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  Noakhali - LoveToKnow 1911
NOAKHALI, a town and district of British India, in the Chittagong division of eastern Bengal and Assam.
The district consists of an alluvial tract of mainland, together with several islands at the mouth of the Meghna.
Noakhali is peculiarly liable to destructive floods from the sea, generally caused by southerly gales or cyclones occurring at the time when the Meghna is swollen by heavy rains, and at flood-tides - the tidal bore being sometimes 20 ft. high, and moving at the rate of 15 m.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Noakhali   (331 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Noakhali District
Noakhali (বাংলা : নোয়াখালী) is a district in South-eastern Bangladesh.
The upazilas are Noakhali sadar, Subarna Char, Kabirhat, Begumganj, Chatkhil, Companiganj, Hatiya and Senbagh; the municipalities are Begumganj (Chawmuhani), Companiganj (Bashurhat), Noakhali Sadar, Chatkhil, Kabirhat (Sadar).
The upazilas are noakhali sadar, begumganj, chatkhil, companiganj, hatiya and senbagh; the municipalities are Begumganj (Chawmuhani), Companiganj (Bashurhat), Noakhali Sadar, Chatkhil, Kabirhat (Sadar).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Noakhali-District   (1540 words)

  
 Evaluation – In the wake of a flagship
The latter is implemented in the five coastal districts accorded priority by Danida (Feni, Noakhali, Lakshmipur, Pauakhali and Barguna).
MCC continues to operate in all three districts of greater Noakhali and remains one of the major NGOs in the region, today serving about 100,000 beneficiaries.
Of special interest is Noakhali Rural Development Society (NRDS), which was established by a former staff member of NRDP after the termination of the project.
www.um.dk /publikationer/Danida/English/Evaluations/WakeFlagship/05_4.asp   (1206 words)

  
 BANGLAPEDIA: Noakhali District
Noakhali District (chittagong division) with an area of 3600.99 sq km, is bounded by comilla district on the north, the Meghna estuary and the bay of bengal on the south, feni and chittagong districts on the east, lakshmipur and bhola districts on the west.
Noakhali (Town) Noakhali Sadar upazila town (Maijdi) consists of 9 wards and 36 mahallas.
The upazilas are noakhali sadar, begumganj, chatkhil, companiganj, hatiya and senbagh; the municipalities are Begumganj (Chawmuhani), Companiganj (Bashurhat), Noakhali Sadar, Chatkhil, Kabirhat (Sadar).
banglapedia.search.com.bd /HT/N_0197.htm   (1003 words)

  
 Noakhali District - Bangladesh - Amar Desh Online
Noakhali District (Chittagong division) with an area of 3600.99 sq km, is bounded by comilla district on the north, the Meghna estuary and the bay of bengal on the south, feni and chittagong districts on the east, lakshmipur and bhola districts on the west.
The upazilas are noakhali sadar, begumganj, chatkhil, companiganj, hatiya and senbagh; the municipalities are Begumganj (Chawmuhani), Companiganj (Bashurhat), Noakhali Sadar, Chatkhil, Kabirhat (Sadar).
Noakhali district was seriously affected many times by natural disasters like high tidal bore, tornado, flood, cyclone etc since 1790.
amardesh.com /zilla_noakhali.php   (1029 words)

  
 Bangla2000 | Countryside | Noakhali
Noakhali, July 26 (UNB)- The local fishermen after three hours of hot chase caught five pirates from the area of Char Kering in Sadar upazila last week while they were preparing to commit piracy.
Noakhali, May 30 (UNB) – Noakhali Irrigation Project, an ambitious scheme undertaken in 1975 raising hope among farmers of the region, could not be implemented in 25 years.
Noakhali, May 23 (UNB) – Some 1,575 distressed women in Senbagh and Begumganj upazilas are not getting their monthly government allowance despite necessary instruction by the authorities.
www.bangla2000.com /From%20Countryside/Districts/Noakhali/Noakhali.html   (178 words)

  
 The Communication Initiative - Evaluations - D.Net's Research on Pallitathya Kendra: Focusing Access to Livelihood ...
Operating since October 2005 in Noakhali and Netrokona districts, these centres are - according to this evaluation - enabling people to receive livelihood information services depending on their queries; different ancillary services (e.g., photography and commercial phone use) also offered there.
A total of 1,116 villagers at Noakhali and 973 villagers at Netrokona used the Pallitathya Kendra to collect their livelihood queries and different services.
Noakhali Pallitathya Kendra earned a total of BDT 15,164, out of which 9.45% came from information services and 90.55% from the ancillary services.
www.comminit.com /printversion.cgi?url=http://www.comminit.com/evaluations/eval2006/evaluations-318.html   (519 words)

  
 A Selection of Essays: Dai and Midwives: The Renegotiation of the Status of Birth Attendants in Contemporary ...
In Noakhali, I found that village women avoided using the term dai, but, although no specific term was used to refer to TBAs, they had no difficulty in identifying those local women who assisted at births.
Assistance with birthing is a problematic issues in the Noakhali region, as indeed it is elsewhere in Bangladesh.
In some areas, including the Noakhali region, there is also a third option: to call one of the few properly trained midwives, most of whom are associated with a clinic run by the Catholic mission.
www.idrc.ca /en/ev-28392-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html   (7095 words)

  
 Children's World - Vol. V 1997
Sabarmati and Noakhali, after Gandhi, represent two opposite values and attitudes both at physical and spiritual level.
Thus Sabarmati is life affirmation and Noakhali representing both destruction and rebuilding.
It is this aspect of Noakhali, a theme central to human survival that this play seeks to project.
www.ignca.nic.in /nl_01113.htm   (426 words)

  
 Financial Express   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Noakhali DSA reached the semi-final of the Jubok Phone National Football Championship beating Gaibandha DSA by 3-0 goals at the Sylhet Stadium Monday, reports UNB.
With the day's win, star-studded Noakhali collected full six points while Gaibandha, which is virtually out of the title race, remained at previous three points, both playing two matches.
Emily scored first for Noakhali in the 22nd minute (1-0) while Alfaz Ahmed doubled the margin in the 54th minute (2-0) and Didar completed the tally in the 76th minute (3-0).
www.financialexpress-bd.com /print.asp?newsid=35913   (175 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chandpur District
It is bounded by Munshiganj District and Comilla District on the north, Noakhali District, Lakshmipur District and Barisal District on the south, Comilla District on the east, and Meghna River, Shariatpur District and Munshiganj District on the west.
The Meghna River is an important river in South Asia, one of the three rivers responsible for creating the largest delta on earth, most of which is in Bangladesh.
Chandpur District (chittagong division) with an area of 1704.06 sq km, is bounded by munshiganj and comilla districts on the north, noakhali, lakshmipur and barisal districts on the south, Comilla district on the east, meghna river, shariatpur and Munshiganj districts on the west.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chandpur-District   (950 words)

  
 Country   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Work on Noakhali DPHE DANIDA Arsenic Mitigation Project for the supply of safe drinking water is going on in the district and about 70 to 80 per cent work has already been completed.
Noakhali Free Day was observed in the district on December 7.
Lawmaker Md. Shahjahan inaugurated the programme at the 'Mukto Square' in Maijdee Court at 9 in the morning.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/dec/15/15122005ct.htm   (2111 words)

  
 Biography : Freedom and Martyrdom
If he could not do that his message of non-violence had fallen on deaf at the ears and the freedom to which he had brought India so near was not the freedom he had dream of.
Thus he lived and suffered and taught in Noakhali from November 7, 1946, to March 2, 1947, when he had to leave for Bihar in answer to persistent request.
Unlike Noakhali, he was besieged by worshipping crowds wherever he went in Bihar.
www.mkgandhi.org /bio5000/martyrdom.htm   (2290 words)

  
 Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) - Home
Launching academic activities of the Noakhali Science and Technology University at Sonapur here, she said the BNP government after coming to power in 2001 had taken a plan to establish 12 science and technology universities to promote science studies in the country.
Begum Zia, who laid the foundation of the Noakhali University in October 2003, congratulated all concerned for giving it the shape of a complete university within two and a half years.
She also mentioned the valour of the people of greater Noakhali in the Liberation War and recalled the contributions of Bir Shrestra Ruhul Amin, a son of Noakhali.
www.bssnews.net /?genID=BSS-02-2006-04-06&id=7   (385 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 198   (Site not responding. Last check: )
They survived the torments of ferocious forest gangs in the chars of Noakhali, but the villagers now fear losing the lands they have transformed into their homes when the government leases them out as water-bodies.
The government says its plan is aimed at giving shelter to the landless people, but the locals fear dishonest political leaders and businesspeople, jockeying for empire building, will fix the lease process in their favour.
The inter-ministerial meeting on Saturday formed a committee with local legislator Mohammad Shahjahan as its adviser and the Noakhali DC as convener to assess the forest and land potentials for fish farming and agriculture.
www.thedailystar.net /2003/12/15/d31215011414.htm   (497 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 203   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Nurul Amin in Noakhali, Shariful Islam and Sharier Khan in Dhaka
Controversies are trickling in over the way the government handled the situation and the local administration threw its weight behind the mobs who killed the forest robbers in the rampage.
The court also challenged the legality of the government's seven-month-old decision to declare the shoals as a shrimp farming zone and asked the government to explain why the area will not be allotted to landless locals.
www.thedailystar.net /2003/12/21/d3122101044.htm   (1057 words)

  
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Noakhali Rural Development Society is a non-profit voluntary organization working for the rural disadvantaged people of the coastal Noakhali area of southern Bangladesh where widespread poverty with natural calamities is forming part of the daily struggle for life.
The unit was established in 1987 by a rural development project in Noakhali with Danish assistance.
NRDS operates one weaving center in Noakhali to facilitate the poverty afflicted weavers and to make the present hand-loom product economically viable through modification of tools and techniques, making diversification of design and products.
www.catgen.com /nrds/EN/0.html   (204 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Phillips Talbot's fascinating account of Gandhi's mission to attempts in calming the communal ...
It was revealing to watch Gandhi throwing himself during this critical season into the remoteness of East Bengal's Noakhali district for a barefooted village-to-village pilgrimage in search of Hindu-Muslim amity.
He chose East Bengal, and when people asked why he had not gone to Bihar province where the damage was greater and the culprits were Hindus, he replied that the people of Bihar had repented.
In a tiny village that suddenly acquired fame, bustling visitors, police attendants, press observers and even telegraph facilities, the old man settled into a hut and began meeting people, hearing their stories and assessing the task ahead of him.
www.rediff.com /freedom/gandhi.htm   (901 words)

  
 Noakhali, Bangladesh News - Topix
Road crashes kill 6, injure 50 At least six people were killed and 50 injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Khulna, Gaibandha and Barisal yesterday.
A poultry farm infected with avian influenza was detected in Companiganj upazila of Noakhali yesterday.
I edit the Noakhali, Bangladesh News pages on Topix when no humans are available to help.
www.topix.net /bd/noakhali   (530 words)

  
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Noakhali Rural Development Society is a non-profit voluntary organization working for the rural disadvantaged people of the coastal Noakhali area of southern Bangladesh where widespread poverty with natural calamities is forming part of the daily struggle for life.
The unit was established in 1987 by a rural development project in Noakhali with Danish assistance.
NRDS operates one weaving center in Noakhali to facilitate the poverty afflicted weavers and to make the present hand-loom product economically viable through modification of tools and techniques, making diversification of design and products.
catgen.com /nrds/EN/0.html   (204 words)

  
 The News Today   (Site not responding. Last check: )
NOAKHALI, Sept 01: Although the law enforcers comprising Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have been continuing their drive to bring the law and order situation in an expected level, the crime particularly murder is yet to be stopped in the district.
The seminar titled ‘Noakhalis Human Right Situation and We’ brought to light that from July 2005 to June 2006 at least 48 people including men, women, and children were murdered by the terrorists while uncountable number of innocent persons were inflicted fatal injury that made a lot of them crippled or inactive for work.
Noakhali’s Participatory and Research Action Network (PRAN) organised the seminar on July 25 on the premises of BRDB training center.
www.newstoday-bd.com /home.asp?newsdate=9/2/2006   (1508 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rescued by Bapu, the resettled Noakhali victims face prosecution in Independent India, in the coastal areas of Orrissa.Though The birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation, is celebrated with reverence all over the country.
Gandhi's work in the Noakhali District of Bengal during 1946 and 1947 provides a good example of the Mahatma's delicate balance between despair and the faith of a saint.
I was amazed to discover all sixty familes settled and rehabiliated in adjoing BB colony are from Noakhali, the riot victims of 1946 and onwards.
www.bangladesh-web.com /news/view.php?hidDate=2006-11-04&hidType=FEA&hidRecord=0000000000000000134730   (4249 words)

  
 Evaluation – In the wake of a flagship
Noakhali Area Development Programme (NADEP), (Draft), BRDB Rural Cooperative Project, by the NRDP Cooperative Adviser.
Bangladesh – Noakhali Rural Development II Project: Appraisal Report and Project Proposal prepared by a joint Danida/Bangladesh Mission, Vol.
Noakhali Area Development Programme: Repport prepared by a joint Danida/GoB Strategy Mission visiting Bangaldesh from January 15 to February 6, 1989.
www.um.dk /publikationer/Danida/English/Evaluations/WakeFlagship/referenc.asp   (1387 words)

  
 Arsenic Poisoning in Bangladesh/India
Our heart goes out to Sumon, a fourteen year old boy who lost one of his legs at such a tender age due to drinking arsenic poisoned water.
Our reporter, who has recently visited a small village in Noakhali, says that Sumon is not alone, there are hundreds of others awaiting a similar fate.
In fact, estimates show that Bangladeshis exposed to high levels of arsenic vary from a low of 2835 million to as high as 77 million, more than half the country's population.
www.sos-arsenic.net   (5109 words)

  
 NOAKHALI - Online Information article about NOAKHALI
Noakhali is peculiarly liable to destructive floods from the sea, generally caused by southerly See also:
Company established factories in Noakhali and See also:
Tippera, the ruins of some of which still remain.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /NEW_NUM/NOAKHALI.html   (568 words)

  
 IREF   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Here in the uncharted recesses of swampy lowlands and hyacinth-choked bayous I talked with Hindus who had abandoned their villages en masse and fled to the riverbanks.
They had strange tales to tell of forced conversion to Islam, of being compelled to throw the images of their gods into the water and to eat the meat of the sacred cow.
Gandhi -- though he was far too old to endure such hardship -- went to Noakhali and tramped on foot through marshes and jungle trying to restore confidence to the villagers.
iref.homestead.com /DirectAction.html   (1948 words)

  
 BANGLAPEDIA: Cyclone   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal Because of the funnel shaped coast of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh very often becomes the landing ground of cyclones formed in the Bay of Bengal.
This is because of the low flat terrain, high density of population and poorly built houses.
1966 (1 October) Sandwip, Bakerganj, Khulna, Chittagong, Noakhali and Comilla; severe cyclonic storm with storm-waves of 4.7-9.1m, maximum wind speed 146 km/hr; affected 1.5 million people, loss of human life and livestock were 850 and 65,000 respectively in Noakhali and Bakerganj.
banglapedia.org /HT/C_0397.HTM   (3958 words)

  
 Communalism in Bengal : From Famine to Noakhali, 1943-47
The first major work to analyse communalism as an ideology located in concrete historical plane, this book argues that the period after 1943 witnessed a clash between nationalism and communalism, where communal ideologies embarked on a new phase, determined to replace nationalism.
It relates the occurrence of the Bengal famine of 1943 to the agendas and activities of the major political parties of that region--the Muslim League, the Hindu Mahasabha, the Congress and the Communist Party of India.
He presents an entirely fresh perspective on the reasons behind the Noakhali riots with the help of an array of new sources, both primary and secondary.)
www.easternbookcorporation.com /moreinfo.php?txt_searchstring=5377   (155 words)

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