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	Bangladesh - Embrasure Films
		Bangladesh is situated on the north-eastern side of the South Asian Subcontinent.
		The climate of Bangladesh is tropical, hot and humid in summer and cool in winter.
		After partition of the Indian Subcontinent in 1947, when the area that now forms Bangladesh became a part of Pakistan.
	embrasurefilms.com /tour2bangla.html

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.
		It is learnt that the officials of the Agriculture Extenuation Department and Fishery Department, Gopalganj told the Bangladesh Observer Correspondent that the standing crops of the 5414.92 hectors of land were totally damaged 13,350 fish ghers including fish farms and ponds were flooded by recent devastating flood and rainfall and the farmers lost Tk.
		GOPALGANJ, Oct 10:–Huge fish ghers, ponds fish farms and dhighis have been flooded by recent devastating flood and heavy rainfall in five upazilas which are Gopalganj Sadar upazila, Muksudpur upazila, Kasians upazila, Kotalipara upazila and Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj district.
		The total number of latrines of the district is 127630 of which 73496 latrines are hygienic and the rest 54134 latrines are unhygienic.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/10/11/district.htm

	About Me
		Gopalganj was first treated as a town for the first time in the census of the report of 1921 when its population was only 3478 against 1.1 milion at present.
		Bogra, district lies in northern part of Bangladesh, on the Karatoya River, a tributary of the Jamuna situated at a distance of 227 km from Dhaka by road.
		It is the birthplace of “Banga Bandhu” Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Naton of Bangladesh.
	www.geocities.com /aksengupta2002/aboutme.html

	Armageddon Is Coming
		This occurred in the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh on 14 April 1986.
		God will bring hailstones so massive that the world will know they have a supernatural origin.
	www.neverthirsty.org /pp/series/REV/REV023/R0235.html

	Local News on Bangladesh
		This was informed at a meeting held at the Bangladesh Center in London on August one to collect fund and receive suggestions from all section of the society to organize a coordinated thrust for rendering relief activities among the flood victims by the Bangladeshi expatriates in the United Kingdom.
		GOPALGANJ, Aug 6:–The flood situation of Gopalganj district remaining unchanged and thousand of flood hit families are in bad position and could not get sufficient relief goods in flood hit areas in the Gopalganj district.
		According to district administration six persons were killed, 1,19,800 people belonging to 29,400 families have been fully affected while 2,85,595 people of 67,661 families have been partially affected by the flood.
	www.sdnbd.org /sdi/news/general-news/August-2004/07-08-04/General.htm

	info: BANGLADESH
		Bangladesh shortens working week - Garment industry is the biggest private sector employer in Bangladesh Bangladesh is to introduce a two-day weekend in an effort to cut government expenses amid looming economic crisis.
		According to a Christian Science Monitor analysis, Bangladesh, which was never supposed to be a of the world's poorest countries, Bangladesh has successfully ensured the decline of.
		Bangladesh donates $1 mn to US - Harry Thomas, executive secretary of the State Department, said Bangladesh's ambassador had called officials in Alabama Sep 4 and offered the $1 million.
	www.info-austria.org /Bangladesh

	Country News
		The deceased was identified as Mahbubur Rahman, (25), son of Golam Master of village Nehalpur in Sadar upazial of the district.
		The deceased was identified as Mofidul Islam (26), son of Azizur Boksha of village Boro Solua in the upazila.
		The arrested was identified as Bachchu, a notorious dacoit of the district.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/oct/08/08102004ct.htm

	10 killed in Bangladesh in church blast
		Gopalganj is one of the few districts in Bangladesh having a sizeable Christian population, who are otherwise a very insignificant minority.
		An official of the district contacted by phone said Banairachar is a Christian majority village and is well off compared to some neighbouring villages where Muslims are in majority.
		According to district administration sources the initial report said nine were dead and 13 injured.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0601/4.html

	Bomb in Bangladesh Church Kills Ten
		Gopalganj, where Sunday's blast occurred, is the home district of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed.
		Mohammad Faruq Khan, an MP for the ruling Awami League in Gopalganj district, condemned the incident and promised a vigorous investigation through relevant government agencies responsible for security matters.
		The blast occurred during Sunday prayers at Baniarchar Christian mission in the Gopalganj district.
	www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=617

	Ethnic Cleansing In Bangladesh- Rahul Gupta
		In Bangladesh, hindu population was 28% in 1941; 22% in 1951, 18.5% in 1961; 13.5% in 1974;
		Bangladesh, after its independence, tried but failed to establish social justice by implementing a secular and democratic society with modern national out look due to local and international conspiracy.
		In Bangladesh, it is more lucrative to remain a student affiliated with a student organization than to graduate and work legally in an office or a company.
	www.mukto-mona.com /human_rights/ethnic_clensing_Bangladesh.html

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.
		GOPALGANJ, Sept 11:–A manager's conference of Bangladesh Krishi Bank was held at Bangladesh Krishi Bank Gopalganj branch auditorium on August 29.
		The golden fibre is the cash crops of Bangladesh and it has a name and fame in the world but the farmers feel disgruntled to grow jute due to lower price of jute.
		It is learnt that Bangladesh Krishi Bank has taken distribution programme of Taka 38 crore among the farmers of the district as a Krishi Loan for complete Krishi rehabilitation programme.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/09/12/district.htm

	Bangladesh
		Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), came to power in elections on October 1 deemed to be free and fair by international observers.
		Under the SPA the Government or a district magistrate may order a person detained for 30 days to prevent the commission of an act likely "to prejudice the security of the country." Other offenses subject to the SPA include smuggling, black market activity, or hoarding.
		Soon after, Abu Taher, General Secretary of the Awami League Laxmipur District chapter, 2 of his 3 sons, and 12 other persons were accused in connection with the disappearance of Nurul Islam.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/sa/8224.htm

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.
		Golam Mortuza told the correspondent of The Bangladesh Observer on July 23, 2002, that the average weight of the mango is 500 grams and its pulp content is 80%.
		GOPALGANJ, Mar 10:—A day-long Opinion Exchange meeting on local government performing strange role of Mass media was held at Gopalganj Circuit House auditorium on March 3.
		The prosecution case in brief was that on 29-9-97 when victim Jarina Khatun (27) wife of Siraj Khan was returning to her house from their pond after having bath the accused Doulath Khan suddenly attacked her and stabbed her with a sharp knife on her chest, abdomen and back who died on the spot.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/03/11/district.htm

	Bomb kills 10 in Bangladesh church
		Nine worshippers died instantly in the Christian Mission Church in Baniarchar village in Gopalganj district, 160 km southwest of Dhaka.
		Religious attacks against minority Christians are not common in Bangladesh, where Christians account for a little more than 1% of Bangladesh's 130 million people.
		A bomb exploded inside a Catholic church during Mass on Sunday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 25 others in southwestern Bangladesh, according to police.
	www.cathnews.com /news/106/13.html

	1986 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		April 14 - 2.2 lb (1kg) hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
		October 9 - United States District Court Judge Harry E. Claiborne becomes the fifth federal official to be removed from office through impeachment.
		October 1 - President Ronald Reagan signs the Goldwater-Nichols Act into law, making official the largest reorganization of the United States Department of Defense since the Air Force was made a separate branch of service in 1947.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1986

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 70
		Protesting the court's decision, Gopalganj District Bar Association members boycotted the court and brought out a procession demanding to treat the petition as an FIR as the OC of Gopalganj Police Station is one of six accused persons in the case, sources added.
		Earlier, M Shah Alam, first class magistrate of the Cognizance Court, Gopalganj, sent a petition of the brother of slain BCL leader Rakib Hossain Tusher to Gopalganj police and ordered the officer-in-charge (OC) to submit a report by August 31 after investigation, according to sources.
		The fresh hartal has been called to protest besieging for nine hours of district AL president, its general secretary and other party leaders at the district AL office by the police and the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/08/05/d40805011212.htm

	September 2001 Contents
		John Biswas, director of the Bengali Evangelical Association, returned from Bangladesh bringing with him photos of the victims who were in the church that was bombed while he was there.
		Bangladesh is where the Philippine church was nine years ago.
		It was announced at the district superintendents conference before the summer festival that plans are being made for two summer festivals in 2002—one tentatively planned for Atlanta, Georgia, and one for Palm Springs, California.
	www.wcg.org /wn/01September/all.asp

	The Minority Situation in Bangladesh
		Minority Persecution in Bangladesh as a semi institutionalized process is virtually a continuation of the policy of the Pakistani rulers who ruled Bangladesh until 1971.
		Chinmoy Biswas, an active worker of Bangladesh Hindu League was stabbed by members of the Muslim communal ''Bulbul Bahini'' (Bulbul Force or Gang) Chinmoy was fighting for his life in a hospital.
		The Bangladesh Federal Health Minister, Mohammed Selim was on a visit to this village.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0601/32.html

	Peat Reserve in Bangladesh: www.lged-rein.org
		In the territory of Faridpur (presently Madaripur and Gopalganj) district of the then East Pakistan (presently Bangladesh) a considerable peat deposit was confirmed as a result of scout drilling in the Baghia and Chanda Bill areas in 1954 and 1955 which extends over an area of more than 200 sq.
		The peat discovered in Bangladesh is a low grade fuel that may be used both for domestic and industrial purposes.
		The final report of the study was submitted to the government of Bangladesh in 1986.
	www.lged-rein.org /conventional_energy/energy_peat.htm

	Infectious Greed: The Joys of Extreme Weather
		That honor belongs to the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, where, in 1986, a stone weighed in at 2.25 pounds.
		It's disappointing to learn this was not the largest authenticated hailstone in the world.
	paul.kedrosky.com /archives/000979.html

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> South Asia -> 9 killed, 13 injured in Bangladesh bomb blast
		Dhaka: At least nine people were killed and 13 others injured in a bomb blast at a Catholic Mission Church in southern Gopalganj district of Bangladesh on Sunday morning.
		Senior district officials and police rushed to the remote spot, about 35 kilometres from Gopalganj town.
		Police sources in Dhaka earlier said that the bomb was planted and blew when the members of the local Christian community were saying their Sunday prayer at about 07:00 hours (local time) in the morning.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2001/06/03/03bomb.html

	Bangladesh: Bomb Kills Ten Christians - Christianity Today magazine - ChristianityTodayLibrary.com
		A Bangladesh field chairman for a Western missions agency told Christianity Today that he agrees religion is probably not the main issue.
		The league, which played a pivotal role in the founding of Bangladesh, is moderately socialist and secularist and leans toward India.
		In the Patuakhali district in southern Bangladesh, Islamic radicals have threatened 50 Protestant families with eviction from their homes.
	www.ctlibrary.com /6524

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> South Asia -> 9 killed, 13 hurt in Bangladesh bomb blast
		Dhaka: Nine people were killed and 13 injured in a bomb blast at a Catholic Mission Church in southern Gopalganj district of Bangladesh on Sunday morning.
		Last year, a bomb was found near a playground in Gopalganj, home district of Hasina, a day before her scheduled public meeting.
		The government is contemplating enacting a law to ensure security to Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana, the two surviving daughters of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujubur Rahman who along with most of his family members were killed in an Army coup in 1975.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2001/06/03/03bangbomb.html

	Bangladesh Assessment 2001
		A large number of these extremists are now present in Bangladesh and are spreading the Islamic fundamentalist movement in Bangladesh, which has extensive connections with the International Islamic Jihadi movement led by the Afghanistan based Saudi fugitive, Osama bin Laden and his Al-Qaeda.
		The Indian government during the April 2000-visit of the Bangladesh Home Secretary expressed concern over the alleged presence of front ranking leaders of terrorist outfits, including that of Paresh Baruah, Chief of the 'Military Wing' of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), and the Bodo terrorist leader Ranjan Daimari in Bangladesh.
		The Bangladesh National Party (BNP) led four party alliance won 214 of the parliament’s 300 seats while the outgoing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed’s Awami League could win only 62 seats in country’s most violent elections in which 140 persons were killed.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/assesment2001.htm

	R-MWC - 2000 Pearl S. Buck Award Winner Sheikh Hasina
		Family Background: Her Excellency Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was born on September 28, 1947, in Tungipara in the Gopalganj District of Bangladesh.
		Upon her return to Bangladesh, she served as the leader of the opposition party in Bangladesh’s Parliament.
		Her efforts have led to the election of more than 14,000 women to local governmental bodies in her country, a dramatic increase in the budgets set aside for the education of Bangladeshi girls, and a wide-ranging, micro-credit program that has won worldwide acclaim.
	www.rmwc.edu /buck/hasina.asp

	Incidents-May 2005
		Gopalganj district town (southwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Sylhet district (in northeastern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of Assam).
		This time they said if the Barman family does not leave Bangladesh and run away to India, then the family will be burnt alive.
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_may05.htm

	ickle.org » hailstpnes
		The heaviest individual hailstones (at around 1kg) were recorded in Bangladesh's Gopalganj district on 14 April 1986...
	www.brainsluice.com /miscellanea/ickle/archive/hailstones.html

	Weather Extremes
		The heaviest hailstones on record, weighing up to 1 kg (2.2 lb.), are reported to have killed 92 people in the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, on April 14, 1986.
		The town is in the Republic if Sakha- an area of 1.19 million miles and has a population of just one million, mainly because its extreme climate.
		The Eighties hailstorm wasn't the first time citizens of the Indian subcontinent have been struck by such freak weather conditions - hailstones thought to be the size of baseballs killed scores of people and 1,600 cattle in 1888, in the Moradabad and Beheri districts of India.
	dynamicitems.tripod.com /livingplanet_weatherextremes.htm

	World Records
		They are reported to have killed 92 people when they fell in the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh of April 14, 1986.
	www.geocities.com /syyen20/world_records.htm

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