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	explore_report.doc
		It is bordered on the north and northwest sides by the Indus river, which swells in size and bisects the southern half of the area before entering the Tarbela reservoir to the south (in the Haripur district.) Mountains divide the north eastern and middle eastern sides of Kala Dhaka from Batagram and Oghi Tehsils.
		Kala Dhaka, often appearing as “F.R. Kala Dhaka”, lies to the west of Mansehra District Oghi Tehsil, and to the west of Batagram Tehsil.
		Kala Dhaka, though federally-administered, has some kind of political connection to Mansehra district and is included in it on maps as if it were a normal Tehsil.
	www.caseyconnor.org /pakistan/explore_report.doc (1901 words)

	Country News
		The camp was organised by the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA), Faridpur district unit with the sponsorship of the Rotary Club of Dhaka Buriganga.
		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.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/jun/05/05062005ct.htm (3388 words)

	Energy & Power
		Since the Dhaka PBS 1 and the Narsingdi PBS 1 are not able to meet the present demand, they took a go-slow policy to meet fresh demand.
		They are supplying power to Bandar, Sonargaon and Araihajar upazilas of Narayanganj district and district headquarters (partial) and Palash upazila of Narsingdi district.
		That is why Dhaka PBS 1 and Narsingdi PBS 1 have signed agreement with RPCL to set up the Dhaka North 450 MW power station.
	www.ep-bd.com /archive/5th_issue04/cover_rep.html (3056 words)

	Narayanganj District - tScholars.com
		Narayanganj district is bounded by GAZIPUR and NARSINGDI districts on the north, BRAHMANBARIA and COMILLA districts on the east, MUNSHIGANJ district on the south, and Dhaka district on the west.
		Narayanganj a former sub-division of DHAKA district was upgraded to a district in February 1984.
		Narayanganj town has a population of 1.5 million and is located some 20 km southeast of Dhaka on the flat Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna alluvial plain.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Narayanganj_District (658 words)

	Encyclopedia: Bangladesh
		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.
		// 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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bangladesh (5503 words)

	Incidents-June 2003
		Narsingdi district (east of the capital city of Dhaka): a Hindu youth, Mr.
		Dhaka district: a local group of Islamic fundamentalists stole a huge amount of money that was donated by the followers of the Kali Temple in the Sutrapur area.
		Kishoregunge district (northwest of the capital city of Dhaka): Mr.
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_jun03.htm (553 words)

	Incidents-March 2004
		Ufulki village, Mirzapur sub-district, Tangail district (north-west of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Kamalapur village, Haimchar sub-district, Chandpur district (southeast of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Bodorpara village, Rajair sub-district, Madaripur district (south of the capital city of Dhaka).
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_march04.htm (709 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Bangladesh - Floods OCHA Situation Report No. 1
		South-West of Dhaka) and Satkhira District (Kolaroa and Tala sub-districts 350 km South-West of Dhaka).
		As of 16 July, the worst affected districts are Gaibandha District (Sadar, Shaghata, Gobindaganj, Sundarganj, and Sadullahpur sub-districts, 300 km North of Dhaka), Jessore District (Monirampur and Keshabpur sub-districts, 275 kms.
		The northern, northeastern and southwestern districts of the country are the most affected.
	www.reliefweb.int /w/rwb.nsf/UNID/3C18337392651DBFC1256BF9005290B4 (873 words)

	Incidents-May 2005
		Ramdih village, Kuliachar sub-district, Kishoreganj district (northwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Gopalganj district town (southwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Rasunia village, Shiridiklam sub-district, Munshigunj district (proximately south of the capital city of Dhaka).
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_may05.htm (1283 words)

	Incidents-March 2001
		Narayanganj district (due east of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Angalbandh, Sonargaon sub-district, Narayanganj district (east of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Mirzapur village, Tangail district (proximately north of the capital city of Dhaka).
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_mar01.htm (838 words)

	Political Violence
		On March 2, 1996 S.M. Khaliq, the BNP leader for Uttara district on the outskirts of Dhaka, was scheduled to address a rally in Uttara at 11 a.m..
		Two of the most serious incidents of brutality by the security forces were a military raid on Charsayedpur village in Narayanganj district in which army troops terrorized the entire village and a police/BDR raid on Jagannath Hall, a Dhaka University dormitory for religious minority students, in which approximately 150 students were injured.
		When Haq left the detention center he saw that it was located within the premises of the Saidabad office of the Dhaka City Corporation (the municipality).
	www.hrw.org /reports/1996/BANGLA.htm (14120 words)

	MAYERDAK-Incidents agaisnt Minorities
		Bardia area, Uthli union, Shibaling sub-district, Manikgunj district (proximately west of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Sadar sub-district, Tangail district (proximately northwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Boalmari sub-district, Faridpur district (proximately southwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_minorities.htm (14120 words)

	Photos, Pictures
		The then Mughal Emperor of India bestowed upon the first man of this family a token paragona in Machaing in the district of Manikgonj, which was a sub-division of Dhaka district at that time.
		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.
	www.mylivingtree.com /grchowdhury (14120 words)

	SACW 10-11 May 2004
		The Barisal unit of International Khatme Nabuat Movement (IKNM) brought out a procession in Barisal city in support of the eviction programme, announced in Dhaka on May 6.
		When contacted, sources in Barisal and Patuakhali district administrations said all steps will be taken to protect the Ahmadiyyas and maintain law and order.
		Meanwhile, Delwar Hossain Dilip, chief of the Patuakhali district Ahmadiyya community, has said that about 20,000 people of his community live peacefully in Aliapur, Town Kalikapur, Baderpur, Lohalia in Patuakhali town and in some other areas of the district.
	www.mail-archive.com /sacw@insaf.net/msg00118.html (6677 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> South Asia -> Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 54
		Dhaka: Fifty-four people were killed and more than 100 injured, some of them critically, in a fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh's northeastern Narsingdi district, 55 miles from Dhaka, late Saturday night.
		More than 120 garment workers have been killed in fire-related mishaps in Dhaka this year.
		Sitesh Chandra Dev, the deputy commissioner of Narsingdi, confirmed the death toll and said that putting out the fire could take some time.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2000/11/27/fire.html (357 words)

	82 die in Bangladesh ferry capsize
		The ferry got caught in a cyclone in Buriganga river in Narayanganj district close to Dhaka, officials said.
		The ferry was about 30 minutes into its journey from Dhaka to the eastern town of Chandpur when high-speed winds struck just before midnight.
		At least 82 people were killed and over 100 others were missing after a ferry capsized near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka early on Sunday.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/feb/20ferry.htm (120 words)

	MAYERDAK-Incidents agaisnt Minorities
		Manikganj district town (proximately west of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Rasunia village, Shiridiklam sub-district, Munshigunj district (proximately south of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Gopalganj district town (southwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
	www.mayerdak.com /incidents.htm (996 words)

	Incidents-September 2002
		Kaliganj sub-district of Narail district (southwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Gopalganj district (southwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Durgapur village, Gopalganj district (southwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_sep02.htm (996 words)

	view.php?hidDate=2004-07-15&hidType=TOP&hidRecord=0000000000000000014450
		Flood Information Centre sources said the low-lying areas in and around Dhaka and Narayanganj are on the threshold of flood and are likely to be inundated because of sharp rise of the Buriganga at Dhaka, the Shitalakhya at Narayanganj and the Turag at Mirpur.
		Road communications between Jamalpur, Dhaka, Tangail and northern districts was cut off.
		Flood situation in the country's northeast region remained unchanged but aggravated in Jamalpur, Sherpur, Kurigram, Sirajganj, Bogra and Joypurhat districts inundating fresh areas Tuesday, report agencies.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /view.php?hidDate=2004-07-15&hidType=TOP&hidRecord=0000000000000000014450 (530 words)

	CBS News Ferry Capsized, 500 Feared Dead July 9, 2003 17:01:34
		A Bangladeshi health worker treats one of the injured passengers of the capsized ferry at a local health center in Chandpur district 40 miles southeast of Dhaka, Wednesday, July 9, 2003.
		The vessel went down as it approached a ferry terminal in Chandpur, a town about 40 miles south of the capital, Dhaka.
		The ferry was traveling from Dhaka to the southern Bhola district when it sank.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/07/09/world/main562427.shtml (530 words)

	NERP IEE - Regional Plan impacts
		This sub-unit includes the districts of Narayanganj and Narsingdi, which are expected to take on the role of market gardens for the Dhaka urban and peri-urban population, as urban development spreads to the northeast and displaces market gardening from current closer-in areas.
		Flood damage to urban centres would be reduced in four of the eight major urban centres (Narsingdi, Narayanganj, Habiganj, Moulvibazar) and fourteen of the 74 thana centres.
		In particular, it is expected that the Narsingdi-Narayanganj Project and the Narsingdi District Project would boost urban population in this area by 1 million.
	bicn.com /wei/resources/nerp/iee/11-ch9-FW-impacts.htm (7694 words)

	iso_3166_2-0.41.nl.po
		name for Dhaka zila msgid "Dhaka zila" msgstr "District Dhaka" #.
		name for Capital federal msgid "Capital federal" msgstr "Federaal district" #.
		name for Distrito Federal msgid "Distrito Federal" msgstr "Federaal district" #.
	www.iro.umontreal.ca /translation/teams/PO/nl/iso_3166_2-0.41.nl.po (7694 words)

	iso_3166_2-0.41.nl.po
		name for Dhaka zila msgid "Dhaka zila" msgstr "District Dhaka" #.
		name for Capital federal msgid "Capital federal" msgstr "Federaal district" #.
		name for Dinajpur zila msgid "Dinajpur zila" msgstr "District Dinajpur" #.
	www.iro.umontreal.ca /translation/teams/PO/nl/iso_3166_2-0.41.nl.po (7694 words)

	iso_3166_2-0.41.nl.po
		name for Dhaka zila msgid "Dhaka zila" msgstr "District Dhaka" #.
		name for Capital federal msgid "Capital federal" msgstr "Federaal district" #.
		name for Kurigram zila msgid "Kurigram zila" msgstr "District Kurigram" #.
	www.iro.umontreal.ca /~gnutra/trans/nl/iso_3166_2-0.41.nl.po (7694 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Narayanganj District
		Narayanganj District (dhaka division) with an area of 759.57 sq km, is bounded by narsingdi and gazipur districts on the north, munshiganj districts on the south, brahmanbaria and comilla districts on the east, dhaka districts on the west.
		The district consists of five upazilas, 49 union parishads, 881 mouzas, 1374 villages, 2 municipalities, 12 wards and 115 mahallas.
		Historical events sonargaon of the district was an important historical place from the ancient time.
	banglapedia.net /HT/N_0057.HTM (713 words)

	Manikganj District -
		Manikganj was formerly a subdivision of Dhaka District.
		km, and is bounded by Tangail District on the north, Dhaka District on the east and Faridpur District on the south.
		It was turned into a district in 1984.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Manikganj_District (274 words)

	Terrorism Update
		Abdul Awal, another member of Majlish-e-Sura of JMB and Mufti Abdul Hannan, chief of the Harkatul Jihad, were also taken on a five-day remand each in a case in connection with August 17 bombings near National Press Club under Ramna police station in the Dhaka district.
		Separately, the Maoist 'district president' of Solukhumbu district, Jagat Bahadur Basnet alias Bikram, surrendered to the district administration on December 27.
		District police chief Sunil Kumar Jha said one rifle, one SLR and a large cache of live cartridges were recovered from the incident site.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=12/30/2005 (1571 words)

	mission
		BDPC education program activities in 2002 were implemented in Dhaka City, Jessore and Narail districts through 10 Pre-primary and 6 primary education centres; 10 non-formal and 22 post literacy and continuous education centres; two all time schools in Tongi and Jessore Pourashava areas.
		The uniqueness of the project is that it operates in remote rural districts and outreaches the destitute in remotest areas.
		Child Sponsorship and Education Project is the continuation of the Urban Adolescent Support Project that was implemented by BDPC in the Dhaka City and Narail Sadar Upazila.
	www.bdpc.info /projects/projects.html (1571 words)

	3 killed in crossfire with RAB, police
		Sohrab, 35, son of Motaleb Bepari of Charmonai under Kotwali police station in Barisal district, was killed in the crossfire with Kotwali police in Dhaka.
		Three alleged terrorists were killed in crossfire with Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police in capital Dhaka, Narail and Kushtia yesterday.
		Under intensive interrogation, Santosh, of village Nolamara under Noragati thana in Narail district, confessed to the RAB that the members of his group would be assembled at Shoshanpara area in village Mirzapore under Kalia thana.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/25/15009/printer (1571 words)

	Diocese of Mymensign
		In the second half of the 16th century there were Catholics in various parts of what is now Mymensingh Diocese, such as Hoshenpur of Kishorganj District.In 1914, Five Garo men from present day Ranikhong parish went to the Bishop of Dhaka and requested a priest.
		He settled in Thousalpara, and Began the Apostolate of the Church Among the Garos in northern Mymensingh District, in a 90 miles stretch from the border with Sylhet District on the East to the Jamuna River on the West.
		: Before September 1987, Mymensingh was part of Dhaka Archdiocese.
	bangladesh-christian.com /catholic/mymensingh/diocese_of_Mymensingh.htm (1571 words)

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