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Topic: Bhola District


In the News (Tue 21 May 13)

  
  Country News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Bhola district is the highest in crimes followed by Barisal, Jhalakati and Patuakhali districts.
Robbers looted seven houses in Noimitripur and Durgapur villages, dacoities in 10 houses at Faridpur village in Bakerganj upazila of Barisal district, looting of Kanakdia Bazaar in Baufal of Patuakhali district and looting of 12 houses at Karuna village in Betagi upazila of Barguna district.
The convict is Wahidul Alam, son of Ashadul Alam of Mehernagar village in Raipura upazila of the district.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/apr/28/28042005ct.htm   (2885 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 580   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Soil erosion in Bhola has turned severe rendering thousands of people homeless while the government continues to delay the approval of a proposal to set up a permanent embankment on the country's biggest island.
They apprehended that the Bhola town might fall into the river within five to seven years as the rate of soil erosion is much higher at the north, and north-eastern side of the district where the town stands.
Over 250 years ago people began to settle in Bhola, which is surrounded by the Meghna river at the north and the east, by the Tetulia river, a branch of Meghna, at the west, and by the Bay of Bengal at the south.
www.thedailystar.net /2006/01/15/d6011501044.htm   (887 words)

  
 Incidents-October 2001 (Part Two)
Charpata union, Bhola district (in southern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal).
Bhola district (in southern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal).
Aduliagram in Chitalmari subdivision, Bagerhat district (in southern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal).
www.mayerdak.com /incid_oct01pt2.htm   (1815 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
While addressing a function at Kobi Mozammel Huq Town Hall of Bhola marking of the observance of one decade of the local daily Ajker Bhola on Friday, he said, due to corruption, unnecessary time killing by showing different ex­cuses this problem is yet to be solved.
In Betagi under Barguna district, Puspa Begum (50) of Jhopkhali and Bipul (35) Chardoani village were killed in the house collapses houses.
One Ali Dorji (60) of Ilisha under sadar upazila of Bhola district was killed and at least 300 houses were damaged.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/05/26/district.htm   (2297 words)

  
 Recent Atrocities Against Minorities in Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Besides this, Swapan Das was hacked to death on 4/10/01 in Umarabad in Charfashion in Bhola.
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 were raped.
www.hvk.org /articles/1101/209.html   (4863 words)

  
 bhola cyclone page - bhola cyclone
The Bhola cyclone was a powerful tropical cyclone that made landfall in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) on 13 November 1970.
It is the deadliest known tropical cyclone of all time; an estimated 500,000 people lost their lives, mostly through drowning.
The island and district of Bhola (where casualties may have exceeded 100,000) was particularly impacted, with the towns of Charfasson and Tazumuddin being devastated.
www.theramonitor.com /bhola_cyclone.html   (325 words)

  
 CRIN - Child Rights Information Network - Organisations - Human Rights - First the Child
Charfassion Orphanage houses 100 boys between the ages of 6 and 18 from all seven upazilas of Bhola district.
Bhola Island is a coastal district that suffers greatly from climatic phenomena such as monsoons, floods, river erosion, cyclones, and tidal bores.
Because of the dangers posed to the region by the climate, Bhola district remains one of the poorest and least-developed areas of Bangladesh.
www.crin.org /Organisations/viewOrg.asp?ID=2148   (1005 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 116   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The district administration said they are yet to receive reports from different areas of the district due to inclement weather.
Bhola district administration sources said they have sent a fax massage to Dhaka that two thirds area of the district are now under floodwater and about seven lakh people have been affected.
Bhola town protection embankments have breached at Bhalanipur and Battla and the town may be inundated, sources there said when contacted yesterday.
www.thedailystar.net /2004/09/18/d40918070174.htm   (1049 words)

  
 Nieuws uit Amsterdam
Bhola is a district council member, and by now chairman of the council, in Zuidoost.
The districts keep a public record of the functions of council members and they have codes of conduct.
As a general rule, these codes state that council members must avoid the semblance of a conflict of interests, but that it is pretty much their own responsibility how they deal with such issues.
www.nieuwsuitamsterdam.nl /English/2006/06070201.htm   (723 words)

  
 Bangladesh Timeline Year 2005
Mazzal Hossain, a former JMJB cadre, is killed by the outfit at Bagmara in the Rajshahi district.
Asadul, a 'district commander' of the PBCP-Janajuddha faction, is killed in crossfire between police and the outfit's cadres in the Mirpur sub-district of Kushtia district.
Body of the PBCP cadre involved in the Natore district attack is recovered from the East Bhengri area of Chalan Beel in the Sirajganj district.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/timeline/Year2005.htm   (7854 words)

  
 Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Apr 26: Farmers of the seven upazilas of Bhola district are expecting a bumper production of boro paddy in the current season.
While visiting different remote areas of the district farmers told this correspondent, that they are harvesting bumper yield this season.
RAB sources said Kajal, 38, a notorious dacoit of inter district gang, was arrested from Banjora village in Baufal upazila on Monday afternoon.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/apr/27/27042006ct.htm   (2254 words)

  
 Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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)

  
 Alarming Rise Of Rape Incidents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
This is a story of a downtrodden family residing in a remote village in Bhola district.
Bhola on the news again: Is it a case of minority persecution ?
Charkamli is located on the western coast of Bhola not far from the bank river Tetulia.
www.hvk.org /articles/0604/124.html   (1602 words)

  
 . : :  B a n g l a d e s h  M i l i t a r y  F o r c e s  : : .   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Martyr (Shaheed) Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir, BS Born: 1948 in the village of Rahimgonj under Babugonj upazilla of Barisal district.
Born: 16 December 1947 in Hajipur village of Daulatikhan upazilla under Bhola district.
Born: at Bagpachra in the district of Noakhali in 1934.
www.bdmilitary.com /main/martyrs/bdmartyrs.htm   (1137 words)

  
 Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) , South Asia Terrorism Portal
August 30: Abdul Khalek, a close aide of Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, chief of the JMJB and brother of JMJB’s second-in-command for the Baghmara sub-district, Abdus Sattar, was arrested at Biprokaya village in the Rajshahi district.
May 30: The Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Patuakhali sentenced five militants of the JMB to rigorous imprisonment for life and fines Taka 5,000 each in connection with the August 17, 2005-serial bomb blasts in Patuakhali.
Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Jhalakathi framed charges against JMB chief Abdur Rahman for killing two judges in the district town in 2005.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/terroristoutfits/JMB.htm   (5593 words)

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

  
 BANGLAPEDIA: Tentulia River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Originating from the meghna at north of bhola district, the river flows over Tentulia, Nimdi, Kalaia and Purbamunia to fall into the bay of bengal at Rangopaldi of galachipa upazila as the Buragouranga.
The Tentulia disconnected the Bhola district from the main land of barisal.
The Laukathi, an offshoot of the Tentulia is gradually decaying and as a result, the river routes between Patuakhali district town and other places are being impeded.
banglapedia.net /HT/T_0119.HTM   (204 words)

  
 The News Today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
He was speaking at a foundation laying ceremony of the district Shishu Academy Complex of Bush Para in the town recently.
The deceased was identified as Rafiqul Islam, 30, son of Shamsul Islam of Rajapur village of Sunamganj district.
The dead was identified as Golam Mostafa, 30, son of late Tomiz Uddin of Goda Simla village under Pirgachha upazila in the district.
www.newstoday-bd.com /home.asp?newsdate=8/15/2006   (1847 words)

  
 tribuneindia... Punjab
BATHINDA, July 9 — Even as the district has emerged as one of the largest electricity producing districts of the state, unscheduled power cuts have become a routine feature in the city.
A procession led by Mohammad Shafiq Bhola, district president of the minorities cell of the BJP was taken out here yesterday.
Executive Officers of the municipal councils of the district have been asked to make arrangements for pumping out the storm water which would be accumulated near the populated areas during rains.
www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99jul10/punjab.htm   (3432 words)

  
 Metropolitan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
BNP leader from Bhola Morshed Alam Kaikobad, who was shot at by unknown assailants in the city’s Motijheel area on June 18, died of his injuries at the Combined Military Hospital on June 29.
Meanwhile, detective police arrested Bhola district AL leader Abdullah Al Islam Jacob from the city’s Mirpur area on June 27 on charge of his involvement in the killing of Kaikobad.
The convicts Maidul Islam Labhlu, former district BCL president and chief bodyguard of Hazari, and Asadullah Sumon, former BCL town president, were tried in absentia.
www.weeklyholiday.net /050702/met.html   (3100 words)

  
 Drishtipat
The team arrived at Bhola on September 21 in the afternoon.
09/21/2002 (Evening): to see district commissioner and to apprise him of (a) problems faced by the committee in implementing the rehabilitation project and of (b) briefing progress of the work.
Abdul Karim Jamadar, Zonal co-ordinator at Bhola and Mr.
www.drishtipat.org /CheyeDekhoProject/hope_ap_villagers.html   (1088 words)

  
 Sunken Bangladesh ferry yet to be found -DAWN - International; July 12, 2003
He said authorities had called in more navy vessels with “superior equipment” to try to find the triple-decker M.V. Nasrin-1, which was believed to be under 60 metres of water in the rain-swollen river and could have been dragged downstream by strong currents.
Among them were nearly 30 people going to attend a wedding party in coastal Bhola district, and all but one in the group have been lost.
Another Bhola resident, Shahjahan Quddus was on the ferry with his daughter Moushumi, and both are missing, feared dead, his relatives said.
www.dawn.com /2003/07/12/int4.htm   (811 words)

  
 The Daily Star: Front Page
The MPs representing the ruling alliance, especially those from constituencies in borderline districts, will visit their localities to verify allegations of out-migration of the religious minority.
The teacher, whose name is withheld for his safety, had fled his home in the face of atrocities unleashed by a group of people claiming to be ruling party men in his village.
In Bhola, next day, the Deputy Commissioner Kabir Mohammad Ashraf Uddin said that action could not be taken because there was nobody complaining about the alleged atrocities.
www.hrcbmdfw.org /blackchapter/The_Daily_Star11_09_2001.htm   (3055 words)

  
 Pushed Against the Wall
A 14-year old schoolgirl of Uttar Patarchar village in Muladi upazila under Barisal district was gangraped in front of her parents in the early hours of yesterday, police said.
Police quoting family members of the victim said Shihabuddin, 20, of the neighbouring village along with five other men broke into the house and raped the girl right in front of her family members who were held hostage at gunpoint.
Police could not arrest any of the killers even in one year after the incident though the district administration selected the case as a 'sensitive' one and transferred it to DB (Detective Branch) police.
www.drishtipat.org /feature/eveteasing/rape.htm   (5368 words)

  
 HRCBM-DFW - Barisal Division
Land belonging to Hindu Minority at Lalmohan P.S. under Bhola District forcefully occupied in Bangladesh claiming to be successor
Land belonging to Hindu Minority at Lalmohan P.S. under Bhola District forcefully occupied in Bangladesh claiming to be successor (The daily Ajker Kagoj dated 2 July, 2006) On 27th June 2006 the armed cadres of Nazrul Islam after conversion from...
The mother of Gobindra Gharami at Boufal Police station within the district of Patuakhali, Bangladesh was gang raped infront of her...
hrcbmdfw.org /blogs/default.aspx?GroupID=6   (488 words)

  
 Remember 1971
Proud son of retired Havilder Habibur Rahman, Sepoy Mostafa embraced martyrdom on 18 April 1971 in a defensive battle against the enemy in Daruin village of Comilla.
Born: May 1943 at village Salmat of Boalmari upazila under Faridpur district.
Nur Mohammad died fighting along but not before his compatriots were safe and he had inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy.
www.speedbd.com /1971/bir_sreshtho.html   (420 words)

  
 sites
Mamun Goldar of Bhola district started his computer related business along with a printing press business in the year 2000.
At the early stage one antenna would be at Bhola district and the other one at a distance of 30-35 kms.
The telemodel of Bhola is now spreading in other parts of the country.
www.ictpr.nic.in /sitakund/2jul.htm   (3823 words)

  
 Home
The district fisheries officer Dr Nitya Nanda Das said the farmers received training on modern methods of shrimp cultivation, preparing enclosures, strategies to protect virus, and environment friendly cultivation and its management.
The council of district BNP was held in 1992 and after a couple of months in 1993 a committee containing 101 members was declared for two years.
Besides, a total of 5,01,292 cycles of oral pills were distributed among the women of the districts while 53,653 pieces of condoms among the males free of cost during the same period.
www.newagebd.com /2005/jun/24/home.html   (1511 words)

  
 Country News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In another incident, father Bashir Kari (53) and his son Hossain (13) were burnt by acid on the morning of March 29 at Char Tofazzal village of Charfession UZ in Bhola district.
The climate of Pabna district is congenial for cultivation of this variety of cabbage in all seasons, Harun-ur-Rashid added.
The farmers of the district expect that the concerned department would extend necessary cooperation to help the HYV cabbage farmers of this region.
www.weeklyholiday.net /050402/count.html   (2213 words)

  
 Appendix
On November 10, 1989, in the District of Moulavi Bazar, at Srimangal Upajila several temples including Ramkrishna Mission, Mangaleswari Kali-Bari, Durga-Bari, Jagannath Dev’s Akhra, and Kalachand Mandir were attacked, broken in, and set on fire.
On November 17, in the city of Bhola, several shops belonging to the religious minorities were attacked and money was collected through threats of violence.
Several temples in the District of Habiganj were attacked.
www.voi.org /books/htemples1/app.htm   (1985 words)

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