The City Of Night

A city that never sleeps. My city, my place. The city, that is connected with my heart, with my childhood, with my youth, where i grew up. where I spend my school days my college days. Saidpur, the city of love. Where people never sleep at night. Where everything starts at night. Where people are so kind so helpful. Saidpur a city of Nilphamari district in Rangpur Division of Bangladesh. The city has become a very important communication hub for adjoining major district headquarters. Saidpur airport is one of the domestic airports in Bangladesh. The Saidpur railway workshop, established in 1870, is the largest in Bangladesh and was the major railway workshop for Assam-Bengal railway.

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The city has historically been an Urdu-speaking community with close ties to Bihar. The city of Saidpur was established around the Saidpur Railway Workshop, established in 1870 by the British Colonial regime. Nothing is known about the origin of the upazila's name. It is learned that in the long past there came a Sayed family from Koch Bihar of India and settled in this area and started preaching Islam. It is generally believed that the Upazila might have derived its name, syedpur, from the name of that Sayed family. Saidpur became Thana in 1915.The municipality of Saidpur was incorporated in 1958. The city is divided into 15 wards and 43 mahallas. A municipality mayor is elected every 5 years. This role is currently filled by Rafika Akhter Jahan, who was elected as the city's first female mayor in February 2021.The city is the commercial hub for the surrounding districts. The biggest railway workshop of Bangladesh is here. The city never sleeps, it is also known as the city of night. Business always runs here night and day. The city center has many government and private banks, insurance companies, residential hotels, Chinese and Indian restaurants, fast food, sweet shops, gift shops, and many more. It is an important economic zone in Bangladesh.Saidpur airport is the fourth domestic airport in bangladesh which is under construction.

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Recently local businessmen have invested in the ready-made garments sector, and they have succeeded in capturing a good market position in India, Nepal, Bhutan. With the help and initiative taken by the sme foundation, these garments are now exporting their goods in Europe, United States, etc. Some medium and heavy industries are growing here, especially the agricultural industry, crockery, organic fertilizer, oil from recycled tires, light metal industry, etc. There are also some good markets and shopping malls here. Communication is so good here to run a business. The pottery is also very beautiful and unique. It has captured a good market nationally and internationally. There are 24 private and government banks in Saidpur – most of them have online banking facilities. There are a huge number of atm booths in the city and near it to facilitate online transactions 24/7.The official and academic language of the city is Modern Standard Bengali that serves as the lingua franca of the nation, with 98% of Bangladeshis being fluent in Bengali as their first language.  However, All the Bihari people in the city use Hindi–Urdu as their mother tongue which is noticeable and influential in this city of Bangladesh, where Biharis form around half the population.The language dialect of the non-Bengali-speaking people of the region is slightly different from the modern standard Urdu or Hindi language trending toward Bihari languages. Insome traditional wedding of non-Bengali origin, women sing folk songs in Bihari languages particularly in Bhojpuri, Magahi, Awadhi and Maithili. Bihari Hindu people in Saidpur use mostly Bhojpuri among themselves. The use of Urdu may be noticeable in some parts of the market, in local announcements, Urdu musaharati Na'at during Ramadan sehri and Mushaira programs. However, these Hindustani languages are not constitutionally recognized official languages in Bangladesh as for other Indigenous peoples in Bangladesh. However, The city is famous for its educational institutions. Some renowned institutions of this city are Saidpur Government Science College, Bangladesh Railway Govt. School, Saidpur Cantonment Public School and College, Lions school and college, Saidpur, Sunflower School and College, Saidpur Government College, Saidpur Adarsha Girls School and College, Cantonment Board High School, Saidpur, International School, Saidpur. Besides those, there are 9 more colleges and more than 50 secondary and primary schools in the city. The city has three colleges that offer undergraduate and degree courses under Bangladesh National University. In recent, four or five schools, as well as colleges, become top on the merit list of Board of Intermediate and Secondary school.  Notable historical or cultural monuments are Chini Mosque (1863) at Islambagh

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Nat Settlement Prison (1871) at Natun Babu Para, Martuza Institute (1882) near Saidpur railway station, Saidpur Church (1893), Christian Church of Bangladesh (1906). The city has an officers' club and two other clubs and institutes where the city's various dramas and musicals take place. There is also a 150(appx.)-a year-old cultural club called Silpo Sahitto Shongshod. Every year people celebrate Eid al-Fitor, Eid-al-Adha, Bengali New Year (Pohela Baishakh), English New Year, etc. with enthusiasm and festiveness. Nightlife in this city is very festive; the city markets hardly sleep at night. Besides all these the city people are mad for sports too. There are two big sports stadiums and so many playgrounds are available to meet the city's sports-loving people. Many divisional and district level cricket, football, badminton, festival sports take place during the year. A female cricketer named Marufa Akter who is from Saidpur nilphamari and she is a player of our national Cricket team. A male cricketer named Soriful Islam who played BPL 2023 for Rangpur Riders.


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