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of which are filled with louvre frames for ventilation and shade. The veranda on the second storey wraps around the porte-cochère in a narrower strip supported by concrete brackets set on corbelled brick footings. This strip of veranda is covered with a sloping shingled roof. The entrance foyer is
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a type of free hand wrestling, is organised every year at this place during the Bangla New Year festival. At the festival it is the centre of attraction for people of all ages.
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or Nobo Borsho or Bengali New Year celebrated every year on the open stage called "Shireeshtala" at CRB area. This open stage surrounded by several old
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at CRB and up-grade the existing Railway Hospital to 250 beds. There is a residential area for the railway officers surrounding it.
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in the centre and semi-octagonal towers at either end. The porte-cochère consists of a five bay arcade with buttresses of
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surmounted by a hemispherical dome. The blocks behind the semi-octagonal terminal projections are three storeys high.
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The principal (south) façade is two storeys high and 360 feet (110 m) in length with three projections: a large
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brickwork at each corner. Each of the two vehicle entrances is spanned by a large
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Chittagong
Coordinates
22°20′31″N 91°49′18″E / 22.3420°N 91.8216°E / 22.3420; 91.8216
Chittagong
Bangladesh Railway
medical college

porte-cochère
corbelled
pointed arch
veranda
tympana
Pohela Boishakh
Albizia lebbeck
Boli Khela
Transport in Bangladesh

Rail
Lines
Station
Trains
Roads
Boat
History
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Air Astra
Biman Bangladesh
Fly Dhaka Airlines
Novoair

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