Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard is located in Faujdarhat, Sitakunda Upazila, Bangladesh along the Sitakunda coastal strip, north-west of Chittagong. Handling about a fifth of the world’s total, it is the world's largest ship breaking industry, employs over 200,000 Bangladeshis, and accounts for around one-half of all the steel in Bangladesh. In 1960, after a severe cyclone, the Greek ship "M D Alpine" was stranded on the shores of Sitakunda, Chittagong. It could not be re-floated and so remained there for several years. In 1965, Chittagong Steel House bought the ship and had it scrapped. It took
University of Chittagong University of Chittagong University of Chittagong () is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acre hilly landmass in Jungle Poshchim-potti area of Fatehpur Union of Hathazari Upazila, 22 kilometres north of Chittagong city of Bangladesh. This is the largest public university in the country in terms of total area of the campus. The university has been ranked number two on the Bangladesh University Ranking 2018 by Webometrics. The academic activities of the university formally began on 18 November, 1966. It has about 24,000 students and more than 1000 faculty members. University of Chittagong is located in