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Topic: Bagerhat District


In the News (Mon 28 May 12)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
BAGERHAT, Feb 27:–The cultivation of Boro in Bagerhat district is being hampered due to the acute scarcity of chemical fertilizers, high prices of diesel, abnormal load shedding of electricity and lack of irrigation facilities.
As a aresult the farmers of the district are deprived of the allotted quantity of the fertilizer.
The dealers of the fertilizer of the district told this correspondent that the mill rate of a bag of fertilizer was Tk 240/-.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2006/02/28/district.htm   (2976 words)

  
 Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP), South Asia Terrorism Portal
In the Kushtia district, a PBCP extremist, Mezbaur Rahman, was killed in an encounter with police personnel in the housing area of the town.
July 6: Amjad Hossain, the Pabna district regional leader of the PBCP-Marxist-Leninist Lal Pataka faction was killed in an encounter between PBCP cadres and the Rapid Action Battalion personnel at Tebaria village in the Pabna district.
September 24: Asadul, a 'district commander' of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, was killed in crossfire between police and the outfit's cadres in the Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia district.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/terroristoutfits/PBCP.htm   (9513 words)

  
 WELCOME TO C.
In most of the districts in the north-western region, namely, Nawabganj, Natore and Rajshahi, the majority of the rural population do not possess any agricultural land other than their homesteads; they depend on wage labour in various farm and non-farm sectors.
The phenomenon of water-logging was first experienced in the fresh-water areas in the north, such as in Mollahat, Chitalmari and parts of Fakirhat in Bagerhat district, Terokhada and parts of Dumuria in Khulna district and Keshabpur, Monirampur and Abhoynagar in Jessore district.
When outside enterpreneurs approached them to lease their lands for shrimp cultivation, they were too glad to accommodate them, because the land-owners would then be relieved of the trouble of dealing with a host of small share-croppers, as well as of collecting the share in kind and then disposing of the same.
www.cdp.20m.com /shrimp.html   (5769 words)

  
 Archived conservation news articles on Bagerhat
Sources in southern Bagerhat district town said yesterady, the trawlers sank as they were hit by huge waves while fishing in Bangladeshi territorial waters in...
Shait Gumbad Mosque at Bagerhat, Khulna, is one of the oldest and biggest mosques in Bangladesh.
Ujani under Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj district, Aroti Pal, 50, of village Bistipur, Milon Dhar, 12, son of Jibon Dhar of Fakirhat, Bagerhat district, Arati...
conservation.mongabay.com /news/Bagerhat.htm   (4736 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 171   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bagerhat district Sramik League President, who was injured in a gun attack on Thursday evening, died at the operation theatre of Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH)in the early hours yesterday.
Bagerhat unit of AL and all its front organisations have blamed BNP-Jamaat alliance for the murder of Sadekul Islam.
A half-day hartal was observed yesterday in Bagerhat in response to the call given on Thursday by Awami League in protest against the murder.
www.thedailystar.net /2003/11/15/d31115030324.htm   (550 words)

  
 Grisly Gangrape - Murder (of minority woman) in Morelganj Janakantha's   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Recently married Sabita Halder, (a young minority woman) was visiting her family home in the rural village of Bahurbunia in Morelganj in Bagerhat district.
And following the Janakantha appeal, both Bagerhat District Magistrate, and the Chief of Police rushed into the scene of the gang rape and murder of Sabita Halder.
District Magistrate, Pious Costa, stated that further steps will follow to discuss and check whether the whole incident was adequately documented or not.
www.hvk.org /articles/0603/95.html   (1078 words)

  
 webbangladesh.com || Election Coverage 2001 ||   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The district Awami League general secretary and organising secretary allegedly used to take percentage from contractors and others for all their contracts.
According to the sources of district election offices in Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts, the candidates who lost the security money included former MP and independent candidates and other party nominees.
In Moulvibazar district, there are four seats where result has been declared in two seats whereas result remain postponed in other two seats.
www.webbangladesh.com /election/news/oct-08-01/elec_news.htm   (3504 words)

  
 Bangladesh Timeline Year 2004
A Jamaat-e-Islami leader of Bagerhat district, Maulana Gazi Abu Bakar Siddiqui, is killed in a bomb attack by unidentified assailants.
A PBCP (Janajuddha) cadre killed by cadres of BCP at Shantunagar village in the Chuadanga district.
A BCP-ML cadre is killed and a police officer sustains injuries in an encounter with the police at Parlat village in the Jhenidah district.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/timeline/Year2004.htm   (5265 words)

  
 Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As a result, Mollahat, Chitalmary, Fakirhat, Sadar North of Bagerhat district, Terokhada and Rupsha of Khulna district, have become hard hit causing miseries to lakhs of people living in 51 villages of the said upazilas.
The dacoits are Rafiqul Islam, 26, son of Hakim Uddin of village Nodmullah in Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur district, and Alamgir Hossain, 32, son of Abdur Rahman of the same locality.
Apr 10: The National Day for the Disabled was observed in the district with a renewed call for building a safe atmosphere for the disabled persons of the country on April 5.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/apr/11/11042006ct.htm   (2214 words)

  
 DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT IN COASTAL SHRIMP CULTURE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It was, however, felt that it would be more beneficial to have all seven training programmes for out-growers in Bagerhat District after having discussions with the NPD, NC for Khulna Region and the District Fisheries Officers (DFO'S) of Khulna and Bagerhat Districts.
The farms selected at Tala (Satkhira District) and Baitagatha (Khulna District) as EDU's have started preparing ponds for stocking under the supervision of the NC for Khulna region with the assistance of the DFO for Khulna District.
At Diaganj in Mongla Thana the farm site which was identified by the consultant during his previous mission in conjunction with the DFO, Bagerhat District as the potential farm for EDU, Bagerhat, cannot be used, as the farmer is not in a position to construct a nursery compartment in the pond.
www.fao.org /docrep/field/382979.htm   (8393 words)

  
 Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bangladesh - Dhaka district: Cantonment and Pallabi thanas
Bangladesh - Dhaka district: Dhanmondi, Kamrangir Char and Lalbagh thanas
Bangladesh - Kurigram district: Char Rajibpur, Chilmari, Kurigram Sadar and Raumari upazilas
www.omidyar.net /group/worldconnectory/ws/bangladesh   (1934 words)

  
 Rape Torture and Murder by Govt. Of Bangladesh
Temple in Dakmondop Bazar in Singra upazila of Natore district was ransacked on 28/09/01.
Wife and daughter of Pulin Malakar and wife of Bhabani Roy and wife of Prafulla Mondal of Borgaola village in Mollarhat thana of Bagerhat district and wife of Motilal Roy of Mejgaola village in Mollarhat thana wereraped.
Idols of Durga were damaged in Pulerhat in Nagarghata Union in Ashasuni thana of Satkhira district and in Bhadrakhali in Kaliganj thana of the distirct on 08/10/01.
www.fisiusa.org /fisi_News_items/Bangla_news/bangla013.htm   (1947 words)

  
 Rangamati District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The total area of the district is 6116.13 sq km.
It is bounded by the Tripura state of India on the north, Bandarban District on the south, Mizoram State of India and Chin State of Myanmar on the east, and Khagrachari and Chittagong Districts on the west.
The district of Rangamati consists of 10 upazilas, 1 municipality, 9 wards, 35 mahallas, 50 union parishads, 162 mouzas and 1347 villages.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rangamati_District   (206 words)

  
 BANGLAPEDIA: Bagerhat District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bagerhat District (khulna division) with an area of 3959.11 sq km, is bounded by gopalganj and narail districts on the north, bay of bengal on the south, gopalganj, pirojpur and barguna districts on the east and khulna district on the west.
Bagerhat (Town) consists of 9 wards and 31 mahallas.
During the war of liberation in 1971 the Pak army entered Bagerhat on 21 April through the land way via Domerpool.
banglapedia.org /HT/B_0032.htm   (683 words)

  
 Violence during Union Parishad Elections 2003
Chittagong district (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of Tripura and the Bay of Bengal).
Kachua area, Bagerhat district (in southwestern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal).
Maheshkhali, Coxbazar district (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal and the country of Myanmar).
www.mayerdak.com /electionviolence03.htm   (647 words)

  
 Incidents during Durga Pooja 2000
town of Daibagyahati, Maralganj, Bagerhat district (in southwestern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal).
Satkhira district (in southwestern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of West Bengal and the bay of Bengal).
Areas of Mollarhut and Faqirhut, Bagerhat district (in southwestern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal).
www.mayerdak.com /durgapooja00.htm   (840 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: BANGLADESH: Reporter receives death threat from BNP leader
In Bagerhat, Joint Secretary of Bagerhat district Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Ali Reza Babu allegedly issued a death threat to Nikhil Kumar Bhadra, senior crime reporter of Dainik Purbanchal, during a milad (religious function) at Mongla Friday evening.
Reza also threatened to get Dainik Purbanchal banned in Bagerhat and punish its management for carrying an investigative report in its January 8 issue on the motive behind the murder of BNP leader and former Mongla municipal ward commissioner Talukder Abdul Halim.
Reza, who belongs to a BNP faction rival to BNP lawmaker MAH Selim, Bagerhat district president of BNP, was annoyed to receive a phone call from this Daily Star correspondent.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article-southasia.asp?parentid=6418   (541 words)

  
 6 Hindu women, girl allegedly gangraped in Bagerhat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
At least five women and a girl belonging to the Hindu community were gangraped by an armed gang at Gopalpur village under Kachua upazila in Bagerhat district on November 16, some of the victims and their family members alleged while talking to this correspondent on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Shubol Chandra Das, Head Master of Satgambuj Union BSC Secondary School under Sadar upazilla of Bagerhat district, said at a press conference on Tuesday that the minority community was being used as a political tool by vested groups to destroy the communal harmony.
Many distinguished members of the minority community from four villages in Sadar upazila were present at the press conference.
www.hvk.org /articles/1201/10.html   (349 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Owners of Hossain Calendar and Abed Textiles of the district headquarters and MMK Dyeing and DN Textiles of Madhabdi also said that the crisis is turning acute day by day.
According to locals, and Bagerhat Juba League sources, a gang of 10 to 12 men, said to be Juba Dal activists, suddenly attacked the convention venue on Saturday at around 1:00pm.
Abdus Samad, the officer-in-charge of the Bagerhat sadar police station, told New Age that they were informed about the matter and extra police forces were deployed at Katakhali Bazar to avoid any further untoward incident.
www.newagebd.com /2005/jul/25/home.html   (1210 words)

  
 Situation Reports: Bangladesh: Tornado - Mar 2006, Bangladesh: Tornado Information Bulletin No. 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The tornado that struck Sharankhola upazila (sub-district) in Bagerhat caused the deaths, injuries and damage to property.
According to Sharankhola local authorities these people were rushed to the orthopedic hospital i n a nearby district town of Bagerhat.
In Bagerhat district, according to the joint Federation/Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) assessment t e am, most deaths and injuries were caused by flying debris and collapsed houses in the villages.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6MQ2ZD?OpenDocument   (944 words)

  
 Probe into allegation of corruption against judge begins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Investigation into the allegations of corruption against Additional District and Sessions Judge in Bagerhat, Md Golam Rabbani, filed by local lawyers, started on Monday.
Khulna District and Sessions Judge AKM Shah Newaz Hossain at the directive of the High Court visited Bagerhat and took depositions from a number of lawyers at the chamber of sub-judge of Bagerhat.
More than 150 senior lawyers, including president of Bagerhat District Bar Association brought various allegations against the Judge, which include corruption, bias and taking bribe.
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/24/14087/printer   (119 words)

  
 The Human Rights Tribune: A HRCBM Publication
We also got three more incident of repressions on Hindus,one is in Sultanpur village another is in Fatepur village and another is in Bishnupur village within Bagerhat district after reaching at Bagerhat “Ramkrishna Mission” which was not published in the dailies.
Picture: While Prof Taru of HRCBM gives assurance to the family of pursuing the legal action, other advocates of HRCBM is listening to the statements of victims.
March,2003 and met with the “Maharaj” of Ramkrishna Mission at Bagerhat who apprised us the overall situation of Bagerhat and before proceeding towards Komarpur,Thakurbari we talked with the Supdt.of Police, and Deputy Commissioner Bagerhat to know the situation.
hrtribune.com /News/news.html   (881 words)

  
 Growfish - Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network (GAIN)
A total of 52,459 ponds in 10 south-western districts of the country have been lying unutilised for a long time.
Of the abandoned ponds 6,375 are in Jessore district, 4,692 in Magura district, 13,432 in Jhenidah district, 6,900 in Kushtia district, 3,000 in Chuadanga district, 4,067 in Meherpur district, 480 in Bagerhat district, 4,000 in Satkhira district, 3,513 in Narail district and 6,000 in Khulna district.
As per the existing law, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) or the Executive Officer concerned can issue notice to the owners of abandoned ponds to bring those under fish farming after proper re-excavation.
www.growfish.com.au /content.asp?contentid=5593   (180 words)

  
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The Bagerhat women and children repression prevention court Wednesday ordered death sentence to four people, life term rigorous imprisonment to one, 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment to another for gang-raping two women of Komorpur village under Bargerhat Sadar thana in Bagerhat district.
According to Bagerhat thana police, Niranjan Bhattachrjee filed a case in this connection on March 10, 2003 with the Bagerhat police accusing unidentified assailants.
According to district diarrhoea control room sources, 1,506 were infected with diarrhoea in Magura Sadar Upazila, 1,036 in Mohammadpur Upazila, 464 in Sripur Upazila and 344 in Shalikha Upazila.
www.newagebd.com /2005/may/13/home.html   (682 words)

  
 Minority Report
Charbaniayri is a small village under Nazirpur police station (Upazila) in the district of Pirojpur district in southern Bengal.
Perojpur district has also sizeable number of Hindu population wherefrom AL leader Sudhansu Shekhar Haldar contested in the last election against one of the top Jamat i leader Delwar Hossain Saidi (see Razakar page) sitting MP (he has been found guilty of malpractice in the last election by the High court in a recent verdict).
The local leaders belonging to Government parties opined that the miscreants from other side of the district did this in order to damage the image of the government of Khaleda Begum, an intentional and skillful design on the part of the opposition.
www.muktadhara.net /page75.html   (8680 words)

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