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	Cox's Bazar District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The place is home to several birds and wild animals.
		Currently, Cox’s Bazar is a district, with Cox’s Bazar town as the district headquarters.
		In 1854, Cox’s Bazar was made a sub divisional headquarter, and it was only after 130 years in 1984, it was upgraded to become be a district.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cox%27s_Bazar_District (491 words)

	Country News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Members of Kabi Bande Ali Miah Parishad at Dabbotar in Atghoria upazila of the district organised a discussion meeting and 'Doa Mahfil' at Bande Ali Miah School premises on June 27 to observe the 26th death anniversary of the poet.
		Students, college authority, district administration and other related sources said senior residential students of honours, masters and graduation courses were ordered to leave the Begum Rowshan Ara Hall, the residential hostel of the campus, within Saturday afternoon by the college authority.
		July 3 : The domestic and industrial gas consumers in district have expressed their unwillingness to have gas connection as the expenses for the same are abnormally high.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/jul/04/04072005ct.htm (3151 words)

	Terrorism Update
		An elected ward chairman of Biratnagar Sub-municipality in the Morang district, Tribeni Majhi, was killed in a Maoist attack on February 2.
		A senior police official in the Tangail district said on February 3 that at least 100 JMB militants, including some suicide squad members, are hiding in the forest areas of the two districts.
		District Co-ordination Officer Abdul Samad Lasi informed that gas supply from Pirkoh and Loti gas fields might be closed down in the next few days, as the water supply pipeline could not be repaired despite passage of considerable time due to sabotage activities.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=2/4/2006 (1494 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Northeast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At a recent district-level meeting held in Brahmanbaria district of Bangladesh recently, representatives of West Tripura district and officials of Brahmanbaria decided to co-operate in matters related to prevention of border crimes and repair of damaged border pillars.
		A 10-member delegation from Tripura, led by district magistrate Ashutosh Jindal, represented West Tripura at the talks held on Sunday and Monday.
		Brahmanbaria district commissioner Yunusur Rahaman and superintendent of police Mohammed Tareq, as well as officials of Bangladesh Rifles, represented the Bangladesh side.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040527/asp/northeast/story_3295003.asp (381 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		BRAHMANBARIA, July 21:—The flood situation has taken a serious turn to-day in Brahmanbaria district due to incessant rainfall and onrush of hilly water from upstream during the last 24 hours.
		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.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/07/22/district.htm (3428 words)

	Bangladesh - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The next level of administrative unit is a district or Zila (জিলা) (in Bangla).
		Each district is further subdivided into Thana or Police stations (formerly called upa-zila or sub-districts).
		A substantial number of non-Bengali tribal groups inhabit the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the southeast and the Northern regions Bangladesh, including parts of the districts of Mymensingh, Sylhet, Rangpur.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/a/n/Bangladesh.html (2593 words)

	Tangail District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tangail is a district (zila) in central region of Bangladesh.
		The population of Tangail zila is about 3.2 million and its surface area is 3.414 km².
		The main town of Tangail District is the district town Tangail.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tangail_District (187 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Asia / Floods inundate South Asia, killing 13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Three people drowned Saturday when a boat capsized in swirling floodwaters in Brahmanbaria district, 50 miles east of Dhaka, the United News of Bangladesh news agency said.
		District administrators were unavailable for comment and the recent fatalities could not be officially confirmed.
		The flooding in the 17 worst-hit districts was unlikely to ease in the coming days with major rivers still rising after fresh rains, the state-run Central Power Commission said in a statement.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2004/07/17/floods_inundate_south_asia_killing_13 (434 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The jute growers of the district are happy as they are selling their produce at fair price this year.
		The govt primary schools of the district have not yet been officially declared closed and the teachers now have to report for duty at their schools although no students attend classes for floods it is learnt.
		Seven out of 8 upazilas of Hobigonj district were affected by flood during the last couple of days and the overall flood-situation in the district worsened further on Friday.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/07/25/district.htm (3414 words)

	Country News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Aklima was critically injured in a road mishap and rushed to Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital on September 21.
		Court and related sources said Mustafizul Huq Golap, office secretary of the district BNP, lodged a case as complainant with Barisal Kotwali police station against the nine activists and leader of BJL,BSL and BCL including the said seven on August 24 under Section 3 of the Explosive Act.
		The deceased were identified as Sohrab, 35, son of Syed Ali Sheikh of Joshkhola village in Pirojpur district, Jamal Uddin, 40, son of the late Abdur Rab of South Sutanuri village in Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat district and Amena Begum, 30, wife of Awal of Alampur village in Sonagazi upazila of Feni.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/oct/06/06102004ct.htm (2701 words)

	:: Impact Foundation Bangladesh :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A new innovative model of collaboration among private sector, bilateral donor agency and NGO for prevention of disability was set with the initiation of "Polio and Cataract Free Zone" Project in North West of Bangladesh sponsored by DANIDA and Duncan Brothers (Bangladesh) and implemented by Impact Foundation Bangladesh.
		The overall aim of the project was to reduce the incidence of disability caused by polio and cataract blindness and to clear backlog of unimmunized children in Kamalganj and Kulaura Thanas of Moulvibazar district.
		The objective of the project was to resettle 1,100 disabled flood victims and their families in the rural communities of Brahmanbaria Sadar, Sarail, Nabinagar and Bancharampur Thanas (Sub-District) of Brahmanbaria District.
	www.impactfoundationbd.org /previous_activities.html (979 words)

	Bangladesh capital floods ... - Jul. 27, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the central Kishorganj district villagers told BSS the flooding was the worst in living memory.
		In parts of capital Dhaka, boats have replaced rickshaws as the main means of transport and the collapse of the sewerage system was creating a risk to public health, BSS said.
		Meanwhile, officials confirmed the death of 83 people at the weekend bringing the number of lives lost in the flooding to 285.
	www.inq7.net /wnw/2004/jul/27/text/wnw_6-1-p.htm (382 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 236 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), Brahmanbaria district conducted a survey and examined all 28,068 tube-wells and found water of 23, 663 tube wells were highly contaminated with arsenic.
		Brahmanbaria DPHE undertook a plan to instal 125 deep tube-wells above 210 metre depth in different parts of the affected areas.
		On contact, Executive Engineer of Brahmanbaria DPHE Fazlul Haque informed that he received a full-fledged report of Nabinagar upazila at field level in October last year and undertook a plan to mitigate the suffering of victims.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/01/22/d40122070275.htm (464 words)

	Terrorism Update
		Chief District Officer of Tanahu, Bhuvan Aryal, informed Nepal News that the bridge was partially destroyed in the incident.
		District Police Chief, Amrit Raj, said that a group of Maoists accosted Pratap Sahni while he was returning to Nonpur village from Begusarai town and shot him dead.
		On March 16, police in the Nalgonda district arrested five members of the CPI (ML-New Democracy), including its district unit secretary Jalagam Janardhan alias Janakiramulu alias JK alias Jannu, of Yepur in the Atmakur administrative division on the charge of extorting money from a Sriramsagar project contractor.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=3/17/2006 (2470 words)

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		Brahmanbaria :About four lakhs people of the district have been affected badly by the unprecedented and devastating flood
		Our Brahmanbaria Correspon-dent reports: About four lakhs people of Brahmanbaria district have been affected badly by the unprecedented and devastating flood.
		According to the district flood information centre, 102 unions of the district went under water rendering about four lakhs people homeless.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /view.php?hidDate=2004-07-28&hidType=LOC&hidRecord=0000000000000000015903 (213 words)

	SDNP Bangladesh :: Sustainable Development Information Data Bank
		Officials of the local administration in Bogra announced by loudspeaker that 45 kilometres of the flood control dam there are highly vulnerable to collapse as the water levels in the Brahmaputra river overtook all records.
		Thousands of people living their days out without medicine and drinking water were taken ill with diarrhoea in the northern, northeastern and central districts as the waterborne disease is spreading fast, according to news dispatches from different correspondents.
		The railroads between Bhatshala and Paghachong Railway Station in the central district of Brahmanbaria are reeling under floodwater that washed away stones under sleepers.
	www.sdnbd.org /sdi/issues/floods_drainage/2004/news/news_24_7_2004-2.htm (789 words)

	::PeaceJournalism.com - The Peace Media Research Center's e-magazine::
		Hundreds of leaders and activists of Brahmanbaria district Awami League and its front organisations took part in the procession as a mark of showing respect to the central programme on August 21 as the mass killing day to commemorate last year's grenade attack.
		The president of Brahmanbaria district Awami League Advocate Luthful Hai Sachchu took part in the anti-terrorism precession as chief guest while its joint secretary Amanul Hoque Sentu, organising secretary Muzibur Rahman Babul, vice president Helal Uddin were present as special guests.
		Presided over by the president of the district Jubo Legue Advocate Mahbubul Alam Khokan, the anti-terrorism procession was led by the district Jubo League general secretary Md. Sirajul Islam Ferdous to the alter of the Shaheed Minar to light the candles at 6.30 PM in memory of the August 21 grenade attack victims.
	peacejournalism.com /ReadArticle.asp?ArticleID=5175 (227 words)

	Tornado hits Bangladesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Officials say the tornado hit several remote villages in the district of Brahmanbaria on Sunday night, leaving a trail of destruction.
		A senior district official, Motiur Rahman, told the BBC that the storm had flattened the whole of Noabadi village close to the border with India.
		He said hundreds of mud and thatched houses in Noabadi village were destroyed and trees uprooted during the storm even though it only hit the village for less than 10 minutes.
	www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/News2003/May/bbc050503d.htm (303 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Bangladesh storm survivors face hunger, disease
		BRAHMANBARIA, Bangladesh, May 9 (Reuters) - Five days after the year's worst storm killed at least 23 people and left around 400 injured in a Bangladeshi village, the survivors on Friday were mostly without food, medicine and shelter.
		The storm packing winds up to 120 km (70 miles) per hour and heavy rain and hail struck the Noabadi village in Brahmanbaria district, 180 km (110 miles) east of the capital Dhaka, virtually flattening every house.
		Seasonal storms are common in Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries and known for its chronic natural disasters, including devastating cyclones and floods.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/42ce94837cd4917b49256d2400269431 (407 words)

	Incidents during Durga Pooja 2005
		Charbaniari, Najirpur sub-division, Pirojpur district (in southern Bangladesh near the Bay of Bengal).
		Gananagar village, Nasimnagar sub-district, Brahmanbaria district (in eastern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of Tripura).
		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)

	Welcome to FreshPlaza
		Farmers in Brahmanbaria district are expecting a bumper production of litchi, a delicious summer fruit, this year.
		Golapi', 'Bedana', 'Bombi', 'Miraji', 'Kathali', 'Sitamati' and 'China-3' varieties of litchis are produced in the district.
		According to the experts of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office in Brahmanbaria, favourable weather is one of the reasons for the bumper litchi production this year.
	www.freshplaza.com /2006/15may/2_bd_litchiproduction.htm (153 words)

	Bangladesh back in SAARC captaincy
		In the latest incident of persecution of the minority religious sect, orthodox fanatic Muslims attacked an Ahmadiyya mosque at Bhadughar in Brahmanbaria shortly before the Juma prayers on October 29.
		One of the injured, Shabju Mia (52), a leader of the local Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and imam of the mosque, was critically injured in the attack and was admitted to Brahmanbaria Sadar Hospital for treatment.
		There are some 25,000 Ahmadiyya people living in Brahmanbaria district where Ahmadiat was first preached in 1912, before any other place in Bangladesh.
	www.dhakacourier.net /issue15/REPORT/doc1.html (581 words)

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		According to an UNDP-funded survey, arsenic beyond permissible level was detected in tubewell waters of 18 thanas in Comilla, Brahmanbaria, Feni, Laxmipur, Chandpur and Noakhali districts.
		Of the districts, Laxmipur was said to be the worst affected area as 80 per cent people of the district have been hit by arsenic.
		The report showed that 80 per cent tubewells in Sadar thana of the district, 95 per cent tubewells in Ramgati thana have been contaminated with arsenic.
	www.eng-consult.com /arsenic/as125.txt (446 words)

	tribuneindia...Spotlight
		In eastern Brahmanbaria district, Omra Khan, president of a local unit of the Bangladesh Chatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling Awami League, was stabbed to death on Monday, allegedly by arch rivals from the Jatiyabadi Chatra Dal.
		An incident in northern Sherpur district town the same day left the second BCL leader dead, allegedly in factional clashes.
		Naik, who carried a reward of Rs one lakh on his head, was one of the accused in the murder of Australian missionary Graham Stewart Staines and his two sons at Manoharpur in Keonjhar district in January.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99oct28/spotlite.htm (536 words)

	The Human Rights Tribune: A HRCBM Publication
		Shishir Kanti Majumder of HRCBM-Feni, Bangladesh proceeded to Brahmanbaria district on 8th of April,2003 at about 11.00 hours in the morning by Bus 140 kilometers from Dhaka and reached Brahmanbaria town at about 3-30 p.m.
		First, we went to the office of Mr.Rafiqul Islam Majumder, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Brahmanbaria to know the exact location, place of occurrence and also the development of Bijoy murder case.
		Accordingly we decided to stay in a Hotel Brahmanbaria and on the next day we proceed to the place of occurrence by engine boat/steamer.
	www.hrtribune.com /News/shibpur.html (459 words)

	Death toll in South Asia floods tops 400 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		DHAKA, Bangladesh – Monsoon rains submerged new areas of Bangladesh and India, killing at least 13 people, officials and news reports said yesterday, as the death toll from flooding in South Asia rose to more than 400.
		Three people drowned when a boat capsized in swirling floodwaters in Brahmanbaria district, 50 miles east of Dhaka, the United News of Bangladesh news agency said.
		The flooding in the 17 worst-hit districts was unlikely to ease in the coming days with major rivers still rising, the state-run Central Power Commission said.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040718/news_1n18floods.html (250 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The explosion occurred late Saturday during a religious gathering at the shrine of a Muslim saint, known as Mou Raja, in Habiganj district, 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of Dhaka, local police officer Masuda Begum said by phone.
		In August last year, several small bombs went off near a shrine in eastern Brahmanbaria district, killing one worshipper and injuring dozens of others.
		Khagrachari is part of one of three hill districts where Bangladeshi tribal rebels waged a 25-year insurgency seeking autonomy before signing a 1997 peace deal with the government.
	www.arabtimesonline.com /ARABTIMES/world/view.asp?msgID=7237 (577 words)

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