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	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.
		It is the birthplace of “Banga Bandhu” Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Naton of Bangladesh.
		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.
	www.geocities.com /aksengupta2002/aboutme.html (6483 words)

	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 (2701 words)

	Bangladesh - Embrasure Films
		Bangladesh is situated on the north-eastern side of the South Asian Subcontinent.
		The hills of Sylhet and those in the hill districts of Bandarban, Rangamati and Khagrachari are mostly low hills covered with green forests.
		The climate of Bangladesh is tropical, hot and humid in summer and cool in winter.
	embrasurefilms.com /tour2bangla.html (242 words)

	info: BANGLADESH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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.
		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.
	www.info-austria.org /Bangladesh (446 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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.
		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.
		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 (2570 words)

	Country News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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 (3034 words)

	10 killed in Bangladesh in church blast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		According to district administration sources the initial report said nine were dead and 13 injured.
		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.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0601/4.html (262 words)

	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.
		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.
		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, fl market activity, or hoarding.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/sa/8224.htm (18316 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		GOPALGANJ, Sept 11:–A manager's conference of Bangladesh Krishi Bank was held at Bangladesh Krishi Bank Gopalganj branch auditorium on August 29.
		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.
		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.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/09/12/district.htm (1298 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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.
		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%.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/03/11/district.htm (2214 words)

	Bomb in Bangladesh Church Kills Ten
		The blast occurred during Sunday prayers at Baniarchar Christian mission in the Gopalganj district.
		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.
	www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=617 (210 words)

	Ethnic Cleansing In Bangladesh- Rahul Gupta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In Bangladesh, hindu population was 28% in 1941; 22% in 1951, 18.5% in 1961; 13.5% in 1974;
		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.
		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.
	www.mukto-mona.com /human_rights/ethnic_clensing_Bangladesh.html (5214 words)

	Window on the World
		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.
		Last year we devised a plan to send some people from Bangladesh to be mentored by the Filipino members in how to create a livelihood project.
	www.wcg.org /wn/01september/window_on_the_world.htm (978 words)

	Bangladesh Assessment 2001
		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.
		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.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/assesment2001.htm (2329 words)

	Peat Reserve in Bangladesh: www.lged-rein.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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.
		Hardrock was discovered by GSB in Madhyapara area of Dinajpur District in 1964 at a depth of 285 metres from surface.
	www.lged-rein.org /conventional_energy/energy_peat.htm (1207 words)

	Bangladesh: Bomb Kills Ten Christians - Christianity Today magazine - ChristianityTodayLibrary.com
		The league, which played a pivotal role in the founding of Bangladesh, is moderately socialist and secularist and leans toward India.
		A Bangladesh field chairman for a Western missions agency told Christianity Today that he agrees religion is probably not the main issue.
		In the Patuakhali district in southern Bangladesh, Islamic radicals have threatened 50 Protestant families with eviction from their homes.
	www.ctlibrary.com /6524 (853 words)

	Bangladesh
		Bangladesh is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy in which elections by secret ballot are held on the basis of universal suffrage.
		In July Parliament passed the zila (district) council law, which provides for indirect election of the district council chairman by an electoral college of elected lower level representatives.
		In June 1999, the ILO received a complaint from the Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labor Federation that the Government had not introduced legislation that would extend the protections of the Industrial Relations Ordinance to a greater number of agricultural workers.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/sa/index.cfm?docid=692 (18332 words)

	R-MWC - 2000 Pearl S. Buck Award Winner Sheikh Hasina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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 (384 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> South Asia -> 9 killed, 13 hurt in Bangladesh bomb blast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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 (249 words)

	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.
		The Bangladesh Federal Health Minister, Mohammed Selim was on a visit to this village.
		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.
	www.hvk.org /articles/0601/32.html (1039 words)

	Incidents-May 2005
		Gopalganj district town (southwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
		It is known that from the incident that Jhuma committed suicide after being sexually assaulted by a group of Islamic reactionaries on the road while she was returning from the college.
		The municipal secretary of Derai in the Sylhet district, Abdul Alim Mollah abducted a Hindu woman named Deba Rani Sutradhar (age 16) who was lured by the promise of a job by the secretary.
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_may05.htm (1283 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> South Asia -> 9 killed, 13 injured in Bangladesh bomb blast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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.
		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.
		Senior district officials and police rushed to the remote spot, about 35 kilometres from Gopalganj town.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2001/06/03/03bomb.html (225 words)

	arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh/India
		A recent paper on cancer risk estimation in Bangladesh, on the basis of Taiwan data, showed that the lifetime risk of deaths from internal cancers among Bangladesh population would be more than double due to arsenic ingestion.
		Disease and maladies in Bangladesh have reached such an extent that the cumulative number of the affected has exceeded the total number of the population, according to compiled data provided by health experts and the government in 2003.
		Majority of the test kits used in Bangladesh are based on the Gutzeit method which involves the reduction of of As(III) and As(V) by zinc to give arsine gas which is then used to produce a stain on mercuric bromide paper.
	www.sos-arsenic.net /english/latest.html (14970 words)

	Bomb kills 10 in Bangladesh church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Nine worshippers died instantly in the Christian Mission Church in Baniarchar village in Gopalganj district, 160 km southwest of Dhaka.
		Dozens of church members had gathered for morning prayers when the bomb went off behind a wooden shelf of bibles and religious books in one corner of the tin-roofed church, head priest Fr Mimmo said in a telephone interview.
		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.
	www.cathnews.com /news/106/13.html (188 words)

	2 Gopalganj ‘extremists’ remanded » Bangladesh News - খবর
		Following confessions from the two arrested, Raihan Sikdar, 27, and Belal, police teams have been sent to Tekerhat and Mostafapur in Madaripur district, Trishal in Mymensingh district, Uttara in the capital and two places in Gopalganj district to nab their fellows, sources said.
		A revolver, a shutter gun and eight bullets were seized from the possessions of Raihan and Belal after their arrest while two other extremists fled away, police said.
		Extremist activities have increased in Gopalganj and its adjacent areas in the recent time, BDNEWS Gopalganj correspondent reports.
	www.bangladeshnewsarchives.com /bangladesh-news/2005/05/15/2-gopalganj-extremists-remanded (409 words)

	September 2001 Contents
		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.
		"It is so inspiring," said district superintendent Guy Engelbart, "to see the impact Jesus has on the lives of the young people, and the commitment they have to touch the lives of others with the gospel.
		Curtis May, district superintendent, spoke on male depression and gave illustrations of how males and females deal differently with the same situations.
	www.wcg.org /wn/01September/all.asp (13244 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 70 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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.
		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.
		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.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/08/05/d40805011212.htm (246 words)

	Armageddon Is Coming
		The Guiness World Records state that the heaviest known hailstone is 1 Kg or 2.2 lbs.
		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 (296 words)

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