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	Rajshahi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rajshahi (Bangla: রাজশাহী) is a city in Rajshahi District in northwestern Bangladesh.
		Rajshahi is the headquarter of Rajshahi Division, one of the six administrative divisions in Bangladesh.
		Rajshahi is also the home of Barendra Museum, one of the foremost museums in South Asia, and of Rajshahi Silk, the finest silk produced in Bangladesh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rajshahi (689 words)

	Rajshahi District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is a part of the Rajshahi Division.
		The metropolitan city of Rajshahi is in Rajshahi District.
		Rajshahi district is bounded by Naogaon District on the north, Natore District on the east, Chapai Nababganj District on the south and the river Padma to the south.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rajshahi_District (221 words)

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		RAJSHAHI, a district and division of British India, in the province of Eastern Bengal and Assam.
		The district is traversed from south to north by the main line of the Eastern Bengal railway to Darjeeling, with a branch to Bogra.
		The DIVISION OF RAJSHAHI is coextensive with northern Bengal, from the Ganges to the mountains.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=55524 (509 words)

	Bangladesh - Rajshahi
		Rajshahi is a city and a district in northwestern Bangladesh.
		Rajshahi is home to many educational institutes, and is often is referred to in Bangladesh as education city.
		Rajshahi itself is a important tourist destination with the beautiful river beaches of Padma and its vast mango orchards.
	www.bangladesh-guide.com /Rajshahi-111.html (392 words)

	Bangladesh Trade Info :: Travelling Attraction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Rajshahi has seen the most glorious periods of Bengal's Pala dynasty, it is famous for pure silk, mangoes and litchis.
		Rajshahi is located on the bank of the river Padma.
		Situated at Rajshahi, this museum has a rich collection of objects of Mohenjodaro and also of 16th to 19th century A.D. This is devoted to the study of ancient history and culture.
	www.bdtradeinfo.com /travel/ta_others1.asp (642 words)

	Virtual Bangladesh : Rajshahi Tour
		Rajshahi Division has an impressive collection of sites which are spread over a wide area and are best reached by a private vehicle.
		Rajshahi is a University town, the center of the silk Industry, as well as being an important cultural center.
		Eighteen miles (29 km) east of Rajshahi town, in the village of Puthia, is a fascinating but little-known group of medieval Hindu temples.
	www.virtualbangladesh.com /bd_tour_rajshahi.html (1373 words)

	South Asian Media Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The royal seat of the Pala kings of ancient Bengal, Rajshahi is the main centre of sericulture, mangoes, lichis and spices.
		A centre of education and culture, Rajshahi has a rich museum with research facility for study of ancient history and culture.
		This district town serves as the nerve centre of northern Bangladesh and is the entrance to the oldest archaeological site of the 3rd century B.C. It is connected with Dhaka by rail and road.
	www.southasianmedia.net /profile/Bangladesh/bangladesh_districprofiles.cfm (637 words)

	Northwest Bangladesh, Rajshahi
		The district Rajshahi lies in the Western part of Bangladesh, on the Northern border of the river Padma.
		The road towards Rajshahi from Dhaka leads through beautiful rural area's, with "rickshaw paths" alongside the road, which the people here call "lanes for slow transport" but in the Netherlands they would simply be "bicycle paths".
		Rajshahi is also a center of sericulture and from time to time, a caterpillar may land on your stuff in the hotel room.
	www.worldcook.net /Worldtravel/Bangladesh/Rajshahi/Rajshahi.htm (416 words)

	Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) - Home
		RAJSHAHI, Sept 9 (BSS) - The socio-economic scenario of the northern region may change abruptly with the implementation of many of the prospective projects tapped under official red tape of the government years after years.
		In Singra of Natore district a vast reserve of natural gas was detected in 1970's decade.
		A vast tract of Barind land in Rajshahi, Naogan and Chapainawabganj districts, which is regarded as the most ancient part of the country is still remained unexplored.
	www.bssnews.net /index.php?genID=BSS-05-2002-09-09&id=7 (930 words)

	Education in Bangladesh :- Regional Differences
		The Rajshahi district is in the northwest part of the country and is influenced mainly by the Indian culture.
		Rajshahi and Khulna are two regions whose statistics are almost similar.
		However, it should be noted that Rajshahi has largest number of female enrollment compared to any regions of Bangladesh.
	sanisoft.tripod.com /bdeshedu/regional.html (344 words)

	Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), South Asia Terrorism Portal
		November 27: Kishoreganj District and Sessions court orders attachment of moveable properties of the Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh JMJB ‘Operations Commander’ Bangla Bhai as he failed to appear before it during the November 27 scheduled hearing of a case filed in connection with the August 17, 2005-blasts in the district.
		June 13: Mazzal Hossain, a former JMJB cadre, was killed by the outfit at Bagmara in the Rajshahi district.
		November 10: A media report indicated that JMJB cadres have imposed extortion amounts on the villagers of areas such as Naldanga in the Natore district, Raninagar in the Naogaon district and Bagmara in the Rajshahi district in the north-western region of the country.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/terroristoutfits/JMJB.htm (3934 words)

	Bangladesh - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The next level of administrative unit is a district or Zila (জিলা) (in Bangla).
		Cox's Bazar, South of the city of Chittagong, has a sea beach that stretches uninterrupted over 120 km; it is frequently quoted as the World's longest natural sea beach (although this claim is difficult to prove or disprove).
		The whole country is divided into seven education boards (Dhaka, Chittagong, Rajshahi, Jessore, Barishal, Sylhet and Comilla Education Boards) which oversee education from the primary to the higher secondary level, and conduct the primary and junior scholarship examinations, the Secondary School Certificate examination, and the Higher Secondary Certificate examination.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/b/a/n/Bangladesh.html (2593 words)

	Country News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Among the corridors, the Meerganj corridor, Rajabari corridor, Premtoli corridor, Bulanpur corridor, Char Majardiar corridor under Rajshahi district, Kansat corridor and Sona Masjid corridor under Chapianawabganj district are the busiest corridors of the country.
		Even, the BDR men were kept in red-alert position along Rajshahi and Chapainwabganj borders and the BSF increased the number of forces along Indian borders with the impact of restriction on the import of sacrificial animals.
		While asked, farmers of the district said that they are not interested to sell their food grains to the government's procurement centres as they are getting fair price from the local markets.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/jan/08/08012006ct.htm (2810 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Members of District Bar Associations also staged immediate demonstrations in their respective cities and towns to ventilate their outrage at the fatal bomb attack on the two judges.
		Presided over by District Judge Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, the meeting further decided that they would boycott courts if the government failed to provide forthwith “foolproof security to the judges at their residences, on their way to and from courts and in the ejlash”.
		District leaders said police are searching their houses and filing false cases against them to foil the grand rally.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/11/15/front.htm (6280 words)

	About Bangladesh By nobel4tech.com
		Rajshahi division is in the northern part of Bangladesh has an area of 34513 sq.
		Rajshahi town is situated besides the river Padma.
		Rajshahi Division is famous for archeological and historical places like Mohastnangor, Paharpur Buddhist Monastery, Kantajee’s Temple, Ramshagar Dighi, Choto Sona Masjid, and Shopnopuri etc. You can visit Rajshahi University.
	www.nobel4tech.com /rajshahi.htm (1147 words)

	IRRI - International Rice Research Institute
		Researchers examined two contrasting farming systems in Comilla and Rajshahi districts to learn how different rice-cropping systems affect weed abundance and methods for their management.
		The three cropping seasons are boro, an irrigated, dry-season crop that is transplanted in February; aus, a rainfed crop that is direct-seeded or transplanted in the pre-monsoon period; and aman, the most widely planted season, in which rice is transplanted (T. aman) at the onset of the monsoon in July.
		The district has long been recognized as progressive, planting modern rice cultivars for the entire boro crop, 80% of the T. aman crop and 55% of the aus crop.
	www.irri.org /irrc/Weeds/closing.asp (762 words)

	Rajshahi City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		RAMPUR BOALIA, Rajshahi is a divisional city in west-central Bangladesh.
		Rajshahi is famous for silk, mango and lichi.
		Rajshahi division consists of the districts of Rajshahi, Naogaon, Natore, Chapai Nawabganj, Dinajpur, Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Pabna, Sirajganj, Bogra, and Jaipurhat.
	www.bangla2000.com /Bangladesh/Cities/rajshahi.shtm (130 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		BSS reports from Rajshahi: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 in separate drives arrested four criminals including two active JMB cadres and seized three firearms and 475 grams of heroin from different places in Rajshahi, Natore and Pabna districts during last two days.
		Food officials i n the districts have apprehended that aman rice procurement is quite impossible this year when market price is higher by 2 to 3 Taka than that of the government fixed prices.
		The soil and climatic condition of Mymensingh Sadar, Mukta-gachha, Phulpur, Fulbaria, Bha-luka, Trishal, Gafargaon, Nandail, Ishwarganj, Haluaghat and Gouri-pur upazilas of the district is suitable for coconut cultivation.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/12/13/district.htm (2854 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 135 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The meeting had started in the evening at Rajshahi District Council auditorium with district JJD president Tofazzal Hossain in the chair.
		District BNP President Azizur Rahman and General Secretary Shish Mohammad were special guests.
		Sources said that at around 8.30pm, Rajshahi city JJD Organising Secretary Waliul Haque Rana along with around 10 activists came at the meeting venue and started shouting at the district unit leaders.
	www.thedailystar.net /2003/10/09/d31009070366.htm (233 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Bangladesh floods kill 13, make million homeless
		The worst-hit by the floods was Chuadanga district, 225 km (140 miles) northwest of Dhaka, where five people drowned or were killed in house collapses, police said.
		Chuadanga district officials said the flood waters were still rising, forcing more people to flee their homes.
		The grim situation in nearby Meherpur district was compounded after the flooding forced around 3,000 Indians to flee across the border into Bangladesh in search of food and shelter.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/7f061f5a8fa373a785256966006a3519 (468 words)

	Ila Mitra
		Ila Mitra, an athlete of no mean caliber before she was married to a zaminder son of that locality, deeply got involved in the movement encouraged by his husband and ultimately became 'Rani Ma' (queen-mother) of the peasants of the locality.
		The then district session judge S Ahmed gave the verdict of the case on 11 January 1951 pronouncing life imprisonment to all the accused including their leader Ila Mitra under the section 302/149 of Pakistan penal code.
		As her condition at Rajshahi jail deteriorated, she was brought to Dhaka Central Jail and subsequently moved to Dhaka Medical College almost in a dying condition with broken health and total physical disability.
	www.muktadhara.net /page70.html (11721 words)

	country news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The mission schools in the district have been extending free education, lodging and food to orphans of the ethnic community.
		At least a dozen of organisations are working in the district for improving the lot of adivasis in socio-economic, health and education fields.
		Sources said the people under five unions in the district are faced with serious problems in road communications as all kinds of vehicular movement on the road have remained suspended till now.
	www.weeklyholiday.net /031003/count.html (2529 words)

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		June 10, 1999 90pc hand-pumped tubewells not functioning in greater Rajshahi By Naimul Haq, back from Rajshahi Over 90 per cent of hand-pumped tubewells in greater Rajshahi district (Barind region) are not functioning due to fall in the groundwater level, officials have said.
		During a visit to Mirzapur under Nachol thana in Chapainawabganj and Mohanpur under Godagari union in Rajshahi, this correspondent found that nine out of eleven tubewells sunk by the government were not functioning.
		Shefali Bala of Mondail village under Baghabari in Rajshahi said, "We have to ration drinking water because five members of the family have to pass two days with a jar of water." Her neighbour Sura Bala said, "We frequently suffer from intestinal diseases when we use surface water".
	www.eng-consult.com /arsenic/as118.txt (580 words)

	Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are 64 districts in Bangladesh, each district further subdivided into thana, or police stations (formerly called upa-zila or sub-districts).
		There are no elected officials at the divisional, district or thana levels, and the administration is composed only of government officials.
		Despite sustained domestic and international efforts to improve economic and demographic prospects, Bangladesh remains an underdeveloped and overpopulated nation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bangladesh (4069 words)

	Local News on Bangladesh
		Border areas under Rajshahi district and Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj were serving as major routes of trafficking in women and children towards different destinations in India and Pakistan, official sources said.
		Deputy Commissioner of Chapainawabganj, Sector Commander BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) of Rajshahi, Police Superintendents of Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj, and representatives of NGOs were members of this committee that took some important decision in its 3rd conference last week.
		On behalf of the Chairman of the Hill District Council, its Chief Executive Officer Faruque Ahmed Khan announced the proposed budget at the conference hall of the Hill District Council.
	www.sdnbd.org /sdi/news/general-news/June/29-06-2002/General.htm (2152 words)

	Bangladesh :: Travel Rajshahi
		west of Jamalganj in the greater Rajshahi district where the remains of the most important and the largest known monastery south of the Himalayas has been excavated.
		One of the most graceful monument of the Sultanate period is the Chhota Sona Masjid or Small Golden Mosque at Gaur in Rajshahi Built by one Wali Muhammad during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Husain Shah (1493-1519).
		It is located at the heart of Rajshahi town and maintarned by Rajshahi University authority.
	www.discoverybangladesh.com /meetbangladesh/rajshahi.html (505 words)

	Dak Bangla Intelligence Scan : BANGLADESH: Islamic Groups 12-19FEB [16 NEWS CLIPPINGS]
		Acting on a tip-off, police raided the WDB mosque in the town and nabbed Amanatullah, 26, son of Khijmatullah of Khalpara in the town, Mamunur Rashid, 22, son of Ruhul Amin of Dinajpur district, and Mahbub Alam, 27, son of Mojir Hossain of Sadar upazila.
		A district police official admitted that the investigation of the two cases -- one involving the bomb attack on Laxmikola village under Shahjahanpur upazila on January 14 and the other regarding the recovery of explosives from Chakshadu village under Gabtoli upazila on January 16 -- has not gone far.
		Of the 19 persons murdered in Rajshahi district, 7 were elected representatives of union councils and the metropolitan.
	dakbangla.blogspot.com /2005/02/bangladesh-islamic-groups-12-19feb-16.html (6084 words)

	Bangladesh - Travelling to bangladesh - Holidays in Bangladesh - www.reiswijs.co.uk
		District town in the West-Central Bangladesh, situated between the Padma(Ganges) and the Jamuna(Brahmaputra).
		Pabna or Pubna is a district town in the West-Central Bangladesh, situated between the Padma(Ganges) and the Jamuna(Brahmaputra).
		Rajshahi with nearly 0.4 million people and divisional headquarter, university, BIT, medical college, education board, cadet college and a cantonment (not full division) and an airport Although, there are so many educational institutions and government offices in Rajshahi, it's population is still less than those of the above mentioned cities of Bangladesh.
	www.reiswijs.co.uk /destinations/asia/bangladesh/bangladesh.html (2598 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Panchagarh District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It was under Dinajpur district at the time of the partition of 1947.
		Panchagarh was elevated to a district in 1984.
		Enclaves (Chhitmahal) The Indian enclaves in the district are Puthimari, Daikhat, Shalbari, Kajaldighi, Natak-toka and Nazirganj in Boda upazila; Behula-danga, Balapara Kotbhajani and Dahla Khagrabari in Deviganj upazila; Garati and Singimari in sadar upazila.
	banglapedia.org /HT/P_0057.HTM (689 words)

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