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Topic: Narail district


In the News (Wed 22 May 13)

  
  Narail District - Bangladesh - Amar Desh Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Narail District (Khulna division) with an area of 990.23 sq km, is bounded by magura district on the north, khulna district on the south, faridpur and gopalganj districts on the east, jessore district on the west.
Historical events Indigo Revolt was organised in this district during 1859-60; in 1946 Tebhaga movement was held in the district.
Narail district was liberated on 10 December 1971.
amardesh.com /zilla_narail.php   (764 words)

  
 NFB - Arsenic contamination takes serious turn in Narail - 12 Jun 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
NARAIL June 12 : Arsenic contamination has taken a serious turn in all the three upazilas of the district in recent times, reports BSS.
In Narail Sadar upazila the waters of 1,269 tube-wells have been tested and of which contamination of arsenic has been detected in 499 tube-wells.
Some people of this district are aware of the arsenic problem as they know the usefulness of rainwater harvesting.
bicn.com /acic/resources/infobank/nfb/2002-06-12-13062002.htm   (362 words)

  
  3 killed in crossfire with RAB, police   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Sohrab, 35, son of Motaleb Bepari of Charmonai under Kotwali police station in Barisal district, was killed in the crossfire with Kotwali police in Dhaka.
In Narail, an alleged terrorist was killed in 'crossfire' during a gunfight between RAB-6 and terrorists in early yesterday.
Under intensive interrogation, Santosh, of village Nolamara under Noragati thana in Narail district, confessed to the RAB that the members of his group would be assembled at Shoshanpara area in village Mirzapore under Kalia thana.
nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/25/15009/printer   (603 words)

  
 Bagerhat District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bagerhat district has a total area of 3959.11 square kilometers.
It is bounded by Gopalganj District and Narail District on the north, The Bay of Bengal on the south, Gopalganj District, Pirojpur District and Barguna District on the east and Khulna District on the west.
Main rivers of the district are Panguchi, Daratana, Madhumati River, Pasur River, Haringhata, Mongla River, Baleswar, Bangra and Goshairkhali.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bagerhat_District   (154 words)

  
 ::- Jessore.info -:: Narail district   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Narail District with an area of 990.23 sq km, is bounded by magura district on the north, khulna district on the south, faridpur and gopalganj districts on the east, jessore district on the west.
Historical events Indigo Revolt was organised in this district during 1859-60; in 1946 Tebhaga movement was held in the district.
Narail district was liberated on 10 December 1971.
www.jessore.info /history/narail.php   (676 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Our Narail Correspondent adds: The National Mourning Day as well as a half day hartal was ob­served in the district by the rejec­tion of public holiday on the oc­casion of National Mourning Day against brutal killing of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Augqst 15.
The convict was identified as Khorshed Hossain, 35, of Mongalpara village under Puthiya upazila of the district.
NARAIL: Aug 16:–Diarrhoea claimed lives of two children and 500 persons were attacked with the disease in the district during the last few weeks, according to an official source.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/08/17/district.htm   (2688 words)

  
 Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
May 28 : Jute cultivation is facing a setback in 10 districts of the southwestern region of the country this year due to a number of reasons.
In Narail district, he targeted land is 6,289 hectares with the production target of 1,760 bales of jute.
Though it had been evolved several years ago in the northern districts of the country, it is being used in Narail district in a small scale from this year, sources said.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/may/29/29052006ct.htm   (3784 words)

  
 Star Heritage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
This fair is now the prime festival of heritage of Narail district, but not confined to Narail alone.
One of the attractions of the fair was 'Darushilpa' (a wooden sculpture) of Kankar Sutradhor Bapi, a young boy of Shimakhali village of Narail sadar upazila.
SM Sultan was born on August 10, 1923 in the village Machhimdia in Narail district.
www.thedailystar.net /heritage/2005/01/02/heritage.htm   (505 words)

  
 Kalia attacks displaced hundreds of minority families
Farhad Uddin is the DC of Narail district.
Mr Aktar Ali is the SP of Narail district.
Although district administration has assured us that they will try to protect the community, yet there was no sign of police activity in the villages during our visit.
www.hrcbm.org /Kalia/kalia_05-18-4.html   (1670 words)

  
 Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
According to the district family planning office, the current estimated maternal mortality rate per lakh is 240 and the rate of child death between 0 and 5 years is 41 per thousand.
The dead was identified as Rafiqul Islam(35) and the injured as Mobarak Ali(44), uncle of the dead of the village.
District Manager Abdur Rahman informed the meeting that ASA is to open more four branches in the district by next August.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/jun/12/12062006ct.htm   (2919 words)

  
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Mukti Biswas, wife of Sajal Biswas was kidnapped by the miscreants led by Sagar and Sabuj.
Nilima Rani Mandal, a teenage girl and daughter of Lalmohan Mandal was kidnapped and gang raped to death by the miscreants.
The house of Kalipaka Majumder was occupied by the miscreants led by B.N.P Cadre Abdur Rab.
www.bhbcop.org /bulletin/2005/jul/atrocity.html   (1336 words)

  
 ::- Jessore.info -:: Narail Sadar Upazila   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Narail Sadar Upazila (narail district) with an area of 381.76 sq km, is bounded by lohagara and salikha upazilas on the north, kalia and abhaynagar upazilas on the south, Lohagara upazila on the east, bagherpara and jessore sadar upazilas on the west.
Narail (Town) stands on the bank of the Chitra river.
The freedom fighters attacked the Pak army from all sides and liberated Narail on 10 December 1971.
www.jessore.info /history/narail_sadar.php   (655 words)

  
 mission
The uniqueness of the project is that it operates in remote rural districts and outreaches the destitute in remotest areas.
BDPC education program activities in 2002 were implemented in Dhaka City, Jessore and Narail districts through 10 Pre-primary and 6 primary education centres; 10 non-formal and 22 post literacy and continuous education centres; two all time schools in Tongi and Jessore Pourashava areas.
Child Sponsorship and Education Project is the continuation of the Urban Adolescent Support Project that was implemented by BDPC in the Dhaka City and Narail Sadar Upazila.
www.bdpc.info /projects/projects.html   (2439 words)

  
 Terrorism Update
Unidentified terrorists are reported to have abducted a 31-year-old woman, Dilshada, from Arwani village in the Anantnag district from her residence.
On January 1, a charge-sheeted militant of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), identified as Mamun Gazi, surrendered to a court in Narail district, according to Independent.
Bahawalpur district with the highest number of 41,811 students comes first while the cities of Lahore, Bahawalnagar and Faisalabad appear second, third and fourth with 35,339 students, 33,026 students and 31,941 students registered with the religious seminaries, respectively.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=1/2/2006   (1960 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
In Bagerhat district 115 tubewells water have been examined and presence of arsenic was found in 79 tubewells.
In Narail district 82 tubewells have been examined and presence of arsenic was found in 61 tubewells.
In Chuadanga district 144 tubewells have been examined and presence of arsenic was found in 109 tubewells.
www.eng-consult.com /arsenic/as79.txt   (422 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
I am exicited to know that Narail happens to be a part of Tagore Zamidari and declassed and converted Tagores still inhabit the land forlorn.Later I read the great fight in Jassore sector and on the bank of river Madhumati in the freedom struggle of 1971.
When I read about Pottery of Lohagara upazilas in Narail district is on the verge extinction due to the popularity of plastic made home appliances, it was a reminiscent of Grandma nostalgia once again.Once, the villagers of the upazila used to make use of earthen made domestic devices for their daily necessary.
According to sources, a great number of pal (potter) families had been living in the different areas of the three upazila in the district for years as the water ways of the river Madhumati, Nabaganga, Chitra was convenient to bring their produces to another places.
www.bangladesh-web.com /news/view.php?hidDate=2006-11-29&hidType=HIG&hidRecord=0000000000000000139420   (4823 words)

  
 TigerCricket.com :: Official Website of Bangladesh Cricket Board
It was close to midnight and the eventful microbus journey from Dhaka to the home town of Bangladesh’s most animated cricketer for his post-wedding reception, which normally would take around six hours to complete, was already counting 120 minutes of time added on and no one was quite sure when it would finally end.
We were in Mortaza territory and it wasn’t long before he emerged without a trace of tiredness or emotional draining from all the rituals, and tension of a wedding on his face to lead us to the dining table.
Narail’s District Commissioner was among the VIP guests and there was police security throughout the town.
tigercricket.com /viewNews.aspx?newsID=193   (1959 words)

  
 National
During the talks, the delegations of AL chapters in the three western districts requested her to nominate dedicated leaders active in their areas as election candidates, not occasional visitors as before, to maximise the party’s ballot success.
The Narail AL leaders also sought effective moves to resolve factional feuds and to form a fresh and inclusive district committee to step up party activities ahead of the general elections.
The Narail AL leaders, in their turn, described the intra-party groupings and carryings-on in the district, and said the current district committee left a number of dedicated leaders out, affecting the AL activists’ morale and party activities.
www.newagebd.com /2006/aug/01/nat.html   (959 words)

  
 EAPN
It was established in October, 1992 by the initiative of a group of a motivated social workers in Narail town in south-western Bangladesh with a view to change the socio-economic status of the marginal people with special attention to women, children with disabilities.
During registration the Social Service Department and the registration authority advised the committee to change the name in Bangla for registration in accordance to this situation the general body decided to change the name considering the goal and objectives of the organization and named it as Shabolombi.
Shabolombi is run by Executive Committee (EC) comprised of 7 members and has a General Body (GB) consist of 21 members on behalf of the Member Secretary of EC who is the office Executive Director as the Chief Executive of the organization.
www.eapn.org /code/en/repe_03_detail.asp?pk_id_partenaire=8   (1508 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The bombs were exploded first on the varenda of second magis­trate room, on varenda of district Sessions Judge and garage, en­trance of the court premises, varenda of district bus terminal, two bombs on the busy western side of the gate-way Lord Lytton bridge crossing and another on Gostashati crossing.
The supporters of both district Awami League and BNP brought out separate protest processions on the night of Wednesday last just after receiving the news of the bombs attacks, which paraded main thoroughfares of the town chanting various slogans.
In the circumstances, anti-adulteration drives are conducted in different parts of the district as a part of the ongoing drive against adulteration of food across the country.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/08/24/district.htm   (3038 words)

  
 Reporters sans frontières - Bangladesh - 2004 Annual Report
Journalists in the district of Tangail, near Dhaka, were threatened on 12 October by the principal of Balla Coronation school after they reported allegations that he was involved in corruption.
When two journalists in the northern district of Narail went to the local hospital seeking information in November, they were threatened by a senior staff member.
Anchar in the Dhaka district of Sivar, was harassed by a merchant and his associates at the end of November after he began investigating allegations that members of the family were involved in the abduction and rape of a female employee.
www.rsf.org /article.php3?id_article=10150   (9946 words)

  
 SM Sultan at AllExperts
Sultan was born on 10 August, 1923 in Masimdia, Narail district, East Bengal (now Bangladesh).
During this period, his first exhibition was held in Simla, though none of these works have survived, mainly due to Sultan's own indifference towards preserving his work.
After living and working in Kashmir for a while, Sultan returned to Narail in the wake of the Partition of India, Narail now part of Pakistan.
en.allexperts.com /e/s/sm/sm_sultan.htm   (820 words)

  
 IFEX ::
Jhantu (district correspondent, "Ajker Kagoj"), Monwar Sharif (district correspondent, "The Jugantor") and Chittoranjan Shil (district correspondent, "The Sangbad") and threatened to kill them if they did not stop writing against fundamentalists.
Seven journalists from the district town of Sherpur received death threats in the mail from an unidentified group.
Sathi Talukder, correspondent of the daily "Khabar" in Narail district, was injured when he was attacked.
www.ifex.org /da/content/view/full/60885   (1193 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Subhas Chandra, a local Awami League worker of Beradi village in Jhenidah district, was slaughtered on April 2 and a young girl (16) of Kalia upazila in Narail district was killed after rape the same day.
The Awami League leader Matiar Rahman Nantu of Kayed Para village in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district was chopped and slaughtered to death on April 5.
Taru, an accused in 11 murder cases in Dumuria area of Khulna district, was beaten to death on the same day.
www.bangladesh-web.com /news/view1.php?hidDate=2006-02-01&hidType=SCI&hidRecord=000000000000000007921   (783 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
According to the district family planning office, the factors that played the vital role in motivating the people in Jhenigati upazila in choosing the permanent birth control methods are proper counselling, close supervision and intensive follow-up actions.
An amount of Tk 32 lakh was distributed among the poor and marginal farmers of the district under the government-sponsored goat rearing programme during the last fiscal year.
Describing the potentials of the project, district livestock officer Abdul Mannan said his department is conducting a goat rearing campaign to make the programme a success.
www.bangla.net /newage/2003/aug2nd03/090803/home.html   (2364 words)

  
 Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
SI Monir of Bhola district said that Dinesh Chandra Majumdar, father of Mukta Rani came to the police station at 10am and informed the police of the matter.
The case in brief, is that the convict Ibrahim Dewan (20), son of Md. Siddique dewan, resident of Basudia Dewanbari under Louhajang police station of the district waylaid in Kabita Rani Sarkaer(16), daughter of Maju Sarker after attending her coaching class at Baligaon high school in October last year.
It was learnt from diary source and also from the conversation to Rani that after the death of her husband, eight influential persons of the area including Kumaresh Majumdar, Ranjanmali and Khitish had been threatening Rani to leave her land so that they could occupy Rani’s land and house.
hrcbmdfw.org /blogs/bangladesh/default.aspx?p=4   (14047 words)

  
 BCDJC, A media organisation based in Bangladesh capital Dhaka
In Narail 2 constituency, both Awami League and four-party alliance candidates have resorted to personal attacks against top leaders of their rival groups to win sympathy of the voters.
In Gaibandha, the district administration convened a meeting of the candidates of different constituencies and local political leaders on September 8 to ensure elections in a free and fair atmosphere.
A similar meeting was organised by the Narail district administration, where all the candidates promised to co-operate with district administration to help ensure polling in a free and fair atmosphere.
www.bcdjc.org /mreport-2.html   (3189 words)

  
 The News Today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
He was present as the chief guest at award-giving ceremony for the students of SSC and HSC passed in the examination arranged by Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP) of the Zilla Award-giving Foundation.
NARAIL, Sept 24: Adequate preparations have been taken in three upazilas of the district to celebrate the Durga Puja, the greatest religious festival of the Hindu Community, in a befitting manner, reports BSS.
According to Narail District Puja Udjapan Committee at least 412 Puja Mandaps would be erected at different places across the district this year.
www.newstoday-bd.com /home.asp?newsdate=9/25/2006   (1942 words)

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