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	BANGLAPEDIA: Sunamganj District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sunamganj District (sylhet division) with an area of 3669.58 sq km, is bounded by Khasia and Jaintia hills (India) on the north, habiganj and kishoreganj districts on the south, sylhet district on the east, netrokona and greater mymensingh districts on the west.
		This district consists of 10 upazilas, 4 municipalities, 36 wards, 139 mahallas, 82 union parishads, 1711 mouzas and 2813 villages.
		During the war of liberation many encounters were held between the freedom fighters and the Pak army; Sunamganj was liberated on 6 December 1971.
	banglapedia.org /HT/S_0598.HTM (624 words)

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		Sunamganj, on the contrary, is one of the least developed districts of the country.
		Sunamganj supports a large rural population, with 8-10 percent of the people classified as urban in 2001.
		Cultivation is the prime occupation for the inhabitants of Sunamganj.
	www.csa-bd.org /cooperation.html (464 words)

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		Sunamganj is bounded on the east by Sylhet District, on the west by Netrokona and Kishorganj District, on the north by Mountain of Khashia-Jainta of Megalay state of India and on the south by Hobiganj District.
		Physiography: Sunamganj is a low-lying region with numerous Haors and Bils (Lakes) and subject to annual flooding.
		Population: The estimated population of Sunamganj is 19,68,669 in 2001.
	www.csa-bd.org /facts.html (343 words)

	Country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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)

	Country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Farmers of the district used to supply a huge quantity of cows to different districts of the country from Sunamganj but now the situation has changed dramatically.
		Once farmers of the district used to rear a large number of cattle, as the district was abound with pasture land.
		District Livestock Officer told The Independent that the orientation programme was being hindered due to shortage of staff in the department.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/nov/24/24112005ct.htm (2675 words)

	:: ActionAid Bangladesh - DIPECHO Project ::
		Meanwhile, activities in Sunamganj District is focused on Flood Preparedness in 12 unions, covering 11,265 people.
		Sunamganj district, located in the north-eastern corner of Bangladesh and adjacent to the hilly Meghalaya state of India, has for decades remained poor and neglected.
		Sunamganj is predominantly a haor area, which is filled up with water from a minimum of six feet up to as high as 13-14 feet lasting 6-7 months annually, making the livelihood of the poor and marginalised impoverished and asset less.
	www.aabdipecho.org /ir.php (540 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The district agriculture office sources said about 13,233 hectares of land with aus, aman paddy seed beds of paddy, jute plant and other crops were damaged.
		The flood occurred for the second time in the district surpassed all the previous recorded of flood over the last 90 years.
		Our Moulvibazar Correspon-dent adds: The devastating flood-situation in Moulvibazar district on Wednesday deteriorated further as the flood water entered through the breaches developed on the embankments of the rivers Manu and Dhalai was engulfing fresh areas at different parts of the district.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/07/23/district.htm (2274 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 7 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The district Law and Order Committee at a meeting on Tuesday chaired by Whip and Minister-in-Charge of the district Fazlul Haque Aspia discussed the situation and suggested special relief allocations and agriculture loan.
		Aspis was elected from Sunamganj Sadar (North) and Biswambharpur upazilas.
		Sunamganj Pourashava Chairman Mominul Moujdin demanded proper steps to permanently control recurring floods in Sunamganj district, a rice bowl and rich in fish resources also.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/06/03/d40603070169.htm (783 words)

	Eight killed in monsoon-hit Bangladesh, 800,000 marooned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Some 13 districts in the northwestern Rajshahi division of Bangladesh were worst hit, the official news agency BSS said quoting local officials.
		Parts of the northeastern Sylhet, Sunamganj and Netrakona districts were also affected and at least five people were killed in flood related accidents, the private UNB agency added.
		It said two people were electrocuted in Sylhet district when they touched live wires while three drowned after their boat capsized in Sunamganj district.
	www.terradaily.com /2004/040711105524.29w3zaoy.html (236 words)

	Country (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As a result, the literacy rate in the district is still 38.8 percent, while the nation's literacy rate rose to 67 percent.
		The number of primary school going students between the age of 6 and 10 is 3,42,294 in the ten upazilas and one thana of the district.
		The lone Sunamganj Women College was established with local initiative in 1986 with an aim to spread the light of higher duration among the women of the district.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/may/15/15052006ct.htm (2822 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 849 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A council of Sunamganj district Awami League, scheduled to be held today, has been postponed again, allegedly due to intra-party feud.
		One faction is led by party stalwart Sunajit Sengupta and the other by AL central committee member and Sunamganj district vice-president Matiur Rahman and acting general secretary of the district unit Nurul Huda Mukut.
		Earlier, the party high command had asked its Sunamganj district leaders to hold the council by September 30 but it could not be held due to intra-party feud.
	www.thedailystar.net /2006/10/14/d61014070378.htm (180 words)

	All Headline News - Thunderbolts Kill 4 In Bangladesh - January 8, 2007
		In the Jamalpur district, two farmers were killed and two others injured by thunderbolts at Baghadoba village in Melandah upazila in the morning.
		In the Rajbari district, a thunderbolt killed a housewife and wounded another at Ahlidipur village in Sadar upazila.
		In the Sunamganj district, a man was killed and four people were injured in a lightning at Amria village in Biswambharpur upazila.
	www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7004463649 (212 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SUNAMGANJ, Apr 20:–IRRI-boro crops in 22 big haors out of 28 have gone under water and the rest 6 haors have been threatened due to on-rush of hilly water from upper catchment and torrential rainfall in the past few days in Sunamganj district causing immense sufferings to the people.
		The extended meeting of the district Awami League called on Sunday to nominate the Chairman candidate for the ensuing Poura polls was foiled due to a scuffle between two groups.
		The OC of Khulna district police MT Ashraf was gunned down on May 12, 2003 at KDA avenue area in the city.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/04/21/district.htm (3003 words)

	Sunamganj by-poll: Mannan seeks vote for 4-party candidate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		BNP Secretary General and LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan on Wednesday called upon the voters of Sunamganj-3 constituency to cast vote for the four-party alliance candidate in the by-election to keep up the development trend of the government.
		He said no godfather was created in the country during the last three and a half years of the government.
		He said it was Awami League which had created godfathers in each district in the country.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/32/20012/printer (280 words)

	Bangladesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bangladesh - Dhaka district: Cantonment and Pallabi thanas
		Bangladesh - Dhaka district: Dhanmondi, Kamrangir Char and Lalbagh thanas
		Bangladesh - Kurigram district: Char Rajibpur, Chilmari, Kurigram Sadar and Raumari upazilas
	www.omidyar.net /group/worldconnectory/ws/bangladesh (1934 words)

	- : Geological Survey of Bangladesh : -
		Limestone Deposits of Bhangerghat, Sunamganj District, Bangladesh, by Anisur Rahman and M. Nazrul Islam, 1985.
		Gravity and Magnetic Investigations in the Badarganj-Nawabganj-Hilli and Adjoining Areas, Rangpur and Dinajpur Districts, Bangladesh, by M.A. Rahman, N.A. Chowdhury, M.N.Hasan, Idris Miah, and M.N.Alam, 1994.
		Geology of the Hatiya Island, Noakhali District, Bangladesh, by Pradip Kumar Sen Gupta and Sirajur Rahman Khan,1996.
	www.gsb.gov.bd /publications.html (818 words)

	AL to participate in Narsingdi, Sunamganj by-elections
		When contacted Azizus Samad Don told The New Nation that he was under pressure from Sunamganj district AL, people of the constituency, relatives, well wishers and his father's followers to contest the by-poll.
		The AL,earlier, nominated Asaduzzaman, one of its leaders of Narshingdi district unit, to contest Narhsingdi by-election, which is scheduled for June 22.
		Later, the AL reacted sharply and threatened to pull out from the election race when new Chief Election Commissioner Justice MA Aziz was reportedly commented that the main opposition party's participation in the Narshingdi by-polls proved that the AL had confidence in him.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/31/18852/printer (549 words)

	Bangladesh : Bangladesh: Report of Repression against Bangladesh Minorities for the month of November 2006 from ...
		The district Anti-women and children repression tribunal Judge Ali Mansur, after hearing the case, convicted the rapist and handed down the sentence on Tuesday last.
		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.
		BARISAL, November 6:-Almost all the cultural organizations of Barisal district condemned the incident of ransacking the only one mass auditorium Ashwani Kumar Hall situated at the heart of Barisal district during the 14 partyâs protest program on October 28 last and leaders of the organizations also demanded the renovation of the hall.
	hrcbmdfw.org /blogs/bangladesh/archive/2006/11/14/505.aspx (6303 words)

	News: Bangladesh: Floods - Jun 2004, Monsoon rains battering Asia cause devastating floods and landslides, News: Japan: ...
		New casualties were reported from the flood wrecked northern district of Sirajganj, where a river dyke earlier gave way to gushing waters that washed away eight people, including four children, rescue workers said.
		About a million people who were made homeless by the rising Surma and Kushiyara rivers were huddled together in overcrowded flood shelters in Sunamganj district, threatening to spread disease, western aid workers said.
		The radio, quoting latest reports from the districts, said at least 15 people were killed in landslides in Okhaldunga district, about 150 kilometres east of the capital, Wednesday.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/LSGZ-62WHGA?OpenDocument (1072 words)

	Eight killed in monsoon-hit Bangladesh, 1.5 million marooned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Large areas of Bangladesh were under water Sunday as driving monsoon rains caused rivers to burst their banks, leaving at least eight people dead and some 1.5 million stranded, officials and reports said.
		Northern districts were the worst hit although heavy rains also resulted in a landslide in the southeastern port city of Chittagong that killed three people, the official news agency BSS said quoting local officials.
		"The villages in Sunamganj district are like islands in a sea, completely surrounded by flood water, but the majority of people have stayed in their homes as they prefer not to leave," he said.
	www.terradaily.com /2004/040711140951.6q196peb.html (361 words)

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		This organization also aims at promoting and strengthening homegrown charity primarily concentrating on Sunamganj district.
		The motives and goals of CSA are to uplift the socio-economic condition of the inhabitants of Sunamganj District.
		CSA welcome donor agencies that are interested to work in Sunamganj District.
	www.csa-bd.org /about_csa.html (1314 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - World
		Reports said flood situation in Sylhet district worsened further leaving around 70 per cent of the district's total area inundated and bringing normal life to a standstill.
		Situation in Sunamganj district also turned worse with total disruption of road traffic.
		Many people abandoned their inundated houses and took shelter on high-land embankments, which, however, do not appear to be a reliable option considering the flood situation which is worsening day by day.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/07/13/wor06.html (140 words)

	Disaster Risk Reduction in Sunamganj (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bangladesh's Sunamganj District is largely an undeveloped area that is highly susceptible to flooding.
		This project operates in two areas in the Sunamganj District in the northeastern corner of Bangladesh.
		Most of Sunamganj is a large flood basin which is fills with water for six to seven months a year.
	www.islamic-relief.com /projects/bangladesh/DisasterRiskReduction.htm (325 words)

	BANGLADESH: Police submit a falsified investigation report after being bribed by the alleged perpetrators
		This is despite proof of the crime with the seizing of weapons left by the alleged perpetrators at the crime scene, and with the injuries suffered to three persons, who were admitted to the Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hospital.
		Abul Bashar, who is from Sunamganj district and is an immigrant in the United Kingdom, had a land dispute with his cousins.
		According to the information I have received, a group of seven persons attacked a couple from the United Kingdom who were visiting their home in Sylhet district.
	www.ahrchk.net /ua/mainfile.php/2006/1647 (1123 words)

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		The figure, according to district emergency officer Rabindra Dash and the met office, is the highest in the past 12 years.
		Nrusingha Sarangi, a senior assistant in the district emergency office, said the rainfall began around 11 am on Monday, bringing relief to the people who had been reeling under a heat wave for the past few days.
		Slums were submerged and the offices of the additional district magistrate, the district emergency office, the record room of the district collector and the reserve police lines were under four feet water.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1010614/front_pa.htm (2154 words)

	USATODAY.com - Bomb blast hurts 60 in Bangladesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh (AP) — A bomb exploded at an opposition rally in northeastern Bangladesh Monday, killing one person and wounding at least 60, doctors and police said.
		Extra police were sent to the scene of the blast in Sunamganj district, 110 miles northeast of the capital, Dhaka.
		Twenty-one people were seriously injured and were admitted to a hospital in Sylhet, southeast of Sunamganj.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-06-21-bangladesh_x.htm (319 words)

	Incidents-April 2000
		Begumganj area, Noakhali district (in southeastern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal).
		The wife of Pankaj Saha was breast feeding her 5 month old baby, when two Islamic fundamentalists (Jahangir Alam and Shamsul Alam) from a neighboring village attacked the area, took away the baby, and killed her brutally throwing her corpse in a nearby pond.
		Uttar Badhaghat, Gahirpur police station, Sunamganj district (in northern Bangladesh bordering the Indian state of Meghalaya).
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_apr00.htm (571 words)

	Restoring Local Community Participation in Wetland Resource Management: A Bangladesh Case Study
		Tanguar haor is located at 25005' - 25012' north/91001' - 91007' East in Tahirpur and Dharmapasha Thanas (smallest government administrative units) of Sunamganj district under Sylhet Division in north eastern Bangladesh.
		One whereby natural resources benefit both local communities and the elite, and whereby the long-term survival of the unique biodiversity of these areas is guaranteed.
		The major and prime mover interest in bringing about changes in the haor management had been the interest and commitment towards sustainable resource use for the benefit of the community.
	srdis.ciesin.org /cases/bangladesh-001.html (1347 words)

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