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  Chittagong - LoveToKnow 1911
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.
The Division Of Chittagong lies at the north-east corner of the Bay of Bengal, extending northward along the left bank of the Meghna.
It consists of the districts of Chittagong, the Hill Tracts, Noakhali and Tippera.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Chittagong   (396 words)

  
 BANGLAIMAGE ::: STYLE & BEAUTY
Chittagong Division is located at southern part of the country has an area of 33771 sq.
Chittagong is the biggest seaport and second largest town in Bangladesh situated near the Bay of Bengal.
Chittagong is the country's chief port and is the main site for the establishment of heavy, medium and light industries.
www.banglaimage.com /travel/chittagong.php   (4409 words)

  
 Muhammad Yunus . org - Main Menu :: Chittagong
Chittagong is also home to several of the most renowned universities of Bangladesh, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), the International Islamic University Chittagong, the Chittagong University, established in 1966, the Chittagong College being notable examples.
Chittagong is very different in terms of topography from the rest of Bangladesh, as the city is part of the hilly regions that branch off from the Himalayas.
Chittagong is known as the land of saints, darwishes and fakirs.
muhammadyunus.org /content/view/50/81/lang,en   (5085 words)

  
 The Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation, 1900 - Bangladesh
Chittagong Hill Tracts to be a district under the Superintendent.
Chittagong Hill Tracts to be a sessions division under the Commissioner.
The Chittagong Hill Tracts shall be deemed to be a general police-district within meaning of the Police Act, 1861, and Bengal Act VII, V of 1851, of 1869 (an Act to amend the constitution of the Police-force in Bengal and the Commissioner conferred on an Inspector-General of Police).
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/document/actandordinances/chittagon_hill.htm   (1635 words)

  
 New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
the Indian State of Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura in the North, The Bay of Bangle encircle it in the south, Indian States of Mizoram, and Myanmar (Burma) in the east, and Meghna River, Dhaka and Barisal Division of its west.
The area of chattigong Division is 32,675 square Kilometers.
These are Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts (Rangamati), Coxs Bazar, Bandarban, Khagrachari, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Comilla, Chandpur and Bhahmanbaria.
www.chittagong-website.com /map.htm   (106 words)

  
  Encyclopedia: Divisions of Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Divisions of Bangladesh Barisal is located in south-central Bangladesh.
Khulna division is a region in south-east Bangladesh.
The district of Pabna in Bangladesh, which forms the south east corner of the Rajshahi division, is situated between 23°48′ and 24°47′ north latitude, and between 89°02′ and 89°50′ east longitude.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Divisions-of-Bangladesh   (181 words)

  
 Chittagong Division -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Chittagong Division is one of the six administrative divisions of (A Muslim republic in southern Asia bordered by India to the north and west and east and the Bay of Bengal to the south; formerly part of India and then part of Pakistan; it achieved independence in 1971) Bangladesh.
The chief agricultural products of the Chittagong region are paddy, betel leaf, potato, cotton, tea, peanut, mustard, patol (heap), brinjal, ginger, bean and other vegetables.
The city of Chittagong is a very prominent port and is also Bangladesh's largest one.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/chittagong_division.htm   (290 words)

  
 Women in rural politics: Some issues
Divisions and Agencies and making WID is a strong component of the development projects are both salutary steps towards women's development.
Among three divisions, percentage of married women in Chittagong division is the highest (93.10%).
In all the three division the same trends is quite visible but in Chittagong Division percentage distribution of single and joint family is approximately equal where joint family still prevails in a significant percentage other than that of Dhaka and Chittagong.
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 Virtual Bangladesh : Chittagong
Chittagong is the chief port of Bangladesh and has extensively developed port facilities for ocean steamers.
The bamboo is harvested chiefly from the Chittagong Hill tracts, 13,191 sq.
Chittagong's setting is picturesque: it is surrounded by the bay, the river, and hills that culminate in mountains up to 1,200 m (4,000 ft) high.
www.virtualbangladesh.com /bd_cities_chittagong.html   (523 words)

  
 Chittagong Summary
The largest sea port in the country, Chittagong is the main route for almost all of Bangladesh's import and export, and generates a huge amount of revenue each year, attracting many investors internationally.
Chittagong is also home to a few of the most renowned universities of Bangladesh, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), the International Islamic University of Chittagong, the Chittagong University, established in 1966, the Chittagong College being notable examples.
The conquest of Bengal by Bakhtiyar Khalji in 1204 led to a large-scale Muslim settlement in Chittagong.
www.bookrags.com /Chittagong   (6144 words)

  
 Chittagong Division News
I, Adv.Rabindra Ghosh of HRCBM-Dhaka rushed to the spot at 502 Strand Road, Chittagong by bus 268 kilometers away from Dhaka as soon as we came to know that Ms.Mary Das (12) was kidnapped, gang-raped and converted to Islam by some kidnappers within Double mooring Police station of Chittagong Metropolitan Area.
CHITTAGONG, October 30:- According to an allegation, a group of terrorists in village Pathanikotha of Anwara Upazila of Chittagong district on Saturday dead of night entered the Kali temple of adjacent local Basantabari and ransacked murti(idol), looted donation box and set fire to the temple.
The leaders of Chittagong North-south Mohanagar (metropolitan) branch of Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad condemned and protested the incident and they in a statement said that they urged the political parties and the administration to take action against the perpetrators so that these perpetrators can not create communal terrorism disrupting the movement of democracy.
hrcbmdfw.org /blogs/chittagong_division_news/default.aspx   (7770 words)

  
 Tour operator in Bangladesh, Travel Bangladesh, Cheapest travel guide, Tour operators, Tour operator For Visitors, ...
Khulna division is in the southwest part of Bangladesh has an area of 22274 sq.
Barisal division is in the south west part of Bangladesh, has an area of 13297 sq.
Rajshahi division is in the northern part of Bangladesh has an area of 34513 sq.
www.travel-bangladesh.org   (386 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Chittagong
2,348,428), capital of Chittagong division, SE Bangladesh, on the Karnafuli River near the Bay of Bengal.
Chittagong Seaport on the River Karnaphuli, near the Bay of Bengal, se Bangladesh.
An administrative center on the main railroad and highway linking Chittagong with Dhaka, it is a collection point for hides and skins.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Chittagong   (612 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Dhaka Division smiles
Dhaka Division got full points in their 4-day match against Chittagong Division in Ispahani 3rd National Cricket League 2001-2002 held in M A Aziz stadium, Chittagong today.
Chittagong failed to capitalize the advantage of the home ground and they managed only 237 thanks to veteran Minhajul Abedin's 78 and opener Azam Iqbal's 63.
Chittagong Division, having a target of 203 to win, lost dependable opener Azam Iqbal for 4 only.
www.icc-cricket.com /usa/content/story/98225.html   (387 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Chittagong (Pakistan And Bangladesh Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Power for Chittagong's industry is supplied by the Karnaphuli hydroelectric project of the inland Hill Tracts District.
Originally part of an ancient Hindu kingdom, Chittagong was conquered (9th cent.) by a Buddhist king of Arakan.
It passed (13th cent.) to the Mughal empire, was retaken (16th cent.) by the Arakanese, and again became part of the Mughal empire in the 17th cent.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Chittago.html   (434 words)

  
 Banglaimage.com
Tradition has it that these animals are the descendants of the evil spirits (genii) who were cast into this shape because they incurred the wrath of the great saint who visited the place about 1100 years age.
The famous Chandranath Temple and Buddhist temples are in Sitakundu, 37 km for from Chittagong city.
Parki beach might be the next tourist attraction of Bangladesh, which is situated in Anwara thana under southern Chittagong region.The beach lies 16-17 km away from Chittagong city.
www.banglaimage.com /travel/chi.php   (4399 words)

  
 Bangladesh Divisions
The Chittagon Division is one of the six divisions of Bangladesh.
Dhaka Division with an area of 31119.97 sq km, is bounded by Meghalaya state of India on the north, barisal and chittagong divisions on the south, sylhet and Chittagong Divisions on the east, rajshahi and khulna divisions on the west.
Administration Dhaka division consists of one city corporation, 17 districts, 58 municipalities, 21 thanas, 119 upazilas, 1239 union parishads, 12765 mouzas, 549 wards, 1623 mahallas and 25244 villages.
www.southtravels.com /asia/bangladesh/divisions.htm   (912 words)

  
 Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) , South Asia Terrorism Portal
The ICS is one of the strongest student fronts in the Universities of Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi and Jahangirnagar.
June 29:An armed cadre of the ICS is shot dead at Chittagong Cantonment in the Chittagong district due to intra-party rivalry.
The head of the madrassa in Chittagong, Khairul Bashar, was for four terms the chief of the Chittagong district unit of the ICS.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/terroristoutfits/ics.htm   (2696 words)

  
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The root of the crisis in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is that the Bangladeshi regime wants only the land of the CHT for its coreligionists and not the indigenous people who are ethnically, religiously and culturally different from the majority community of Bangladesh.
Retention of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation of 1900 and constitutional provision restricting the amendment of the Regulation.
The Chittagong Hill Tracts case: Genocide in context', a paper presented to the International Conference organised by the University of Copenhagen in April 1981.
www.cwis.org /fwdp/Eurasia/cht_cris.txt   (6261 words)

  
 Bangladeshi Settlers
The importance of the meeting was emphasized by the attendance of Deputy Prime Minister Jamaluddin, Home Minister Mustafizur Rahman, the commissioner of the Chittagong division and the deputy commissioner of the CHT.
A secret memorandum from the commissioner of the Chittagong Division to government officials in other districts stated that it was "the desire of the government that the concerned deputy commissioners will give top priority to this work and make the program a success".
The Bangladeshi peasants who move to the Chittagong Hill Tracts come principally from the plains districts of Chittagong, Noakhali, Sylhet and Comilla, and have no experience of hill slope cultivation.
www.angelfire.com /ab/jumma/settlers.html   (2215 words)

  
 Ethnologue report for Bangladesh
Along the India border in the northeast; Sylhet Division, Sylhet District, near Jaflong, Tamabil, Jaintiapur, and north of Raipur; Moulavi Bazar District, near Fenchuganj, Madhabkunda, Barlekha, Goalbari, Fultala, Alinagar, Islampur, Khajori, Rashidpur, Satgoan, Kamalganj.
Throughout Rajshahi Division; in Chittagong Division, Moulvibazar and Hobigani districts; and Khulna Division, Jhenaidah District (Jhenaidah Thana, Moheshpur Thana), Kushtia District (Mirpur Thana), Magura District (Magura Thana).
Along the India border in the northeast; Sylhet Division, Sylhet District, near Jaflong, Tamabil, Jaintiapur, and north of Raipur; Moulavi Bazar District, near Fenchuganj, Madhabkunda, Barlekha, Goalbari, Fultala, Alinagar, Islampur, Khajori, Rashidpur, Satgoan, Kamalganj, Alinagar.
www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=BD   (655 words)

  
 University of Chittagong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Situated in the hilly region of Chittagong, the University of Chittagong is one of the biggest universities in Bangladesh.
It is endeared with the natural flora and fauna in the lap of hills.
Now it has boomed to a larger extent with 6 individual faculties, 28 departments, 3 institutes and 2 Research Centers catering to the needs about 15 thousand students of different disciplines and researches and others advanced fields.
www.bangla2000.com /Education/Study_in_Bangladesh/Universities/chittagong.shtm   (109 words)

  
 Bangladesh maps from Omnimap.com, world leader in map supply.
Division, District, Thana and Union boundaries are shown as well as roads and other infrastructure.
This is an excellent political map of the Sylhet Division.
Division, District and Thana boundaries are shown as well as roads and other infrastructure.
www.omnimap.com /catalog/int/banglds.htm   (527 words)

  
 Greatest Blunder of Partition
It clearly laid down: "In the Chittagong Division - the Districts of Chittagong, Noakhali and Tippera".
According to Philip Zeigler, the author of Mountbatten's official biography, the case of the Chittagong Hill Tracts was uppermost in Mountbatten's mind.
The award of the Chittagong Hill Tracts to Pakistan was so unexpected that even Justice Mohammad Munir, a Muslim member of the Boundary Commission.
www.angelfire.com /ab/jumma/bground/blunder.html   (1110 words)

  
 Cricinfo - Chittagong Division
Dhaka Division v Chittagong Division at Savar (2) - Mar 31, 2007 scorecard
Chittagong Division v Khulna Division at Dhaka - Mar 29, 2007 scorecard
Chittagong Division v Sylhet Division at Savar (2) - Mar 27, 2007 scorecard
www.icc-cricket.com /betting/content/team/679.html   (239 words)

  
 Chittagong — Infoplease.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The port was known to the civilized world by the early centuries A.D. and was used by Arakanese, Arab, Persian, Portuguese (who called it Pôrto Grande), and Mughal sailors.
Chittagong managed by THAI.(Thai Airways International Ltd. signed contract with the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh to manage......
Two men found in possession of gold chains at Chittagong airport.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0811978.html   (476 words)

  
 Chittagong travel guide - Wikitravel
Chittagong is the capital of Chittagong Division in south-eastern Bangladesh.
Chittagong is a fairly big, spread out town, and the largest international seaport in the country.
The shipbreaking yards near the Indian Ocean are Chittagong's international claim to fame, but for the wrong reasons; these are considered one of the most polluted places on Earth with highly dangerous practices and hazardous working conditions.
wikitravel.org /en/Chittagong   (941 words)

  
 Virtual Bangladesh : Chittagong Division
Sylhet is in the northern part of Chittagong Division, located in a gentle sloping upland valley between the Khasia, Jaintia and Tripura hills, bordering on Assam.
The crude megaliths, now flened with age, bear important historical and social significance but their real purpose has yet to be ascertained, although some locals believe them to be death memorials.
The busy port of Chittagong has long associations with seafaring traders and is strongly linked with the colorful spice trade between Europe and the East.
www.virtualbangladesh.com /bd_tour_chittagong.html   (1458 words)

  
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Abstract On July 27, 2003, an earthquake of magnitude 5.6 occurred in Rangamati (Chittagong Division) of Bangladesh.
A study on the damaged structures, ground cracks, landslides, socio-economic problems in these regions were carried out to formulate the course of action to be taken by the respective authorities.
The shock was also strongly felt in the port city of Chittagong where most residents were woke up by the tremor and ran outdoors.
www.aaspe.am /ASC_2004/Abstracts/Session1/123_Jahangir_Alam_Bangladesh.doc   (775 words)

  
 Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study: Country Report - Bangladesh
Hill forests of Bangladesh are located in Chittagong Hill Tract North and South divisions, Chittagong division, Cox's Bazar division and Sylhet forest division.
The inland Sal forest (Shorea robusta) forests, mainly in Dhaka, Mymenshing and Tangail Forest Division were worked under a coppice system, with a rotation of 25 years.
Areas having a lower proportion of Sal trees were managed under a clear felling system followed by artificial regeneration mainly with Sal and other species.
www.fao.org /DOCREP/003/Y0165E/Y0165E20.htm   (2248 words)

  
 Bangladesh Divisions
It assigns new FIPS codes to the two newest divisions, and changes the code for one old division that changed size.
Bangladesh is divided into bibhag (divisions), which are subdivided into 21 anchal (regions), then further into 64 zila (districts), then into about 493 thana or upazila (subdistricts), and finally into unions.
In about 1998, Sylhet, which had been a region within Chittagong division, became a division of its own.
www.statoids.com /ubd.html   (505 words)

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