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	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		MANIKGANJ, Mar 12:—Open Market Sale (OMS) rice is allegedly being sold in flmarket by a section of dishonest dealers in Savar and Dhamrai upazilas of Dhaka district.
		The dead was identified as Mizanur Rahman Kanchan, 45, a wood-merchant and son of late Golam Mustafa Manik of Nanduhar village and he left one son and one daughter.
		The victim was identified as Monirul Alam, 35, son of Jharu Master, a resident of the same frontier village.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/03/13/district.htm (1936 words)

	SDNP Bangladesh :: Sustainable Development Information Data Bank
		A flabbergasted Nesa Banu, 65, of Falshatia village of Manikganj district shows journalists inedible, rotten rice and potato she received at Mahadebpur relief camp in Ghior yesterday.
		Allegations of irregularities in relief distribution at the camps in the district are widespread.
		District Flood Control Room at Manikganj said the current spell of floods has affected about 1.75 lakh families, damaged nearly 75,000 houses, destroyed standing crops in about 1.66 acres of land and left 16 people killed.
	www.sdnbd.org /sdi/issues/floods_drainage/2004/news/news_29_7_2004-3.htm (749 words)

	Problems and Prospects of Smallholder Dairying. A Case Study in Manikganj District, Bangladesh.
		The study was conducted in two thanas of Manikganj district of Bangladesh and covered 60 small-scale dairy farms from two thanas (the lowest administrative tier of civil administration), namely Manikganj sadar (only municipal area) and Singair.
		Manikganj sadar municipal area has been considered as urban location and Singair Thana has been considered rural location.
		The focus of the present research was to determine the problems and prospects of small-scale dairy farming, and to find out the variations in the nature and extent of problems and prospects in urban and rural locations, and suggest probable solutions.
	www.siu.no /noradrap.nsf/3f55297d653ba4a7c1256988004abfea/23114ae64af40fb5c125696f00422cd5!OpenDocument (468 words)

	Bangladesh-Ferry-Capsize, 1st Writethru LEA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		MANIKGANJ, Bangladesh (AP) - Rescuers postponed a search late Wednesday for dozens of people reported missing after a ferry carrying about 250 capsized during a storm in Bangladesh, killing at least two people, police and officials said.
		Strong currents and winds hit the overcrowded double-deck ferry ML Raipura on Tuesday as it neared a terminal on the Padma River in central Manikganj district, 40 kilometres northwest of the capital, Dhaka.
		One of the survivors was Mubarrak Mollah, a 45-year-old man travelling to the farming district of Manikganj to work in a rice farm.
	www.recorder.ca /cp/World/050518/w051847A.html (421 words)

	Quick Response Report #90 - Tornadoes in the Districts of Jamalpur and Tangail in Bangladesh
		TORNADOES IN THE DISTRICTS OF JAMALPUR AND TANGAIL IN BANGLADESH
		The places I visited and contacted in the district of Tangail were Tangail district office, Tangail general hospital, Thana nirbari offices in six thanas (Gopalpur, Ghatail, Kalihati, Basail, Sakhipur, and Mirzapur), and field surveys in two villages in the Basail thana and one in the Sakhipur thana.
		In the district of Tangail, 585 persons died, of which 54 were outsiders, day labourers from outside of the area.
	www.colorado.edu /IBS/hazards/qr/qr90.html (4186 words)

	Encyclopedia article: Henipavirus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		2003 January 2003, Naogaon district: 12 cases with eight fatalities (67% mortality) (Hsu et al, 2004).
		2004 January — February, Manikganj and Rajbari provinces: 42 cases with 14 fatalities (33% mortality).
		Epidemiological evidence strongly suggests that this outbreak involved person-to-person transmission of Nipah virus, which had not previously been confirmed in humans.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/he/henipavirus.htm (694 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		MANIKGANJ, July 19:–Due to continuous rise in the water level of the rivers Padma and the Jamuna, fresh areas are being inundated everyday causing immense sufferings to the people in Manikganj district.
		The District flood Information centre sources said on Sunday that the situation was alarming at Gheor, Harirampur, Daulatpur, Shibalaya and Manikganj Sadar thanas and about two lakh people have been living on housetops.
		Joint combing operations of theses district are urgently need to prevent and control piracy in Meghna estuary region, ASP said.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/07/20/district.htm (2449 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		It was alleged that wrong records of motor vehicles are maintained in the counters of BIWTC ferry terminals at Paturia, Daulatdia and Nagarbari and a huge amount is misappropriated and thereby the government is deprived of revenue.
		The male and female teachers hailing from 8 upazilas of the district participated in the human chain demanding the implementation of their 19-points demand including senior scale, independent primary education cadre and salary upgrading of the district primary education officers.
		How the government doctors could remain for a long period in their own district hospital absenting themselves from the government hospitals and deprived the patients of their services to the common people.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/03/28/district.htm (2621 words)

	FIN24 : Empowering Financial Decisions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Strong currents and winds hit the overcrowded double-deck ferry ML Raipura on Tuesday as carried about 250 passengers toward a terminal on the Padma River in central Manikganj district, 40 kilometres northwest of the capital, Dhaka.
		The body of a man was found in the river on Wednesday, bringing the known death toll to two, said local police officer Abu Bakr Siddiqui.
		The ferry, packed mostly with farm workers, was on its way to the Aricha terminal from neighbouring Pabna district when it capsized.
	www.fin24.co.za /articles/print_article.asp?articleid=2-10-1462_1707402 (372 words)

	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| WORLD > 2nd Bangladesh ferry sinks, dozens missing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		MANIKGANJ, Bangladesh: Rescuers searched Wednesday for dozens of people reported missing after a ferry carrying about 250 people capsized during a storm in central Bangladesh, killing at least two people, police and rescue officials said.
		Strong currents and gusty winds hit the double-deck ferry ML Raipura on Tuesday, as it neared a terminal on the Jamuna River in central Manikganj district, 40 kilometers northwest of the capital, Dhaka.
		The ferry, packed mostly with farm workers, was on its way to the Aricha terminal from neighboring Pabna district when it capsized in the stormy weather.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/may/19/yehey/world/20050519wor2.html (235 words)

	200 missing as ferry sinks
		Manikganj - Rescuers searched on Wednesday for dozens of people reported missing after a ferry carrying about 250 people capsised during a storm in central Bangladesh, killing at least two people, said police and rescue officials.
		Strong currents and gusty winds hit the double-deck ferry ML Raipura on Tuesday as it neared a terminal on the Padma River in central Manikganj district, 40km northwest of the capital, Dhaka.
		Among the survivors was Mubarrak Mollah, a 45-year-old man traveling to the farming district of Manikganj to work in a rice farm.
	www.landbou.com /News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1706961,00.html (399 words)

	Incidents-November 2001 (Part One)
		Barisal district (in southern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal).
		Bagerhat district (in southern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal).
		The ripe harvest of rice paddy belonging to the minority Hindu villagers from the areas of Jagadishpur, Shyampur, Belghar and Teghaira are being looted by Muslim reactionaries.
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_nov01pt1.htm (1595 words)

	Bangladesh Water Projects
		In the Rajshahi district, one rural water project is complete in Dibbasthali and one project is planned for Billi.
		In the Manikganj district, one water project is under construction in Fordnagar Molla para and one water project is planned for Fordnagar Khan.
		Billi is a village located in the Rajshahi district, an arid region in the northern part of the country.
	www.water.org /programs/bangladesh (1393 words)

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		Tension prevails as the people of Faridpur and Manikganj districts living at the char areas along the river Padma are bracing for a showdown over the possession of accreted lands.
		He said in the last meeting it was agreed that the demarcation of char lands on the borders of the two districts would be made on the basis of the RS records in presence of the deputy commissioners and concerned officials of the two districts and local people.
		Afterwards, the borders the Faridpur and Manikganj districts were demarcated on the basis of RS records from 1910 to 1913.
	www.newagebd.com /2005/may/09/home.html (1322 words)

	Bangladesh ferry accidents leave 133 dead - Boston.com - Asia - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Twelve more bodies recovered Friday in the Padma River were all from the M.L. Raipura, a double-deck ferry that went down during a storm Tuesday with about 250 people on board in Manikganj district, 25 miles northwest of the capital, Dhaka.
		Meanwhile, in southern Bhola district, rescuers searched for about 30 people missing after a trawler with more than 100 aboard sank in a storm Thursday night, said police officer Mozammel Hossain.
		Akijuddin Ahmed stood on the river bank in Manikganj on Friday, waiting for word on his two missing sons.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2005/05/20/bangladesh_ferry_accidents_leave_133_dead (375 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		MANIKGANJ, July 28:–With the rise in water level of the rivers Padma and Jamuna, erosion has taken a serious turn affecting large number of people in Daulatpur, Shibalaya and Harirampur upazila of Manikganj District.
		When contacted PP of Barisal district said allegation of police is not correct.
		FARIDPUR, July 28:–The biennial conference of Faridpur district unit of Bangladesh Sramik League was held here at Janata Bank Square on July 26 with Hasibul Hasan Lablu, the Convener of district Sramik League and Secretary of district unit of Awami League in the chair.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/07/29/district.htm (2464 words)

	Crime News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Oct 7: Manikganj Sadar thana arrested an Awami League leader from his residence of East Dashorea in the town in the early hours of today on terrorism charges.
		Sultanul Azam Apel is former general secretary of the Mankiganj district unit of Jubo league and ex-secretary of Manikganj District Sports Association.
		He is one of the top terrors of the district and one of the thirty top terrors of the country.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/oct/08/08102005cr.htm (1217 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 250 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		BNP leader Tozammel Hoq Toza of Manikganj, now under treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, has alleged that he is getting death threats from his rivals in the party.
		Toza, a candidate for the post of secretary of Manikganj district BNP, was injured in attacks by his rivals at Makinganj earlier.
		In a seven-page written statement sent to Manikganj Press Club yesterday, Toza said the attackers are moving freely and threatening him with death.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/02/09/d40209070976.htm (149 words)

	Cayman Islands - Cay Compass News Online - Bangladesh ferry capsizes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		MANIKGANJ, Bangladesh (AP) – Anxious relatives lined a river bank as rescuers searched the waters on Thursday for up to 170 people missing from a ferry that capsized during a storm in central Bangladesh, killing at least 31 people, police and officials said.
		Relatives of people who died in a ferry capsize mourn in Manikganj district, about 25 miles northwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Wednesday.
		Strong currents and winds hit the overcrowded double–deck ferry “ML Raipura” on Tuesday as it carried about 250 passengers toward a terminal on the Padma River in central Manikganj district, 25 miles northwest of the capital, Dhaka.
	www.caycompass.com /cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=1003567 (506 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 460 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Manikganj Sadar police yesterday arrested Zahidur Rahman Biltu, nephew of slain district Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal leader Khorshed Alam Rana, following the confessional statement of Rana's killer Shahin.
		Biltu, a top criminal and Manikganj district Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader, along with Rana's two other nephews, Saifuddin Ahammed Firoj and Faruk Ahmed Philip, planned to kill Rana at a meeting at Firoj's house on September 6, Shahin yesterday confessed before a magistrate under Section 164.
		Shahin had been under the shelter of Rana, who was assistant secretary of Manikganj district unit of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, since he (Shahin) became the main accused in Biplob murder case one year and six months ago.
	www.thedailystar.net /2005/09/10/d50910011612.htm (180 words)

	Terrorism Update
		Three SF personnel were injured in an attack by militants on a SF camp at Yaribal Banipora in the Baramulla district.
		Jammu and Kashmir Police and SF personnel, in a joint operation at village Samboora in the Pulwama district, arrested two militants and recovered 10 kilograms of RDX, a pistol with one magazine, six rounds, six timers, two detonators, a wireless set and ten hand grenades.
		However, 11 JMB cadres were released in the Manikganj district following the intervention by the Jamaat-e-Islami district leaders.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=12/4/2005 (793 words)

	Rape Torture and Murder by Govt. Of Bangladesh
		Temple in Dakmondop Bazar in Singra upazila of Natore district was ransacked on 28/09/01.
		Wife and daughter of Pulin Malakar and wife of Bhabani Roy and wife of Prafulla Mondal of Borgaola village in Mollarhat thana of Bagerhat district and wife of Motilal Roy of Mejgaola village in Mollarhat thana wereraped.
		Idols of Durga were damaged in Pulerhat in Nagarghata Union in Ashasuni thana of Satkhira district and in Bhadrakhali in Kaliganj thana of the distirct on 08/10/01.
	www.fisiusa.org /fisi_News_items/Bangla_news/bangla013.htm (1947 words)

	NFB - 85 pc tubewells in Manikganj union contain arsenic poison - 07 May 2002
		GOPINATHPUR (Manikganj), May 6:—Give us pure drinking water but don't advise us if you cannot give arsenic free tubewells," people of Gopinathpur union of Manikganj district said, reports BSS.
		Gopinathpur union is a severely arsenic-affected area in Manikganj district.
		About 85 per cent tube wells in the area are marked with red paint to warn that their waters are contaminated by arsenic, Sohrab Ali Akand, Chairman of the union, said.
	bicn.com /acic/resources/infobank/nfb/2002-05-07-n07052002.htm (635 words)

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		M Moslem, a convict in a rape case, was hanged to death at 12.01 midnight on Wednesday in the Dhaka Central Jail, reports BSS.
		The Judge of Manikganj District Women and Children Repression Resistance Special Court awarded the capital punishment to Moslem of village Goalkhali under Keraniganj thana of Dhaka district on February 8, 1999.
		According to the prosecution story, Moslem, a rickshawpuller, raped seven-year-old dumb girl Salma on November 12, 1995, at a paddy field at village Nayadangi under Singair thana in Manikganj district.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /view.php?hidDate=2004-08-06&hidType=LOC&hidRecord=0000000000000000016953 (157 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		Most times, the saying has proved right, said Rafiqul Islam, a villager who lives in Manikganj district north of Dhaka where thousands have been left homeless from relentless flooding.
		About half of Bangladesh is underwater from the worst monsoon flooding in years and officials say the death toll is about 70 - small compared to floods in 1988 that killed more than 3,500 people.
		And it is the worry about what could happen next that was foremost on the minds of villagers in Manikganj, 65 km (40 miles) from the Bangladesh capital, who feel the vultures are possibly a pointer to worse to come.
	www.dailynews.lk /2002/08/05/wor06.html (237 words)

	Physical investigative report of Manikganj district
		We apprehend that the fate of the case may not be in favor of the victims as the demeanor and attitude of S.I.of Police is not satisfactory.
		We have also been given to understand by the local victims that the neighboring Muslim want them to evict from their home and hearth and naturally the terrorists will be at liberty to occupy the lands of Hindu cobblers.
		D.C. Manikganj also felt reluctant to mention the names of some political personalities who are, according to his opinion, very much reprehensible and he is ashamed of their conduct and behaviour.
	www.hvk.org /hvk/articles/0403/64.html (1485 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 131 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
		However, the council of the district Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal was held on September 23 where many BNP leaders and three local law makers were absent.
		In Manikganj district there are four BNP law makers, but only chief whip of Jatiya Sangsad Advocate Khandaker Delwar Hossain attended the council.
		The Manikganj district unit of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal brought out a procession in the town recently demanding cancellation of the newly formed district committee.
	www.thedailystar.net /2003/10/05/d31005070564.htm (247 words)

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