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	REPORT ON TIDAL AREA STUDY
		The polders in Chittagong District are bounded on the west by the Bay of Bengal.
		In Chittagong District, the Agricultural Lands in the area have been formed by piedmont alluvial deposits transported from the Chittagong Hills by local streams and rivers, some land were formed by beach and tidal flat deposits.
		Either whole or parts of the districts of Khulna, Barisal, Patuakhali, Noakhali, Comilla, Sylhet and Chittagong are predominantly under the tidal influence throughout the year.
	www.fao.org /docrep/field/003/AC352E/AC352E03.htm (1878 words)

	About Bangladesh
		With the exception of the Chittagong Hill Tracts District, portions of the Madhupur Tract, and the Sundarbans (a great tidal mangrove swamp in the southwestern corner of the country), few extensive forests remain in Bangladesh, the forested and wooded area amounting to about one-eighth of the total area.
		The distribution of the population is relatively even, except in the sparsely populated Chittagong Hill Tracts District and the almost totally uninhabited Sundarbans.
		The Sundarbans area is one of the principal remaining domains of the Bengal tiger, and herds of elephants and many leopards inhabit the Chittagong Hill Tracts District.
	www.cytium.net /hobby/about_bangladesh.htm (1878 words)

	CHITTAGONG - LoveToKnow Article on CHITTAGONG
		The DIsTRIcT OF CHITTAGONG is situated at the north-east corner of the province, occupying a strip of coast and hills between the sea and the mountains of Burma.
		It consists of the districts of Chittagong, the Hill Tracts, Noakhali and Tippera.
		The CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS formed an independent district from 1860 to 1891, were then reduced to the status of a sub-division, but were again created a district in 1900.
	www.1911ency.org /C/CH/CHITTAGONG.htm (399 words)

	Country News
		Two persons were killed and eight others injured at Gazipur area under Daudkandi upazila of the district on Dhaka-Chittagong highway recently.
		June 4: Three people were killed and 11 others injured in two road accidents on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in the district recently.
		One person was killed and three others were injured in a road accident at Korpai area under Burichang upazila of the district on Dhaka-Chittagong highway on May 28 at night.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/jun/05/05062005ct.htm (3388 words)

	Combating Torture
		Subject: Complaint against torture and ill-treatment of an indigenous Buddhist monk, Reverend Kyolachai Bhikku from Barbil Buddha Vihar under Manikchari area of Khagrachari district of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
		In another incident, the army ordered the villagers of Noapara in Manikchari under Khagrachari district not to observe "Katin Chibor Danotsob", a traditional Buddhist religious festival of the indigenous peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
		On 16 November 2002, about 10.30 am Bangladesh army personnel led by Subedar Tarikul from Doshvila army camp under Lakshmichari zone went to Barbil Buddha Vihar under Manikchari area of Khagrachari district, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.
	www.aitpn.org /Torture/KyolachaiBhikku.htm (3388 words)

	Noakhali District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Noakhali District (part of Chittagong division) with an area of 3600.99 sq km, is bounded by Comilla district on the north, the Meghna estuary and the Bay of Bengal on the south, Feni and Chittagong districts on the east, Lakshmipur and Bhola districts on the west.
		Noakhali district was seriously affected many times by natural disasters like high tidal bore, tornado, flood, cyclone etc since 1790.
		Noakhali district, whose earlier name was Bhulua, was established in 1660.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Noakhali (419 words)

	Encyclopedia: Bangladesh
		// Barisal Division Barguna Barisal Bhola Jhalokati Patuakhali Pirojpur Chittagong Division Bandarban Brahmanbaria Chandpur Comilla Coxs Bazar Feni Khagrachhari Lakshmipur Noakhali Rangamati Chittagong Dhaka Division Dhaka Faridpur Gazipur Gopalganj Jamalpur Kishoreganj Manikganj Maradipur Munshiganj Mymensingh Narayanganj Narsingdi Netrokona Rajbari Shariatpur Sherpur Tangail Khulna Division Bagherhat Chuadanga Jessore Jhenaidaha Khulna Kushtia...
		Bogra is a northern district of Bangladesh, in the Rajshahi Division.
		Mymensingh is one of the districts of Dhaka division, Bangladesh, and is bordered on the north by Meghalaya state of India and Garo Hills, on the south by Gazipur district, on the east by districts of Netrokona and Kishoreganj, and on the west by districts of Sherpur, Jamalpur and Tangail.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bangladesh (5503 words)

	CHITTAGONG - LoveToKnow Article on CHITTAGONG
		The DIsTRIcT OF CHITTAGONG is situated at the north-east corner of the province, occupying a strip of coast and hills between the sea and the mountains of Burma.
		It consists of the districts of Chittagong, the Hill Tracts, Noakhali and Tippera.
		The CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS formed an independent district from 1860 to 1891, were then reduced to the status of a sub-division, but were again created a district in 1900.
	59.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CH/CHITTAGONG.htm (399 words)

	THE WAY IT WAS - 1
		I arrived in Comilla and found that Lieutenant Colonel Shams-ul-Haq had gone to Rangamati and Chittagong on his farewell round and left word for me to join him in Chittagong at the address where he was staying and I was to stay also.
		The district commissioner and the press arrived at the scene, the situation was defused, the district commissioner talked to the press, including some foreign reporters, and the news that there had been a fight between the army and civilians was published in the local and international newspapers.
		The immediate action taken by the army was to shift 3 Commando Battalion to Comilla where it was placed under the administrative command of the 53 Brigade Commander Brigadier Iqbal Shafi, and under command 14 Division.
	www.defencejournal.com /aug98/wayitwas1.htm (399 words)

	Incidents-January 2002
		Charsharat village, Mirsarai sub-district, Chittagong district (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of Tripura and the Bay of Bengal).
		Kalapania village, Sandwip sub-district, Chittagong district (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of Tripura and the Bay of Bengal).
		Chandrahar village, Gournadi sub-district, Barisal district (in southern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal).
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_jan02.htm (399 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.
		According to an unofficial estimate more than 70 thousand people of Chittagong district and four hill districts fell victim of the diseases over the last couple of months, 23 of the patients reportedly died of diarrhoeal dehydration.
		Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) alone received 89 diarrhoea patients over the last seven days while 79 minors or infants went to pediatric hospital at Agrabad, eight people to port hospital, 33 to general hospital and 71 to Fauzdarhat diarrhoea hospital.
		Ashraful was brass-fired to death by BSF troops on Sunday night along Buzruk border under Haripur upazila of Thakurgaon while working in Boro field inside Bangladesh and BSF took away the body into India, the sources said.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/04/27/front.htm (5256 words)

	view.php?hidDate=2006-01-21&hidType=TOP&hidRecord=0000000000000000084694
		In 2001, he was appointed Commander of Chittagong district and used to stay at Khulsi area from where he used to conduct operational activities of Chittagong district.
		Considering the importance of the thana, Sherpur was elevated to the status of JMB organisational district.
		According to sources of RAB, the arrested Ashraful joined in JMB in 2000 and during mid 2003 he was promoted as an Ehsar and in 2004 he was appointed Commander of Sherpur thana of Bogra district.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /news/view.php?hidDate=2006-01-21&hidType=TOP&hidRecord=0000000000000000084694 (674 words)

	Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) , South Asia Terrorism Portal
		The head of the madrassa in Chittagong, Khairul Bashar, was for four terms the chief of the Chittagong district unit of the ICS.
		June 29:An armed cadre of the ICS is shot dead at Chittagong Cantonment in the Chittagong district due to intra-party rivalry.
		The ICS is one of the strongest student fronts in the Universities of Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi and Jahangirnagar.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/terroristoutfits/ics.htm (2016 words)

	Incidents-March 2004
		Lalnagar village, Rangunis sub-district, Chittagong district (in southeastern Bangladesh).
		Kosupara, Thanchi sub-division, Bandarban district (part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts).Twenty two homes of members of the Buddhist community were set on fire by Islamic.
		Comilla district (bordering the Indian state of Tripura).
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_march04.htm (2016 words)

	Crime News
		During the interrogation, the arrested persons said that they received training in handling sophisticated arms and in producing bombs from Baghmara in Rajshahi district, Pashimpara Jame Mosque at Biramkandi under Titash upazila, Ziakandi and Sagorfena in Comilla district and in the deep forest at Sitakunda in Chittagong district.
		Meanwhile, three JMB cadres of Comilla are likely to be sent to the Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC) in Dhaka for further interrogation today while two JMB militants of Chittagong have been taken on a fresh remand for seven days.
		Sources said that the Tapash used to work for his uncle Anis which reportedly enraged AL district president Md. Mohiuddin (ex-MP) and the incident could be a sequel to that rivalry.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/sep/27/27092005cr.htm (2016 words)

	Incidents-May 2002
		Khashipur village, Banshkhali police station, Chittagong district (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of Tripura and the Bay of Bengal).
		Wahidpur village, Mirsharai police station, Chittagong district (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of Tripura and the Bay of Bengal).
		Bukabania Zabar, Bamma sub-district, Barguna district (in southern Bangladesh near the Bay of Bengal).
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_may02.htm (2016 words)

	REPORT ON TIDAL AREA STUDY
		This is primarily a summary of the reconnaissance Soil Survey Reports of the districts of Khulna, Barisal, Patuakhali, Noakhali and Chittagong published by the Department of Soil Survey, Ministry of Agriculture from the period 1968 to 1977.
		The Upazillas within the area with the exception of Chittagong and Noakhali districts are connected by waterborne transport.
		The district headquarter towns as well as most of the subdivisional towns in the tidal area are either connected by Bangladesh Railway or road and/or riverine transport.
	www.fao.org /docrep/field/003/AC352E/AC352E05.htm (4632 words)

	RAB - Rapid Action Battalion
		As a member of Bangladesh Police he has served in most of the units in Bangladesh Police Force which includes Police Headquarters, Criminal Investigation Department, Special Branch, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Chittagong Metropolitan Police, Khulna Metropolitan Police, Detective Training School, Armed Police Battalion and Sylhet, Kushtia, Khulna and Chittagong districts and Magura, Kishorganj and Bagerhat sub-divisions.
		Noakhali District as Addl SP, DMP as Addl.
		Dy Police Commissioner, Narsingdi District as SP, Sylhet District as SP, again Narsingdi District as SP.
	www.rab.gov.bd /history.html (1598 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: White Clay
		There are surface to near surface deposits of white clay in Bijoypur and Gopalpur area of Netrokona district, Nalitabari of Sherpur district, Haidgaon of Chittagong district and Baitul Izzat of Satkania thana, Chittagong district.
		The subsurface deposit of white clay was first discovered at Patnitala of Naogaon district in 1965 at the depths ranging from 340m to 350m while drilling for economic minerals in the area by GSP.
		The white clay at Barapukuria of Dinajpur district was discovered by the GSB in 1985 while drilling for coal in the area.
	banglapedia.search.com.bd /HT/W_0056.htm (1598 words)

	BreakingNews.ie - 2003/06/29: 45 die in monsoon floods
		Twelve people drowned in floods in the southeastern Chittagong district on Saturday when another three died of diarrhoea after drinking flood-tainted water in neighbouring Khagrachari district.
		At least 20,000 people were stranded in inundated villages in Chittagong district, where floods damaged dozens of flimsy huts and rice crops.
		The floods, which started on Thursday, forced about 5,000 people from their homes in hardest-hit Khagrachari district, where officials reported an outbreak of waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea and fever.
	archives.tcm.ie /breakingnews/2003/06/29/story104234.asp (1598 words)

	Inretrospect
		The other district, the Chittagong Hill Tracts, was very sparsely populated (total population 247,053) and 94.5% of its inhabitants were tribal people, Buddhists and animists.
		It may be noted that the districts of Khulna and the Chittagong Hill Tracts were not included in East Bengal.
		In the Presidency Division, the districts of Jessore, Murshidabad and Nadia.
	www.weeklyholiday.net /080202/inret.html (1299 words)

	Home
		These also abound in Roanchhari, Ruma and Lama areas under Bandarban hill district and other places in Khagrachhari and Chittagong districts.
		The extractors gather boulders from about 100 quarries in CHT and Chittagong region.
		The convicted was identified as Nazrul Islam (14), son of one Manik Uddin Sarder of the village of Uttargram under Mohadevpur upzilla of the district.
	www.bangla.net /newage/2003/july5th03/300703/home.html (1893 words)

	ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup Bangladesh 2004
		Nepal v Chittagong District A Chittagong Police Ground
		The Bogra District Stadium has been constructed in the last year as part of an ambitious Government-run project that will leave a strong cricket legacy throughout the country.
		The 17,000 capacity stadium is a three-hour drive from the capital Dhaka and will be inaugurated by the Bangladesh Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia on 7 February.It is one of two stadiums that will be used for Group A matches along with the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium which has also been significantly upgraded for the tournament.
	www.canadacricket.com /u19wc/u19wcnews1.html (1893 words)

	Incidents-March 2004
		Lalnagar village, Rangunis sub-district, Chittagong district (in southeastern Bangladesh).
		Kosupara, Thanchi sub-division, Bandarban district (part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts).Twenty two homes of members of the Buddhist community were set on fire by Islamic.
		Ganpur village, Niamatpur sub-district, Naogaon District (in northwestern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of West Bengal).
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_march04.htm (1893 words)

	Folksongs
		Whole of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Ukhia and Teknaf of Chittagong district; Taherpur, Jayantia and Goainghat of Sylhet district; Kamalakanda, Durgapur, Haluaghat, Jhariagati, Nalitabar and Sribordi of Mymensingh district and Madhupur of Tangail district.
		Origin: the marsh lands of Sylhet and Mymensingh districts.
		The subject matter of gombhira is primarily the review of the main events of the year.
	www.muktadhara.net /page12.html (1893 words)

	BackgroundCHT
		On 1st august,1860, accordingto Bengal Government Actxxii 1860 the hill area was seperated from the Chittagong district due to the Kukis rebellion and ceated the new district(W.W. Hunter,p.7 and Satter,P.135).
		The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) [map] is situated in the southern part of Bangladesh.
		CHT was, at that time, under the control of freedom Kuki group and the land remained ultra vires till British invasion.
	bawm.info /CHT.htm (3138 words)

	BANGLADESH:PLANNED ETHNOCIDE OF MINORITYNATIONALITIES IN CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTSby theBangladesh Peoples Democratic Movement (UK)
		The district is bound on the west by Chittagong district; on the south by Burma and on the east by the Arakan Hill Tracts of Burma and the Lushai Hill on north by Tripura State of India.
		The percentage of immigrants in the CHT is the highest among all the districts of Bangladesh.
		Under British colonial rule they were administered indirectly by the Governor of Bengal (Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation of 1900).
	www.radicalparty.org /humanrights/chit_do8.htm (1458 words)

	Links
		Abul Quasem Haider was born on 1st April 1954 at Sandwip P.S district Chittagong of a respectable Muslim family.
		He passed the SSC Examination in first division with letters in five subjects from South Sandwip High School at Sandwip P.S of district Chittagong.
		He passed the HSC Examination from Chittagong College in first division with letters in three subjects.
	www.fbcci-bd.org /members/vicepresident.html (1458 words)

	Alert
		The last incident of death under RAB custody occurred when Shahnewaz Titu, 25, son of Abdul Latif Master of Mandari Hajibari in Chandpur, a madrassah teacher died from wounds at Chittagong Medical College Hospital on 6 August two days after his arrest by RAB in Chittagong allegedly with ten AK-47 bullets.
		A magistrate of Gazipur district court prepared the inquest report and sent the body to Gazipur hospital morgue for post-mortem in the afternoon, after which the body was handed over to the relatives in the evening and the body was buried amid tight security of police.
		But it is fair to say that a disservice has been done to the rule of law by his life being cut short without subjecting him to the due process of law.
	www.askbd.org /A_Q.htm (1458 words)

	Conflict Summary
		A key provision in the accord was the creation of a CHT regional council, comprising the three district councils, with a range of autonomous responsibilities.
		The conflict intensified in connection with the holding of the first district-elections to the councils in June 1989, and by 1992 it had become increasingly apparent that the government’s peace scheme had failed.
		The incompatibility concerning the constitutional status of the area was explicitly voiced at a meeting that took place in February 1972, between the new government of Bangladesh and a tribal delegation.
	www.pcr.uu.se /database/conflictSummary.php?bcID=136 (972 words)

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