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  Mymensingh District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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.
The district covers an area of around 4363 square kilometers, with several small valleys between high forests.
Mymensingh district was established in 1787, which was later on reorganized into six districts, namely, Tangail, Jamalpur, Kishoreganj, Sherpur, Netrokona, and Mymensingh.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mymensingh_District   (203 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Dacoity was committed in the house of one Toeb Ali of village Dulal Mundia under Kaliganj up­azila of Jhenidah district on July 12 night.
Narayanganj district unit of Shilpa Sramik Karmochari Rakhya Samannaya Parishad held a rally this afternoon at Railway Crossing No. 2 with Advocate Montu Ghosh, President of Narayanganj district CPB in the chair.
District CPB Secretary Dulal Saha, and Hafizur Rahman of Workers Party, among others, spoke on the occasion.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/07/18/district.htm   (2380 words)

  
 Home
New Age Kishoreganj correspondent said: the two rival groups were locked into gunfight over establishing supremacy at village Baherbali of Maiochar union under Bajitpur upazila at about 11:00pm.
District BNP vice-president Shahjahan Khan, district BNP joint secretary Delwar Hossain Khan Nannu, joint secretary of Mahila Dal Sajeda Mahmud Esha, district Juba Dal vice-presidents Ahsan Munir and Solaiman Khan and district JCD secretary Gazi Ashfaqur Rahman Biplob, among others, attended the meeting.
Hajong, general secretary of Bangladesh Hajong Unnayan Parishad of village Manikpur under Kalmakanda upazila in Netrakona, was killed at Durgapur upazila in the district on April 23 allegedly by Rahimuddin, Kazimuddin and Suruj Mia, the police said.
www.newagebd.com /2006/jun/07/home.html   (1201 words)

  
 HARIAN UMUM SUARA MERDEKA
The toll included at least 92 people who died when a ferry sank in the Buriganga river, while another 52 were missing after a boat carrying a wedding party capsized in the Kishoreganj district.
News reports on Tuesday also said at least 35 people were killed and 400 injured by lightning strikes, collapsing houses, falling trees and the sinking of small boats during the storms in several Bangladeshi districts.
Meanwhile, 52 people were missing after another ferry accident late on Monday in the northern Kishoreganj district, 80 kilometers from Dhaka.
www.suaramerdeka.com /harian/0304/24/eng6.htm   (501 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | South Asia | Bangladesh 'militant' sentenced
Suman was arrested on 14 September in Kishoreganj district and was charged of possessing bomb-making material, 50 detonators, and four kilograms of gunpowder, an official said.
He was sentenced by a special court in the district, 150km (95 miles) north of the national capital Dhaka under an arms and explosives act late on Sunday.
Inspector general of police Abdul Qaiyum told the BBC that this was the first ever verdict in an explosives case against a member of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/south_asia/4616594.stm   (340 words)

  
 Incidents-October 2002
Tangail district district (proximately north of the capital city of Dhaka).
Gonergaon village, Kotiadi sub-district, Kishoreganj district (northwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
Joymonirkhol village, Mongla sub-district, Bagerhat district (in southwestern Bangladesh near the Bay of Bengal).
www.mayerdak.com /incid_oct02.htm   (909 words)

  
 HARIAN UMUM SUARA MERDEKA
The toll included at least 129 people who died when a ferry sank in a storm late Monday on the Buriganga river, while another 52 were declared drowned after a boat carrying a wedding party capsized the same day in the Kishoreganj district.
News reports said at least 20 more people were killed by lightning strikes, collapsing houses, falling trees and the sinking of small boats caused by the storms.
In the other accident in the northern Kishoregani district, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Dhaka, divers on Wednesday found five bloated bodies of the 52 people already declared dead.
www.suaramerdeka.com /harian/0304/25/eng4.htm   (573 words)

  
 Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) , South Asia Terrorism Portal
January 15: A JMB militant, Obaidullah Sumon, is sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment and a fine of Taka 2,000 or two-month jail in default, on charges of the August 17, 2005 country-wide explosions, by a court in the Kishoreganj district.
January 2: The president and secretary of Kishoreganj Press Club and three editors of local newspapers are threatened with death in Kishoreganj district for their reports against the JMB through a letter sent by an unidentified JMB ‘commander’.
October 3: Two persons were killed and 38 others, including a district judge and one police personnel, were injured in five bomb explosions targeting courtrooms and court premises in the Chandpur, Laxmipur and Chittagong districts.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/terroristoutfits/JMB.htm   (3924 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
MYMENSINGH, Nov 29:—The Kishoreganj Modern Hospital and different upazila health complexes under Kishoreganj upazila are be­set with problems due to shortage of doctors, medicines, absence of ambulance and lack of facilities that have been causing odds to ensure minimum facilities to the patients of the district.
The existing doctors engaged in different hospitals of the district are neglecting their duties and they remain busy with private practices.
The arrested were identified as Shahnaz Khatun, 23, wife of Abdul Khaleq of village Chahra, Rahima Khatun, 30, wife of Late Habib of village Neelganj and Hasina, wife of Abed Ali of village Kharki.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/11/30/district.htm   (2176 words)

  
 BANGLAPEDIA: Narsingdi District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Narsingdi District (dhaka division) with an area of 1140.76 sq km, is bounded by kishoreganj district on the north, narayanganj and brahmanbaria districts on the south, Brahmanbaria and Kishoreganj districts on the east, gazipur district on the west.
Administration Narsingdi district was a subdivision under greater Dhaka district and was turned into a district in 1984.
The district consists of 6 upazilas, 3 municipalities, 27 wards, 55 mahallas, 69 union parishads, 652 mouzas, 1060 villages.
banglapedia.info /HT/N_0065.HTM   (645 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The toll included at least 108 people who died when a ferry sank in the Buriganga river, while another 52 were declared drowned after a boat carrying a wedding party capsized in the Kishoreganj district.
News reports Tuesday also said at least 40 people were killed and 400 injured by lightning strikes, collapsing houses, falling trees and the sinking of small boats during the storms in several Bangladeshi districts.
Meanwhile, 52 people were declared dead as a search was called off after a second ferry accident late Monday in the northern Kishoreganj district, 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Dhaka.
www.dailynews.lk /2003/04/24/wor07.html   (307 words)

  
 The Minority Situation in Bangladesh
Khitish Choudhuri was attacked by a Muslim fanatic gang led by Shamshur Rahman of an adjoining village.
The gang ran away while the injured were admitted to Naoyapara Hospital, a FIR was also lodged (with the local police) at the local Hospital.
Two rival Muslim groups clashed and later, their anger fell on the local Hindus and they were beaten up and their houses torched and destroyed.
www.hvk.org /articles/0201/182.html   (910 words)

  
 Violence during Union Parishad Elections 2003
Chittagong district (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of Tripura and the Bay of Bengal).
Aburthan village, Raujan area, Chittagong district (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of Tripura and the Bay of Bengal).
Maheshkhali, Coxbazar district (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal and the country of Myanmar).
www.mayerdak.com /electionviolence03.htm   (647 words)

  
 shareworldpoverty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Bangladesh - Dhaka district: Cantonment and Pallabi thanas
Bangladesh - Dhaka district: Dhanmondi, Kamrangir Char and Lalbagh thanas
Cambodia - Kampong Speu (Aoral and Phnum Sruoch districts), Koh Kong, Krong Preah Sihanouk and Krong Kaeb provinces
www.connectandtransform.blogspot.com   (5371 words)

  
 Western Resistance: Bangladesh: Islamists Threaten 5 Journalists With Death
The Daily Star reports that five senior journalists from the district of Kishoreganj (red in map) have been threatened with death by Islamist terror group, Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
The president and the secretary of Kishoreganj Press Club, and also three editors for local daily papers were threatened in a letter, for having portrayed JMB negatively in publications.
Two members of JMB were arrested today, in the districts of Tangail (green on map) and Rajshahi (mauve on map).
www.westernresistance.com /blog/archives/001352.html   (561 words)

  
 Country News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The deceased Sergeant Sirajul was the son of the late Abu Al Kashem of Chandpur village in Mehendiganj upazila of Barisal district.
Noor Islam, complainant of a case, alleged that the land grabbers hired musclemen in a bid to evict the peasants from khas land in connivance with a section of the police.
The district administration in collaboration with the fish department organised the workshop on implementation of bans on the catching of small hilsha fishes in the breading period at the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner recently.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/mar/03/03032005ct.htm   (3301 words)

  
 Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kalia Daman Guha, president of AL district unit, resigned from the post recently due to factional clashes of Jubo Dal, and his son, president of Chhatra League, district unit, was relieved from his post due to the same reason.
The case in brief, was that police arrested Jalal along with a foreign made revolver and five rounds of bullet from Kanpur-Bokultola in Akkelpur upazila on September 1, 2000.
On the other hand, sources in the district administration said that suicide squads of militant of JMB had already taken shelter in Lalmonirhat district to blow up important government establishments and heritage places.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/dec/02/02122005ct.htm   (3720 words)

  
 Asia Cases 2003
Kumar, local correspondent for the daily Prothom Alo in the town of Nikli, in the northern Kishoreganj District, was arrested at his home on charges of violence and vandalism the day after he wrote about post-election violence for the paper.
According to local sources and Bashar, the JCD members forcibly took him from his office in Shariatpur to the district BNP headquarters, where armed party members shot at him with guns and brutally beat him, injuring his backbone, skull, and eyes.
Mondol received medical treatment for his wounds but was later transferred to the district jail in Khulna and charged with extortion under the Speedy Trial Act, which denies defendants bail.
www.cpj.org /cases03/asia_cases03/bangla.html   (4380 words)

  
 MarriageBangladesh.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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www.marriagebangladesh.com /html/search_religion.asp?religion=Muslim   (134 words)

  
 Adv. Rabindra Ghosh Reports from "Ainargope"
They all requested us to go to Bajitpur Upazilla by train 65 Kilometers from Kishoreganj.We went to the Office of Dy.Commissioner, and the Superintendent of Police, Kishoreganj to know the situation, but both the Government administrative authority were not available in their office during my visit.
Adv.Das was not available at his house and we went to Bajitpur Chowki as per instruction of the members of his family and found his whereabouts.
Gouri Rani Das wife of Paresh chandra Das of all Ainargope, Bajitpur, Kishoreganj District.
www.hvk.org /hvk/articles/0403/189.html   (1676 words)

  
 1dead1ooinjured   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Police opened fire to disperse break up a street fight between supporters of Bangladesh's governing party and an opposition group Monday, killing at least one person and injuring more than 100, a regional police chief said.
The clash in Kishoreganj district, 50 miles north of Dhaka, was the latest in a spate of political violence that has rocked the country since a Jan. 27 grenade attack on a rally of the opposition Awami League killed former Finance Minister Shah Mohammad Kibria and four others.
The Awami League called for a general strike in Kishoreganj on Tuesday to protest Hakim's death.
www.co-jet.org /cjet/contents/020905/1dead1ooinjured.htm   (211 words)

  
 Detained Reuters stringer reports about police torture : imprimer
Journalist Dilip Kumar Shah was set free on bail on 8 March after being held in the Khishoreganj district prison for five days.
His release was the result of a meeting between a delegation of local journalists and the district police chief.
After it was explained to him that a false accusation was made against the journalist, the police chief said any police officer involved would be punished.
www.rsf.org /print.php3?id_article=5078   (662 words)

  
 arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh/India
Flowing through Dewanganj Nalitabari, Jamalpur town and Mymensingh the river meets with the rever Meghna near Bhairab Bazar in Kishoreganj district.
The mighty river Brahmaputra is gradually being turned in to a canal.
The river once the blessings for the district providing communi­cation fishing and irrigation facili­ties are now drying up.
www.sos-arsenic.net /english/groundwater/siltation.html   (604 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 742   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Charge in the August 17 bomb blast case in Kishoreganj could not be framed yesterday as Jamaatul Mujadideen Bangladesh (JMB) chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman, its second in command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai and cadre Obaidullah Sumon could not be produced before the court.
When contacted, Kishoreganj Police Superintendent Khondoker Golam Faruq said, it depends upon higher authorities where the top JMB cadres would be taken where.
JMB cadre Obaidullah Sumon was arrested in Gurui area of Nikle upazila in Kishoreganj district on September 14 last year with a huge quantity of explosives and detonators.
thedailystar.net /2006/06/29/d60629070694.htm   (193 words)

  
 Bangladesh: Situation Report on Nor'wester of 27 May 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A severe nor'wester accompanied with heavy rains had a devastating effect on parts of the capital city- Dhaka and a few other areas of Narayanganj, a river port near Dhaka.
News papers reported that another 30 people were injured and 2000 houses damaged in the villages under Kishoreganj district.
The Chairman of Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation (SPARRSO) predicted, a severe flooding by the end of June as the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) at present is very high, due to La Nina.
www.un-bd.org /un/Emergency/sr-27may-2k.html   (420 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 659   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Three people were killed and 300 injured when nor'westers battered Katiadi and Karimganj upazilas in Kishoreganj district Monday evening.
Our Kishoreganj Correspondent reports: Two people were killed and around 200 injured as the season's first nor'wester hit two villages in Katiadi.
A correspondent reports from Lamonirthat: Lightning killed three of a family and injured five others at Tajpur Char village in Sadar upazila of the district on Monday.
www.thedailystar.net /2006/04/05/d60405070178.htm   (409 words)

  
 Bangladesh: Land of minority widow forcefully occupied   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Land of minority widow occupied at Village Kalihati - Itna P.S. Kishoreganj District-Bangladesh on 11 October 2005.
Some miscreants aided by some influential people of village Kalihati-Itna P.S. at Kishoreganj District forcefully occupied a portion of land belonging to Hindu widow —Ms.
Subashi Barman was living in this land more than 50 years.
www.ghrd.nl /pagina.asp?ID=1277   (82 words)

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