japan about the past and present. Japan was not really dependent upon the govt but on the govt supported by the ultra-nationalist military since after the Russian Baltic Fleet was destroyed by the newly built Japanese Navy in 1905 in the Sea of Japan. Japanese fleet kept on chasing the Russian fleet up to Vladivostok. A 100 Russian ships were destroyed.

A country does not develop in a single day and its products do not get applauds overnight. Every country has to go through a certain painful process. Even Germany was the sick man of Europe before Bismarck.

A school is not about the buildings but its curriculums and the quality of teachers/education. Whatever may be the quality of school buildings Japan emphasized more on mass 100% education that it achieved in 1905 through a continuous 40 years of efforts. The Curriculum is based on nationalism and human qualities like manners, sincerity, honesty, morality, discipline, dutifulness, mutual respect, and a hundred other things. These were from Confucius philosophy.

Success in producing better quality human assets resulted in the production of good quality goods in this country. You are talking about bad quality Japanese products, but the quality was almost the same in Europe and America in those days. Technology improved step by step and Japan continued to improve its own and imported technologies before and after WWll.

Many things went well in Japan because of the respect the citizens have for the Institution called Emperor. After the Meiji Restoration, the top bureaucrats, engineers, and doctors scrambled to Europe and America to learn the western ways and adopt/adapt these in Japanese society. However, the quality of life did not improve that much because of international politics. Instead of thinking about quality the govt had to go to build up a strong military.

This military bureaucracy was responsible for engaging in war with 5 great powers in the WWll - USA, England, France, Holland, and China. It was not a small feat of action by an Asian country. Even after the WWl, the white big powers were forced to sit with new Japan.

Quality of life was miserable during the war. But, Japan gradually re-built its industries. Note that I said "Re-built". Japan built many industries in the 1910s even in Taiwan, Manchuria, and Korea. Japan had the technology but the quality of life improves only gradually and not immediately. This is why we can see how the Japanese have improved the standard of living to a level higher than in many countries in Europe in gradual steps after WWll.
 
Govt. arranges summit for Non Resident Bangladeshi technologists and engineers, asking them to return, invest and contribute by offering technical knowhow.


Chip design expertise training initiatives sought in local universities from NRB's,


Hazardous unsafe chemical material storage to be moved away from old Dhaka residential areas to outside Dhaka, says Ministry of Industries. This is a reaction to fatal fires that embarrassed the govt. a couple of days ago.

 
Govt. arranges summit for Non Resident Bangladeshi technologists and engineers, asking them to return, invest and contribute by offering technical knowhow.


Chip design expertise training initiatives sought in local universities from NRB's,


Hazardous unsafe chemical material storage to be moved away from old Dhaka residential areas to outside Dhaka, says Ministry of Industries. This is a reaction to fatal fires that embarrassed the govt. a couple of days ago.


why we need to build everything near Dhaka . we need to send some planed industrial zone as far as possible from Dhaka like in Meherpur Sariatpur so that Dhaka can divert people from coming Dhaka or near Dhaka . As Padma bridge already under construction we need to have planned city and industrial Zone in other side of Padma .
 
why we need to build everything near Dhaka . we need to send some planed industrial zone as far as possible from Dhaka like in Meherpur Sariatpur so that Dhaka can divert people from coming Dhaka or near Dhaka . As Padma bridge already under construction we need to have planned city and industrial Zone in other side of Padma .

You make some valid points but planned industrial zones for export are typically built near areas where logistics can be eased for input and output of industries. Zones ideally have to be around ports or major industrial conglomeration thoroughfares for maximum efficiency.

Initially the apparel factories grew up near Dhaka because the promoters, technical expertise and investors were all Dhaka-based and commutes and logistics were far worse compared to today.

In Bangladesh' case (fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your viewpoint) it has to be around ports as well. Dhaka Container port (both rail and riverport facilities), Meghna riverport or seaports like Mongla, Chittagong, Payra, Matarbari etc. fits the bill. I reckon at some point there will be zones around Chandpur and other major riverports - those are being planned or being built.

In China it is a much bigger scenario but almost all export zones are built on or near coastal seaports for ease of ingress and egress of goods. Which minimizes delays due to river transport and trucking through roads.
 
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(Yes still waiting to have the ugly overhead wires go underground)

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