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	Technical Assistance on Oyster and Pearl Culture in Bangladesh
		The Teknaf farm was on the first week of June 1983, thereby the consultant was unable to make any observation before his departure.
		The Teknaf farm was established on the last week of May and first week of June 1983, leaving no time for the consultant to make any observation on the setup.
		Barnacles fouling at Teknaf was not heavy and didn't cause any damage to the oysters on the bamboo plots as they were quite big in size.
	www.fao.org /docrep/field/003/R2032E/R2032E02.htm (4683 words)

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		The announcement came from a public rally at Teknaf, the upazila in the extreme south of the country.
		The program was announced from a huge public gathering of the 14 opposition political parties held at Teknaf KG School ground in the district.
		Teknaf and Ukhia upazila Awami League jointly organized the mammoth public meeting with the president of Teknaf upazila Awami League Zafar Alam Chowdhury in the chair.
	www.albd.org /compile/teknaf_tentulia/29112004_1.htm (439 words)

	From Teknaf to Tentulia
		To set the ball rolling, the opposition leaders already staged two huge rallies at Teknaf, the southern tip, and Tentulia at the northern frontier of the country on November 28 and 29.
		Both the rallies were somewhat successful in drawing crowds from the countryside and the opposition strategists felt boosted in going ahead with their 900-kilometer-long chain of interlocked hands of the demonstrators.
		First, it stirred up the rural people, as it is for the first time all opposition leaders assembled at the two remote corners of the country and appealed to them to bring a change in the state power.
	www.dhakacourier.net /issue20/COVER/doc3.html (1152 words)

	Teknaf port to be privatised to boost border trade with Burma
		This is the first move under the second phase of the government’s plan to transfer the country’s 12 land ports to private operators for a period of 25 years, sources in the Bangladesh Land Port Authority (BLPA) said.
		“The tender for Teknaf land port in Cox's Bazar has already been floated and it aims to hand over the operation of the port to the private sector before next October,” a BLPA senior official told Mizzima.
		M/S Univern Port Services Limited was awarded the contract to handle the Teknaf land port in November 2003 as a test case to improve the operations of the land ports.
	www.mizzima.com /mizzima/archives/news-in-2006/news-in-April/17-April-2006-25.htm (440 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Teknaf Upazila (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Teknaf Upazila (cox's bazar district) with an area of 388.68 sq km, is bounded by hilly area and ukhia upazila on the north, the bay of bengal on the south and west, Naf river and Myanmar on the east.
		Teknaf (Town) consists of 9 wards and 9 mahallas.
		Administration Teknaf thana was turned into an upazila in 1983.
	banglapedia.org /HT/T_0106.HTM (423 words)

	BurmaNet News: April 2 2003
		Teknaf is the township bordering Bangladesh-Burma in the southeastern corner of the country.
		Teknaf is one of the 12 land ports the government has decided to upgrade to meet the need of the hour.
		BLPA chairman hoped that the construction work of Teknaf Land Port will start within a month and likely to be completed by the end of October this year.
	six.pairlist.net /pipermail/burmanet/20030402/000126.html (3373 words)

	KALADAN NEWS
		Teknaf, October 23: A group of Bangladeshi youth in Teknaf town made and attempt to destroy the unofficial Rohingya refugee camp on
		UNO sent back the refugees to Teknaf where the refugees were staying in the open sky on the roadsides the whole night.
		One of them exists at the same place in Teknaf and the other one is on the way to Teknaf, near Dhomdomia BDR Check post.
	www.ibiblio.org /obl/docs/KP2004-10-23.htm (513 words)

	Welcome to Bangladesh Awami League - Opposotion political parties finalized route of 900 km human wall across the ...
		Millions of people from all walks of life joined their hands participating in the opposition sponsored cross-country human wall for one-hour from 3 pm yesterday from Teknaf in the southern tip to Tentulia in the extreme northern-end of the country, expressing no-confidence in the BNP-led alliance government.
		Central leaders of the Awami League yesterday instructed the party legislators to mobilize people in their localities for the December 11 no-confidence human wall to be formed from Teknaf in Cox's Bazar district in the extreme south and Tentulia in Panchagarh district in the extreme north of the country.
		The major opposition political parties have finalized the route of their proposed cross-country human wall shceduled to be formed from Teknaf in the Cox's Bazar district in the south to Tentulia in Panchagarh district to the north of the country on December 11.
	www.albd.org /compile/teknaf_tentulia/no_confidence_wall.htm (1273 words)

	news - Rohingyas from Myanmar living in risky conditions in Bangladesh
		"The Teknaf group of Rohingyas are people of concern to UNHCR, as they fled Myanmar for the same reasons of persecution as the refugees in the camps who came here in a big influx in 1991-1992," explained UNHCR's representative in Bangladesh, Christopher Lee.
		The Teknaf group formed after the Bangladesh government moved some 3,600 Rohingyas in 2003 from villages in the surrounding areas where they had been living for up to 10 years, to a spot along the Naf river.
		Members of the joint mission to Teknaf said they would continue to pursue the humanitarian relocation of this group with the government.
	www.noticias.info /asp/PrintingVersionNot.asp?NOT=85260 (843 words)

	Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		When I was 7 years old, I went to Chittagong for the first time and my 7-year old younger sister (who was not born at that time) always cry, as she was not standing,vith us in the photo, which was taken at Chittagong.
		Teknaf was the main place for the tour team to study.
		The Naaf River is the main border between Bangladesh and Myanmar and Teknaf is the tail of Bangladesh.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/jan/31/31012006ft.htm (5064 words)

	COAST - Bangladesh :: Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		4 thousand hectors of Mangrove Forest is destroyed in Teknaf and Sonadia and as the direct result of what small sea fishes are drastically abated around the 70 kilometers of coast as well as the threats of massive damage in tidal surge is increased.
		The green island seen from Teknaf is Joldia where Shrimp culture is established cutting off the mangrove forests what is called Parabon locally.
		To revive this Parabon Damdamia and Chikondondi of Teknaf and Sonadia of Cox’s Bazar along with the Joldia is declared as ‘Ecologically Critical Area’.
	www.coastbd.org /paraban.htm (424 words)

	coxshistory
		To attract the tourist, The Government, in 1994, began construction of a road along the beach from Cox's Bazar to Teknaf.
		Teknaf, a small town, is on the southern tip of the narrow strip of land adjoining Myanmar, 92 km south of Cox's bazar.
		Other possibilities include a walk west to Teknaf Beach and a ride south to Badar mokam at the tip of the peninsula.
	www.visitcoxsbazar.com /COXSHI~1.HTM (638 words)

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		The beach extends from Cox’s Bazar to Badar Mokam at Teknaf region and is sometimes interrupted by the shallow estuaries of streams and rivers coming out of the hills behind it.
		Teknaf may represent the longest continuous uninterrupted beach in the world with tropical rain forest in the background.
		The management approach is built around a network of volunteers who are identified based on: direct involvement with and dependence on resource utilization; residence near the resources; expressed interest in protecting their natural and cultural heritage and other criteria.
	www.gefweb.org /COUNCIL/GEF_C14/Bangladesh/part3.doc (10931 words)

	Birmingham Restaurants Guide - Birmingham Plus
		Having eaten at Teknaf twice in the last week I can concur wholeheartedly with Brit’s enthusiasm for the place even If I feel giving the place a perfect ten in every department is just a little too gushing.
		Teknaf is a bit of an oddity for Bearwood (although a very welcome one) situated as it is amidst Tennessee Chicken, Perfect Pizza and Neelam’s Kebabs.
		The exterior of the restaurant immediately sets it apart from its neighbours, with a clean sandblasted glass frontage that is uncluttered even to the extent that it lacks a menu or any indication as to the type of cuisine served.
	birminghamplus.com /reviews/reviews_details.asp?rid=424&iid=1286&uid=6 (1043 words)

	Burma/Arakan News
		Bangladeshi importers today suspended loading and unloading of goods at Teknaf land port, the only land port between Burma and Bangladesh, following a dispute between BDR and importers on imported achar (pickle) from Burma allegedly without valid document.
		According to the claim of border traders, C&F agents and truckers, BDR held the said truck loaded with 11 tonnes of achar (pickle) imported from Burma, which were cleared at the Teknaf land port.
		Denying the claim, the BDR commander Lt Col Ferdoush said that the import documents were found fake and tampered.
	www.narinjara.com /details.asp?id=607 (258 words)

	Metropoliton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The reserve is located adjacent to coastal areas and offers a variety of habitats like evergreen and semi evergreen hill forests within the reserve, tidal mudflats and mangrove vegetation along the Naf River to the east, and broad sandy and rocky beaches along the Bay of Bengal bordering the reserve to the West.
		The evergreen and semi evergreen hill forests in which the reserve is found extend from Teknaf Peninsula towards north along the Myanmar border to the Chittagong hills and Hill tracts and the low hills in Sylhet district.
		The Teknaf Game Reserve is one of the five protected areas where forest department has initiated co-management approach.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/dec/24/24122005mt.htm (3439 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Ecologically Critical Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		These sites are Hakaluki Haor, Sonadia Island, st martin's island, and Teknaf Peninsula (cox's bazar Sea Beach) but not their buffer zones.
		While the project is designed to address and remove all threats to biodiversity within its focal areas, threats within the wider 'buffer zone' will be mitigated in order to provide additional protection for the 'focal areas'.
		Teknaf Peninsula one of the longest sandy beach ecosystems (80 km) in the world.
	www.banglapedia.org /HT/E_0017.HTM (871 words)

	Coral Island of Bangladesh
		At Teknaf you will board a motor boat for the cruise to St. Martins Island, the southernmost tip of land in Bangladesh.
		During the winter season, when the Bay of Bengal is normally calm, this journey is quite pleasant.
		After lunch you will leave the island by boat for Teknaf and from here drive to Cox’s Bazar by reserved car/coach for the overnight stayeave Dhaka.
	www.travelbd.com /stmt10.htm (165 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 669 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The report on 'Benapole and Teknaf land port: A diagnostic study' also revealed that customs officials and port officials of the two land ports received no less than Tk 142.08 crore in bribe in 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 financial years.
		The report stated that businessmen on an average have to pay bribes of Tk 17,203 at Benapole and Tk 4,927 at Teknaf land port to release a consignment.
		The report also said in two consecutive financial years from 2003 to 2005 the customs officials of Benapole collected Tk 99 crore as bribe and Tk 40 crore was collected by the port officials.
	www.thedailystar.net /2006/04/17/d6041701107.htm (464 words)

	Travel Bangladesh : Visit Aggameda Khyang, Cox's Bazar, Ramu, Teknaf, Comilla Bangladesh
		The side of river Naf and the Bay of Bengal situate Teknaf Town, which is the southernmost tip of Bangladesh.
		There are natural waterfalls in Teknaf, which increases the beauty of nature.
		You can come to Teknaf from Cox’s bazaar by an exotic jeep drive besides the Seashore or you can go there by bus or Microbus by road.
	travel.discoverybangladesh.com /travel-ramu-teknaf-comilla.html (529 words)

	Destination Bangladesh : Cox's Bazar
		A drive to Teknaf, which is the southernmost tip of the mainland of Bangladesh, is a memorable journey.
		First you''ll need to fly or bus it down to Cox''s Bazar, and then catch a bus to Teknaf, which is right on the very tip of Bangladesh, sandwiched up against Myanmar.
		Southernmost tip of Bangladesh, Teknaf situated on the Naaf river and just at the end of the hilly regions of the district.
	www.discoverybangladesh.com /dream_dest_coxsbazar.html (929 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Stretches from Thainkhali in the north to Teknaf township in the south, all of which is within Cox's Bazaar Forest Division.
		Date and History of Establishment Teknaf is a reserved forest which was declared a game reserve in 1983 under the Bangladesh Wildlife (Preservation) (Amendment) Act, 1974.
		The undergrowth of both evergreen and semi-evergreen forests is dominated by bamboo, the commonest species being muli Melocannia bambusoides, mitenga Bambusa tulda, kaliserri Oxytenanthera auriculata, daloo Teinostachyum dulooa and orah Dendrocalamus longispathus (Khan and Rashid, 1983).
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/1301v.htm (1167 words)

	3 trawlers sink : 10 fishermen still missing in Teknaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		At least 10 fishermen have been missing after three fishing boats along with 14 fishermen capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Baharchhara union coastal area under Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar district Friday night.
		Immediately after the capsize of the boats, three fishermen succeeded to reach the shore after swimming.
		The surviving fishermen said three fishing boats had capsized when they were hit by a strong wind in the sea on Friday night.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/exec/view.cgi/15/10094/printer (106 words)

	Online Burma Library > Main Library > States and Divisions of Burma > Arakan (Rakhine) State
		Teknaf, June 15: "A teenage refugee girl was severely tortured by her employer in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazaar District, said Shifi Ullah from Dhumdumia makeshift camp..."
		Teknaf, June 15: "Viral fever, diarrhea and some other water born diseases have broken out in an epidemic form in the Burmese Rohingya refugee camp of Teknaf since last couple of weeks that killed many refugee children, said Maulvi Ayub, an Imam of a Mosque of the camp.
		Teknaf, May 1: "Burmese goods are being flooded in Teknaf town, a border town of Bangladesh, opposite site of Maungdaw Township by legal and illegal means and becomes it as a market of Burmese, said Shokot Ali, a customer who recently went to Teknaf Town for buying Burmese goods.
	www.ibiblio.org /obl/show.php?cat=1241&lo=&sl=1 (8321 words)

	theedgeasia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Beach that stretches between Cox’s Bazaar and Teknaf at the extreme south of Bangladesh, he seems aware of any and all new arrival of refugees.
		For Rohingya escaping the terror of military persecution, Teknaf is often the starting point of a new life, from where they find their way north, looking for relatives or neighbours who have settled around Inani Beach or in one of Cox’s Bazaar’s slums.
		In the afternoon, she left Teknaf with her five children, hope and 100 takas in her pocket.
	www.theedgedaily.com /cms/contentPrint.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_f2b9366e-cb73c03a-1b11b790-d56946e2&paging=0 (1567 words)

	Financial Express (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Earlier, the BLPA extended the tenure of the lease period by one year to operate the Teknaf land port in Cox's Bazar.
		The Univern Port Services Limited was given the contract to handle the Teknaf land port in November 2003 as a test case to improve the operations of land ports.
		Sources, however, said revenue earnings from the Teknaf land port improved significantly as the authorities collected Tk 720 million annually whereas the figure was only Tk 50 million just before handover of the port to the private sector.
	www.financialexpress-bd.com /index3.asp?cnd=10/4/2006§ion_id=1&newsid=39749&spcl=no (422 words)

	Front Page
		Thousands of opposition supporters stood hand-in-hand from Teknaf to Tetulia on Saturday in a human chain, asking the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance government to immediately resign and arrange fresh elections.
		The hour-long protest from Teknaf in the south to Tetulia in the north, organised by the main opposition Awami League and its allies, passed off almost peacefully.
		He, however, welcomed the opposition for the programme as it was a “shift” to an orderly and democratic programme from the paths of hartal and siege.
	www.newagebd.com /2004/dec/12/front.html (5514 words)

	The Irrawaddy News Magazine Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Even the much-abused Burmese Muslims of Maungdaw Township are said to be developing a taste for mobile technology.
		The slow trickle of handsets that first began traveling east over the Bangladesh-Burma border at Teknaf and other crossings 18 months ago has now reportedly turned into a flood.
		In response to the situation, the Bangladesh Rifles, which are responsible for securing the border with Burma, have insisted Aktel reduce the height of its antenna in Teknaf and coverage across the border so as not to jeopardize national security.
	www.irrawaddy.org /aviewer.asp?a=5741&print=yes&c=e (763 words)

	Burma/Arakan News
		One leader from Teknaf Township's Nirbahi office told a Bangladeshi Newspaper that Teknaf and Okia Townships are more vulnerable in this regard as they are both close to the Burmese border.
		Since this information has come out, the new voter lists have become a very serious issue in the current political arena in Bangladesh, and political parties are currently engaged in a debate over the lists.
		Teknaf Township BNP President, Mostaque Ahmed Chowdury, told reporters recently that a small number of Burmese Muslim refugees were eligible to be registered as voters for the next election.
	www.narinjara.com /details.asp?id=648 (386 words)

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