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	Terrorism Update
		District police chief Sunil Kumar Jha said one rifle, one SLR and a large cache of live cartridges were recovered from the incident site.
		Separately, the Maoist 'district president' of Solukhumbu district, Jagat Bahadur Basnet alias Bikram, surrendered to the district administration on December 27.
		Body of one of the PBCP cadres involved in the attack was later recovered from the East Bhengri area of Chalan Beel in the Sirajganj district.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=12/30/2005 (1571 words)

	Flood situation in Sirajganj worsens
		Flood situation in Sirajganj deteriorated further as the water level in the river Brahmaputra near Sirajganj recorded rise at 6.
		Road Communication between Sirajganj district headquarters and Kazipur Upazila headquarter remained suspended as a breach developed at Shimanto Bazar on the road.
		The Rangpur district administration has not started official relief operations so far as the situation is fully under control, the officials said.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/32/20179/printer (543 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		She first arrived at Sirajganj and after seeing the flood- affected areas distributed rice, saris and lungis among affected women and men at Ranigram and Zia Crossing at Shailabari.
		In Sirajganj, State Minister for Power Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, who is also the minister-in-charge of the district, Abdul Mannan Talukdar MP, Dr MA Matin MP, pourashava chairman Noor-e-Alam Helal and other local BNP leaders were present during relief distribution.
		The dead was identified as Faruq Hossain (25), son of Fazlu Khan, resident of Sharsha in Jessore district.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/07/25/front.htm (5207 words)

	webbangladesh.com \|\| Election Coverage 2001 \|\| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		AL activists, identified as Ahmed Ali and his son Babul Mandol, were killed in a clash between the activists of two rival political parties at Khamarpaikgachha in Sadar upazila of Sirajganj district.
		Our Sirajganj Correspondent quoting family and police sources said Ahmed Ali and his son Babul Mondal were chopped to death by BNP activists during the clash that ensued over tearing of BNP candidate's posters in Khamarpaikgachha area at 1 pm.
		On the last day today of her three day tour of northern districts, Hasina will address meetings at different places in Gaibandha, Bogra and Sirajganj district.
	www.webbangladesh.com /election/news/sep-20-01/elec_news.htm (2269 words)

	Country News
		Some farmers of different upazilas of the district told this correspondent that it is the prime time for jute cultivation after rainfall.
		A large number of brick fields set up in different areas, including road side, in Sirajganj district defying the government rules, are polluting the environment, causing concern among the people.
		Most of the brick field owners of the district are violating the rules of the government.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/apr/11/11042005ct.htm (3337 words)

	Feature for the Month of December 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sirajganj, a town in northern Bangladesh is known for making traditional clothes, but someday it may also be known as the place where women first called for equal status with men on local councils called Union Parishads.
		The women came to Sirajganj by boat, bus and mini taxi, some alone, others balancing infants on their hips with older children and husbands in tow.
		More than 200 of them, all members of Union Parishads in Sirajganj district, met recently in a forum to unanimously elect Kousar Parvin president, with a mandate to pursue equality.
	www.un-bd.org /undp/feature/2002/1202 (465 words)

	Incidents during Durga Pooja 2005
		Belkuthi sub-district, Sirajganj district (northwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
		Sirajganj district (northwest of the capital city of Dhaka).
		In the recent past the District Magistrate of Pabna District has given a lease of 92% of the land of the endowed property of the Shree Shree Siddheswari Kalimata Mandir to a local Islamic fundamentalist named Karmaja Dakhil Madrasa.
	www.mayerdak.com /durgapooja05.htm (1831 words)

	Face deluge with courage: Khaleda
		Hundreds of flood-affected people, who were waiting on the roads and embankments in Sirajganj sadar upazila, and in Dhunat and Shariakandi upazilas of Bogra district, were apparently happy to receive bags of rice, sari and lungi from the hands of the Prime Minister.
		On her way to Sirajganj and Bogra, the Prime Minister had a bird’s eye view of the extent of the devastation caused by the current flood.
		The Prime Minister flew from Sirajganj to Dhunat upazila of Bogra district and drove for about 14 kilo metres from the helipad to see for herself the condition of the people who have taken shelter in make-shift houses on the road.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/18/11026/printer (914 words)

	Lepra's Projects
		A preliminary visit was made to Sirajganj district, where a clear plan for the development of these new programmes was worked on, in conjunction with government authorities and The Leprosy Mission, Bangladesh.
		The population density in these districts is an important factor in increasing the chain of transmission of communicable diseases.
		In the districts where LEPRA is working, 90% of the population lives in rural villages, and most have no access to safe water sources or basic sanitation.
	lepra.org.uk /Projects/ProjectResponse.asp?ProjectName=LEPRA+Bangladesh (716 words)

	Recent Atrocities Against Minorities in Bangladesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Besides this, minorities are facing attacks and extortion in Mohanpur in Ullapara, Jhaoil in Kamarkhand thana, Tarash thana sadar, Gopirpara in Sirajganj District Sadar, Raiganj Bazar and Baikunthapur villagees in Raiganj thana.
		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 were raped.
	www.hvk.org /articles/1101/209.html (4871 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Chalan Beel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is the largest beel of the country and comprises a series of depressions interconnected by various channels to form more or less one continuous sheet of water in the rainy season when it covers an area of about 368 sq km.
		The southeastern extremity of the beel is at Astamanisha in Pabna district, close to Nunnagar, where the Gumani and the baral meet.
		Its northern boundary in this district may be marked by a line drawn from the east of Singra to the Bhadai river, which forms the boundary between Rajshahi, Pabna and Bogra.
	www.banglapedia.org /HT/C_0101.HTM (987 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Acting on tip-off, a team of the elite force conducted drive at Katakhali area under Matihar thana in the city at around 1.00 am and arrested Rajshahi district commandor of JMB Abu Isha alias Enamul Haque, 27, son of Abdul Karim Akanda of Char Lakhipur village under Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj district.
		The arrested are Abdul Baten of Khamar village and Moulana Jalal Uddin, Asraf Ali and Abdul Mannan of Rashidpur village under Sirajganj district.
		Alyea Begum told this correspondent that she had overcome the shock she received with the death of her husband without treatment and confidently said that she would expand the handicraft industries and would be able to repay loan before the scheduled time if there are no odds in future.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2005/12/18/district.htm (2022 words)

	Country News
		Nov 7: Aman paddy fields in all the nine upazilas of Sirajganj district have been attacked by pests, triggering panic among the farmers.
		According to concerned sources, drizzling and high temperature with cloudy sky persisting in different parts of the district induced the spread of the attack of pests in the Aman fields in the district.
		According to district Primary Education Office, the government, through the stipend distribution scheme for the poor students, took initiative to increase the enrolment rate and presence of students in the classrooms and reduce the dropout rate.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/nov/08/08112004ct.htm (3626 words)

	Bangladesh Timeline Year 2004
		A Jamaat-e-Islami leader of Bagerhat district, Maulana Gazi Abu Bakar Siddiqui, is killed in a bomb attack by unidentified assailants.
		A PBCP (Janajuddha) cadre killed by cadres of BCP at Shantunagar village in the Chuadanga district.
		A BCP-ML cadre is killed and a police officer sustains injuries in an encounter with the police at Parlat village in the Jhenidah district.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/timeline/Year2004.htm (5265 words)

	Country News
		The farmers of the district, who have cultivated and produced early varieties of vegetables, are reaping the benefits.
		According to sources in the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Jhenidah district, co-ordination efforts have been made to produce 51,000 tonnes of different winter vegetables by bringing 3,400 hectares of land under vegetable farming in six upazilas of the district this year.
		Saiful Islam who hails from Brammanala village under Rupganj Upazila in Narayanganj district and serves in army headquarters in Khulna in his confessional statement said that he by way of acquaintance with the family of Shahana(19) of Fasila village under Rampal Upazila in the district married her.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/nov/27/27112005ct.htm (3790 words)

	Welcome to Bangladesh Awami League - 15th amendment a ploy to cling to power: Sheikh Hasina
		Presidents and general secretaries of the district units as well as the different pourasabha and upazila units exchanged views with the party chief.
		Sirajganj District unit President Abdul Latif Mirza and General Secretary Advocate KM Hasan Ali and Lalmonirhat District unit President Motaher Hossain, MP and General Secretary Advocate Motiar Rahman led their respective teams to the meetings.
		Sheikh Hasina asked the grassroots leaders of the two districts to prepare themselves for the next general election by forgetting intra-party conflicts and misunderstanding.
	www.albd.org /news/2006/07/12/12_1.htm (395 words)

	Bangladesh hands out aid to flood victims to contain disaster
		But residents and newspapers reported that fresh areas in the centre of the country were submerged as waters gushed south to the Bay of Bengal.
		At least 73 people have died and more than five million have been affected in 18 districts since flash floods began to hit Bangladesh in the beginning of June, according to official estimates.
		A state of emergency is in force in India's state of Assam, and in Bangladesh troops were on alert with district civil chiefs advised to seek the army's help if flooding worsened.
	www.terradaily.com /2003/030719073729.up7um018.html (420 words)

	Thousands marooned as floods worsen in Bangladesh
		Some 300,000 residents of the seven districts were marooned, the Independent said, but no official confirmation was available.
		Local officials in Sirajganj district, 105 kilometers (66 miles) northwest of the capital Dhaka, said by telephone that thousands of people had been left homeless and at least 25,000 victims had taken shelter on a highway in Kazipur sub-district after the mighty Jamuna river continued to rise.
		But a disaster management ministry control room official told AFP Saturday that the "situation is not serious" and they were yet to prepare any statistics on losses caused by the calamity.
	www.terradaily.com /2003/030705120011.suunmuqv.html (492 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Bangladesh: Floods Appeal No. 20/2000 Situation Report No. 3
		In five Unions of Satkhira District surveyed by the disaster preparedness delegate on 8 September, some 2,750 families were affected by the tidal surge, with 1,160 of these families having lost their homes.
		On 19 September, in Kazipur Thana (sub-district) of Sirajganj District, 1,040 houses were washed away when a 100-metre stretch of river defences was destroyed.
		Satkhira District in the south-west part of the country was inspected by a joint BDRCS/Federation team on 8 September where it was found that flooding had caused 1,160 families in one sub-district alone to leave their homes.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/bc925601f762ca4fc1256965004fe01f (1604 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 457 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Diarrhoea and pneumonia are spreading in the nine flood affected upazilas of Sirajganj district as water has started receding.
		Four boys drowned in the district in the current spate of flooding, the third in the season.
		According to district relief and rehabilitation office, at least 8000 houses have been damaged fully or partially by the flood that inundated Aman seedlings on 7,921 hectares of land.
	www.thedailystar.net /2005/09/07/d50907070176.htm (299 words)

	/INT'L MIGRANTS DAY/BANGLADESH: Women Learn Tough Lessons from Work in Malaysia
		SIRAJGANJ, Bangladesh, Dec 18 (IPS) - With calm confidence and quiet reassurance, Mosammat Bedana Khatun encourages the women to open up.
		Outside it is raining heavily, the downpour splashing on the corrugated iron roof in a steady drone.
		Bedana herself is from the village of Maijhail in Sirajganj district, northern Bangladesh.
	www.aegis.com /news/ips/2003/IP031226.html (1263 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The trainees came from 12 project villages in Pabna, Natore and Sirajganj districts.
		The project attempted to find out the true value of "whole family extension" in Bangladesh by strictly adhering to its stated research principles and by maintaining a strict separation between its whole family extension groups; its male/female participants trained for separate functions and males trained separately and females trained separately.
		Project Sites: The "whole family extension approach" sub-project is being implemented at 4 villages in Atghoria upazila of Pabna district, 4 villages in sadar upazila of Natore district and 4 villages in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj district.
	www.knowledgebank.irri.org /regionalSites/bangladesh/docs/aas/Skilled-Family-Leaflet.doc (1414 words)

	Home
		The member of parliament of this region and the district administration have already informed the Water Development Board of the threat of the Jamuna to the upazila headquarters.
		In the past, most of the farmers of the district used to grow paddy, sugarcane and jute on their lands.
		The district administration has written to the relief and rehabilitation ministry for the allocation 200 tonnes rice, money and clothes for the tornado victims.
	www.newagebd.com /2005/apr/16/home.html (1781 words)

	[No title]
		SIRAJGANJ: Major rivers of Sirajganj are drying up gradually, leaving an adverse effect on the total environment of the district.
		A drought-like situation is prevailing in the region leading to scarcity of drinking water as the ground water level has receded which may cause landslides in the area in near future, sources said.
		So, immediate dredging of all the rivers and canals, and proper management of the ponds in all the nine upazilas of Sirajganj district are urgently needed to solve all these problems.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /view.php?hidDate=2005-06-21&hidType=LOC (232 words)

	[No title]
		Our Sirajganj correspondent says: Water of a huge number of tubewells in all nine upazilas of Sirajganj district have been found contaminated by the deadly arsenic.
		The affected areas are: Chowhali, Belkuchi, Raigonj, Kazipur and Sirajganj Sadar upazila.
		Mohespur thana is about 55 kilometres south or south-west of Jhenidah district headquarters with a population of about 25 thousand.
	www.eng-consult.com /arsenic/as161.txt (1036 words)

	Red Cross Red Crescent - News
		As the flood waters receded in several districts in the north, centre and south-east of the country, they gave way to outbreaks of waterborne diseases which struck the most vulnerable groups in Bangladesh - those already living below the poverty line, women and children particularly.
		Stagnant water, polluted sources of drinking water and people living in unhygienic conditions in open fields or embankments have been the main causes of illnesses such as dysentery, diarrhoea and dengue fever.
		Biara is a small village in a district where about 36,000 people were infected by different flood-related diseases.
	www.ifrc.org /docs/news/02/082701 (520 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		DHAKA, May 26 (Reuters) - A former Bangladeshi government minister who is now an opposition leader survived an attack by a knife-wielding mob but one of his colleagues was hacked to death, the former minister's wife and party said on Sunday.
		Former home (interior minster) Mohammad Nasim had left a rally for his party, the main opposition Awami League, and was returning to his home in Sirajganj district on Saturday when the attack took place, they said.
		One of Nasim's party colleagues, Abdul Kuddus, 45, was hacked and stabbed to death and 10 people were wounded in the assault in the northern district, Nasim's wife, Laila, told Reuters.
	www.dailynews.lk /2002/05/27/wor04.html (360 words)

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