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In the News (Mon 16 Nov 09)

  
  BANGLAPEDIA: Munshiganj District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Munshiganj District (dhaka division) with an area of 954.96 sq km, is bounded by dhaka and narayanganj districts on the north, madaripur and shariatpur districts on the south, comilla and chandpur districts on the east, Dhaka and faridpur districts on the west.
Munshiganj (Town) consists of 9 wards and 42 mahallas.The area of the town is 14.17 sq km.
Historical events The area comprising the districts of Munshiganj stretching on the west of the Meghna and Dhaleshwari had been included in the kingdom of vikramapura in the ancient period.
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 Narayanganj District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Narayanganj district is bounded by GAZIPUR and NARSINGDI districts on the north, BRAHMANBARIA and COMILLA districts on the east, MUNSHIGANJ district on the south, and Dhaka district on the west.
The district lies between 23°33´and 23°57´north latitude and between 90°26´ and 90°45´ east longitude.
Narayanganj a former sub-division of DHAKA district was upgraded to a district in February 1984.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Narayanganj_District   (622 words)

  
 WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN DISADVANTAGED SITUATIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Munshiganj District Jail was built during the British Raj on the premises of the ancient Indrakpur Fort.
She was found by members of the public kissing and hugging a child on the street in Munshiganj, at a time when people were in fear of recent cases of child snatching in that area.
It was upgraded to the status of District Jail, from a sub-jail, in 1998.
www.odhikar.org /pub/Pub2_21.htm   (1430 words)

  
 Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj district is the worst affected.
A rickshaw puller was murdered in Rajarhat upazila of the district on November 3.
District Relief office said some 16 projects at a cost of over Tk 2,02,51,000 were implemented under the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/nov/11/11112005ct.htm   (3102 words)

  
 Cox's Bazar District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The place is home to several birds and wild animals.
Currently, Cox’s Bazar is a district, with Cox’s Bazar town as the district headquarters.
In 1854, Cox’s Bazar was made a sub divisional headquarter, and it was only after 130 years in 1984, it was upgraded to become be a district.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cox%27s_Bazar_District   (491 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
MUNSHIGANJ, Dec 9:–It was the 11th of December in 1971–The day on which Munshiganj– District was liberated from the clutches of the Pakistani Occupation Forces and that ushered in saga of glory in the annals of history.
Without the permis­sion of the district collector (Deputy Commissioner) no house should be allowed on cropland particularly at the irrigation pro­jects constructed by the govern­ment by spending crores of Taka to attain self-sufficiency in food.
At present people of the districts are communicating by road with the capital city and other Southern parts of the country via Rangpur and Bogra but the commissioning of the bridge will save at least 100 km long journey for them.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/12/10/district.htm   (2915 words)

  
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The district PHED has already carried out test of the ground water samples from 718 hand-driven tubewells in six thanas of the district upto January 5 this year.
Water samples from 75 tubewells in Munshiganj pourashava, 85 tubewells in Sadar thana, 60 tubewells in Tongibari thana and 43 tubewells in Gazaria thana have been examined and found to be free from arsenic contamination, the PHED sources said.
Meanwhile, a district health official said there was no report of the outbreak of arsenic-related disease in the affected areas of the district.
www.eng-consult.com /arsenic/as21.txt   (281 words)

  
 Country News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Court and related sources said Mustafizul Huq Golap, office secretary of the district BNP, lodged a case as complainant with Barisal Kotwali police station against the nine activists and leader of BJL,BSL and BCL including the said seven on August 24 under Section 3 of the Explosive Act.
The deceased were identified as Sohrab, 35, son of Syed Ali Sheikh of Joshkhola village in Pirojpur district, Jamal Uddin, 40, son of the late Abdur Rab of South Sutanuri village in Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat district and Amena Begum, 30, wife of Awal of Alampur village in Sonagazi upazila of Feni.
Shafiuddin Ahmed, a veteran journalist of Munshiganj and President of the Bangladesh Sangbadik Samity, Prof.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/oct/06/06102004ct.htm   (2701 words)

  
 :: Munshigonj District | Munshiganj liberated on Dec 11 ::
The saga of the heroic freedom struggle against the subjugation of the Pakistani Occupation Forces in the district culminated in victory, and Munshiganj was liberated from the Pakistani marauders on this day – the 11th of December, 1971.
The day is now remembered here by the people at large both as an auspicious day of glorious triumph of Bengalee nationalist and patriotic forces and as a tearful occasion of mourning for the valiant martyrs who laid down their lives in our War of Liberation.
The Munshiganj thana was raided and burned down in the town by the freedom fighters.
www.munshigonj.com /MgonjSection/Freed71.htm   (543 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Our Munshiganj Correspondent reports: With the unabated on­rush of waters, the flood situation in all the six upazilas of the district aggravated further on Wednesday inundating fresh areas human habitations, croplands, educa­tional institutions and roads.
The district agriculture office sources said about 13,233 hectares of land with aus, aman paddy seed beds of paddy, jute plant and other crops were damaged.
Our Moulvibazar Correspon-dent adds: The devas­tating flood-situation in Moulvibazar district on Wednesday deteriorated further as the flood water entered through the breaches developed on the embankments of the rivers Manu and Dhalai was engulfing fresh areas at different parts of the district.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/07/23/district.htm   (2274 words)

  
 BANGLADESH: Rape of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Munshiganj district
BANGLADESH: Rape of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Munshiganj district
UA-240-2005: BANGLADESH: Rape of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Munshiganj district
Re: BANGLADESH: Rape of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Munshiganj district
www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2005/1414   (1242 words)

  
 Flood waters receding Diarrhoea breaks out
Lauhajang thana complex of Munshiganj district went into the river-bed as the Padma erosion turned serious.
The civil surgeon office sources of the two districts, however, said there were enough stock of medicines to treat diarrhoea patients while steps were underway to send mobile medical teams to the affected areas.
Local sources said frightened inmates were shifting movable belongings to safer places as the officers quarters of the upazila were exposed to risk of extinction in few days.
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/8/3551/printer   (411 words)

  
 [sacw] SACW Dispatch | 10-11 Sept. 00   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Munshiganj District Jail (in Munshiganj District, about two hours from Dhaka city) was built during the British Raj on the premises of the ancient Indrakpur Fort.
Two children are also imprisoned in Munshiganj District Jail for two quite different incidents - cow stealing and, of all things, murder.
In told Odhikar investigators that he and his brother had fought with their paternal cousins and one was injured.
bridget.jatol.com /pipermail/sacw_insaf.net/2000/000754.html   (4289 words)

  
 Bangladesh - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The next level of administrative unit is a district or Zila (জিলা) (in Bangla).
Each district is further subdivided into Thana or Police stations (formerly called upa-zila or sub-districts).
A substantial number of non-Bengali tribal groups inhabit the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the southeast and the Northern regions Bangladesh, including parts of the districts of Mymensingh, Sylhet, Rangpur.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/a/n/Bangladesh.html   (2593 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)

  
 Bangladesh on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
(203 cm), with most falling during the summer monsoon period; the Sylhet district in the northeast is the wettest part of the country, having an annual average rainfall of 140 in.
The low-lying delta region is subject to severe flooding from monsoon rains, cyclones, and storm surges that bring major crop damage and high loss of life.
The eastern section was constituted from the eastern portion of Bengal and the former Sylhet district of Assam and was known until 1955 as East Bengal and then as East Pakistan.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Banglade.asp   (2064 words)

  
 Favorite Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In one horrific case obtained from the Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities, a girl was lynched in Munshiganj just because of her faith.
A minority girl is beaten to death at Sreenagar P.S. DistrictMunshiganj, Bangladesh
O.C. told that that the postmortem of the victim has been done by Munshiganj Hospital and dead body delivered to her father for cremation ground at “Sree Nagar Maha Shawsan Ghat”.
bir-bango.tripod.com /id2.html   (1241 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 204   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The triennial council of Munshiganj district Awami League could not be held yesterday as ruling BNP men put up barricades and attacked opposition workers, leaving at least 50 of them injured despite Section 144 clamped to forestall violence.
The district administration sought two platoons of Bangladesh Rifles personnel late last night as the wave of violence sparked tempers in town.
AL's Munshiganj district unit President Mohammad Mohiuddin said the roadblock to bar AL leaders from reaching Balur Math proved the JCD convened its rally to foil the AL council.
www.thedailystar.net /2003/12/22/d3122201022.htm   (478 words)

  
 WTB presents country’s first biodiversity register
One of such initiatives is the Biodiversity Registration of Charkishoreganj of Munshiganj district.
During the Mughal rule the present Munshiganj town was known as Idrakpur, which was named after the then Mughal Faujdar Idrak.
During the British rule Idrakpur was renamed as Munshiganj after the name of Munshi Enayet Ali, the local zamindar.
www.dhakacourier.net /issue33/feature/doc2.html   (1186 words)

  
 Terrorism Update
Separately, four rockets were recovered from the detained relative of a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) cadre, Parveena at Bijbehara in the Anantnag district.
Police sources said that the ULFA militant, Munin Das hailing from Ghograpar in the Nalbari district, was carrying the explosive and traveling on foot to avoid the intensified checking of vehicles by the security forces.
Elsewhere in the district, Maoists and police reportedly clashed in an area between Pawada and Jhawari villages.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=1/25/2006   (2737 words)

  
 Gulfnews: 10 more bodies in ferry disaster found
At least 10 more bodies from Friday's ferry disaster in the river Meghna in the southern Bangladeshi district of Chadpur were recovered yesterday downstream in neighbouring Munshiganj district.
With these, the death toll from the worst ferry disaster has risen to 338.
Munshiganj police said they recovered the 10 bodies lying on the riverbank and buried the decomposed bodies immediately.
archive.gulfnews.com /articles/02/05/09/50383.html   (549 words)

  
 shareworldpoverty
Afghanistan - Balkh province: Mazar-e Sharif and districts to North-East: Nahri Shahi and Kaldar
Bangladesh - Dhaka district: Cantonment and Pallabi thanas
In this way, districts in about 70 countries in the developing world would be allocated to similarly populated areas in about 7o countries in the developed world.
www.connectandtransform.blogspot.com   (5371 words)

  
 About Us
We have selected Gazaria Upazila in Munshigonj District as our target area because of its lower life standards, economic difficulties, and geographical difficulties of living.
At the present the stage of our project, we strongly feel that providing people in the target area with vocational skills will help them develop their financial stability and thus a sustained life.
AMDA Vocational Training Centre and Flood Shelter in Gazaria, Munshiganj District (mainly a vocational training program for low-income groups to create self-employment in sewing, handicrafts, basic computer, carpentry, welding, fisheries and poultry, and agriculture), established in 2002 (on-going project)
www.amdabd.org /amdabg_hp/textVer/c_aus.htm   (1892 words)

  
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Arsenic detected in tubewell water in 203 villages From Our Correspondent PABNA, Dec 30: Arsenic contamination of water has been detected in a large number of tubewells in 203 villages of the country.
Pabna is one of the districts where arsenic contamination has been detected in four thanas while conducting survey by Dhaka Community Hospital.
Prof Kamruzzaman further disclosed that both the government of Bangladesh and also the World Bank have now come forward to detect arsenic pollution of tubewell water in Bangladesh.
www.eng-consult.com /arsenic/as20.txt   (123 words)

  
 >>>GreaterFaridpur.com<<<   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Shariatpur District (dhaka division) with an area of 1181.53 sq km, is bounded by munshiganj district on the north, barisal district on the south, chandpur district on the east, madaripur district on the west.
Administration Shariatpur district was established on 1 March 1984.
Health centres Government hospital 1, upazila health complex 6, union health and family planning centre 33, charitable dispensary 5, maternity and child care centre 3.
www.greaterfaridpur.com /dis_shariatpur.htm   (529 words)

  
 Youth Hockey Patuakhali, Munshiganj win   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Patuakhali District Sports Association and Munshiganj District Sports Association won their respective matches of the Acme Orchy 21st National Youth Hockey Competition at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday.
In the day's other match, Munshiganj District Sports Association outplayed Jessore Education Board 4-0.
Imran of Munshiganj scored two goals while Sohan and Monir struck one time each for the winners.
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/15/9966/printer   (99 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 11   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A court here yesterday sentenced four members of a family to life term imprisonment for killing a woman.
The convicts are Mahfuz Mia, Ahaj Mia, Alauddin Mia alias Alai and Sanwara Begum, wife of Mahfuz Mia of Ajlia village under Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj district.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Nababur Rahman gave the verdict.
www.thedailystar.net /2003/06/08/d30608070250.htm   (162 words)

  
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Although not all his dreams and visions have been materialized, we have the satisfaction of being of some help to the poor group members of Abdullahpur union of Munshganj district and of Shoronkhola union of Bagerhat district where all our group members are women.
At present, RHDS is covering 14 thanas in 3 districts.
To improve the water, health, hygiene, environmental and sanitation condition of the rural and urban areas including the slums in the urban areas.
www.connect-bangladesh.org /partners/rhds.html   (812 words)

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