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Sitakund

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The Dhaka–Chittagong Highway runs through Sitakunda, connecting the two largest cities in Bangladesh. The Botanical Garden and the Eco-Park at Sitakunda is the first of its kind in Bangladesh providing an eco-friendly habitat for the wildlife and creating a healthy tourist resort are its priorities too.

Chandranath Temple is located on top of the Chandranath Hill, is a famous Shakti Peeth located near Sitakunda in Chattogram where, as per Hindu sacred texts, the right arm of Goddess Sati fell. Chandranath Temple is a pilgrimage site for Hindus.

According to legend, Shiva's wife Sati immolated herself in the yajna-fire of her father Daksha, as a protest against Shiva's dishonor. The God became furious and started to dance the Tāndava with Sati's body on his shoulders. Knowing that the dance of destruction was about to annihilate the world, Vishnu cut the body of Sati to pieces with Sudarshana Chakram, his celestial weapon, thereby appeasing Shiva. Each of 51 pieces of the body fell to earth, and the place where each piece fell became a holy center of pilgrimage or Shakti Peetha.

The legend goes that Sati's right arm fell near a now-extinct hot spring at the Chandranth peak in Sitakunda. The site is marked by the temple of Sambhunath just below the Chandranath temple on top of the peak, and it is a major tirtha for Hindus in Bangladesh.

Sitakunda also features 280 mosques (including the Shah Mosque) 8 mazars (including Baro Awlias Mazar, Kalu Shah Mazar, Fakir Hat Mazar, Shahjahani Shah Mazar), 49 Hindu temples (including Labanakhya Mandir, Chandranath Mandir, Shambunath Mandir), 3 ashrams (including Sitakunda Shankar Math), and 3 Buddhist temples. The Hammadyar Mosque, located at the village of Masjidda on the banks of a tank known as the Hammadyar Dighi, was built during the reign of Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah, the last Husain Shahi sultan of Bengal, as recorded by the inscription above the central entrance.

Languages spokenBengali
Currency usedBangladeshi Taka BDT
Area (km2)483.97
Country nameBangladesh

Culture and history info

The legends of the area state the sage Bhargava created a pond (kunda) for Sita to bathe in when her husband Lord Ramchandra visited during his exile in the forests. Sitakunda derived its name from this incident.

Sitakunda has been occupied by humans since the Neolithic era; tools associated with the prehistoric Assam group have been found throughout the area. In 1886, shouldered celts manufactured from petrified wood were discovered, as reported by Indian archaeologist Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay in his book Banglar Itihas, or History of Bengal, (volume I, 1914). In 1917, British mineralogist Dr. J. Coggin Brown uncovered more prehistoric celts. Large quantities of pebbles have also been found, but archaeologists have not determined whether they were used in the construction of prehistoric tools.

During the 6th and 7th centuries CE, the Chittagong region was ruled by the Kingdom of Arakan. In the next century, it was briefly ruled by Dharmapala (reign: 770–810) of the Pala Empire. The area was conquered in 1340 by Sultan Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah (reign: 1338–1349) of Sonargaon, who founded the first dynasty of the Sultanate of Bengal. When Sultan Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah (reign: 1533–1538) of the last dynasty of the Sultanate of Bengal was defeated in 1538 by Sher Shah Suri of the Sur Dynasty, the Arakanese captured the region again.

Batsauphyu (reign: 1459–1482) of the Mrauk U dynasty took advantage of the weakness of Sultan Barbak Shah of Bengal to lead the invasion. In this period, Keyakchu (or Chandrajyoti), a prince of Arakan, established a monastery in Sitakunda. Between 1538 and 1666, Portuguese privateers (known as Firinghis or Harmads) made inroads into Chittagong and ruled the region in alliance with Arakanese pirates. During those 128 years, the eastern coast of Bengal became a home to pirates of Portuguese and Arakanese origins. For a brief period in 1550, it was taken over by Pagan invaders. In 1666, Mughal commander Bujurg Umed Khan conquered the area.

Along with the rest of Bengal, Sitakunda came under the rule of the British East India Company after the company's defeat of the Nawab of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. Rapid growth in the Bengali population since then resulted in an exodus of non-Bengali people from Sitakunda and its vicinity to the Chittagong Hill Tracts. During the Ardhodaya Yog movement, a part of the Swadeshi Indian independence movement, the governance of Sitakunda was briefly in the hands of Indian nationalists when, in February 1908, they took over the central government in Kolkata.

In 1910, Indian Petroleum Prospecting Company drilled here for hydrocarbon exploration, the first such activity in East Bengal. In 1914, the first onshore wildcat well in Bangladesh was drilled at Sitakunda anticline to a depth of 762 metres (2,500 ft). By 1914, however, all four of the wells drilled had proven to be failures.

After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British colonial government (British Raj) replaced the governance of the East India Company. When the British withdrew in 1947, after creating the independent states of India and Pakistan, Sitakunda became a part of East Pakistan.

The ship breaking industry began in earnest in 1974 when Karnafully Metal Works started scrapping Al Abbas, a Pakistani ship damaged in 1971, and flourished in the 1980s. As of 2007, Sitakunda had overtaken the ship breaking industries of India and Pakistan to become the largest in the world.

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Halima Home Stay

Jamaderpara, Bashbaria, Sitakund
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Home Stay Service Provider Abul Boshor

South Mohadebpur,Sitakund.
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Home Stay Service Provider Farid Ahmed Sorder

Sonarpara, Kumira Union, Sitakund.
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Home Stay Service Provider Forhad Uddin Iran

Sonarpara, Kumira Union, Sitakund.
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Home Stay Service Provider Manik Hossain

Hazi Abdul Aziz tendoler Bari, North Teriail,Sitakund.
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Home Stay Service Provider Nursafa

South Mohadebpur,Sitakund.
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Nurul Alam Commisioner House,Mohadebpur,Sitakund.
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Jashim homestay service

Guliakhali, Sitakund
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Jhorna Homestay Service

Guliakhali Sea Beach Road, Muradpur Union, Sitakund.
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Siddique Ahmed House, Chowdhury para, Sitakund.
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Khatiza Home Stay

Siddique Ahmed House,,North Mohadebpur,Sitakund.
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Suresh Shordar Bari,Ramkrishno Tample Road, Sitakund.
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Tripurapara,Sitakund
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Amiruzzaman Bari,North Mohadebpur,Sitakund.
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Rouf Home Stay

South Fedainagar, Dalilurrahman House, Teriail,Sitakund.
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Sabina Home Stay

South Mohadebpur,Sitakund
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Saleha Home Stay

Jamaderpara, Bashbaria, Sitakund
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Shakib Home Stay

South Mohadebpur,Chowdhury para By Lain,Sitakund.
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Sispa Eco View Home Stay

Bhuyan Para, College Road, Sitakund
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Tahmina Home Stay

South Mohadebpur,Sitakund.
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Tushar Home Stay

Khachari bari, middle mohadebpur college road, Sitakund municipality,sitakund.
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Yousuf Homestay Service

DT Road, North By pus, Beside Technopump and Baitussharaf Masjid, Sitakund Municipality, Chattorgam.
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call 01863879530, 01914326713

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Photographer Salauddin Sagor

Aikon Sagor

Guliyakhali Sea Beach, Muradpur Union, Sitakunda, Chittagong.
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call 01863 609873

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Fishing Service

Angler Shopon

Kumira Guptachora Feri Ghat, Sitakund.
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call 01867819430

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Asif Tent Camping Service

Bashbaria, Kumira, Sitakund
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call 01814320824

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Bathroom Service

Bathroom Service Provider Ismail

Chandranath Hill, Sitakund
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call 01820133026

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Breastfeeding corner at Guliakhali Sea Beach

Guliakhali Seabeach,Muradpur,Sitakund.
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Save food according to health

Catering Service Provider Robiul Hossain

South Bank of Laldighi, front Sitakund Boys School, Sitakund.
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call 01827913154

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Comfort-Service-Provider Gonesh

Comfort Service Provider Gonesh

Chandranath Hill,Sitakund
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call 01816826041

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Comfort Service

Comfort Service Provider Rana Dey

Chandranath Hill,Sitakund
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call 01824786110

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Rose flowers

Flowers & Thankuni Leaves

Sheikh nagor, Sitakund.
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call 01841301732

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Food & Snaks Service

Food & Snaks Service Provider Deloar

Food & Snaks Service,Kumira Akilpur Seabeach
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call 01813301989

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Prayer Zone

Guliakhali Prayer Zone

Guliakhali Sea Beach, Muradpur, Sitakund.
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Cool Carpet

Handicraft Producer Halima Khatun

Villege: Hasnabad. Union:Muradpur, PS:Sitakund.
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call 01011054443

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Kids Shoe

Handicraft Producer Rania Khanom

College Road, Sitakund.
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call 01849266558

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Handicraft Producer Roksana Akter Rikta

Pashkarpara, Barek shaheber Bari, Sitakund.
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call 01871707227

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Handicraft Producer Saima

Sheikh nagor, Hazi Amiruzzaman New House, Sitakund.
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Trisha-Handicraft

Handicraft Producer Tania Akter Trisha

North Rohomat Nagar, Sitakund.
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Bamboo basket

Handicraft Seller Md Sha Jalal

Shuklalhat, Barobkund, Sitakund.
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call 01834933232

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Handicraft Producre Roksana Akter

Handicraft Seller Roksana Akter

Hazi Abdul Aziz tendoler Bari, North Teriail, Sitakund.
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call 01814110017

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Handicraft

Handicraft Seller Sharmin Akter

Hasan Gomosta para, Mohadebpur, Sitakund.
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call 01822250488

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Pottery

Handicraft Seller Subash Kormokar

College Road, Al Madina Shoping Complex, Sitakund.
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call 01820409225

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Anchor

Ibrahim boat Rider

Guliakhali Seabeach, Muradpur, Sitakund.
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call 01816093608

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Home made Beef Briyani

Jannat Catering Service

College Road, Sitakund.
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call 01819845436

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Jesmin

Jesmin food and beverage

Guliakhali sea beach, Sitakund
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call 01871 171439

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Photo of Jibon Sinha

Jibon Sinha – photographer

Sitakund, Chattogram
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call 01861 127211

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Khokon boat rider

Khokon boat rider

Guliakhali Seabeach, Muradpur, Sitakund.
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call 01824440544

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Khokon Boat Rider

Khokon Hossain Boat Rider

Guliakhali Sea Beach, Muradpur,Sitakund.
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call 01858828789

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Local-Fruit-Gab

Local Fruit Seller Kashem

Gojaria Dighir Par,Sitakund
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call 01833897063

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Amaloki Fruit

Local Fruit Seller Manik

Chandranath Hill,Sitakund
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call 01823937236

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Locker Service

Locker Service Provider Nur Nahar

Chandranath Hill, Sitakund.
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call 01880921353, 01833393775

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Guliakhali-Sea-Beach-Ghat

Mohiuddin Boat Rider

Guliakhali Beach, Sitakund, Chattogram
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call 01824440544

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Flutist Rokiat Ullah

Musical Service Provider Rokiat Ullah

Guliakhali Sea Beach, Muradpur, Sitakund.
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call 01814839998

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Nabiul-Haque-Boat-Ridders

Nobiul Boat Rider

Guliakhali Sea Beach, Muradpur,Sitakund.
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call 01851933595

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Photographer Lucky

Photographer Maruf

Guliyakhali Sea Beach, Muradpur Union, Sitakunda, Chittagong.
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call 01831 596894

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Photographer Rocky

Photographer Rocky

Muradpur Union, Sitakunda, Chittagong.
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call 01816 092018

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Ripon Boat Rider

Ripon Boat Rider

Guliakhali Seabeach, Muradpur, Sitakund.
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call 01816093608

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Saiful boat riding

Guliakhali beach, Sitakund
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call 01844 824407

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Shankar Math-Cafe-&-Labrary-

ShankarMoth Cafe & Librarian Bijoy Dey

Shankar Moth, Sitakund, Chattogram.
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call 01856033187

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Shilpi Rani beauty parlour

College road, Sitakund
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call 01867 338529

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Tanvir Food & Snack Service

Akilpur Sea Beach, Bashbaria, Sitakund.
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call 01812 723251

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Tourist Fashioning and Beautifying Service

Bashbaria, Sitakund, Chattogram.
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Tour Guide Provider Fahad Islam Sujon

Tourist Guides Service Provider Fahad Islam Sujon

North Edilpur, Baitushshorof, Sitakund.
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call 01844257741

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Tourist Guides Service Provider Fakrul Islam

Tourist Guides Service Provider Fakrul Islam

West Amirabad, Sitakund.
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call 01877201257,01851050572

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Transport Service Provider Arif

Fakirhat, borkat ali chusni bari, Muradpur, Sitakund.
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call 01833393711

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Transport Service Provider Arman

Akilpur Beach, Bashbaria, Sitakund
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call 01825034079

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Transport-Service-Provider Arshad

Transport Service Provider Arshad

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call 01831419969

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Transport-Service-Provider Jamal Uddin

Transport Service Provider Jamal Uddin

Chandranath Hill,Sitakund
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call 01837700980

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Transport Service provider Nurul huda

Transport Service provider Nurul huda

Fakirhat, borkat ali chusni bari, Muradpur, Sitakund.
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call 01835892697

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Transport Service Provider Nurul Islam

Transport Service Provider Nurul Islam

Chandranath Hill,Sitakund
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call 01834970096

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Saiful Islam

Transport Service Provider Saiful Islam

East Sayedpur, Sitakund.
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call 01814831801

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Transport-Service-Provider Shakil

Transport Service Provider Shakil

Chandranath Hill,Sitakund
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call 01851707214

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Transport Service Provider Shankar

Transport Service Provider Shankar Das

Chandranath Hill,Sitakund
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call 01838330426

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Transport-Service-Provider-Srikanto Das

Transport Service Provider Srikanto Das

Chandranath Hill,Sitakund
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call 01816101985

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