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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mongla Port is situated at the East Bank of Pussur River near the confluence of Pussur River and Mongla Nulla at a distance of 65 Nautical miles from the Fairway Bouy situated (Lat.
		Mongla port consists of shore based facilities and a sheltered anchorage in the Pussur River.
		The density of water at the Outer Bar varies from 1005 to 1025 and at Mongla from 1002 to 1015.
	www.citechco.net /starpath/mongla.html (1235 words)

	MONGLA
		Mongla (früher Chelna) ist der Binnenschiff-Hafen der Stadt Khulna im Süden Bangladeschs.
		Mongla liegt an einem Seitenarm des Ganges am Eingang der Sundarbans.
		Mongla ist der wichtigste Hafen der Region und neben Chittagong der größte in Bangladesh.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/M/Mongla (54 words)

	National The Telegraph - Weekly (Nepal)
		Mongla port on the other hand is situated on the south-western part of B'desh, opposite to and at the eastern side of Kolkata port, which is also fully operative round the clock as the same is international standard sea pot.
		Mongla port being the shortest distance an althrough road linked from Kathmandu in comparision to any existing ports, has the highest business potentials to be used by Nepali businessmen.
		Mongla sea port is situated on the south western part of B'desh at the confluence of Passur river and Mongla sea port approximately 87 kms upstream of the Bay of Bengal and 45 kms south of Khulna Metropolitan city.
	www.nepalnews.com.np /contents/englishweekly/telegraph/2001/may/may09/national.htm (1646 words)

	Mongla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mongla is a sea port in the Bagerhat District of south-western Bangladesh.
		It is located 48 km south of Khulna city.
		The port is situated at the confluence of the Pashur River and the Mongla River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mongla (83 words)

	Sundarban
		It is a divisional headquarter which serves as a gateway to the seaport of mongla and the Sundarbans.
		It is a district headquarters, Bagerhat is famous for Shait-gumbad mosque (60-domed) built in 1459 and shrine of the Muslim mystic Khan Jahan Ali.
		Mongla is the second seaport of the country and gateway to the Sundarbans.
	www.bdonline.com /tourism/spots/sundar.htm (1139 words)

	National The Telegraph - Weekly (Nepal)
		Mongla port on the other hand is situated on the south-western part of B'desh, opposite to and at the eastern side of Kolkata port, which is also fully operative round the clock as the same is international standard sea pot.
		Mongla port being the shortest distance an althrough road linked from Kathmandu in comparision to any existing ports, has the highest business potentials to be used by Nepali businessmen.
		Mongla sea port is situated on the south western part of B'desh at the confluence of Passur river and Mongla sea port approximately 87 kms upstream of the Bay of Bengal and 45 kms south of Khulna Metropolitan city.
	www.nepalnews.com /contents/englishweekly/telegraph/2001/may/may09/national.htm (1646 words)

	Mongla: a Tourist Attraction on the
		This Peace Accord ushered in a new era of peace and development for the region and Mongla was rapidly converted from a mere village to a modern town.
		The development of Mongla in the last seven years will be further enhanced when the 56 mile long highway from Kyaing Tong is finished, and also the 102 mile Kyaing Tong-Tachilek highway which is being upgraded and widened by army engineers with the help of the soldiers contributing labour.
		Mongla which was for so many years under the dark clouds of insurgency is now blossoming into a beautiful modern town illuminated by the bright sun of peace and development.
	www.myanmar.gov.mm /Perspective/persp1998/2-98/mon2-98.htm (1939 words)

	Irrawaddy.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Parsa's family is just one of hundreds of families in Mongla, the district seat of the autonomous Fourth Special District of the eastern Shan State, that moved from the highlands to the plains here and—with the cross-border cooperation of China—were weaned away from their traditional cultivation of opium.
		According to Xie Bin, deputy president of the district's military and political committee, the region's top authority, 1,099 hectares of poppies were planted at that time in 262 of the 401 villages with an annual opium output of nearly 10,000 kilograms.
		Yang, 32, migrated from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan, to Mongla in 1992, in a movement that underlines the ties between Burma and China.
	www.irrawaddy.org /aviewer.asp?a=28&print=yes&c=e (1342 words)

	New Dam Helps Farmers Shake Off Poverty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Parsa's family is just one of hundreds of families in Mongla, the district seat of the autonomous Fourth Special District of the eastern Shan State, that moved from the highlands to the plains here and—with the cross-border cooperation of China—were weaned away from their traditional cultivation of opium.
		According to Xie Bin, deputy president of the district's military and political committee, the region's top authority, 1,099 hectares of poppies were planted at that time in 262 of the 401 villages with an annual opium output of nearly 10,000 kilograms.
		Yang, 32, migrated from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan, to Mongla in 1992, in a movement that underlines the ties between Burma and China.
	www.rockmekong.org /media-cov/exopium%20farmers.htm (1342 words)

	Mongla Port
		It is usual for the navigators making approaches from Calcutta and Chittagong to proceed between 20 and 30 metre contour which is quite well defined and converge on the northern most tip of the " Swatch of No Ground ".
		Ship approaching Mongla Port will send their ETA and draft to their respective agents and to PORT KHULNA vis Khulna Radio (Call sign S3E) at least 24 hrs.
		Distance from Mongla fairway buoy to Mongla port Jetty is 65 Nautical miles.
	www.starpathgroup.net /mongla.html (1249 words)

	WElCOME Mongla Port Authority (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mongla Port is the Second Sea Port of Bangladesh and is the most Eco-friendly port of the country.
		It is situated on the southwestern part of the country at the confluence of Pussur River and Mongla Nulla approximately 71 nautical miles upstream of the Bay of Bengal.
		The Chalna Port Authority was again renamed "Mongla Port Authority" on 8 march, 1987.
	www.monglaport.com.bd (117 words)

	Drugs suppression efforts of special region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		It was based in Silu and Mongla in east Myanmar ear the Myanmar China border, which is widely known as "The Golden Triangle" for its poppy cultivation.
		Mongla region, where there were previously 262 villages cultivating opium on 2716 acres which yielded annually 8968 kilos of raw opium, was declared to the world as "Opium Free Zone" at the inauguration ceremony for a museum commemorating anti-drug activities.
		The first phase was for Nanpan while the second phase was in Mongla and Mongla and the third phase in Silu respectively.
	www.myanmar-narcotic.net /eradication/anti1c.htm (1211 words)

	TIME Asia Print Page: Arts -- Burmese Daze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Lin was the chairman of something called the Mongla Action Committee on Narcotics, a committee reduced in number when another of its less-than-distinguished members was arrested in a sting operation by Thai police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and extradited to New York on narcotics charges.
		There was so much more to see in Mongla: the gaudy casinos, packed with Yunnanese gamblers, where (it was rumored) millions of dollars of drug money was laundered; another zoo, the kind with lions and tigers; and not one but two exotic shows performed by Russian dancing girls.
		A friend in Yunnan who knew of Mongla by reputation said the border town had been unflatteringly nicknamed "the anus of China." Yet the Burmese regime, touting Mongla as a tourist paradise risen from the ashes of all those drug-burning ceremonies, regarded it as a model of prudent development.
	www.time.com /time/asia/arts/printout/0,9788,195401,00.html (2803 words)

	country news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mongla Port is yet to be elevated to a modern seaport because of various problems that lingered over the last 52 years.
		Mongla Port authority imposes landing charge at the rate of Tk.
		Mongla Port is, however, protected against the fury of cyclonic storm and tidal wave because of the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world.
	www.weeklyholiday.net /260903/count.html (2081 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 502 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		One of the steps may be a mandatory provision for fertiliser importers to import half of their consignments through the port.
		The sources said the Chairman of Mongla Port Authority already held a discussion with high officials of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation regarding import of fertiliser through Mongla port.
		A consensus between the ruling party and the opposition is also essential regarding implementation of the decisions", he was quoted as telling the meeting.
	www.thedailystar.net /2005/10/23/d51023070280.htm (449 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Mongla Port (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The anchorage was shifted to Mongla in 1954 as the place could accommodate sea-going vessels with greater draughts.
		Mongla is situated on the confluence of the rivers pasur and Mongla at mouza Selabunia of rampal upazila of bagerhat district.
		Although fairly small, Mongla was a busy port in the past and at times, about two dozen sea going vessels were found anchored here.
	banglapedia.org /HT/M_0311.htm (356 words)

	TIMEasia.com: Arts -- Burmese Daze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Situated in Burma's Shan state, less than a mile from the Chinese border, Mongla is ruled by a brutal heroin trafficker and has an unsavory reputation as a freewheeling center for gambling and prostitution.
		Mongla was a transshipment area for smuggling Chinese laborers through Thailand and into America.
		Mongla sprawls across a spacious valley bound by dark hills.
	www.time.com /time/asia/arts/magazine/0,9754,195401,00.html (1022 words)

	Meet Bangladesh :: Travel Khulna
		It is a divisional headquarter which serves as a gateway to the seaport of Mongla and the Sundarbans.
		Mongla is the second seaport of the country and gateway to the Sundarbans.
		Private motor launch, speed boats, country boats as well as mechanised vessel of Mongla Port Authority might be hired for the purpose.
	www.discoverybangladesh.com /meetbangladesh/khulna.html (1154 words)

	Striking dock workers shot dead in Bangladesh
		In defiance of their trade unions, the workers were striking for improved working conditions and the release of a co-worker arrested for campaigning for a hartal (strike and shop closures).
		In an act of provocation, the police blocked the progress of the demonstration of over 2,000 workers and their supporters through Mongla, firing teargas and launching baton charges into their march.
		On December 6, most of the shops and business establishments in Mongla were closed, no transport was operating and the docks remained idle.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2000/dec2000/bang-d09.shtml (561 words)

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		Mongla Port is the second Sea Port of Bangladesh.
		Again, through the Bangladesh Extra-ordinance Gazette Notification dated 8th March’ 1987, Port of Chalna was substituted by "Mongla Port" and as a result the ort Authority came to be known as Mongla Port Authority.
		Mongla Port is basically a service oriented as well as income generating organization.
	www.bsaakhulna.com /basicmpa.htm (671 words)

	Bangladeshi Dockers Continue Strike After Police Shooting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The leaders of the Mongla Bandar Sramik Sangha led by its president Shahjahan Shikari and secretary Mustafizur Rahman did not extend their support to the strike of the dockers.
		Meanwhile, the Namaz-e-Janaza of three Muslims killed in the police firing was held near the office of the Sramik Sangha in Mongla township this afternoon after post-mortem at the Bagerhat Hospital.
		The situation deteriorated when Mongla police arrested a striking worker at 1 pm on Tuesday while he was trying to drum up support for the port strike and general shutdown in the area.
	www.labournet.net /docks2/0012/bangla1.htm (744 words)

	The Independent (Bangladesh): Upgrade Mongla Port, THE INDEPENDENT@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Mongla Port is facing tough times of late.
		Experts say Mongla Port has to incur losses to the tune of Taka 50 lakh a day if it goes without work.
		This is the most recent of the travails afflicting Mongla port, where the arrival and departure of ships have been declining markedly in recent times.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1P1:72106934&refid=ink_tptd_np (196 words)

	Irregularities in Food (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Similarly, food-grains imported through Mongla port used to be sent to different Government LSDs, CSDs and Silos of rest of the areas, mostly through the broad-gauge railway lines.
		In accordance with the policy of the government, wheat imported through Chittagong and Mongla ports, was supposed to be despatched to the designated command areas.
		It was also evident from the records that in the same period the Department of Food brought considerable quantity of wheat from Mongla to CSD/LSD of Narayangonj, Daudkandi, Bhairab and a few other places for a very short period and then transported the same to different places in Khulna, Barisal, and Jessore districts.
	www.pmo.gov.bd /wpceng/foodtrans.htm (425 words)

	The New Light of Myanmar
		Mongla has become a modern city due to the efforts of local people and national race leaders with the spirit of respect and trust in the government.
		Mongla region is a model region for its efforts to eliminate narcotic drugs.
		He said Mongla region has developed rapidly due to mutual respect and sincerity between the government and national race leaders and implementation of regional development by all national people under the leadership of the government.
	www.myanmar.gov.mm /NLM-2002/enlm/Jan21.htm (5717 words)

	eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal
		Bangladesh is currently providing a 50 per cent rebate on port tariffs at Mongla port.
		Mongla port is one among two seaports that Nepal currently uses in Bangladesh to transport merchandise goods to third countries.
		After a long delay, the Indian government had allowed Nepal to use the Bangladeshi route as a transit for the foreign trade in 1997.
	www.kantipuronline.com /kolnews.php?&nid=6234 (448 words)

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		Mongla had declared itself and the areas under its control, designated as Special Region #4 by Rangoon, drug free in 1997.
		However, as Mongla became 'dry' following stiff restrictions by China imposed on tourists last July, the NDAA officers admitted it was getting more difficult to preserve its clean image.
		Shan Herald Agency for News November 5, 2003 Green Shans emulate rich hilltribes Many Shans in Mongkok, a sub-township northeast of Monghsat, opposite Chiangmai and Chiangrai provinces, have begun to engage in poppy cultivation this season, inspired by the growing prosperity of the neighboring hilltribes, according to sources from Monghsat.
	www.burmanet.org /bnn_archives/2003/20031105.txt (4181 words)

	The New Light of Myanmar
		Due to the sponsorship and assistance of the State and the active implementation of the leaders of the Special Region-4 and the local people, Mongla has become a modern major town ever bustling with visitors, which is also a result of peace.
		The Secretary-1 and party left Mongla by helicopter and arrived at Kengtung Airport at 3.30 p.m.
		Kengtung- Mongla Road isÊ56 miles long and it was a road which could be used only in open season.
	www.myanmar.gov.mm /NLM-2001/enlm/May17.htm (2851 words)

	Bangladesh Trade Info :: Travel : Sundarban
		The forest is accessible by river from Khulna and Mongla.
		There are rest-houses for the visitors to stay and enjoy the unspoiled nature with all its charm and majesty.
		Private motor launch, speed boats, country boats as well as mechanized vessel of Mongla Port Authority might be hired for the purpose.
	www.bdtradeinfo.com /travel/ta_sundarban.asp (814 words)

	Letter From Burma: No Time Like the Present - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The town of Mongla, capital of Special Region No. 4, is under the control of Chinese narcotics boss Lin Mingxian, a.k.a.
		For better or for worse, that it is. Thousands of visitors cross the border to flit their yuan away at baccarat and in brothels, watch transsexuals from Thailand prance around and enjoy the surreal spectacle of elephants playing football.
		Mongla is an example of what can be achieved when opium is eradicated—at least it was until a few months ago, when Beijing imposed a cash limit for exiting Chinese and banned most overnight stays.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3859860 (643 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Tens of thousands of people from all walks of life locked hands forming a human chain from Sunamganj on the north-eastern tip to Sunderbans (Mongla) in Bagerhat district in the north-western-end of the country for an hour yesterday afternoon, expressing ‘no-confidence’ in the BNP-led alliance government.
		The human wall which weaved its way through 57 upazilas in 19 districts and three metropolitan cities, Sylhet, Dhaka and Khulna, was described by its sponsors, the Awami League-led combined opposition, as a complete success.
		Inaugurating the programme at Mongla ferry ghat area in the southern end of the country, central Awami League leader Abdul Mannan exhorted the people to strengthen the movement to dislodge the BNP—Jamaat alliance government to pave way for early national polls so that a democratic and secular government can be re-established in the country.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /news/view.php?hidDate=2004-12-31&hidType=POL&hidRecord=0000000000000000031036 (845 words)

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