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Topic: Bandarban District


  
  Bandarban District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bandarban (Bangla:বান্দরবান) is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Bandarban (meaning the dam of monkeys) is also known as Arvumi or the Bohmong Circle (of the rest of the three hill districts Rangamati is the Chakma Circle and Khagrachari is the Mong Circle).
Bandarban Sadar, Thanchi, Lama, Nikhongchhari, Alikadam, Rowangchhari, and Ruma are the administrative sub-districts of Bandarban.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bandarban_District   (2199 words)

  
 Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Apr 8: The government sub-stipend project for the primary education in the district has failed to achieve its objectives of imparting education to the poor students due to the alleged mismanagement in the distribution of stipend with the number of the beneficiaries decreasing alarmingly.
The District and Sessions Judge Court issued a decree on April 2 attaching the immovable property of the PP with a directive that Tk.10,000 be realised through selling the property on auction.
The arrested were identified as Hamidul (24) of Madhukhali Upazila in Faridpur district, Rafiqul (30) of Khagjana in Tangail district, Shamsul of Mehera village in Mirzapur Upazila, Tareq of Madaripur district and bus driver Badal (55).
independent-bangladesh.com /news/apr/09/09042005ct.htm   (3808 words)

  
 Tourism in Bangladesh
Bandarban is the home town of the Bohmong Chief who is the head of the Mogh tribe.
Bandarban is also the home of the Murangs who are famous for their music and dance.
It is the district headquarters of Khagrachari hill district.
www.grandazadhotel.com /Tourism-Bangladesh/tourism_hill_districts.htm   (329 words)

  
 World Prout Assembly: Beyond Bandarban   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bandarban in Bangladesh is emerging as a tactical melting pot for the Rohingyas and the local as well as international radical Islamist jehadi network.
Bandarban’s hostile geography – fifty percent of the total area is under forest and, located 187 kilometres away from capital Dhaka, it remains significantly insulated from the heavy hand of the Government – enormously favours the militants.
Bandarban is emerging as a tactical melting pot for the Rohingyas and the local as well as international radical Islamist jehadi network.A February 2004 intelligence report indicated that four Al-Qaeda training camps had come up in the district.
www.worldproutassembly.org /archives/2005/11/beyond_bandarba.html   (1776 words)

  
 .::United People's Democratic Front (UPDF)::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The government acquired 9,650 acres of land in Bandarban for the expansion of Ruma garrison.
In Chimbuk of Bandarban a total of 5,600 acres of land have been acquired in the name of constructing an Eco Park.
A process is now underway to acquire 5,500 acres of land in Sangu Mouza of Bandarban district in the name of creating a "Abhoyarannyo" (animal sanctuary).
www.updfcht.org /05_06_05.html   (785 words)

  
 Districts of Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, the English term in use is Zila or Zilla.
The districts are as follows (in alphabetical order):
The districts are organised under 6 divisions by geographic location.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Districts_of_Bangladesh   (72 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A reports from Bandarban adds: The Bandarban district law and order and development coordination committee today highly appreciated the recent anti-terrorist and illegal arms recovery drives conducted by the members of the security forces and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) at various remote hilly places in the district.
He said Bandarban district is relatively a peaceful area than other parts of the country.
The dead are identified as Rabiul Islam (35), son of Abdur Rashid Mondal of village Kamalpur under Monirampur up­azila of Jessore district and Mizanur Rahman (32), son of Abdul Wahed of village Kangshi under Jhenidah Sadar upazila.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/11/01/district.htm   (3007 words)

  
 Banglaimage.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
92 km from Chittagong by metalled road, Bangladesh is the district Headquarters of the Bandarban Hill district.
Bandarban is the hometwon of the Bohmong chief who is the head of the Mogh tribe.
The highest peak of Bangladesh-Tahjindong (4632ft) is located in the Bandarban district.
www.banglaimage.com /travel/spot.php   (1798 words)

  
 BANGLAPEDIA: Bandarban District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bandarban District (chittagong division) with an area of 4479 sq km, is bounded by rangamati district on the north, Arakan (Myanmar) and the river naf on the south, Arakan and Rangamati district on the east and chittagong and cox's bazar district on the west.
Bandarban (Town) The area of Bandarban town is 51.80 sq km.
The upazilas are bandarban sadar, rowangchhari, ruma, thanchi, lama, alikadam, and naikhoncchari.
www.banglapedia.info /HT/B_0101.HTM   (431 words)

  
 Chittagong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
This district provides the country with valuable wood used for various purposes, besides supplying wood and bamboo for the Karnaphuli Paper Mills and the Rayon Mills situated at Chandraghona.
Khagrachari is the district headquarters of Khagachari Hill District.
Ninetytwo kilometer from Chittagong by metalled road, Bandarban is the district headquarters of the Bandarban Hill District.
www.bangladeshonline.com /tourism/spots/chitta.htm   (1566 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The Chak migrated from upper Burma and were settled by Arakans Kings in the areas of Akyab in the southern hill tracts.Rangamati district is the headquarter of the greater Hill Tracts.
It is called lake district as it is situated at beside of Kaptai lake.It has road communication with Chittagang and Bandarban.
Bandarban hill district the southern part of Chittagang hill tracts and 80 Km.
www.classictours-bd.com /hilltracts/hilltracts1.htm   (3071 words)

  
 The News Today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
BANDARBAN, Jan 31: About one and half lakh people of the district engaged in timber business are now facing problem due to sudden ban on timber business after Eid-ul-Azha in the district.
District administration sources the district has achieved the unique success only in a span of 27 months in all its 78 unions due to a relentless motivational campaign by some NGOs with the support of the government.
According to the DAE sources, there is no crisis of seedlings or fertilizer in the district this year but the farmers can not cultivate the lands as the foggy weather prevailing for a couple of weeks in all the upazilas in the district.
www.newstoday-bd.com /home.asp?newsdate=2/1/2006   (1965 words)

  
 Bangladesh-Situation Analysis of Selected Districts in SEA Countries for RBM
The country is divided into 64 districts and 460 sub-districts (rural).
13 districts belong to the high-risk malaria category, of which 5 districts are epidemic-prone.
The area of the district is 4 479 sq.
w3.whosea.org /EN/Section10/Section21/Section340_4019.htm   (422 words)

  
 Gli Aowe
An ethnic group living in Naikhongchhari upazila of the district of Bandarban of the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Murongs living in the district of Khagrachhari are in fact a clan of the Tipra (Tripura).
They live in the Bandarban district of Chittagong Hills Tracts, but their original home was probably Burma (Myanmar).
xoomer.virgilio.it /bguizzi/bangladesh/adibasi/tribeng.htm   (11633 words)

  
 India urged to raise the minority issues with Khaleda Zia
In 2005, the government has acquired 9,650 acres of land in Bandarban, affecting about 1,000 indigenous families; 11,446.24 acres of land in Sualok Union of Bandarban, uprooting 400 indigenous families; and 450 acres of land in Pujgang under Panchari Thana of Khagrachari district, among others, for military purposes.
The government had also issued notices for acquisition of 45 acres of land in Babuchara under Dighinala Thana in Khagrachari district, affecting at least 74 Jumma families in three villages; about 183 acres of land in Balaghata in Bandarban district; 19,000 acres of land in Bandarban; 26,000 acres of land in Bandarban for military purposes.
The government also started a process to acquire 5,500 acres of land in Sangu Mouza of Bandarban district for animal sanctuary; and 40,071 acres of land in Lama, Nikkyong Cahri, Alikadam and Bandarban Sadar for rubber and tea plantation by private individuals.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060320/283148.html   (370 words)

  
 DISCOVERY Bangladesh.....>Bangladesh attractions-Indigenous Hill tribe,lake,forest
The Hill Tracts is divided into three districts, namely Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban.The Hill Tracts is divided into four valleys surrounded by the Feni, Kamaphuli, Sangu (Sankhu) and Matamuhuri rivers and their tributaries.
BANDARBAN HILL DISTRICT: Ninety-two kilometer from Chittagong by metalled road, Bandarban is the district headquarters of the Bandarban Hill District.
Bandarban is the hometown of the Bohmong Chief, who is the head of the Mogh tribe (The Moghs King).
www.discoverybd.com /chittagong.htm   (1629 words)

  
 Aug 17 bomb blasts: More suspects held
The law enforcing agencies have arrested one of the Jaama'atul Mujahedin Bangladesh operatives who, along with his aides, took part in horrific bomb blasts in the heart of the capital on August 17.
Of the arrested, Faisal, who planted bombs in front of Rajarbagh Police Line in the city, was arrested from Kalihati in Tangail district while Moulana Abdul Malek, Imam of Bandarban District Council Mosque and also the director of the Fatema Tuz Zohra Mohila Madrasa, arrested from Bandarban.
BDNEWS Bandarban correspondent said: police arrested Moulana Abdul Malek, Imam of Bandarban District Council Mosque and also the director of Fatema Tuz Zohra Mohila Madrasa, Monday suspecting him a member of JMB.
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/34/21857/printer   (533 words)

  
 Rough Guides Travel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bandarban is wilder than the other two hill districts, Khagrachari and Rangamati.
The tribes that live in Bandarban districts are Murma, Khiang, Murong, Tripura, Tonchongya, Bom, Lusai, Pangkho, Chakma, Khumi and Chak.
It is 30km from Ruma upazila town and 92km from Bandarban district town.
travel.roughguides.com /planning/journalEntryOverview.asp?JournalID=36195   (451 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 519   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The three hill district councils and the CHT Regional Council are gradually loosing people's confidence as they are not elected.
Another former chairman of Bandarban Hill District Council, Kew Shew Hla Marma, said, "As per the Constitution, all members of local governments have to be elected representatives of people.
She said she along with the chairmen of two other district councils held a meeting with the prime Minister and urged her to strengthen the councils by giving them more power.
www.thedailystar.net /2005/11/12/d51112070166.htm   (881 words)

  
 Part 4 - Provisions of the CHT Accord of 1997 and Their Implementation Status
But in the Rangamati Hill District Act the words "in the name of the government or local authorities" have been replaced by the words "in the name of the government." The government has not yet taken any steps to amend the provision according to the accord.
The elected members of the Hill District Council shall, by indirect mode, elect the chairman of this council whose status shall be equivalent to that of a state minister and who shall be a tribal.
The chairmen of the three hill districts shall be ex officio members of the council and they shall have right to vote.
www.acdis.uiuc.edu /Research/OPs/Chowdhury/contents/part4.html   (6000 words)

  
 Incidents during Durga Pooja 2005
Bandarban district (In southeastern Bangladesh bordering the country of Burma).
Charbaniari, Najirpur sub-division, Pirojpur district (in southern Bangladesh near the Bay of Bengal).
In the recent past the District Magistrate of Pabna District has given a lease of 92% of the land of the endowed property of the Shree Shree Siddheswari Kalimata Mandir to a local Islamic fundamentalist named Karmaja Dakhil Madrasa.
www.mayerdak.com /durgapooja05.htm   (1831 words)

  
 BANGLAPEDIA: Chittagong Region River System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Bakkhali A number of small streams originating in the southeastern hills of Mizoram meets the Naikhongchhari of Bandarban district to form the Bakkhali.
Sangu This river originates in the Arakan Hills of Myanmar and enters Bangladesh near Remarki (Thanchi upazila of Bandarban district).
Matamuhuri This is a flashy river that originates in the Moyvar hills of Alikadam (Bandarban).
www.banglapedia.info /HT/C_0220.HTM   (1380 words)

  
 MALARIAE.htm in Business Recorder on August 04, 1996
He said nearly 35,000 people were infected by malaria in Bandarban, a district with a population of 241,000, half of them original residents and half settlers.
The district has six clinics and one hospital but they are under-staffed with only 35 doctors, local officials said.
But the situation there is not as alarming as in Bandarban, health officials said.
www.paksearch.com /br96/Aug/4/MALARIAE.htm   (260 words)

  
 South Asia Intelligence Review (SAIR), Weekly Assessments & Briefings
Bandarban is emerging as a tactical melting pot for the Rohingyas and the local as well as international radical Islamist jehadi network.
As a result, joint operations by the BDR, the Army and the RAB, which are central to the restoration of law and order in the strategically located district, have not been able to proceed beyond the periodic recovery of abandoned and hidden arms and explosives.
Pamphlets left by the Maoists at the jail said 'Operation Jailbreak' was deliberately made to coincide with the ‘great November 13 Russian revolution’ and its aim was to "rescue our comrades and to award death penalty to select Ranvir Sena activists" lodged in the jail.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/sair/Archives/4_18.htm   (2693 words)

  
 Bandarban   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ninety two kilometer from Chittagong by metal led road, Bandarban is the district headquarters of the Bandarban Hill District.
Several other tribes of great interest live in the remote areas of the district.
The highest peak of Bangladesh-Tahjindong (4632 ft) is located in the Bandarban district.
www.chittagong-website.com /bandarban.htm   (100 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 523   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The district administration has agreed to give eight acres of land for this, he added.
Meanwhile, with the help and cooperation of the district administration, about 500 hectares have been prepared and out of it, 200 hectares have been brought under plantation.
Inituially, 6332 hectares in four upazilas in Khagrachari, 3475 hectares in three upazilas in Bandarban and 1250 hectares in three upazilas in Rangamati have been selected for tea plantation, they said.
www.thedailystar.net /2005/11/16/d51116070379.htm   (335 words)

  
 Amida Trust Chakma News Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Jumma people informed it to the Deputy Commissioner and Police Super Bandarban district to stop the construction of houses by the settlers and to return their land from forcible occupation of the settlers.
Rangamati district branch of PCP held protest meeting in the chair of Mr.
After the formation of Hill District Councils in CHT in 1989, the chairmen of three Hill District Councils in Rangamati, Kahgrachari and Bandarban districts have been taking guard of honor in every year.
www.amidatrust.com /chakma_b.html   (8754 words)

  
 Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
It is gathered that hundreds of divorce cases have been registered with different thanas in the district during the last few years.
The victim was identified as Hafej Uddin (50), of Arbab village in Kalai upazila of Joypurhat district.
Mar 14: At least 20 families of Rajpur village in Sadar upazila of the district have been rendered homeless as a group of miscreants grabbed 2.50 bighas of land in the Teesta char area.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/mar/15/15032006ct.htm   (2944 words)

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