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Topic: Rangamati District


In the News (Thu 10 Dec 09)

  
  Rangamati District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The total area of the district is 6116.13 sq km.
It is bounded by the Tripura state of India on the north, Bandarban District on the south, Mizoram State of India and Chin State of Myanmar on the east, and Khagrachari and Chittagong Districts on the west.
The district of Rangamati consists of 10 upazilas, 1 municipality, 9 wards, 35 mahallas, 50 union parishads, 162 mouzas and 1347 villages.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rangamati_District   (184 words)

  
 Origin And Development   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Banderban is situated between Burma and Lusai Hills on the east, Chittagong district on the west, Rangamati district on the north and Arakan on the south-east.
Cox's Bazar, noted for its scenic beauty, is the headquarters of the district of the same name which on the east is surrounded by Banderban district and the Naaff river and on the south and the west by the Bay of Bengal and in the north it is attached to Chittagong district.
It is bounded on the west by the Sundarbans, Khulna and pirojpur district, and on the south by the Bay of Bengal.
www.arakanlibrary.com /OriginAndDevelopment.htm   (649 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Surjanagar and Nikkhia of gonj upazila Chinaduli, Kulkandi and Shapdori union of Islampur upazila, Mesta, Kendua, Titpallah and Shabjpur union of Sadar upazila of the district.
The was project was implemented at Islampur, Melandah, Madarganj, Dewanganj, Jamalpur Sadar Sarishabari and Bakshiganj upazilas of Jamalpur district, Raumari and Rajibpur upazilas of Kurigram district and sadar upazila of Sherpur district.
Meanwhile the district President of Awami League M Alauddin had strongly criticised and condemned the life threat and the filing of false case against Sheikh Hasina and demanded immediate with­drawal of the case and booking of the culprits.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/07/19/district.htm   (2677 words)

  
 Tourism in Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Rangamati is a favourite holiday resort because of its beautiful landscape, scenic beauty, lake, colourful tribes (Chakma, Marma etc.), its flora and fauna, tribal museum, hanging bridge, home-spun textile products, ivory jewelry and the tribal men and women who fashion them.
For tourists the attractions of Rangamati are numerous, tribal life, fishing, speedboat cruising, water skiing, hiking, bathing or merely enjoying nature as it is.
It is the district headquarters of Khagrachari hill district.
www.grandazadhotel.com /Tourism-Bangladesh/tourism_hill_districts.htm   (329 words)

  
 Country News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The wild elephants in Rangamati forests have been passing their days amid an acute shortage of food as number of plants in the hills have drastically decreased, local wild life lovers observed with grave concern.
Oct 1: The children of char areas in the district are being deprived of education due to recurrent floods accompanied by erosion by the river Jamuna.
The biennial conference of the Chapainawabganj district unit of the Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal was held on September 29 at Shahid Satu hall.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/oct/02/02102005ct.htm   (2564 words)

  
 Bangladesh Trade Info :: Travelling Attraction
The town-ship, the focal point of Rangamati Hill District is located on the western bank of the Kaptai lake.
Rangamati is a favorite holiday resort because of its beautiful landscape, scenic beauty, its flora and fauna, homespun textiles, bamboo handbags, flower vases and silver jewellery and the tribal men and women who fashion them, are other attractions.
The only tribal culture museum in the Hill tracts region was established at Rangamati town in 1978 and run by the tribal culture institute.
www.bdtradeinfo.com /travel/ta_others.asp   (981 words)

  
 Indigenous Action Network -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Samanta Chakma s/o Buddha Mohan Chakma of village Subolong, Thana Jurachari, Rangamati district; 3.
Sanchay Kanti Chakma s/o Kalachan Chakma of village Shilchari, Borkal Thana, Rangamati district; 6.
Alok Bikash Chakma s/o Pratul Chandra Chakma of village Satgharia Para, Mahalchari Thana, Khagrachari district and 7.
www.cs.org /forum/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=10&Topic=54   (2950 words)

  
 Rangamati Hill Tracts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Rangamati Hill Tracts, a land of green hills and valleys with a heavenly view of lake and deep forest.
Subsequently, two sub-division of this district Bandarban and Khagrachari was upgraded as district in 1981 and 1983 respectively.
Rangamati Hill District is one of the most tourist places in Bangladesh.
www.bangladeshgov.org /mochta   (916 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The Chak migrated from upper Burma and were settled by Arakans Kings in the areas of Akyab in the southern hill tracts.Rangamati district is the headquarter of the greater Hill Tracts.
Rangamati is 77 Km away from Chittagng city.
This hill district is also different then other two hill district for its lake and landscape.
www.classictours-bd.com /hilltracts/hilltracts1.htm   (3071 words)

  
 Bangladesh - Places of Interest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Kuakata, locally known as Sagar Kannya (Daughter of the Sea) is a rare scenic beauty spot on the southernmost tip of Bangladesh.
Kuakata in Latachapli union under Kalapara Police Station of Patuakhali district is about 30 km in length and 6 km in breadth.
It is 70 km from Patuakhali district headquarters and 320 km from Dhaka.
www.bangla2000.com /Bangladesh/place.shtm   (1892 words)

  
 About Bangladesh By nobel4tech.com
The old Rangamati town was submerged under lake water and a new town had to be built later.
Rangamati: Rangamati, the focal point of Rangamati Hill District, is connected with Chittagong by a 77 km.
Ninetytwo kilometer from Chittagong by metalled road, Bandarban is the district headquarters of the Bandarban Hill District.
www.nobel4tech.com /chittagong.htm   (1746 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 285   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Leaders and activists of ruling BNP's student and youth wings went on the rampage at Rangamati District Council building, beating up five candidates and driving away many others in a bid to stop interview for recruitment of 250 primary school teachers.
The activists then held a rally on the district council premises and accused some members of the interim committee of the council and some officials and employees involved in the recruitment of taking bribes and other irregularities.
The district council, which has been appointing primary teachers since its establishment in 1989, held written examinations of about 9,000 candidates against 250 vacant posts of assistant teachers in primary schools in the district on February 27 and called 1,000 for interview.
www.thedailystar.net /2004/03/17/d40317012626.htm   (365 words)

  
 .:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
District BNP held a meeting while JCD activists brought out a procession in the town Sunday morning in protest against the killing.
RANGAMATI, Feb 26:–Dawn to dusk hartal called by the timber merchants of Rangamati district, demanding forthwith resume of all kinds of timber business and transfer the CF (Conservator of Forest) was passed off amid stray incidents here this evening.
Rangamati Sadharan Kath O Jalani Kath Babsayee Sangram Parishad (RSOJKBSP) have withdrawn their next 24 hours hartal from 48 hours, which was scheduled to observe today (Monday) by getting positive response from the Forest Ministry about their demands, timber merchants sources said.
www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2006/02/27/national.htm   (1243 words)

  
 Incidents involving National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)
The five SF personnel were reportedly abducted from Udalguri district of Assam on May 21, and were later found dead in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh on May 29.
January 24: Several vehicles are burnt by NDFB cadres in the districts of Lower Assam during a general strike called by the outfit protesting against harassment by the security forces.
December 3: A surrendered NDFB cadre is killed by unidentified militants at Boro Nalbari in the Kokrajhar district.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/terrorist_outfits/NDFB_tl.htm   (9160 words)

  
 DISCOVERY Bangladesh.....>Bangladesh attractions-Indigenous Hill tribe,lake,forest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
RANGAMATI HILL DISTRICT: Rangamati, the focal point of Chittagong Hill District, is connected with Chittagong by a 77 km.
Rangamati is a favorite holiday resort because of its beautiful landscape, scenic beauty, its flora and fauna, homespun textiles, bamboo handbags, flower vases and silver jewelry and the tribal men and women who fashion them, are other attractions.
BANDARBAN HILL DISTRICT: Ninety-two kilometer from Chittagong by metalled road, Bandarban is the district headquarters of the Bandarban Hill District.
www.discoverybd.com /chittagong.htm   (1629 words)

  
 Bangladesh: Human rights violations in the Chittagong Hill Tracts: an update
Gautam Dewan, Chairman of the Rangamati District Council in early September reportedly declared that this had not in fact been the case.
Bijoy Ketan Chakma was to speak on 9 July at a meeting that had been called to protest against the alleged misappropriation by the Rangamati District Council Chairman of a large amount of rice meant for distribution after the recent cyclone.
The village of Midingya Chari, Rangamati district, was reportedly searched by members of the 5 East Bengal Regiment at Champatali, Ghagra, during the night of 10 May.
www.amnestyusa.org /justearth/document.do?id=0794948170655265802569A60060151C   (2971 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 209   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Rangamati district administration, to protect villagers, is planing to erect barriers around the areas where marauding wild elephants have killed 12 people and injured scores of others this year, sources said.
The backwoods hilly villages at Longadu and Rajastoli areas of Kaptai under Rangamati district are the ones that most frequently witness such attacks by ravaging wild elephants, forest department sources said.
The Minister for Forest and Environment was also apprised of the alarming situation during his recent visit to Rangamati, Jafor added.
www.thedailystar.net /2003/12/27/d31227011111.htm   (294 words)

  
 Amida Trust Chakma News Bangladesh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Rangamati district branch of PCP held protest meeting in the chair of Mr.
Sudirgha Chakma, president of Rangamati district branch of PCP at Patrol Pupm area in Rangamati town at 5.00 p.m.
Moni Swapan Dewan who was elected as MP in the parliament election from Rangamati constituency as a BNP candidate has been made Deputy Minister of the CHT Affairs Ministry and the PM kept this Ministry under her.
www.amidatrust.com /chakma_b.html   (8754 words)

  
 The Rangamati Hill District Local Government Parishad Act, 1989
Whereas the Rangamati Hill District is a special area inhabited by several backward tribes and it is, therefore, expedient to provide for the establishment of a Parishad for it for the purpose of its comprehensive development;
Constitution of the Rangamati Hill District Local Government Parishad.- (1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, there shall be constituted, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, in the Rangamati Hill District a Parishad to be called Rangamati Hill District Local Government Parishad.
Provided that in the case of the said appointments the ratio between the tribal and non-tribal inhabitants of the District, and between the natives of the different tribes shall be maintained as far as possible.
www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de /workgroups/bdlaw/1989-a19.htm   (8632 words)

  
 Rapes and Attempted Rapes
Kalindi Rani Chakma (19) d/o Mano Ranjan Chakma of Bagchari Jouta Khamar village in Rangamati district.
Nepali Chakma was raped by several members of the BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) at the Rubber Plantation Area in Baghaichari, Rangamati district.
Jitendra Chakma was raped (homosexual rape) by personnel of the 40 EBR (East Bengal Regiment) of the Bangladesh Army from the Naniachar Military Zone during a raid on Djuapara village, Rangamati district
www.angelfire.com /ab/jumma/rape/rapecase.html   (4237 words)

  
 Part 4 - Provisions of the CHT Accord of 1997 and Their Implementation Status
The name of the Hill District Local Government Council shall be amended and this council shall be renamed as the Hill District Council.
But in the Rangamati Hill District Act the words "in the name of the government or local authorities" have been replaced by the words "in the name of the government." The government has not yet taken any steps to amend the provision according to the accord.
The elected members of the Hill District Council shall, by indirect mode, elect the chairman of this council whose status shall be equivalent to that of a state minister and who shall be a tribal.
www.acdis.uiuc.edu /Research/OPs/Chowdhury/contents/part4.html   (6000 words)

  
 Community Proflies-Tribal Communities of the Chittagong Hill Tracts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The rest of the population resides in the Bandarban district.
The remaining four percent are found in the Rangamati district.
The population of the Khiyang is estimated to be 1,330.
www.mayerdak.com /tribal_cht.htm   (1523 words)

  
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According to Noakhali district forestry department, at least 2,000 core 43 lakh plants of 21 species of trees and 43 species of shrubs were sown in the forest of 15 thousand acres in 20 years.
According to the district primary education office sources, there are 896 primary schools under five upazilas of the district.
While contacted, district livestock officer Dr M Golbar Hossain Khan said that despite crisis of vaccines and shortage of manpower they are trying their best to overcome the situation.
www.newagebd.com /2005/jun/22/home.html   (2120 words)

  
 Bangladesh: Further reports of extrajudicial executions by security forces in 1993
They had submitted a memorandum addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Rangamati district through the Nirbahi (Administrative) Officer at Naniarchar on 2 November and been told that the authorities needed 15 days to consider their demands.
According to the police officer in charge at Rangamati deaths were not due to police firing but were caused by lethal weapons used by the rival groups of students.
In July a 16-year old boy was killed and some 150 injured in a similar incident in Ramchandrapur Hat, Chapai Nawabganj district, when the BDR shot at villagers protested against the BDR removing their cattle.
www.amnestyusa.org /justearth/document.do?id=22A2859B8C3D2A89802569A60060478A   (3110 words)

  
 Crime News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Officer-in-charge (OC) of Baghaichhari thana under Rangamati district brought the bodies at about 9.30 am to the Khagrachhari district Sadar hospital morgue and autopsy of the Indian insurgents was completed at 11.30 am yesterday.
Army and RAB sources said they had recovered one carbine,one three not three rifle, one nine mm pistol, three revolvers, three country made guns, one double barrel gun, ten guillotines, fifty detonators, one walkie talkie and several round of bullets of different guns from the hideout of the Indian insurgent group, NLFT.
Nazimuddin Shyamol from Chittagong adds: The law enforcing agencies have intensified their operations in three hill district of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) suspecting that huge firearms are kept preserved in remote and deep forest and hilly areas.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/jun/14/14062006cr.htm   (2164 words)

  
 Terrorism Update
Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer Abdul Samad Lasi said Government buildings, a television booster and a telephone exchange were badly damaged in the exchange of fire in the area.
Body of the terrorist, who is believed to be a Pakistani national, was recovered from the abandoned hut of one Ghulam Mohammad Sheikh at Sheikh Mohalla of the village.
The arrested were identified as Irfan, an Islamic preacher from Uttar Pradesh, and Afsar Pasha, a native of Chintamani in Kolar district.
www.satp.org /satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=1/21/2006   (1614 words)

  
 Incidents-February 2000
Naniarchar Market, Rangamati district (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Indian states of Tripura and Mizoram).
Naniarchar Bazar, Nanichar police station, Rangamati district (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Indian states of Tripura and Mizoram).
Kalidaha village, Feni district and police station (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of Tripura).
www.mayerdak.com /incid_feb00.htm   (478 words)

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