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  BANGLAPEDIA: Bogra District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Bogra District (rajshahi division) with an area of 2919.9 sq km, bounded by joypurhat and gaibandha districts on the north, the chalan beel, natore and sirajganj districts on the south, jamuna river and jamalpur district on the east, Part of Chalan Beel, naogaon and Natore districts on the west.
Administration Bogra district was established in 1821 consisting of 9 thanas, of which four from Rajshahi district (Adamdighi, Bogra, Sherpur, Nawkhila), 3 from Dinajpur district (Lalbazar, Badalgachhi, Khetlal), and two from Rangpur district (Gobindaganj, Dewanganj).
Bogra district consists of 5 municipalities, 48 wards, 166 mahallas, 11 upazilas, 109 union parishads, 1782 mouzas and 2706 villages.
www.banglapedia.org /HT/B_0569.HTM   (932 words)

  
 Bogra District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bogra is a northern district of Bangladesh, in the Rajshahi Division.
Bogra is also known for some historical sites including Mahasthangarh.
The area was enveloped in thick fighting in the Battle of Bogra during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bogra_District   (235 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Bogra farmers are being con­cerned very much with this fertility reduction of lands.
Bogra Agriculture Department reveals that this shortage of sulphur and zinc in lands may cause 40% to 50% re­duction of crops.
The farmers of the district have taken loan on agricultural purpose but they have failed to repay the loan in time as they have fallen victim of various natural calamities like flood, drought during the last two years.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/07/13/district.htm   (2881 words)

  
 Country News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 deceased was identified as Abdur Rahman Nizam, 55, son of the late Azimuddin Mondal of village Kusma in Nandigram upazila of Bogra.
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)

  
 .:: Bogra YMCA ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Bogra YMCA is running 12 centers of the Non Formal Primary Education Program in different areas of Bogra and Ganibandha district with 478 students and 12 facilitators.
Out of 12 the 5 centers run by the Bogra YMCA with their own resources and other centers is funding by the National Council of YMCAs of Bangladesh.
Bogra YMCA are provided all necessary educational materials, uniforms in free of cost.
www.bangladesh.net /bograymca/our_programs_non_formaledu.htm   (449 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
According to district flood in­formation centre, 58 unions out of 65 of the district went under water again displacing 60,000 families and at least ten lakh people were ma­rooned.
Meanwhile, road communica­tions in the district were disrupted as the link-roads connecting the five other upazilas, with the dis­trict headquarters were inundated at a number of points.
Total demand of urea fertilizer in Bogra district is now restored in godowns of Bafa, he adds that supply is also normal to dealers.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/07/22/district.htm   (3428 words)

  
 BANGLADESH: Under trial prisoner tortured and killed in Bogra district jail
Justice was denied to this death case due to the negligence the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of the Kotwali police in Bogra district.
The Assistant Surgeon, Dr. Faruk Sultan, and the Pharmacist of the Bogra District Jail Hospital, Mr.
An inquiry should also be conducted into the actions of the clinicians and officials of the jail as well as the police to ensure that justice is attained for the family of the victim.
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2006/1513   (1165 words)

  
 Welcome to Bangladesh Awami League - Obstruction activists attacked in Bogra, Gaibandha, Natore, Rangpur
Bogra: The cadres of ruling party BNP attacked the human wall staged by the lawyers and doctors at Sathmatha around 2-30 p.m.
Meanwhile, Bogra District Awami League President Momtajuddin at a press briefing announced a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district on December 13 protesting the attack by ruling party cadres on the peaceful human wall yesterday.
Of the injured, district AL joint general secretary Farhad Abdullah Harun Bablu and Jubo League leader Subhash Chandra Barman were admitted to Rangpur Medical College Hospital in critical condition.
www.albd.org /compile/teknaf_tentulia/12_4.htm   (941 words)

  
 BOGRA, or BAGURA - Online Information article about BOGRA, or BAGURA
BOGRA, which was first formed in 1821, lies See also:
The western portion of the district is high-lying and produces the-finer qualities of rice.
Several lines of railway (the Eastern Bengal, andc.), however, serve the district.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /BLA_BOS/BOGRA_or_BAGURA.html   (468 words)

  
 Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), South Asia Terrorism Portal
November 27: Kishoreganj District and Sessions court orders attachment of moveable properties of the Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh JMJB ‘Operations Commander’ Bangla Bhai as he failed to appear before it during the November 27 scheduled hearing of a case filed in connection with the August 17, 2005-blasts in the district.
September 6: A JMJB cadre, Abdul Jalil of Naogaon district, is shot dead by suspected PBCP-Red Flag faction cadres at Tilakpur in the Joypurhat district.
June 10: A JMJB cadre, Joynal, is arrested from Chaksadu village in the Bogra district.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/terroristoutfits/JMJB.htm   (3934 words)

  
 Crime News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In 2005, he was given the charge of Bogra district commander covering Pabna, Sirajganj, Bogra, Jaipurhat and Gaibandha districts.
Adnan Sami participated in a number of dacoities at BRAC offices at Jaldhaka under Nilphamari district, Bagmara in Rajshahi, Shibganj in Bogra, Ullapara in Sirajganj district from 2002 to 2005.
He attacked a police convoy at Khetlal in Bogra and admitted of participating in serial bombings at various places of Bogra district including at Satmatha area on August 17 last year.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/may/04/04052006cr.htm   (632 words)

  
 Photos, Pictures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
G R Chowdhury was born in a famous aristocratic family called the Satani House of Bogra district.
During the liberation period of Bangladesh (1971) he was a member of the Mukti Bahini and organizer in the area of his maternal grandfather's residence in the district of Sylhet.
Bogra Station Club since 1983, also a member of Bogra Golf Club and is a member of Bogra Rifle Club.
www.mylivingtree.com /bahlul2004   (302 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 198   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Our Bogra correspondent reports: BNP cadres and police yesterday attacked the AL and other opposition leaders and workers while they were preparing for human wall in Bogra town.
In the face of repeated attacks, Bogra district AL President Mamtaz Uddin, Organising Secretary Abdul Mannan and other leaders were forced to confine themselves to the AL office.
Joint Secretary of Gaibandha district AL Farhad Abdullah Harun, General Secretary of Gaibandha district Jubo League Emarul Islam Sabin, Organising Secretary Rezaul Karim, Central Chhatra League leader Hemayet Uddin Himu were among the injured.
www.thedailystar.net /2004/12/12/d4121201022.htm   (689 words)

  
 Ahmadiyyas slate signboard change of mosque - The Daily Star, Bangladesh
Law enforcers once again hung a discriminatory signboard at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Complex on March 15 at Seuzgari area in the district, the Ahmadiyyas alleged at a press conference at the complex yesterday.
Demanding immediate intervention to remove the signboard, Khandaker Azmal Haque, the Bogra district unit president of the Ahmadiyya Jamaat, said his community has been threatened by the incident.
In a written speech, Azmal said the law enforcers bowed down to the pressure of a group of religious fanatics and illegally hung the signboard on the Ahmadiyya Complex wall on March 11.
www.thepersecution.org /world/bangladesh/2005/03/ds050318fp.html   (258 words)

  
 Bogra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
This small district town serves as the nerve-centre of northern Bangladesh and is fast coming up as an industrial zone.
Some of the largest coal and lime deposits have been discovered in this district and ambitious plans have been made for their utilization.
Bogra is also popular for its rice, sweets and yogurt.
www.bangladeshonline.com /tourism/spots/bogra.htm   (113 words)

  
 ::::: Bogra :::::
Bogra is situated in northern Bangladesh near India
Bogra is known as a progressive district of Bangladesh with its historical tradition, advance socio-cultural and educational heritage, modern innovation and technological understanding.
graciously invit you to join the Forum Your contribution to the Bogra group discussion forum could be an impulse for the development of Bangladesh as a whole.
www.bogra.info   (214 words)

  
 Bogra
BOGRA, Nov 2:—Due to extreme traffic jam, people of Bogra have to face a miserable condition everyday.
The frequent plying of illegal rickshaw, van and tempo is one of the main causes of traffic jam.
The communication between North and South Bogra is totally cut off when the train passes and a long serious traffic jam occurs that time which takes more hours to clear.
www.bogra.info /mun.html   (562 words)

  
 Bangladesh : Bangladesh: Report of Repression against Bangladesh Minorities for the month of November 2006 from ...
The case in brief, is that the convict Ibrahim Dewan (20), son of Md. Siddique dewan, resident of Basudia Dewanbari under Louhajang police station of the district waylaid in Kabita Rani Sarkaer(16), daughter of Maju Sarker after attending her coaching class at Baligaon high school in October last year.
BOGRA, November 5:- Preservation and protection of the right of votes of the Adivasdi people of the northern part of the country demanded and it was also alleged that many Adivasi people would not be able to cast their votes as their names were not enlisted in the present voter list.
BARISAL, November 6:-Almost all the cultural organizations of Barisal district condemned the incident of ransacking the only one mass auditorium Ashwani Kumar Hall situated at the heart of Barisal district during the 14 party’s protest program on October 28 last and leaders of the organizations also demanded the renovation of the hall.
hrcbmdfw.org /blogs/bangladesh/archive/2006/11/14/505.aspx   (6303 words)

  
 entrepreneurs
The program was also introduced in Sherpur and Dhunat upazillas of Bogra district where vast area of land was brought under maize cultivation.
The project will be implemented in fifty upazilas of greater Rajshahi Bogra and Pabna districts of north-western region of the country to establish small enterprises and also to develop the existing ones.
The Project is under implementation by the Directorate of Agricultural Extension (DAE) under the Ministry of Agriculture in sixty upazilas of sixteen districts of Rajshahi division.
www.rakub.org.bd /entrepreneurs.htm   (1792 words)

  
 Face deluge with courage: Khaleda
Hundreds of flood-affected people, who were waiting on the roads and embankments in Sirajganj sadar upazila, and in Dhunat and Shariakandi upazilas of Bogra district, were apparently happy to receive bags of rice, sari and lungi from the hands of the Prime Minister.
On her way to Sirajganj and Bogra, the Prime Minister had a bird’s eye view of the extent of the devastation caused by the current flood.
The Prime Minister flew from Sirajganj to Dhunat upazila of Bogra district and drove for about 14 kilo metres from the helipad to see for herself the condition of the people who have taken shelter in make-shift houses on the road.
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/18/11026   (972 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 392   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Bogra District Bar Council has brought allegations of corruption against a judge and decided to file a complaint against him with the district and sessions judge, seeking steps for investigation and legal action.
The copies of the complaint against Joint District Judge Atiqur Rahman will also be sent to the chief justice, the law minister and the law secretary, said Al Mahmud, general secretary of the bar council.
The decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of the bar council held on June 12 with its President Meer Iqbal in the chair.
www.thedailystar.net /2005/07/04/d50704100178.htm   (250 words)

  
 Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Bangladesh - Bogra district: Bogra Sadar (Aria, Amrool, Chopinaga, Gohail and Kharna union parishads) and Sherpur upazilas
Bangladesh - Dhaka district: Cantonment and Pallabi thanas
Bangladesh - Kurigram district: Char Rajibpur, Chilmari, Kurigram Sadar and Raumari upazilas
www.omidyar.net /group/worldconnectory/ws/bangladesh   (1934 words)

  
 Bogra Zilla School
Bogra Zilla School is the first among the government high schools in the whole Bogra district during the British rule.
Bogra's famous child Babu Kishoree Lal Roy, who is the author of many philosophical writings, was then the student of this school.
While describing about in his book ‘Free Enquiry after Truth', he wrote, “In 1853 a Government English school was established here and I obtained my entrance into it.
www.bograzillaschool.com /index.html   (496 words)

  
 .:: Bogra YMCA ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Bogra YMCA distributed schloaship money to 40 students from different school of Bogra District.
Dilip Marandi told on the occasion that every year Bogra YMCA giving scholarship money to the poor students to support their study.
It might me not enough for the students but still we hope that partially it was helping the students' needs.
www.bangladesh.net /bograymca/our_programs_scholarship.htm   (151 words)

  
 About Bangladesh By nobel4tech.com
Rajshahi division is in the northern part of Bangladesh has an area of 34513 sq.
There are 16 districts and 57 municipalities under Rajshahi.
King Dharma Pal established Paharpur Buddhist Monastery in 7th century, which is the most important and the largest known monastery south of the Himalayas, has been excavated.
www.nobel4tech.com /rajshahi.htm   (1147 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Grounds - Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra
The Bogra District Stadium in Rajshahi was one of the five purpose-built cricket grounds established in the run-up to the 2004 Under-19 World Cup.
Bogra serves as the nerve-centre of northern Bangladesh and the promise of international cricket is a significant step in its development as a city of note.
Javed Omar and Khaled Mashud are cheerful at the prospect of a washout
content-usa.cricinfo.com /bangladesh/content/ground/56670.html   (241 words)

  
 Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
BOGRA, Feb 14 - Sri Lanka is looking forward to open their under-19 World Cup campaign on a winning note when they take on Zimbabwe in their first qualifying round match to be played at Bogra District Stadium (BDS) here tomorrow (Sunday).
Sri Lanka beat Rajshahi Division XI by eight wickets at the Bogra Police Lines ground while Zimbabwe outplayed Bogra District XI by massive 137 runs at the Bogra Shaheed Chandu Stadium in their respective Group 'A' warm-up games.
Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe also cruised past their respective opponents in Bogra.There are four matches on the cards for the opening day of the 5th under-19 World Cup.
www.sundayobserver.lk /2004/02/15/spo03.html   (619 words)

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