GREEN BANGLADESH

Good bye!

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Blogging has finished for now.
I'll start it again after my experiment.

The Education Divide

2008-07-07T08:03:00.003+06:00

Map of Bangladesh, Power Distribution system

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Map of Bangladesh gas field and transmission network, Administrative

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Map of Bangladesh -Administrative

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MAP OF BANGLADESH

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Another Map of Khulna Division

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Satkhira District

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Meherpur District

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Magura District

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Kushtia District

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Khulna District

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Jhenaidaha District

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Bagherhat District

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Chuadanga District

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Jessore District

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MAP OF KHULNA DIVISION

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KHULNA DIVISION

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Great Person

2008-07-05T21:06:00.021+06:00

The mugshots, the haircuts and the fashion highs: three decades of Bill Gates

In 1981

2008-07-05T21:06:00.017+06:00

In 1981, computers the size of fridges and banks of reel-to-reel computer tape lined the walls in the small offices of the Microsoft founders, Bill Gates (left) and Paul Allen, in Bellevue, Washington.

Bill Gates and Sun Micro Systems

2008-07-05T21:06:00.015+06:00

Bill Gates watches fellow tech execs Scott McNealy, of Sun Micro
Systems (middle), and Jim Barksdale, of Netscape (right), during
anti-trust hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1998
(Larry Downing/Reuters)

One kinds of business policy

Bill & Melinda Gates

2008-07-05T21:06:00.009+06:00

Bill Gates, who used his fortune to found the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, with Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra
Pradesh, India, at the Shadnagar community health clinic in 2002 (Jeff
Christensen/Reuters)

How Look Computer professionals:

2008-07-05T21:06:00.006+06:00

The Microsoft top brass in June 2006, when Bill Gates revealed plans to
step down. Mr Gates is accompanied by (L-R) Craig Mundie, the chief
research and strategy officer, Ray Ozzie, the chief software architect
and Steve Ballmer, the chief executive officer (Reuters)

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2008-07-05T21:06:00.001+06:00

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2008-07-04T05:44:00.013+06:00

Essential Photoshop Shortcuts

2008-07-04T05:44:00.012+06:00

By LaurenMarie SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 – 9:00 AM
When you are working on a design, do you have to use the Tools Palette at all in Photoshop or have your fingers memorized the shortcuts?
Not using the Photoshop key commands is a sure way to slow yourself down; it’s frustrating to not be able to work as fast as your mind can think!
The Tools Palette
It is essential to learn the shortcuts for the tools you use most often. As I was writing this, it was very difficult for me to remember exactly which key I push to get these tools, my fingers just know what to do when my mind says “I need the _____ tool.” The following list is ordered the way they are on the Tools Palette: top to bottom, first the left column and then the right. The letter is the hotkey or shortcut, then I listed the tool name, other tools under the first one and then what the tools do.
• M=Marquee Tool, to make round, square or single row or column selections quickly
• L=Lasso Tool, also the Polygonal Lasso and Magnetic Lasso Tools, to make freehand selections, straight selections or selections that roughly go around the border of an object (best if the object is in high contrast to its background)
• C=Crop, to make the canvas of the image smaller or larger
• J=Healing Brush, to fix blotches, blemishes, scratches and other unwanted noise. Averages the color of the area being cloned and uses the texture of the target area
• S=Clone Stamp, also to fix unwanted noise, but this exactly clones the pixels from a target area
• E=Eraser Tool, use this tool sparingly because it complete deletes pixels. It is better to use a mask to hide unwanted areas of an image, because you never know when you’ll change your mind and want the whole thing back again!
• R=Blur Tool, also hidden under this tool are Smudge and Sharpen tools (you’ll rarely use Sharpen because it makes the image pixilated). The Blur Tool will give you a brush that blurs the pixels you “paint”
• A=Path Selection Tool (black arrow), also here is the Direct Selection Tool (white arrow). The black arrow will select an entire path for you to move around, white arrow will allow you to select specific anchor points on the path.
• P=Pen Tool, used to make paths and can be used in conjunction with the arrow tools above. It’s best to have previously selected the white arrow and then select the pen tool. That way, when you hit control (or command) you will have the features of the white arrow to move anchor points.
• N=Notes, I never use this tool, but here it is if you need the shortcut. Notes allow you to create tagged points on a document and you can either record audio or type the message.
• H=Hand Tool, most important tool next to the Move Tool, however, it’s best to not actually switch to this tool because it’s easily accessible when in most other tools by hitting the spacebar. Hold the spacebar down to toggle the hand tool and drag your image around. When you’re where you want to be, let up.
• V=Move Tool, allows you to select layers (objects) and move them around the canvas. This will probably be the tool you select most often so be sure to learn it!
• W=Magic Wand, similar to the lasso and marquee tools because it allows you to make selections.
• K=Slice Tool, is used for cutting up images for websites. You can cut up the images and then automatically save them all for web without having to go through and name each image.
• B=Brush, you’ll be using this quite often, too, but you’ll have to actually select it using B. The brush tool can be used for lots of stuff from actually painting, to hiding or revealing parts of a mask.
• Y=History Brush, honestly, I’ve never learned how to use this tool or the one under it, the Art History Tool. Have you learned to use it? Please explain it to us below!
• G=Gradient Tool, to create fades from one color (or transparency) to another. The default will be from foreground color to background color. You will usually need to configure the options for this tool each time you use it. A quick tip: if you click and hold shift while you drag, your gradient will be in perfect 45 (or 90) degree angles.
• O=Dodge/Burn Tools, the Sponge (saturation) Tool is also here. Dodge is used to lighten an area of an image and Burn will darken it. These terms are retained from photography darkrooms, where a photographer would reduce or increase the exposure of parts of the image during development.
• T=Text Tool, allows you to create new text boxes. You can either single click and start typing or draw a box for your text and type in that.
• U=Shape Tool, creates vector shapes. Default options are rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, polygon line and custom shape. If you hold shift while in the rectangle, rounded rectangle, or ellipse tool you will get a perfect square or circle. The custom shape tool has many options for ornaments, stars, bursts, etc. You’ll find the various options up in the context sensitive toolbar on the top of the screen below the menus.
• I=Eyedropper Tool, allows you to select a color that you seen on screen. You can also toggle this tool from the Brush Tool (B) by pressing alt (option). One thing you may want to do is set the sample size of the Eyedropper to a 3x3 average, that way, you don’t have to select the exact pixel of the color you want, it takes a 3x3 square average sample. You can set this option when you have the Eyedropper Tool selected (not toggled). Go up to the context sensitive toolbar and find the Sample Size drop down menu. Change it from Point Sample (default) to 3 by 3 (or 5 by 5) Average.
• Z=Zoom Tool, this is another tool that you will use quite often, but like the Hand Tool, you don’t need to ever select it. It is available when you’re in most other tools by holding down the spacebar and control (command) keys for zooming in and the spacebar, control (command) and alt (option) keys to zoom out.
Shortcuts for Common Functions
This is a quick list of frequently used functions (should we call them FUFs?). There are shortcuts for almost every function in Photoshop, especially in CS2 and above, but these are the ones I find myself using the most.
• D Restore Default Colors (black foreground, white background)
• X Switch Foreground and Background colors, especially useful when painting or masking
• F Switch screen modes between window, full screen (not the same as maximize) with a grey background, and full screen with a black background (the menus on top are also gone in this view, giving you a little more screen real estate to work with)
• Ctrl+D Deselects the current selection
• Ctrl+Alt+I (CS2+) Image Size Dialog Box, in Photoshop CS and below, there is no shortcut set for this function, so you can set it yourself by going to the Edit menu and selecting Keyboard Shortcuts.
• Ctrl+Alt+C (CS2+) Canvas Size Dialog Box, also not set in CS and below.
• 0 through 9 Change opacity (of an art tool like the Brush Tool or, if you’re not in an art tool, it changes the selected layer’s opacity). 0 is 100%, 9 is 90%, etc. You can also press two numbers in rapid succession to get other opacities; pressing 1 and 5 quickly will get you 15% opacity.
• Ctrl+Alt+0 (that’s a zero) 100% Zoom of image size
• Ctrl+0 (also a zero) Image and document window as large as possible, but still fitting completely on screen
• Home jumps to the upper left corner of the canvas (useful when zoomed in close)
• End jumps to the lower right corner of the canvas
• Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N New Layer
• Ctrl+Shift+C Copy Merged, will copy everything from every visible layer within the selection.
One last helpful tip: while you have something selected, right click while in a selection tool (Marquee, Lasso, not Magic Wand) and a context sensitive menu allows you to quickly Select Inverse, Feather, Make a Work Path from Selection, and Transform Selection, among other useful options. The Magic Wand tool has different options.
And remember, you can always set your own shortcuts by going to the Edit menu and selecting Keyboard Shortcuts. The shortcuts are categorized by the menu the functions are in or the palette the tools are on.

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List of shortcut keys
Shortcut Command How useful
Snapping Operations
Autodesk Maya
c Snap to curves + –
x Snap to grids + –
v Snap to points + –
j Move, Rotate, Scale Tool snapping + –
Shft+J Move, Rotate, Scale Tool relative snapping + –

Painting Operations
Autodesk Maya
Alt+f Flood with the current value + –
Alt+a Turn Show Wireframe on/off + –
Alt+c Turn Color Feedback on/off + –
Alt+r Toggle Reflection on/off + –
u+LMB Artisan Paint Operation marking menu + –
b Modify upper brush radius + –
Shft+B Modify lower brush radius + –
Ctrl+b Edit Paint Effects template brush settings + –
i Modify Artisan brush Stamp Depth + –
m Modify Max Displacement (Of Sculpt Surfaces and Sculpt Polygons Tool) + –
n Modify Value + –
/ Switch to pick colour mode + –
' Select cluster mode (Of Paint Weights Tool ) + –
8 Open Paint Effects panel + –
o+LMB Poly Brush Tool marking menu + –
o+MMB Poly UV Tool marking menu + –

Tumble, Track or Dolly
Autodesk Maya
Alt+LMB Tumble Tool + –
Alt+MMB Track Tool + –
Alt+RMB Dolly Tool + –

Display
Autodesk Maya
4 Shading > Wireframe + –
5 Shaded display + –
6 Shaded and Textured display + –
7 Lighting > Use All Lights + –
d+LMB Display Quality marking menu + –
1 Low Quality Display setting + –
2 Medium Quality Display setting + –
3 High Quality Display setting + –

Displaying Objects (show, hide)
Autodesk Maya
Ctrl+h Display > Hide > Hide Selection + –
Ctrl+Shft+H Display > Show > Show Last Hidden + –
Alt+h Display > Hide > Hide Unselected Objects + –
Shft+I Show > Isolate Select > View Selected + –

Tool Operations
Autodesk Maya
Return Complete current tool + –
~ Abort current tool + –
Insert Enter tool Edit mode + –
Shft menu+Q Select Tool + –
Shft menu+Q+LMB Component marking + –
Alt+q Select tool + –
Alt+q+LMB Polygon marking menu + –
q+LMB Mask marking menu + –
w Move tool + –
w+LMB Move tool marking menu + –
e Rotate tool + –
e+LMB Rotate tool marking menu + –
r Scale tool + –
r+LMB Scale tool marking menu + –
t Show manipulator tool + –
y Select last used tool (Excluding Select, Move, Rotate and Scale) + –
j Snap Move, Rotate, Scale tool + –
= or + Increase manipulator size + –
- Decrease manipulator size + –

Animation Operations
Autodesk Maya
s Animate > Set key + –
i Insert Keys tool (for graph editor) + –
Shft+S+LMB Keyframe marking menu + –
Shft+S+MMB Tangent marking menu + –
Shft+E Set key for Rotate + –
Shft+R Ser key for Scale + –
Shft+W Set key for Translate + –
Alt+s Cycle handle stiky state (for IK handles) + –

Playback Control
Autodesk Maya
Alt+. Move forward one frame + –
Alt+, Move backward one frame + –
. Go to Next key + –
, Go to previous key + –
Alt+v Turn Playback on/off + –
Alt+Shft+v Go to Min Frame + –

Hotbox Display
Autodesk Maya
Space Hotbox + –
Alt+m Default Hotbox Style (Zones and Menus Rows) + –

Window and View Operations
Autodesk Maya
Crtl+a Toogle Attribute Editor and Channel Box + –
a Frame all in active panel + –
a+LMB History Operations marking menu + –
Shft+A Frame All in all views + –
f Frame selected in active panel + –
Shft+F Frame selected in all views + –
] Redo view change + –
[ Undo view change + –
` Set keyboard focus to command line + –
Alt+` Set keyboard focus to numeric input line + –
F1 Help > Contents and Search + –

Moving Selected Objects
Autodesk Maya
Alt+Up arrow Move up one pixel + –
Alt+Down arrow Move down one pixel + –
Alt+Left arrow Move left one pixel + –
Alt+Right arrow Move right one pixel + –

Traversing the Hierarchy
Autodesk Maya
Up arrow Walk up the current hierarchy + –
Down arrow Walk down current hierarchy + –
Left arrow Walk left current hierarchy + –
Right arrow Walk right current hierarchy + –

Modeling Operations
Autodesk Maya
Crtl+Up arrow Display coarser Sub-d level + –
Crtl+Down arrow Select/refine Sub-d component + –
Crtl+F9 Convert poly selection to Vertices + –
Crtl+F10 Convert poly selction to Edges + –
Crtl+F11 Covert poly selection to Faces + –
Crtl+F12 Convert poly selction to UVs + –

File Operations
Autodesk Maya
Ctrl+n File > New Scene + –
Ctrl+o File > Open Scene + –
Ctrl+s File > Save Scene + –
Ctrl+q File > Exit + –

Selecting Menus
Autodesk Maya
Ctrl+m Show/Hide main menu bar + –
Shft+m Show/Hide panel menu bar + –
h+LMB Menu Set marking menu + –
F2 Show Animationmenu set + –
F3 Show Modeling menu set + –
F4 Show Dynamics menu set + –
F5 Show Rendering menu set + –

Edit Operations
Autodesk Maya
z or Ctrl+z Edit > Undo + –
Shft+z Edit > Redo + –
g Edit > Repeat + –
Shft+G Repeat command at mouse position + –
Ctrl+d Edit > Duplicate + –
Shft+D Edit > Duplicate with Transform + –
Crtl+g Edit > Group + –
p Edit > Parent + –
Shft+P Edit > Unparent + –
Crtl+x Edit > Cut + –
Crtl+c Edit > Copy + –
Ctrl+v Edit > Paste + –

Selecting Objects and Components
Autodesk Maya
F8 Switching between Objevt and Component Editing + –
F9 Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface Vertices + –
F10 Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface Edges + –
F11 Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface Faces + –
F12 Select Polygon and Subdivision Surface UVs + –
Ctrl+i Select next intermediate onject + –
Alt+F9 Select Polygon Vertex/Faces + –
< Shrink polygon selection region + –
> Grow polygon selection region + –

GSP facilities in US

2008-07-04T05:44:00.007+06:00

Bangladesh to keep enjoying GSP facilities in US
Foreign adviser says
Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury yesterday said Bangladesh would "continue to enjoy the GSP facilities as before” in the United States.
The adviser said the news came to him as the US authorities informed the Bangladesh mission in Washington about the latest decision.
"For now, I can say that the continuation of GSP facilities is a good news for Bangladesh,” the adviser told reporters at the ministry. “We will continue to work diplomatically with our American friends for further extension.”
“In the meantime, we should emphasised workers' overall welfare, which will also improve our market access," the adviser said.
At the same time, he said, a review process initiated by a petition from AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organisations) in the US would be extended by another year. The federation is responsible to oversee if Bangladesh ensures rights of the labourers, especially who work in the country's specialised export processing zones.
The Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) is designed to promote economic growth in developing nations by giving preferential duty-free entry of their products to the US market.
Bangladesh gets duty-free access to the US market on certain export items, including garment products, under the facilities.
The US had earlier put conditions that Bangladesh would not get GSP facilities anymore if the government does not ensure workers' freedom of association or the right to collective bargaining in its EPZs.
The government has responded positively and initiated welfare associations for the EPZ workers.
UNB

Free registration for children

2008-07-04T05:44:00.002+06:00

2nd Birth Registration Day Observed
Free registration for children until Dec 31
The government will extend the timeline for free birth registration for the children under 18 years of age to December 31 and set a fixed fee for registration of adults at Tk 50.
It will make a few corrections to some provisions of the Birth and Death Registration Act 2004 in order to bring the changes. The timeline for free birth registration ended on July 2.
LGRD and Cooperatives Adviser Mohammad Anwarul Iqbal said this yesterday at a ceremony for the observance of 2nd Birth Registration Day at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the city.
Anwarul Iqbal said, “As some calls came for extending the timeline for free birth registration for all, the government will extend the timeline only for the children below 18 years and for adults the fee will be at a fixed rate of Tk 50.”
“The government will not change the law to extend the timeline, but will make a few corrections to some provisions of the Birth and Death Registration Act 2004 to make the changes,” said the adviser, adding that the government is going to create a database of information of birth registration and a software was developed as Birth Registration Information System (BRIS) that had already started working in the city corporation areas. People will be able to see the information in a website after a few days.
“A birth certificate serves as a legal age verification document, acknowledging the individual's existence and status before the law, thus realising every person's right to an identity. This birth registration certificate will enhance our vigilance to stop child trafficking, child marriage and abuse to them,” the adviser added.
The Birth Registration Day has been observed at the national level to create awareness among the people to fulfil the government's task of 100 percent birth registration within December 2008.
According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), only one out of 10 children under 5 had been registered in 2006. A Recent report from the Local Government Division shows that 40 percent of the total population had received a birth certificate by the end of March 2008. The government's objective is to lift this figure substantially with the support from development partners such as Unicef and Plan Bangladesh.
According to the Act, birth certificates will be compulsory to obtain access to 16 essential services, including issuance of passports, marriage registration and admission to educational institutions.
Unicef Representative in Bangladesh David Bassiouni said, “This year Unicef is particularly focusing on vulnerable children such as children living on the streets, working children, children of sex workers, indigenous children and refugee and displaced children as they are more likely to be missed out. The absence of a birth certificate puts them at greater risk of discrimination, abuse and neglect” he added.
Presided over by Local Government Division Secretary Sheikh Khurshid Alam, the Birth Registration Day observance programme was attended by Plan Bangladesh Representative Saiful Islam, Joint Secretary and Project Director of the Birth and Death Registration Project AKM Saiful Islam Chowdhury and Dhaka City Corporation Chief Executive Officer Mohammad Alauddin.
Around 60 per cent people of the country, who failed to get their birth registered by July 2, will have to pay fines and fees for the registration purpose from Wednesday.
AKM Saiful Islam Chowdhury said this at a view exchange meeting with journalists at a city hotel on Wednesday, adding that a total of 5.87 crore (around 40 percent) people of the country till March 31 came under the birth registration project which is unsatisfactory.
The Birth and Death Registration Act 2004 entered into force in 2006, providing birth registration for the people born in Bangladesh and allowing them for free registration until July 2 this year.

KIDNEY SALE!

2008-07-02T01:01:00.062+06:00

Thousands trafficked into India for kidney sale:
roundtable
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Organ-trafficking rackets smuggle thousands of poor men from Bangladesh and other South Asian countries into India every year to remove their kidneys for sale, speakers at a roundtable alleged Tuesday, reports bdnews24.com
But a narrow definition of trafficking in a relevant SAARC convention prevents rescue and rehabilitation of the trafficked people.
"The SAARC convention on trafficking in persons does not recognise trafficking of males as trafficking," Nishat Chowdhry, a national programme officer of the International Organisation for Migration, told the roundtable in Dhaka. The SAARC convention has a restricted definition, she said.
The convention says trafficking means the moving, selling or buying of women and children for prostitution within and outside a country for monetary or other considerations with or without the consent of the person subjected to trafficking.
"Trafficking is an international or regional crime. There should be a regional or international mechanism to combat it," said Dr Mizanur Rahman, a Dhaka University teacher.
Thousands of Bangladeshis were trafficked to Valore of India and forced into "donating" their kidneys, according to the roundtable.
"One of the flaws of the SAARC convention is, there is no compliance mechanism for the member countries," said Rabab Fatima, IOM's South Asia representative.
She said there was no treaty body to review the convention from time to time.
"Bangladesh believes the definition of trafficking in the SAARC convention should be widened," said Abida Islam, a foreign ministry director.
She said the definition should be broadened gradually as it would be "difficult to implement the convention if the definition was widened abruptly".
The SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution was signed in 2002.

AIDS in Sylhet!

2008-07-02T01:01:00.061+06:00

71 people died of AIDS in Sylhet
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Speakers at a workshop Monday revealed that 71 people died of AIDS here so far and two others affected by it are now undergoing treatment, reports agency.
Padakkhep Manobik Unnayan Kendra, an NGO, has organized the advocacy workshop on ‘AIDS and Youth’ at the district council auditorium.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Shahidul Islam attended as chief guest in the workshop, which was chaired by Acting Civil Surgeon Dr Jalal Uddin Ahmed.
Speakers termed Sylhet as country’s “danger zone” saying that more people might be affected if necessary measures to check the disease are not taken immediately.

A School Teacher and her Daughter after HIV test(Positive)

HIV-positive young girl
Moni Shantibag.

Crime world

2008-07-02T01:01:00.060+06:00

Crime world beckons 7 lakh slum kids
Around seven lakh children living in slums of the six metropolitan cities of the country are susceptible to a life of crime because of lack of any proper mechanisms to protect them.
In the absence of any social safety nets to guard their well-being, juveniles raised in slums and streets without proper care or guidance from parents are easily lured into committing criminal offences.
According to government estimates, seven lakh children are among the 50 lakh people -- a number estimated by a Centre for Urban Studies survey in 2005 -- residing in slums in six metropolitan cities, and their numbers are ever increasing.
In exchange for very small amounts of money, youngsters are being hired by gangsters to carry or use firearms or peddle drugs. These children don't know any better than falling into such traps, and where they understand the gravity of the jobs they are hired for an empty stomach often overrides considerations.
Eleven-year-old Shawon, not his real name, is a glaring example of how a juvenile growing up in a slum can slip into a life of crime. Only three months ago Shawon used to scavenge papers in Karwan Bazar area, but now he sells cannabis on the railway track in the same area under cover of the night.
“A woman I called aunt brought me into this business three months ago,” Shawon told The Daily Star.
He makes about Tk 150 a day selling drugs to support his crippled mother and younger sister. When asked about his father, Shawon's eyes sparkled in anger. First he said his father was dead.
A moment later he corrected himself and said, He is very much alive, he abandoned us and got married again so he is dead to us.”
Kafrul police arrested two juveniles about a month ago as they fled from the scene after hurling two homemade bombs towards a sweetmeat shop at Shewrapara.
The boys, aged around 12 and 14 years, said a local criminal had paid them Tk 100 each to explode the bombs in front of the shop to scare its owners into paying extortion money.
Poor children living in slums remain most vulnerable as they easily come into contact with narcotics traders and criminals who also live in slums. Many end up in a life of crime. Many top criminals of the country like Kala Jahangir, Killer Abbas, Freedom Sohel and Sweden Aslam got started in this way.
Dr Mehtab Khanam, professor of psychology department of Dhaka University, says juveniles can not apply moral values and so they work without reasoning and opportunists exploit them.
Dr Abdul Hakim Sarkar, a professor of the Institute of Social Welfare of Dhaka University, says the ever-increasing poverty is one of the chief reasons leading to juveniles' involvement in offences.
Poor parents are so busy earning a livelihood that they have no time to guide children, he said.
Dr Sarkar suggests that a comprehensive child policy, parenthood training and developing parental associations could help counter this situation.
The government or other social organisations do not have any particular statistics about how many juveniles are already involved in offences in the country or how many are exposed to potential involvement.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police prepared a list of 336 professional teenage offenders from records in its 33 police stations in 2004. Experts suspect that the actual number is much higher.
At least 235 non-government organisations work on child rights in the country, but no one works specifically to protect juveniles from a potential criminal life.
The Director of the Department of Social Services Habibur Rahman said that since poverty pushes juveniles to criminal activities, the department provides loans to the poor to help upgrade their financial condition.
Some NGOs also provide micro credit to the poor.
There are 84 government run institutions in the country, 50 Shishu Paribar, 25 Shishu Sadan, three Kishore Unnayan Kendra (KUK) and six safe homes, with a total capacity of accommodating 10,500 children, according to statistics of 2005.
The Shishu Paribar and Shishu Sadan centres are mainly for proper care and nursing of orphan or destitute children living there. The safe homes are for girls and are based in the divisional headquarters in the country. The KUKs are the remand homes for juvenile under-trial prisoners and convicts.
However, none of these homes come into the picture to protect poor children from their exposure to a criminal life.
Sarkar said juveniles from middle and upper class families usually get involved in offences due to spread of sky and cyber cultures. They try to be adventurous like the characters they watch on television.
“Children learn social norms and moral values from their guardians and peers, but nowadays they spend very little time with parents that they don't learn a lot of things,” Sarkar says.
He cites an example that children learn to respect rules from playing games as all games have certain rules, but nowadays there are hardly any playgrounds for children.
Sarkar also blames private tuition based education for the situation. This type of education makes children dependent on others and a dependent child does not learn to take his own responsibility, he says.
Children do not learn how to make sacrifices or accommodate others as they grow up amid a sense of selfish relationships, the professor points out.
Respecting others' interests and moral values are relatively absent in the present society, Dr Sarkar points out, “ So when any thing goes against their interest, children do not hesitate to commit a wrong.”
Shariful Islam

Syed Badrul Ahsan, about SSC results

2008-07-02T01:01:00.059+06:00

Ground Realities
Of SSC results, of the generational torch . . .
Syed Badrul Ahsan
A thrillingly large number of young men and women, as we observed last week, have crossed the school leaving bar this year. The number of those who have emerged successful from their Secondary School Certificate examinations, we have known, is staggering. No fewer than 70.41 per cent of those appearing at the examinations have qualified for further studies at the college level. A significantly high number among them have scored what we now know as GPA-5. By all means that is a remarkable achievement and we are all happy because the students and their guardians and their teachers are happy.
When the young do well in academic pursuits, when through all the darkness around us there happens to be some light at the end of our long tunnel, we tell ourselves that our future is likely safe, that we have little to worry about.
And yet there are quite a few reasons for worry. And those reasons, just so you have not noticed, lie embedded in the manner in which the young, be they in school or in college, choose to pursue their studies these days. The alacrity with which tutors outside the classroom have taken charge of the young, the briskness with which parents in the urban centres of the country cough up money to have their children come in touch with what they think are the best teachers in town are perfect reasons for us to question the mode of education we appear to have developed in this country.
Again, that mode we speak of can be broken down into quite a few sub-modes, one being the system that is at work in the rural interior of the country. It is hardly surprising, and for some of us it may come as something rather startling, that under the umbrella of what passes for a system of education in Bangladesh today, we are clearly into the business of giving shape to an elitism that may be ignoring the needs of the villages.
We of course refer to the gap, a rather widening one, that segregates those young who go looking for education in their villages from those who pursue it in the cities. And the gap is quite telling. Even in a year when ecstasy underscores our celebrations of this year's SSC results, there is the disturbing truth of how badly the young in our village schools have fallen behind.
Most of the 30 percent or so students who were unable to leap across the school leaving bar this year inhabit villages. And many of the schools that recorded not a single instance of student success are located in our villages.
That is the unvarnished truth. The initiative for the future, it is clear, is slipping into the hands of a localised, small and self-contained urban class. Or perhaps the slip has occurred already. You notice the intake into the professions -- government, business firms, non-government bodies, universities -- and you realise with something of discomfiture that the vast majority of those coming into professional life, those with promise of a fast track rise, are from an essentially urban background.
There used to be a time when academic brilliance was a general feature in the lives of the village young. Poverty and hard work and driving ambition (and there was absolutely no question of private tutors marring the arrangement) were light unto the future. And that is how men made it to the Indian civil service (in the days before the vivisection of India) and then into the Central Superior Service of Pakistan.
Much a similar instance, though not all of it, characterised the Bangladesh Civil Service after 1971 (though excellence has by now taken a horrific slide). You name any illustrious individual from your parents' generation. Chances are you will trace the story of that man's life from humble beginnings in a rustic clime and go up all the way to his becoming part of a global stage.
But that is not how things happen any more. The old teachers who took keen and relentless pride in the business of enlightening the young in the villages are an extinct species. The partition of 1947 led, quite naturally, to an exodus of teachers, all from the Hindu community, to the other side of the bitter frontier. It happened again, in 1950. The residue, of good Muslim teachers, in time was lost to us through the simple rules of mortality.
Today, conditions have come to a pass where only a miracle can help us locate a man or a woman able to teach good, flawless English or mathematics in our village schools. Does it not make you wonder that a staggering 80 percent of those who could not make it at the SSC this year stumbled over English or mathematics or both? And why or how did that happen? The answer is not that these young people had only no private coaching of the kind their peers in the urban regions have had, but is also in the fact that few qualified teachers, those in command of their subjects, have made their way into their classrooms in recent years.
A drastic fall has been there in the quality of teaching. Then again, there have been conditions where teaching in crucial subjects has been conspicuous by its absence because there simply are no teachers to be had.
It all boils down to the question of a decline, a moral as well as cultural one. On a bigger perspective, what you have here is a society that is clearly and unashamedly turning its back on its villages, indeed on the great traditions that once went into the shaping of its social and cultural heritage.
Schools in the rural environment are losing out in every way. There are precious few schools with libraries left; the information technology which is fast taking over increasingly wider swathes of academic territory in the cities is yet to make any inroad in the schools dotting the dusty paths of our villages; the much vaunted progress in rural literacy is not walking but limping.
Add to that the many wrong turnings taken down the road, all per courtesy of anti-politics: the establishment of schools on partisan considerations, the peopling of school committees by men known for intellectual opacity or worldly banality. And do not forget the low pay and lower self-esteem of the teaching community. They have come all the way to the nation's capital, to ask for a raise; and they have been ignored, beaten and compelled to go back home with little to show for triumph.
You cannot wish away the feeling that the future of this country, like its past, is indelibly linked to its villages and hamlets. You may glorify your towns and cities; you can carouse and revel in the knowledge that your schools in the cities have been making quantum leaps in achieving spectacular academic results. But do not forget that the young man beside his father in the field and the young woman rationing the light from her lamp in the hut for reasons of austerity are the bearers of the generational torch.
The rickshawpuller's son who has done well at the SSC, through all his parents' pains and through all his silent tears, also deserves to be celebrated, to be reassured that the future is his to claim as well.
Scrape away this growing elitism from education and take it back to this entirety of a country. That way, there is a good chance you will be promoting social justice for all.
Syed Badrul Ahsan is Editor, Current Affairs, The Daily Star. He can be reached at: bahsantareq@yahoo.co.uk.

1,687 women fall victim to violence

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 04:13 AM GMT+06:00
1,687 women fall victim to violence in 6 months
A total of 1,687 women fell victim to violence including fatwa (religious edict) in the country from January to June this year, according to a Bangladesh Mahila Parishad report based on news published in 14 daily newspapers.
The report says 329 women experienced violent torture while 73 of them were gang raped and 66 killed after rape.
A total of 49 women were victims of acid violence while 22 were burnt in fire.
The report also said 55 women were abducted and 125 women and children were trafficked during this period. Out of the trafficked, 10 were sold to brothels.
The number of women repressed for failure to pay dowry was 148 and 99 of them were killed for dowry.
A total of 27 domestic workers were tortured by their employers and 8 women were tortured by members of law enforcement agencies.
During the same period, 135 women committed suicide due to repression and 47 women and children died in mysterious circumstances.
The number of women fell victim to violence in June alone is 333. A total of 73 incidents of rape and 15 gang rapes were reported in the same month.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association (BNWLA) reported 235 incidents of violence against women last month, based on reports published in 10 national dailies.

Telephone Number of Police Service

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Directory: Police Service
Dhaka
Control Room 8616551-3, 9665407, 9661700

DMP Exchange 8322501-9

DMP Emergency/Enquery 999

Police Commissioner 8316248

DC, DB 9337362

Deputy Police Commissioner(Detective) 9335866, 9336494

Deputy Police Commissioner(East) 9568916

Deputy Police Commissioner(North) 9880072

Deputy Police Commissioner(South) 9332188

Deputy Police Commissioner(West) 9116824

Deputy Police Commissioner 9335866, 9336494

Head Quarter 9560661, 9561967

Karanigonj 7772300

Khilgaon 7219090

Kotowaly 7116255

Sutrapur 7116233

Lalbagh 246262,7316300

Demra 7516244

Ramna 9350468

Motijheel 8323008

Dhanmondi 509961, 509652

Shabuzbagh 7219344, 7219988

Uttara 8914126, 8914664

Tejgaon 9119444, 9119467

Gulshan 9880234, 9895826

Cantonment 8916277, 8913077

Mohammadpur 9119960, 9119943

Mirpur 9001000, 9001001

Pallabi 8015122

Narayangonj 9716999, 9716910

Police Commissioner 8316248

Al-Helal P. Box 410061-9

Azimpur Police Fari 509352

Babupara 955457

Banani Police Box 600458

DIG Headquarter 9568269, 9561773, 9568719

Farmagate P. Box 9119925

Gabtali Police Fari 9003791

Gulshan Fari 600539

Hazaribagh O.P 505977

Khilgaon Police Fari 413979

Mohakhali P. Box 600581

Mohammadpur Police Fari 9119461

Motijheel P. Box 413193

Nayatola Police Fari 409918

Nilkhet P. Fari 509214

Police Control Room 509922, 8616551-3

Police Head Quarter 9560661, 956796

Sadarghat P. Box 246277

Science Lab. P. Box 509252

Shajahanpur Police Fari 413937, 419344

Siddheswari Police Fari 413839

Tejgaon O.P 605274

Chittagong
Bandar P.S 722240, 725104

Chandgaon P.S 670040, 619922, 616119

Double Moring (P.S) 505103, 502040

Panchlaish (P.S) 681055, 652797

Phartali (P.S) 751335

Police Commissioner 624100

Police Contorl 632319, 633023, 619922, 722040, 630691

Police Station (Kotoali) 630521, 619922

Police Station (Bondor Thana) 502240, 506104

Police Station (Panchlish) 611055

Khulna
ASP 761471

ASP, KMP 723028

Chif Metropolitan Magistrate 725272

DIG 761823

Doulatpur Thana 774458

Katwali Thana 723412

Khanjahan Ali Thana 785457

Khalishpur Thana 761536, 762091

Khulna Metroplitan Police Commissioner 720444

K.M.P Control Room 723029

K.M.P 720402

Metropolitan Headquarter & Police Commissioner 720444

Metropolitan Police Control Room 720220

Police Control Room 723029

Police Fari (Rupsha) 723501

Sonadanga Thana 761455, 761456

S.P 725377, 725243

Choto Boyra Bus Stand 761432

Fulbari Gate 774462, 774467

Gollamary Bridge 723329

Jora Gate 762026

Kali Bari, Boyra 761003

Kashipur 761461

Mohershawr Pasha 774097

Moilapota 724847

Nirala 720334

Peoples Gate 762098

Power House Mour 725348

River 723717

Rupsha 723501

Rupsha Feri Ghat 723346

Sadar Khulna 723738

Siromoni Doulotpur 785061

Trade School 762021

Tootpara 723015

Town Out Post Bniakhamar 723277

Feni
Feni Thana 748

Feni Thana 74831, 74883

Police (Betar) 74836

Police Control Room 74835

Police Super 74001, 73471

Cox`s Bazar
Police 248, 223

Sylhet
Police Enquiry 713433, 717333

Faridpur
Police Enquiry 3038

Kushtia
Police Enquiry 4641

Mymensingh
Police Enquiry 4641

Bogra
Police Enquiry 5066

Comilla
Kotowaly Thana 5057, 5015

Police Enquiry 5053, 5012

Jessore
Chachra Police Box 76128

DC Jessore 74002

DSB Office 73695

Police Control Room 75031

Police Office 76185

Police Wireless 76185

Puratan Cosba Police Box 76189

Sadar Police Box 76128

SP Jessore 74004

SP (Internal) 74152

Noakhali
Police Enquire 6067

Chandpur
Police Enquiry 3027, 4212, 3013

Laxmipur
Police Control Room 242

Sadar Thana 228

Rangpur
Kotwali P.S 3090

Sayadpur
Police Enquiry 2111

Tangail
Police Enquiry 3018

Rangamati
Thana 2060

Natore
Civil Surgeon 6770

Police Control Room/Enquiry 2207

Police Station 6922

Bangladesh Area Codes (BTTB)

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Directory: Bangladesh Area Codes (BTTB)
X should be added before area codes for NWD (Nation Wide Dialing) access
Area Code District Number Format
Alamdanga 7622 Chuadanga 2XX-3XX

Ashugonj 8528 Brahman Baria 2XX-3XX

Avaynagar (Noapara) 4222 Jessore 2XX-3XX

Badargonj 5222 Rangpur 2XX-3XX

Bagerhat 401 Bagerhat 2XXX-3XXX

Bandarban 361 Bandarban 2XX-5XX

Barguna 446 Barguna 2XX-8XX

Barisal 431 Barisal 5XXXX, 7XXXX

Bauphal 4422 Patuakhali 2XX-3XX

Bazitpur 9423 Kishoregonj 2XX-3XX

Bhairab 9424 Kishoregonj 3XX-7XX

Bhandaria 4623 Pirojpur 2XX-3XX

Bheramara 7022 Kushtia 2XX-3XX

Bhola 491 Bhola 55XXX,581XX,582XX

Bogra 51 Bogra 72XXX, 73XXX, 3XXX-6XXX

Brahmanbaria 851 Brahmanbaria 5XXXX

Chandpur 841 Chandpur 3XXX-5XXX

Chandraghona (Kaptai) 3529 Rangamati 2XX-3XX

Chhatak 8723 Sunamgonj 2XX-3XX

Chittagong 31 Chittagong 61XXXX, 62XXXX, 63XXXX, 65XXXX, 67XXXX, 68XXXX, 71XXXX, 72XXXX, 74XXXX, 75XXXX, 50XXXX

Chuadanga 761 Chuadanga 2XXX-4XXX

Comilla 81 Comilla 3XXX-6XXX, 8XXX-9XXX, 7XXXX

Companigon (Bashurhat) 3223 Noakhali 2XX-5XX

Cox's Bazar 341 Cox's Bazar 3XXX-4XXX

Daudkandi 8023 Comilla 4XX

Daulatpur 7023 Kushtia 2XX-3XX

Dhaka 2 Dhaka 8XXXXXX, 900XXXX, 901XXXX, 902XXXX, 911XXXX, 912XXXX, 913XXXX, 933XXXX, 934XXXX, 935XXXX, 955XXXX, 956XXXX, 966XXXX, 967XXXX, 971XXXX, 980XXXX, 987XXXX, 988XXXX, 7XXXXXX

Dinajpur 531 Dinajpur 3XXX-5XXX

Faridpur 631 Faridpur 2XXX-4XXX

Feni 331 Feni 7XXXX

Fulbari 5327 Dinajpur 2XX-3XX

Gaibandha 541 Gaibandha 3XX-9XX

Galachipa 4424 Patuakhali 2XX-4Xx

Gazipur 681 Gazipur 5XXXX

Ghatail 9225 Tangail 2XX-3XX

Gopalgonj 423 Gopalgonj 55XXX, 581XX, 582XX, 591XX, 592XX

Hajigonj 8424 Chandpur 2XX-3XX

Hatiya (Oshkhali) 3224 Noakhali 2XX-3XX

Hobigonj 831 Hobigonj 5XXXX

Ishwardi 732 Pabna 3XX-6XX

Jamalpur 981 Jamalpur 2XXX-3XXX

Jessore 421 Jessore 7XXXX, 3XXX-6XXX

Jhalokathhi 496 Jhalokathhi 2XX-9XX

Jhenaidah 451 Jhenaidah 2XXX-3XXX

Jhikargacha 4225 Jessore 2XX-3XX

Joypurhat 571 Joypurhat 2XX-8XX

Kalaroa 4724 Satkhira 2XX-4XX

Khagrachhari 371 Khagrachari 6XX-9XX

Khepupara 4425 Patuakhali 2XX-3XX

Khulna 41 Khulna 72XXXX, 73XXXX, 76XXXX, 77XXXX, 78XXXX

Kishoregonj 941 Kishoregonj 5XXXX

Kurigram 581 Kurigram 3XX-8XX

Kustia 71 Kustia 5XXXX, 7XXXX

Laksham (Daulatgonj) 8032 Comilla 2XX-5XX

Lakshmipur 381 Lakshmipur 2XX-6XX

Lalmonirhat 591 Lalmonirhat 2XX-3XX

Madaripur 661 Madaripur 5XXXX

Magura 611 Magura 2XXX

Manikgonj 651 Manikgonj 2XX-7XX

Mathabdi 6251 Narsingdi 2XX-5XX

Meherpur 791 Meherpur 2XX-5XX

Moheshkhali 3424 Cox’s bazar 2XX-3XX

Mongla 402 Bagerhat 2XX-5XX

Mongla New Port 4031 Bagerhat 2XX-3XX

Moulavibazar 861 Moul. bazar 5XXXX

Muktagacha 9028 Mymensingh 2XX-3XX

Muladi 4326 Barisal 2XX-4XX

Munshigonj 691 Munshigonj 2XXX-3XXX

Mymensingh 91 Mymensingh 5XXXX

Nabinagar 8525 B. baria 2XX-3XX

Naogaon 741 Naogaon 5XXXX

Narail 481 Narail 2XX-5XX

Narsingdi 621 Narsingdi 2XXX-3XXX

Natore 771 Natore 2XXX, 6XXX

Nawabgonj (Chapai) 781 Nawabgonj (Chapai) 5XXXX

Netrokona 951 Netrokona 2XX-8XX

Nilphamari 551 Nilphamari 2XX-7XX

Noakhali 321 Noakhali 3XXX-6XXX

Pabna 731 Pabna 4XXX-6XXX

Paikgacha 4027 Khulna 3XX-4XX

Palash (Ghorashal) 6254 Narsingdi 2XX-3XX

Panchagar 562 Panchagar 2XX-5XX

Parbatipur 5334 Dinajpur 2XX-3XX

Patuakhali 441 Patuakhali 2XXX

Perojpur 461 Perojpur 2XX-5XX

Potiya 3035 Chittagong 2XX-5XX

Rajbari 641 Rajbari 2XX-8XX

Rajshahi 721 Rajshahi 7XXXXX

Ramgoti (Char Alexander) 3823 Lakshmipur 2XX-3XX

Rangamati 351 Rangamati 2XXX-3XXX

Rangpur 521 Rangpur 2XXX-5XXX

Sarsha (Benapol) 4228 Jessore 2XX-5XX

Satkania 3036 Chittagong 2XX-3XX

Satkhira 471 Satkhira 2XXX-3XXX

Savar 2 Dhaka 771XXXX

Shariatpur 601 Shariatpur 554XX-559XX, 581XX, 582XX, 591XX, 592XX

Sherpur 931 Sherpur 2XX-9XX

Sirajgonj 751 Sirajgonj 7XXXX

Sitakundu (Barabkundu) 3028 Chittagong 2XX-3XX

Srimangol 8626 Moul. bazar 2XX-5XX

Sunamgonj 871 Sunamgonj 55XXX, 561XX, 562XX, 581XX, 582XX

Syedpur 552 Nilphamari 20XX-26XX

Sylhet 821 Sylhet 7XXXXX

Tangail 921 Tangail 5XXXX

Thakurgaon 561 Thakurgaon 5XXXX

Ukhia 3427 Cox’s bazar 2XX-3XX

List of the keyboard shortcuts for Word 2000

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Select Text and Graphics in a Table:
Select the next cell's contents TAB
Select the preceding cell's contents SHIFT+TAB
Extend a selection to adjacent cells Hold down SHIFT and press
an arrow key repeatedly
Select a column Click in the column's top
or bottom cell. Hold down
SHIFT and press the UP
ARROW or DOWN ARROW key
repeatedly
Extend a selection (or block) CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then
use the arrow keys; press
ESC to cancel selection
mode
Reduce the selection size SHIFT+F8
Select an entire table ALT+5 on the numeric
keypad (with NUM LOCK
off)

Extend a Selection: Turn extend mode on F8
Select the nearest character F8, and then press LEFT
ARROW or RIGHT ARROW
Increase the size of a selection F8 (press once to select
a word, twice to select a
sentence, and so forth)
Reduce the size of a selection SHIFT+F8
Turn extend mode off ESC

Move the Insertion Point: One character to the left LEFT ARROW
One character to the right RIGHT ARROW
One word to the left CTRL+LEFT ARROW
One word to the right CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
One paragraph up CTRL+UP ARROW
One paragraph down CTRL+DOWN ARROW
One cell to the left (in a table) SHIFT+TAB
One cell to the right (in a table) TAB
Up one line UP ARROW
Down one line DOWN ARROW
To the end of a line END
To the beginning of a line HOME
To the top of the window ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP
To the end of the window ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN
Up one screen (scrolling) PAGE UP
Down one screen (scrolling) PAGE DOWN
To the top of the next page CTRL+PAGE DOWN
To the top of the previous page CTRL+PAGE UP
To the end of a document CTRL+END
To the beginning of a document CTRL+HOME
To a previous revision SHIFT+F5
To the location of the insertion point when
the document was last closed SHIFT+F5

Move Around in a Table: Next cell in a row TAB
Previous cell in a row SHIFT+TAB
First cell in a row ALT+HOME
Last cell in a row ALT+END
First cell in a column ALT+PAGE UP
Last cell in a column ALT+PAGE DOWN
Previous row UP ARROW
Next row DOWN ARROW

Insert Paragraphs and Tab Characters in a Table: New paragraphs in a cell ENTER
Tab characters in a cell CTRL+TAB

Keys for Reviewing Documents
Insert a comment ALT+CTRL+M
Turn revision marks on or off CTRL+SHIFT+E
Go to the beginning of a comment CTRL+HOME
Go to the end of a comment CTRL+END

Keys for Performing a Mail Merge
Preview a mail merge ALT+SHIFT+K
Merge a document ALT+SHIFT+N
Print the merged document ALT+SHIFT+M
Edit a mail-merge data document ALT+SHIFT+E
Insert a merge field ALT+SHIFT+F

Keys for Printing and Previewing Documents
Print a document CTRL+P
Switch to Print Preview ALT+CTRL+I
Move around the preview page when zoomed in Arrow keys
Move by one preview page when zoomed out PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN
Move to the first preview page when zoomed out CTRL+HOME
Move to the last preview page when zoomed out CTRL+END

Keys for Working with Fields
A DATE field ALT+SHIFT+D
A LISTNUM field ALT+CTRL+L
A PAGE field ALT+SHIFT+P
A TIME field ALT+SHIFT+T
An empty field CTRL+F9

Update linked information in a Word
source document CTRL+SHIFT+F7
Update selected fields F9
Unlink a field CTRL+SHIFT+F9

Keys for Working with a Document Outline
Promote a paragraph ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Demote a paragraph ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
Demote to body text CTRL+SHIFT+N
Move selected paragraphs up ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW
Move selected paragraphs down ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
Expand text under a heading ALT+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN
Collapse text under a heading ALT+SHIFT+MINUS SIGN
Expand or collapse all text or headings ALT+SHIFT+A or the
asterisk (*) key on the
numeric keypad
Hide or display character formatting The slash (/) key on the
numeric keypad
Show the first line of body text
or all body text ALT+SHIFT+L
Show all headings with the Heading 1 style ALT+SHIFT+1
Show all headings up to Heading n ALT+SHIFT+n

Keys for Menus
Show the shortcut menu SHIFT+F10
Make the menu bar active F10
Show the program icon menu
(on the program title bar) ALT+SPACEBAR
Select the next or previous command
on the menu or submenu DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW
(with the menu or submenu
displayed)
Select the menu to the left or right; or,
with a submenu visible, switch between
the main menu and the submenu LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW
Select the first or last command on the menu
or submenu HOME or END
Close the visible menu
and submenu at the same time ALT
Close the visible menu; or, with a
submenu visible, close the submenu only ESC

TIP: You can select any menu command on the menu bar or on a visible toolbar with the keyboard. Press ALT to select the menu bar. (To then select a toolbar, press CTRL+TAB; repeat until the toolbar you want is selected.) Press the letter that is underlined in the menu name that contains the command you want. In the menu that appears, press the letter underlined in the command name that you want.

NOTE: The following shortcuts are not in Help. Remove items from menu (MRU, commands, etc.) CTRL+ALT+Hyphen (-)
Pointer turns to minus sign when keys are
pressed, then open menu and click item to
be removed.
Shortcut method for customizing keyboard
settings (Macintosh) CTRL+ALT+NUM PLUS
Plus (+) key on the
numeric keypad.

Keys for Toolbars
Make the menu bar active F10
Select the next or previous toolbar CTRL+TAB or
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
Select the next or previous button
or menu on the toolbar TAB or SHIFT+TAB (when a
toolbar is active)
Open the menu ENTER (when a menu on a
toolbar is selected)
Perform the action assigned to a button ENTER (when a button is
selected)
Enter text in a text box ENTER (when the text box
is selected)

Keys for Windows and Dialog Boxes
Switch to the next program ALT+TAB
Switch to the previous program ALT+SHIFT+TAB
Show the Windows Start menu CTRL+ESC
Close the active document window CTRL+W
Restore the active document window CTRL+F5
Switch to the next document window CTRL+F6
Switch to the previous document window CTRL+SHIFT+F6
Carry out the Move command
(document icon menu, menu bar) CTRL+F7
Carry out the Size command
(document icon menu, menu bar) CTRL+F8
Maximize the document window CTRL+F10
Select a folder in the Open
or Save As dialog box (File menu) ALT+0 to select the
folder list; arrow keys
to select a folder
Choose a toolbar button in the Open
or Save As dialog box (File menu) ALT+number (1 is the
left most button, 2 is
the next, and so on)
Update the files visible in the Open
or Save As dialog box (File menu) F5

Switch to the next tab in a dialog box CTRL+TAB or CTRL+PAGE
DOWN
Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box CTRL+SHIFT+TAB or
CTRL+PAGE UP
Move to the next option or option group TAB
Move to the previous option or option group SHIFT+TAB
Move between options in the selected drop-down
list box or between some options
in a group of options Arrow keys
Perform the action assigned to the selected
button; select or clear the check box SPACEBAR
Move to the option by the first letter in the
option name in a drop-down list box Letter key for the first
letter in the option name
you want (when a drop-
down list box is
selected)
Select the option or select or clear the
check box by the letter underlined
in the option name ALT+letter key
Open a drop-down list box ALT+DOWN ARROW (when a
drop-down list box is
selected)
Close a drop-down list box ESC (when a drop-down
list box is selected)
Perform the action assigned to the default
button in the dialog box ENTER
Cancel the command and close the dialog box ESC

Move to the beginning of the entry HOME
Move to the end of the entry END
Move one character to the left or right LEFT ARROW or
RIGHT ARROW
Move one word to the left or right CTRL+LEFT ARROW or
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
Select from the insertion point to the
beginning of the entry SHIFT+HOME
Select from the insertion point to the end
of the entry SHIFT+END
Select or deselect one character to the left SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Select or deselect one character to the right SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
Select or deselect one word to the left CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Select or deselect one word to the right CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

Keys for Working with Web Pages
Insert a hyperlink CTRL+K
Go back one page ALT+LEFT ARROW
Go forward one page ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Refresh F9

Keys for Working with Cross-References, Footnotes, and Endnotes
Mark a table of contents entry ALT+SHIFT+O
Mark a table of authorities entry ALT+SHIFT+I
Mark an index entry ALT+SHIFT+X
Insert a footnote ALT+CTRL+F
Insert an endnote ALT+CTRL+D

Keys for Using the Office Assistant
Make the Office Assistant balloon active ALT+F6
Select a Help topic from the topics the
Office Assistant displays ALT+number (1 is the
first topic, 2 is the
second, and so on)

See more Help topics ALT+DOWN ARROW
See previous Help topics ALT+UP ARROW
Close an Office Assistant message ESC
Get Help from the Office Assistant F1
Display the next tip ALT+N
Display the previous tip ALT+B
Close tips ESC
Show or hide the Office Assistant in a wizard TAB to select the Office
Assistant button;
SPACEBAR to show the
Assistant or turn off
Help with the wizard

For more information about keyboard shortcuts: http://support.microsoft.com/

List of the keyboard shortcuts for Word 2000

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Select Text and Graphics:

One character to the right SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
One character to the left SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
To the end of a word CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
To the beginning of a word CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
To the end of a line SHIFT+END
To the beginning of a line SHIFT+HOME
One line down SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
One line up SHIFT+UP ARROW
To the end of a paragraph CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
To the beginning of a paragraph CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW
One screen down SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
One screen up SHIFT+PAGE UP
To the end of a window ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN
To the beginning of a document CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
To include the entire document CTRL+A
To a vertical block of text CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then
use the arrow keys; press
ESC to cancel selection
mode
To a specific location in a document F8+arrow keys; press ESC
to cancel selection mode

List of the keyboard shortcuts for Word 2000

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Insert Special Characters:
A field CTRL+F9
An AutoText entry ENTER (after typing the
first few characters of
the AutoText entry name
and when the ScreenTip
appears)
A line break SHIFT+ENTER
A page break CTRL+ENTER
A column break CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER
An optional hyphen CTRL+HYPHEN
A non-breaking hyphen CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN
A non-breaking space CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR
The copyright symbol ALT+CTRL+C
The registered trademark symbol ALT+CTRL+R
The trademark symbol ALT+CTRL+T
An ellipsis ALT+CTRL+PERIOD
The euro symbol ALT+CTRL+E

List of the keyboard shortcuts for Word 2000

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Keys for Editing and Moving Text and Graphics
Delete Text and Graphics:
Delete one character to the left BACKSPACE
Delete one word to the left CTRL+BACKSPACE
Delete one character to the right DELETE
Delete one word to the right CTRL+DELETE
Cut selected text to the Clipboard CTRL+X
Undo the last action CTRL+Z
Cut to the Spike CTRL+F3

Copy and Move Text and Graphics:
Copy text or graphics CTRL+C
Display the Clipboard CTRL+C, CTRL+C
Move text or graphics F2 (then move the
insertion point and
press ENTER)
Create AutoText ALT+F3
Paste the Clipboard contents CTRL+V
Paste the Spike contents CTRL+SHIFT+F3
Copy the header or footer used in the
previous section of the document ALT+SHIFT+R

List of the keyboard shortcuts for Word 2000

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Format Paragraphs: Single-space lines CTRL+1
Double-space lines CTRL+2
Set 1.5-line spacing CTRL+5
Add one-line spacing preceding a paragraph CTRL+0 (zero)
Remove one-line spacing preceding a paragraph CTRL+0 (zero)

Center a paragraph CTRL+E
Justify a paragraph CTRL+J
Left-align a paragraph CTRL+L
Right-align a paragraph CTRL+R
Indent a paragraph from the left CTRL+M
Remove a paragraph indent from the left CTRL+SHIFT+M
Create a hanging indent CTRL+T
Reduce a hanging indent CTRL+SHIFT+T
Remove paragraph formatting CTRL+Q

Apply a style CTRL+SHIFT+S
Start AutoFormat ALT+CTRL+K
Apply the Normal style CTRL+SHIFT+N
Apply the Heading 1 style ALT+CTRL+1
Apply the Heading 2 style ALT+CTRL+2
Apply the Heading 3 style ALT+CTRL+3
Apply the List style CTRL+SHIFT+L

List of the keyboard shortcuts for Word 2000

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Keys for Formatting Characters and Paragraphs
Format Characters: Change the font CTRL+SHIFT+F
Change the font size CTRL+SHIFT+P
Increase the font size CTRL+SHIFT+>
Decrease the font size CTRL+SHIFT+<
Increase the font size by 1 point CTRL+]
Decrease the font size by 1 point CTRL+[

Change the formatting of characters
(Font command, Format menu) CTRL+D
Change the case of letters SHIFT+F3
Format letters as all capitals CTRL+SHIFT+A
Apply bold formatting CTRL+B
Apply an underline CTRL+U
Underline words but not spaces CTRL+SHIFT+W
Double-underline text CTRL+SHIFT+D
Apply hidden text formatting CTRL+SHIFT+H
Apply italic formatting CTRL+I
Format letters as small capitals CTRL+SHIFT+K
Apply subscript formatting
(automatic spacing) CTRL+EQUAL SIGN
Apply superscript formatting
(automatic spacing) CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN
Remove manual character formatting CTRL+SPACEBAR
Change the selection to Symbol font CTRL+SHIFT+Q

Display non-printing characters CTRL+SHIFT+* (asterisk)
Review text formatting SHIFT+F1 (then click the
text whose formatting you
want to review)
Copy formats CTRL+SHIFT+C
Paste formats CTRL+SHIFT+V

List of the keyboard shortcuts for Word 2000

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Keys for Working with Documents
Create a new document CTRL+N
Open a document CTRL+O
Close a document CTRL+W
Split a document ALT+CTRL+S
Save a document CTRL+S
Quit Word ALT+F4

Find text, formatting, and special items CTRL+F
Repeat find ALT+CTRL+Y
Replace text, specific formatting,
and special items CTRL+H
Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table,
comment, graphic, or other location CTRL+G
Go back to a page, bookmark, footnote, table,
comment, graphic, or other location ALT+CTRL+Z
Browse a document ALT+CTRL+HOME

Cancel an action ESC
Undo an action CTRL+Z
Redo or repeat an action CTRL+Y

Switch to page layout view ALT+CTRL+P
Switch to outline view ALT+CTRL+O
Switch to normal view ALT+CTRL+N
Move between a master document
and its subdocuments CTRL+\

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Police officer charged with theft
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Bdnews24.com
The police Friday received a complaint against a police officer of stealing a mobile phone set from a Thai citizen at Zia International Airport, Airport Police Station chief Ruhul Amin said.
The complainant is Piath Sarapak de Costa.
Airport immigration officer Nazir Hossain Dewan told bdnews24.com that de Costa and police officer Md Mohiuddin Faruque, both coming from Thailand by a Thai Airways flight, had quarrelled over the 'theft'.
An intelligence officer said the Thai woman had accused Mohiuddin of stealing the phone set and slapped Mohiuddin who had been claiming himself to be a police officer.
Airport officials intervened and Mohiuddin was made to give the woman a mobile phone set from his pocket.
Mohiuddin, an assistant superintendent of police working at the National Central Bureau at the Police Headquarters, were returning from an Interpol seminar in Thailand.
Airport police released him after interrogation, Nazir Hossain said.
De Costa had come to Dhaka with her Bangladeshi spouse.
Contacted by bdnews24.com, acting additional inspector general of police Shah Jamal Raj denied the allegation of theft against the police officer.
He said the accused officer was not on the scene at the time of the incident

Supersize solar power

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Parabolic troughs, one of which is shown here, have been around for 25 years, and the technology will be around for at least another 25.
Parabolic troughs reflect sunlight to heat liquid carried through a tube above the troughs. That liquid is converted to steam, which drives a traditional electricity turbine.
One solar thermal power plant developer filed for bankruptcy in the early 1990s. But the technology is making a serious comeback. Building a solar plant in Arizona is cost-effective compared with a natural gas plant, said David Jallo, project head for the 280-megawatt Solana project at Arizona Public Service. At a recent Ceres conference, Jallo attributed this to solar costs going down, while costs of natural gas plants are going up.
These concentrating solar power plants are best suited for desert areas, like the southwestern U.S. and parts of Spain.
Credit: Abengoa

First look at the Earth from outer space

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From the first look at the Earth from outer space, NASA has been watching our planet and how man has affected it. For Earth Day, NASA has compiled some of its most breathtaking views of Earth, including some "firsts," natural and man-made disasters, and out-of-this-world sights.

On April 1, 1960, the weather satellite Tiros-1 took its first image of Earth.

Everest

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Expedition Everest, as seen in the new Google Earth-Walt Disney World 3D initiative.

Credit: Google Earth

Mountain Railroad

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The Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, as seen in Google Earth.

Rangpur District

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Subdivisions:
The district has 3 municipalities, namely, Rangpur Main (Sadar), Badarganj, and Haragach, and eight Upazilas, namely:
Badarganj
Gangachara
Kaunia
Rangpur Sadar
Mithapukur
Pirgachha
Pirganj
Taraganj

Rangpur town, covering an area of around 43 square kilometers, lies on the bank of the Little Ghaghat River, and was turned into a municipality back in 1869. The population of the Rangpur municipality as of 2006 is 251,699, with 52% male and 48% female, and the literacy rate is 54.6%.
Rangpur (Town) stands on the bank of the river Ghagat. It consists of 15 wards and 109 mahallas. The town was turned into a municipality in 1869. It has an area of 42.57 sq km. The population of the municipality is 251699; male 52.31%, female 47.69%. The density of population is 5913 per sq km. Literacy rate among the town people is 54.6%.
Administration The district consists of three municipalities, eight upazilas, 33 wards, 84 union parishads, 2151 mouzas and 1519 villages 203 mahallas. The upazilas are badarganj, gangachara, kaunia, rangpur sadar, mithapukur, pirgachha, pirganj and taraganj; the municipalities are Rangpur Sadar, Badarganj and Kaunia.
Archaeological heritage and relics Tajhat Rajbari, Keramatia Mosque, Dimlaraj Kali Mandir, Sree Sree Karunamaye Kali Mandir, Rangpur Museum, Rangpur Town Hall, Rangpur Public Library, Pareshnath Mandir at Mahiganj, tomb of the noted Islamic thinker Maulana Keramat Ali Jainpuri, tomb of Shah Jalal Bokheri at Mahiganj, tomb of Ismail Ghazi at Kataduar, carmichael college Building, home stead of roquiah sakhawat hossain at Pairabandh, Zila Parishad Building, Takka Mosque at Latifpur (Mughal period, Mithapukur upazila), three domed Jami Mosque at Mithapukur (Mughal period), four domed Taraganj Mosque, nine domed Radhanagar (Badarganj upazila) Mosque (Mughal period), tomb of Kutub Shah at Kutubpur, Vhim Garh at Manshinghpur (Badarganj upazila), Zamindar Bari at Roypur (Pirganj upazila), remnants of the palace of Raja Nilambar at Patgram (Pirganj upazila), Hari Mandir at Chandan Hat (Gangachara upazila) and Mitha Pukur (excavated during the Mughal period).
Historical events Mansingh, commander of Emperor Akbar, conquered part of Rangpur in 1575. Rangpur came completely under the Mughal empire in 1686. Mughalbasa and Mughalhat of Kurigram district still bear marks of the Mughal rule in the region. During the Mughal rule Rangpur was under the sarker of Ghoraghat. Rangapur Ghoraghat has been mentioned in the Riyaz-us-Salatin. During the early period of the company rule fakir-sannyasi resistance and peasant rebellion were held in Rangpur.
Marks of the War of Liberation Mass killing site: Dahiganj Crematory, eastern side of the river Ghagat, Balar Dighi (near cantonment), Lahirir Hat (adjacent to Badarganj Road), place adjacent to Damdama Bridge (Mithapukur), Sahebganj, Nandiganj, Jharuar Beel (Badarganj), Damdama Bazar, back yard of the Jhenuk Cinema Hall (Badarganj); mass grave: Damdama Bridge, Damdama Bazar (Mithapukur), Angrar Bridge, Madarganj Bazar (Pirganj), Nandiganj (Rangpur Sadar).
Population 2534365; male 50.92%, female 49.08%; Muslim 89.60%, Hindu 9.59% and others 0.56%; ethnic nationals: Santal and Orao.
Religious institutions Mosque 2911, temple 377, church 17, Buddhist vihara 1, tomb 28 and sacred place 8, most noted of which are Mithapukur Jami Mosque, Phulchawki Mosque, Takka Mosque, Khalaspir Hat Jami Mosque, Hatibandha Mosque, Sena Nagar Jami Mosque (Taraganj upazila), Kazipara Jami Mosque, Taraganj Mosque, Mandir at village Aladipur (Mithapukur upazila), Baldi Pukur Church (Mithapukur upazila), Benu Ban Buddhist Vihara (Mithapukur upazila), tombs of Maulana Keramat Ali Jainpuri, Pagla Pir, Panch Pir (Rangpur Sadar), Shah Ismail Ghazi (Pirganj upazila).
Literacy and educational institutions Average literacy 26.7%; male 33.5% and female 19.4%. Educational institutions: university college 1, college 64, medical college 1, technical college 1, teacher's training college 3, cadet college 1, polytechnic institute 1, vocational institute 1, law college 1, homeopath college 1, music school 1, high school 282, junior high school 38, madrasa 370, government primary school 722, non-government primary school 444, kindergarten 20, satellite school 44 and NGO operated school 193 and community school 20.
Locally published newspapers and periodicals Dabanal (1980, Juger Alo (1992), Dainik Paribesh (1994), Dainik Rangpur (1997), Weekly Atal (1991), Rangpur Barta (1996), Weekly Bajrakantha (Pirganj); extinct- Rangapur Bartabaha (1847), Rangapur Dik Prakash (1861), Rangapur Darpan (1907), Uttar Bangla (1960), Pravati (1955).
Cultural organisations Club 277, public library 12, cinema hall 17, theatre group 14, theatre stage 3, museum 1 and literary society 10.
Main occupations Agriculture 40.26%, agricultural labourer 28.01%, wage labourer 4.88%, commerce 10.12%, service 5.56%, transport 2.11% and others 9.06%.
Land use Total cultivable land 170113.36 hectares; single crop 16.89%, double crop 63.15% and treble crop land 19.96%; land under irrigation 76.80%.
Land control Among the peasants, 45% are landless, 30% small, 20% intermediate and 5% rich; cultivable land per head 0.06 hectare.
Value of land The market value of the land of the first grade is Tk. 6500 per 0.01 hectare.
Main crops Paddy, jute, wheat, potato, onion, garlic, ginger, chilli and tobacco.
Extinct or nearly extinct crops Linseed, sesame, indigo, kaun, aus paddy and arahar.
Main fruits Mango, jackfruit, black berry, papaya and banana.
Fisheries, dairies, poultries Poultry 263, fishery 134, dairy 78, nursery 7 and hatchery 30.
Communication facilities Roads: pucca 570 km, semi pucca 109 km and mud road 4101 km; railways 71 km; waterways 30 nautical mile; airport 1.
Traditional transport Palanquin (extinct), horse carriage and bullock cart (nearly extinct), boat.
Manufactories Sugar mill, distilleries, rice, flour mill, saw mill, ice factory, oil mill, match factory, bidi factory, iron works, cold storage, printing press, lathe machine and welding.
Cottage industries Weaving, bamboo work, goldsmith, blacksmith, potteries, wood work, tailoring and bidi.
Hats, bazars and fairs Hats and bazars are 155, noted fairs are Rath Mela at Mahiganj, Baruni Mela (Badarganj), Gopinathpur Mela (Badarganj).
Main exports Paddy, jute, wheat, sugarcane, ginger, tobacco, mango and vegetables.
NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brac, asa, grameen bank, CARE, RDRS, RDSS, proshika, Grameen Krishi Foundation, thengamara mahila sabuj sangha, Gram Bikash.
Health centres Medical college hospital 1, zila sadar hospital 1, TB hospital 1, TB clinic 1, eye hospital 1, family planning centre 80, union health centre 30, charitable dispensary 12, municipal medical centre 1, maternity and child welfare centre 1, satellite clinic 40.

Tajhat is a historical place of Bangladesh, located near Lalbagh, Rangpur. It has a nice Jamidarbari (Palace) which in 2005 was turned into a museum. This museum is about 10 mins drive from Rangpur town, near Lalbagh. The Museum was inaugurated on March 20, 2005, by the Government of Bangladesh Minister for Cultural Affairs, Begum Selima Rahman and Secretary Mr. Mahmudul Masud. Dr. Alain Labrique of the Johns Hopkins University also made some invited remarks.
The palace in Tajhat, commonly known as Tajhat Rajbari was built by Maharaja Kumar Gopal Lal Roy in the beginning of the 20th century. He was a descendent of a Hindu khatari who emigrated from Punjab. He was a jeweler by profession. It is believed that from the conspicuous appearance of his Taj or jeweled crown his estate derived the name of Tajhat. From the name of his estate, the area is known as Tajhat.
Just south of the city of Rangpur lies the Tajhat, a former "rajbari" or zamindar's palace. After the end of the British Raj, the building was abandoned and decayed rapidly, although it was used for a few years as a courthouse during the 1980s. In the year 2004, it was largely restored and turned into a museum with ancient inscriptions, art and coins from the area on display.
RDRS (Rangpur and Dinajpur Rural Service) Bangladesh [4], an NGO in northwest Bangladesh, has a large office and guesthouse/convention center in the town of Rangpur.

Rokeya memorial in pairabondhA museum and women's training centre was established in Pairabondh, the birth place of famous Begum Rokeya. It is half an hour drive away from Rangpur city. Apart from the Tajbari museum there is another museum at the heart of the town. The town is known as Green town for its beautiful garden and green park throughout the town. It has a District magistrate office where the great Social Reformer Rammohan Roy served for long time. Nowadays there are lots of market places all through the city. Carmichael College, built during the Raj era, is located in Rangpur. The literacy rate has increased after the independence of the country from the Pakistan. There are many schools, mosques, and temples in the city.
There is a big Zoo in the heart of the city. There is an ancient auditorium in the city where different programs are held. The economy of the people is weak since there is no major natural resource like minerals. The coal is found near this district. There is a large military containment in the town.

Thakurgaon District

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Subdivisions
The upazilas in this district are:
Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila
Pirganj Upazila
Baliadangi Upazila
Haripur Upazila
Ranisankail Upazila

Economy
The economy of Thakurgaon district can be divided into two major parts: Agri-based economy and non agricultural sources of ecomony. It is an obvious that in agri-depended Bangladesh agriculture would be the thrust sector of the economy. Thakurgaon has been striving for long time to be economically productive. But being 500 km apart from the capital it is not easy to get sufficient technical and logistic support. Even its been always a pain for local products to get into the national market. It is not easy for the investors to set up their business far away from the center of national trade and commerce. Thakurgaon is rich in producing a good number of agri-items like paddy, wheat, sugercane, seasonal corps, seasonal fruits etc. There is a sugarcane plantation - TSM (Thakurgaon Sugar Mill), part of the BSFIC. These become the main livelihood of the native. Poltry firms are quite productive business in Thakurgaon. There are several coldstores in the district. Different businesses for producing and repairing agricultural tools have grown up. Good number of service holders dwell in Thakurgaon engaging themselves in different government and non-government services among with independent jobs. The people needs some planned and long term actions to develop and maintain their economy.
Places of interest
Thakurgaon: 1) The river of Tangon 2) Senua Bridge 3) Sugar Mill 4) Old Air Port, First Destroyed second world war, situated at Shibganj 5) Jomidar Mosjid at Shibganj 6) Papri's home. Baliadangi: 1) Ancient Mango Tree
Ranisankoil: 1) The Fair of Nekmordon 2) Gorkoi Heritage 3) King's Palace 4) The river of Kulic 5) KhuniaDhighi Memorial 6) Palace of King Tonko Nath
Pirgonj: 1) Mazars of great Muslim saints.
Haripur: 1) Ancient Hindu Temples.
Culture
Thakurgaon is culturally very rich district. It has its own culture developed for many years. The locality face an influence of its colorful culture. Few festivals and cultural events are regularly arranged here. Alpona Samsad events 'Boishakhi Mela' every Bangla new year. Teertho arranges 'Thakurgaon Film Festival' every year from 2007. Dhamer Gaan is the cultural invention of Thakurgaon people. Existing about 10 tribals here enjoy there culture practices.
Organizations
Many government and non-government organizations are active in Thakurgaon. Government offices and organizations are as usual to any district of Bangladesh. Along with some famous national NGOs like BRAC, ASA, CARE, PKSF there are number of renowned local non-government organizations active here.
Thakurgaon District (rajshahi division) with an area of 1809.52 sq km, is bounded by panchagarh district on the north, west bengal of India on the west and south, Panchagarh and dinajpur districts on the east. Annual average temperature: maximum 33.5°C, minimum 10.5°C; annual rainfall 2536 mm. Main rivers are tangon, punarbhaba, nagar, Pathari, Talma, Kulic, dhepa.
Thakurgaon (Town) consists of 9 wards and 23 mahallas. The area of the town is 10.70 sq km. The Town has a population of 40336; male 51.62%, female 48.38%; population density per sq km 3770. Literacy rate among the town people is 58.5%.
Administration Thakurgaon subdivision was established in 1860 and was turned into a district in 1984. The district consists of 2 municipalities, 18 wards, 32 mahallas, 5 upazilas, 51 union parishads, 643 mouzas and 643 villages. The upazilas are baliadangi, haripur, pirganj, ranisankail and thakurgaon Sadar; municipalities are Thakurgaon Sadar and Pirganj.
Archaeological heritage and relics Residence of Raja Tonkanath (Malduar), Rajbari of Raja Jagendra Narayan, Rajbari of Raja Ganesh, Jagadal Rajbari, Bangla Garh, Sangaon Shahi Mosque, Fatehpur Mosque, Jamalpur Mosque, tomb of Syed Nasir Uddin, tomb of Pir Sheikh Sirajuddin, tomb of Hazrat Adam (R), Govinda Jeo Mandir (eighteenth century), Shiva Mandir at Haripur Rajbari, Goraksanath Mandir, Katihar Hat Shyamrai Mandir, Ramrai Dighi, Khunia Dighi, Adhar Dighi, Shapla Dighi and Rani Dighi.

Sirajganj District

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Subdivisions:
There are nine Thanas / Upazilas in Sirajganj district. They are:
Belkuchi Upazila
Chauhali Upazila
Kamarkhanda Upazila
Kazipur Upazila
Raiganj Upazila
Shahjadpur Upazila
Sirajganj Sadar Upazila
Tarash Upazila
Ullahpara Upazila

Geography
Sirajganj District of Rajshahi division with an area of about 2497.92 sq km, is bounded by Bogra District on the north, Pabna district on the south, Tangail and Jamalpur districts on the east, Pabna, Natore and Bogra districts on the west. Main rivers are Jamuna, Baral, Ichamati, Karatoya and Phuljuri. About 10% area of the Chalan Beel is located in the Tarash upazila of this district. Annual average temperature: maximum 34.6°C, minimum 11.9°C; annual rainfall 1610 mm.
History
In 1922, many people were killed and wounded when police opened fire on an assemblage of people gathered at Salanga Hat (as a part of the Khelafat and non cooperation movement) under the leadership of Maulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish. This is known as Salanga Movement or 'Salanga Genocide'. In 1942 Mohammad Ali Jinnah came to Sirajganj to attend the All India Muslim League Conference; Mahatma Gandhi and Subas Basu came to Sirajganj to attend the convention of the Brahmo Samaj in 1928. The Hindu-Muslim Pact of the Swaraj Party, headed by Deshbandhu chitta ranjan das, was adopted in the Conference of the All India Congress Party held in 1924 at Sirajganj. National Poet kazi nazrul islam came to Sirajganj in 1932 to presided over the Conference of the Tarun Muslim. ak fazlul huq laid the foundation stone of Sirajganj Degree College in 1940. During the War of Liberation a battle was fought between the freedom fighters and the Pak army at Naogaon of Tarash upazila in which the Pak army was defeated and about 150 members of the Pak army were killed. During 11 to 14 December a battle was fought between the Pak army and the freedom fighters at Shailabari in which Pak army was defeated. Sirajganj was liberated on 14 December 1971.
War of Liberation
Marks of the War of Liberation Mass graves at village Baroitala (Kazipur Upazila) and village Asbaria (Tarash Upazila); martyr memorials at Chandidasgati, Sirajganj Sadar Upazila (Durjay Bangla), Ghatina (Ullahpara Upazila) and at village Baroitala Kazipur Upazila).
Population
Population 2707011; male 51.14%, female 48.86%; Muslim 92%, Hindu 6.5% and others 1.5%.
Religious institutions
Mosque 3227, temple 245, tomb 37, church 2, sacred place 3.
Literacy and Education
Literacy and educational institutions Average literacy 27%, male 33.4% and female 20.2%. Educational institutions: university college 1, government college 5, non-government college 75, teachers' training college 1, law college 1, homeopath college 1, medical assistant training school 1, youth training centre 1, vocational training institute 1, nursing institute 1, primary teachers' training centre 1, government high school 3, non-government high school 245, junior high school 43, madrasa 249, government primary school 880, non-government primary school 503. government maternity centre 1, community school 2, technical training centre 4, singer school 1, kindergarten 2. Noted educational institutions: Islamia College (formerly Senior Madrasa (1887), Gayanadayeni High School (1884), BL High School (1869), Sirajganj Government University College (1940), Pakrashi Primary School (1856, Chauhali), Ullahpata Merchants Pilot Multilateral High School (1906), Jhekta Bandar Model Government Primary School (1903, Ullahpara), Shyam Kishore Pilot High School (1929, Belkuchi), Meghai High School (1920, Kazipur), Ghandail High School (1920, Kazipur), Porjona Mukundanath High School (1880, Shahjadpur), Shahjadpur Pilot High School (1882), Potajia High School (1894, Shahjadpur).
Locally published Newspapers and Periodicals Dailies
Kalam Saynik, Jamuna Prabaha, Jamuna Setu; Weeklies: Jamuna Barta, Sahasi Janata, Jaha Baliba Satya Balibo, Sundar Barta, Ananda Bhor, Weekly Ullahpara; extinct: Monthly Jamuna, Weekly Samajug, Sirajganj Samachar, Hitoshi.
Cultural organisations
Rural club 424, public library 12, cinema hall 27, theatre group 25, theatre stage 2, literary society 9, and women's organisation 343, Shilpa Kala Academy 1, Shisu Academy 1, library 65.
Main occupations
Agriculture 35.49%, agricultural labourer 21.45%, wage labourer 5.77%, commerce 11.98%, service 5.49%, handicraft 5.59%, industrial labourer 2.78%, others 11.45%.
Land use
Total cultivable land 179964.02 hectares, fallow land 15701.64 hectares, forestry 50.48 hectares; single crop 19.54%, double crop 59.18% and treble crop land 21.28%; cultivable land under irrigation 74.34%.
Land control Among the peasants, 21.85% are landless, 22.41% marginal, 32.37% small, 17.58% intermediate and 5.79% rich; cultivable land per head 0.07 hectare.
Value of land The market value of the land of the first grade is approximately Tk 7500 per 0.01 hectare.
Main crops
Paddy, jute, wheat, mustard seed, sugarcane, onion, garlic, potato, sweet potato, chilly and ground nut.
Extinct or nearly extinct crops Indigo, tobacco, local varieties of aus paddy, china, kaun, varieties of dal (pulse).
Main fruits
Mango, jackfruit, black berry, papaya, guava, coconut, palm, date, olive, bel, tetul and banana.
Communication facilities Roads
pucca 324 km, semi pucca 91 km and mud road 2393 km; waterway 175 nautical mile; railway 41 km; railway station 3.
Traditional transport
Palanquin, bullock cart and horse carriage. These means of transport is either extinct or nearly extinct.
Manufactories
Jute mill, textile mill, cement factory, rice and flour mill, ice factory etc.
Cottage industries Cottage industries in this district include weaving bamboo and cane work jute and jute goods, goldsmiths, handicrafts, blacksmiths, potteries, wood works, mat and pati making.
Main exports
Jute, jute carpet, molasses, flour, cotton sari, lungi and cotton fabrics.
Health centres
Health centres Zila Sadar hospital 1, private hospital 5, project hospital 1 (Ullahpara), heart disease clinic 1, upazila health complex 9, palli (rural) treatment centre 1, satellite clinic 31, family welfare centre 70, mother and child welfare centre 3, child hospital 1, eye hospital 2, police hospital 1, prison hospital 1, diabetic clinic 1, private clinic 27 and Sandhani donor club 1.

Panchagarh District

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Subdivisions(Upzila):
Panchagarh has five Upzila. There are
Panchagarh Sadar
Boda
Atwari
Debiganj
Tetulia

Panchagarh District (rajshahi division) extreme northern district of Bangladesh with an area of 1404.63 sq km is bounded on three sides by 288 km long Indian border, having Darjeeling district on the north, Jalpaiguri and Kuchbihar districts on the northeast, West Dinajpur and Purnea district on the west, dinajpur and thakurgaon districts on the south, nilphamari district on the east. Its soil is sandy, alluvial and bears close affinity with the soil of the old Himalayan basin. On the northern part of the district there exists underground layer of pebbles. Maximum temperature 30.2°C and minimum 10.1°C; annual total rainfall 2931 mm. Main rivers are Karatoya, Atrai, Tista, Mahananda, Tangon, Dahuk, Pathraj, Bhulli, Talma, Nagar, Chawai, Kurum, Versa, Tirnoi, Chilka.

Geography
Panchagadh is the situated in the north side of Bangladesh. It is 150 feet high from the level.
Some important data about Panchagarh:
Area: 1404.63 km².
Total Boundary: 302.68 km
Estublished: 01.02.1984
No. of City Corporation: 2
No. of Upzilla: 5
No. of Union: 43
No. of Village: 825
No. of Mouza: 463
Population: 9,01,091
Men: 4,65,056
Women: 4,36,035
Dencity of Population: 641 per sp. km.
Rate of education:
Men: 42%
Women: 24%
Hat-Bazar(Markets): 138
Main Crops: Rice, Wheat,Sugar-Chan etc.
No. of Rivers: 16
Main Rivers: Korotoya, Dahuk,Chawai, Tirnoy.

Administration Panchagarh was a thana under Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal during the British rule. It was under Dinajpur district at the time of the partition of 1947. It was turned into a subdivision in 1980 consisting of Panchagarh, Boda, Debiganj, Atwari and Tentulia thanas. Panchagarh was elevated to a district in 1984. It consists of five upazilas one municipality, 9 wards, 32 mahallas, 43 union parishads and 850 villages. The upazilas are panchagarh sadar, boda, debiganj, atwari and tentulia.
Archaeological heritage The existence of fifteen garhs (fortifications) has hitherto been traced of which the most noted are Bhitar Garh, Hosain Garh, Mir Garh, Rajan Garh and Deven Garh. Panchagarh is named after these five garhs. Archaeological relics include Nayani Burz (bastion), remains of Atwari zamindar-bari and that of katchari-bari of Raniganj Devottvar Estate and the temple therein, Mirzapur Shahi Mosque, Tomb of Bara Awliya, tomb of Arif Shah, Maharaja Dighi (pond) at Bhitargarh, Maidan Dighi, Mughali killah (fort) at Chandan-bari, Vadeswari temple and Boda temple.
Historical events Sannyasi and Fakir movements flourished during 1763-1800. Many of the rebel sannyasis were executed at a place named Sannyasi-kata near Bangla-bandha. Tebhaga movement originated from this district (1946).
Marks of the War of Liberation Mass killing site in the char (pasture) area on the eastern bank of the Karatoya adjacent to the old Dakbungalow in Panchagarh town; mass grave on the bank of the Punna-dighi near Mirzapur and at Dangi in Atwari thana; a few graves of the martyrs at village Bamanpara in Bhajanpur; Shaheed Faruq Ahmad memorial monument at Dhakka-mara in Panchagarh town.
Population 829374; male 50.83%, female 49.17%; Muslim 81.79%, Hindu 17.64%, Christian 0.24%, ethnic group 0.21%, others 0.12%; ethnic nationals: 138 Santal, 45 Uria and 155 other families.
Religious institutions Mosque 997, temple 147, church 12.
Literacy and educational institutions Average literacy 30.6%; male 39.8%, female 20.8%. Educational institutions: college (government) 2, (non-government) 18, collegiate school and college 3, secondary school (government) 4, secondary school (non-government) 229, madrasa 58, primary school (government) 310, primary school (non-government) 283.
Newspapers and periodicals Panchagarh Barta (1996, now extinct).
Cultural organisations Club 131, public library 4, literary society 1, shilpakala academy 1, women's association 1, cinema hall 8.
Main occupations Agriculture 51.33%, agricultural labourer 26.88%, wage labourer 3.5%, service 4.03%, others 7.87%.
Land use Cultivable land 115232 hectares, fallow land 1035 hectares, forest area 1252 hectares.
Land control Among the peasants, 33% are landless, 43% small peasant, 20% intermediate, 4% rich.
Value of land The market value of the first grade arable land is Tk 2500 per 0.01 hectare.
Main crops Paddy, jute, wheat, potato, sugarcane.
Extinct and nearly extinct crops Barley, aus paddy, kaun.
Main fruits Mango, jackfruit, litchi, banana, black berry, papaya, guava, coconut and betel nut.
Dairy, fishery and poultry Livestock 54, poultry 105.
Communication facilities Roads: pucca 305 km, mud road 2499 km; railway 11 km.
Traditional transports Palanquin, bullock cart. These means of transport are extinct or nearly extinct.
Manufactories Rice mill, ice factory, garments factory, oil mill, saw mill.
Cottage industries Weaving 45, bamboo work 755, goldsmith 95, blacksmith 195, potteries, wood work 320, tailoring 305.
Hats, bazars and fairs Hats and bazars are 157.
Main exports Paddy, jute, potato, sugar, methylated spirit, electric pole, pebbles, sand and timber.
NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brac, asa, Gonoshahajjo Sangstha, CARE, Swanirvar Bangladesh, grameen bank, DAHC, APCD, rdrs, Ganabima Prakalpa, Grameen Krishi Foundation, Bangladesh Paribar Parikalpana Samiti, Uttara Development Program, Manab Kalyan Parisad, Abas Sangstha, (local) Gram Unnayan Sangstha, Disha, ESDO, Drishtidan, Suchana, Anubhava, Daridra Durikaran Sangstha, Dadumari Gram Unnayan Sangstha.
Health centres Sadar hospital 1, upazila health complex 5, diabetic hospital 1, leprosy hospital 1, Islamic Foundation hospital 1, union clinic 28, upazila community clinic 9, charitable dispensary 8, family planning centre 37.
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. Total area of the enclaves is 4837 hectare; population 23963.

Pabna district

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Upazilas(Subdivisions):
The upazilas under Pabna district are:

Atgharia Upazila
Bangura Upazila
Bera Upazila
Bhangura Upazila
Chatmohar Upazila
Faridpur (Formerly Bonwareenogor) Upazila
Ishwardi Upazila
Pabna Sadar Upazila
Santhia Upazila
Sujanagar Upazila

Geography
The district of Pabna in Bangladesh, which forms the south east corner of the Rajshahi Division, is situated between 23°48′ and 24°47′ north latitude, and between 89°02′ and 89°50′ east longitude. The Bogra District bound it on the north, while the Padma River in the south separates it from the districts of Faridpur District and Kushtia District. The mighty Jamuna River runs along its eastern border separating it from the districts of Mymensingh and Dhaka; and on the west it has a common boundary with the district of Rajshahi. Kazirhat is a place for pabna there two river is in a one place one is jamuna and podma river.
Pabna (Town) consists of 15 wards and 34 mahallas. The area of the town is 18.64 sq km. The town has a population of 116371; male 52.37%, female 47.63%. The density of population is 6243 per sq km. Literacy rate among the town people is 60.1%. The only mental hospital (estd 1957) of Bangladesh is located in the town.
Administration Pabna district was established in 1832. It consists of 9 upazilas, 8 municipalities, 81 wards, 191 mahallas, 72 union parishads, 1321 mouzas and 1540 villages. The upazilas are atgharia, bera, bhangura, chatmohar, faridpur, ishwardi, santhia, sujanagar and pabna sadar. The municipalities are Bera, Bhangura, Chatmohar, Faridpur, Ishwardi, Santhia, Sujanagar and Pabna Sadar.
Archaeological heritage and relics Three domed Mosque at Bharara (1176 AH), three domed Kazipara Mosque (Bhangura), Chatmohar Shahi Mosque (989 AH), Pathanpara Khandokarni Mosque (built by the Afghans, Chatmohar), Samaj Shahi Mosque (958 AH), three domed Jami Mosque at Juktitala (Ishwardi), Jor Bangla Mandir (eighteenth century, Pabna), Jagannath Mandir, Seth Kuthi (1779), Snana Mandir (Chatmohar) and Pabna District Judge Court Building (1884).
Historical events Once the present area of the Pabna district was a part of the ancient Pundravardhana. Although established in 1832 the contours of the district has been changed many times. The major changes of the boundaries of the district took place in 1877 and 1881 with the major changes of the courses of the rivers Padma and Jamuna. In the 1980s greater Pabna district was divided into two districts: Pabna and Sirajganj.
Marks of the War of Liberation Mass grave 4, mass killing site 6, memorial 8.
Population 2153921; male 51.17%, female 48.83%; Muslim 95.12%, Hindu 4.50%, Christian 0.22% and others 0.16%.
Religious institutions Mosque 2353, temple 420, church 11, tomb 5, sacred place 2.
Literacy and educational institutions Average literacy 26.8%; male 31.8% and female 21.5%. Educational institutions: college 34, cadet college 2, law college 1, government polytechnic college 1, government vocational training institute 1, textile institute 1, government commerce college 1, primary teacher's training institute 1, nursing training institute 1, homeopathic college 1, high school 202, junior high school 29, madrasa 261, government primary school 667, non-government primary school 445, community school 8, kindergarten 29, satellite school 32, NGO operated school 299, music college 1. Noted educational institutions: Pabna Edward College (1898), Pabna Zila School (1853), GCI Institution (1894), RM Academy (1899), Polytechnic Institute (1891) and Aliya Madrasa (1925), MC Jubilee High School (1936), Debattar (Atgharia) Government Primary School (1880), Bharenga (Bera) Academy (1835), Bera B B High School (1899), Bera High School (1906), Dhobakhola Coronation High School (1906), Banwari Nagar (Faridpur) CB Pilot High School (1912), Sanra (Ishwardi) Marwari School (1917), Khalilpur (Sujanagar) High School (1901).
Cultural organisations Club 455, library 66, cinema hall 27, literary and cultural organisation 46, theatre stage 3, theatre group 19, community centre 1, shilpakala academy 1, voluntary organisation 303, women's organisation 123, opera party 3, cooperative society 1124.
Locally published newspapers and periodicals Dainik Ichamati, Dainik Nirvar, Dainik Uttar Janata (Ishwardi); Weeklies: Gayana Bikashini, Pabna Barta, Bibreti, Arshi; fortnightly Jamuna, Charmohar Barta, Faridpur Barta, Junction, Janadabi (Ishwardi); monthly Gayana Prava, Palli Darpan, Manasi, Amar Desh and Pabna, Tawhid (Bhangura), Chetana, Sachetan.
Main occupations Agriculture 34%, agricultural labourer 22.77%, wage labourer 4.46%, transport 2.18%, weaving 2.85%, commerce 13.27%, service 7.26% and others 13.21%.
Land control Among the peasants 29% are landless, 49% small, 18% intermediate and 4% rich.
Value of land The market value of the land of the first grade is Tk 7500 per 0.01 hectare.
Main crops Paddy, jute, wheat, sugarcane, oil seeds, onion, garlic, betel leaf, pulses.
Extinct or nearly extinct crops Indigo, sesame, linseed, kaun, china and arahar.
Main fruits Mango, jackfruit, banana, litchi, coconut, guava and papaya.
Fisheries, dairies, poultries Dairy 1069, fishery 88, poultry 714, hatchery 37.
Communication facilities Roads: pucca 681 km, semi pucca 100 km and mud road 3198 km; waterways 184 nautical mile; railways 67 km; air port 1.
Traditional transport Palanquin, horse carriage and bullock cart. These means of transport are either extinct or nearly extinct.
Manufactories Paper mill, sugar mill, cotton mill, jute press, oil mill, pharmaceutical co, biscuit factory, rice and flour mill, ice factory, welding, saw mill, cold storage, etc.
Cottage industries Handloom, bamboo and cane work, blacksmith, goldsmith, potteries, wood work, tailoring etc.
Hats, bazars and fairs Total number of hats and bazars are 182, fairs 17.
Main exports Paddy, jute, betel leaf, hosiery goods, cotton, cotton fabrics, etc.
NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brac, CARE, asa, grameen bank, caritas, proshika, Samata, ITCL, thengamara mahila sabuj sangha and Palli Pragati.
Health centres General hospital 4, mental hospital 1, zila sadar hospital 1, upazila health complex 9, health & family planning centre 25, TB hospital 1, diabetic hospital 1, eye hospital 1, community hospital 1, maternity & child welfare centre 1, police hospital 1, railway hospital 1, private clinic 15.

Nilphamari District

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Upazilas:
Nilphamari Sadar
Saidpur
Jaldhaka
Kishoreganj
Domar
Dimla

Nilphamari District (rajshahi division) with an area of 1640.91 sq km, is bounded by Kuchbihar district of west bengal (India) on the north, rangpur district on the south, lalmonirhat district on the east and panchagarh and dinajpur districts on the west. Annual temperature: maximum 32.3°C, minimum 11.2°C; annual rainfall 2931mm. Main rivers are Tista, Jamuneshwari, Chikni and Dhaigan.
Nilphamari (Town) consists of 9 wards and 10 mahallas. The area of the town is 19.53 sq km. It has a population of 39838; male 51.33%, female 48.67%. The density of population is 2040 per sq km. Literacy rate among the town people is 48.2%.
Administration The Nilphamari subdivision was established in 1875 and was turned into a district in 1984. The district consists of 6 upazilas, 3 municipalities, 33 wards, 65 mahallas, 62 union parishads, 390 mouzas and 370 villages. The upazilas are dimla, domar, jaldhaka, kishoreganj, nilphamari sadar and saidpur.
Archaeological heritage and relics Birat Dighi (present name Nilsagar), Neel Kuthi (Nilphamari Sadar Upazila), Nat Settlement (prison, 1871), Saidpur Church (1893), Dimla Rajbari, Garh (Fort) of Raja Dharmapal and the remnants of his palace (eighteenth century, Jaldhaka), remnants of the palace of Raja Harish Chandra (Ninth century, Jaldhaka upazila), three domed Jami Mosque at Bherberi (eighteenth century, Kishoreganj upazila).
Historical events The tebhaga movement spread over Domar and Dimla in the 1940s. In this movement the activist Tannarayan was shoot dead by the zamindar. Once indigo was cultivated extensively in this district. The Nilphamari region was under the Votmari Chauki during the British period. Later on the Chauki was transferred first to Shekherhat of Badarganj thana and then to Dokra of Domar thana.
Marks of the War of Liberation Mass killing site 1, mass grave 8, memorial 1.
Population 1550686; male 51.03%, female 48.97%; Muslim 82.64%; Hindu 17.17%, Buddhist 0.02%, Christian 0.07% and others 0.10%; ethnic nationals: Santal population 2000.
Religious institutions Mosque 1956, temple 299, church 2, tomb 13, sacred place 1.
Literacy and educational institutions Average literacy 25.35%; male 33.16%, female 16.98%. Educational institutions: college 26, high school 189, madrasa 275, government primary school 567, non-government primary school 309, vocational institute 1, PTI 1, homeopath college 1, kindergarten 3. Noted educational institutions: Nilphamari Government High School (1882), Jaldhaka Pilot High School (1939), Kishoreganj Multilateral High School (1939).
Locally published newspapers and periodicals Weekly Nilphamari Barta, Nilsagar, Nilsamachar, Weekly Jaldhaka, Weekly Alpana (Saidpur), Saidpur Barta, Janasamasha (Saidpur); extinct: Jagarani (1962), Nilanchan (1972), Shalki (Domer) and Jaltaranga (Jaldhaka).
Cultural organisations Club 95, public library 3, cinema hall 15, theatre group 19, theatre stage 5, literary society 5 and women's organisation 67, circus party 1.
Main occupations Agriculture 45.28%, agricultural labourer 27.81%, wage labourer 3.42%, commerce 8.65%, service 6.07% and others 8.77%.

Land use Total land under cultivation 128515 hectares, fallow land 10000 hectares; forestry 2100 hectares; char land 4500 hectares; single crop 24.08%, double crop 63.65% and treble crop land 12.27%; land under irrigation 45000 hectares. One of the biggest irrigation projects of the country, Tista Barrage Project, begins from Dalia of this district.
Land control Among the peasants 42% are landless, 45% small, 8% intermediate and 5% rich.
Value of land The market value of the land of the first grade is Tk. 6000 per 0.01 hectare.
Main crops Paddy, jute, wheat, potato, tobacco, cotton and ginger.
Extinct and nearly extinct crops Linseed, sesame, indigo, arahar, kaun, aus paddy and mustard seed.
Main fruits Jackfruit, mango, black berry, guava, litchi and banana.
Fisheries, dairies, poultries Dairy 81, poultry 244, fishery 48, nursery 4 and hatchery 7.
Communication facilities Roads: pucca 404 km, semi pucca 49 km and mud road 3301 km; railways 56.6 km; waterways 32 nautical mile; airport 1.
Traditional transport palanquin, horse carriage and bullock cart. These means of transport are either extinct or nearly extinct.
Manufactories Textile mills, aluminium factory, rice and flour mill, oil mill, ice cream factory, biscuit factory, cold storage, welding, saw mill, etc.
Cottage industries Weaving, bamboo work, wood work, blacksmith, goldsmith, tailoring, potter, bidi, etc.
Hats, bazars and fairs Hats and bazars are 120, fair 5.
Main exports Paddy, jute, cotton, tobacco and ginger.
NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brac, asa, CARE, rdrs, Grameen Krishi Foundation, RDSS, etc.
Health centres District sadar hospital 1, upazila health complex 5, TB hospital 1, TB clinic 1, leprosy hospital 3, railway hospital 1, upazila health and family planning centre 61, satellite clinic 15.

Chapai Nawabganj District

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Chapai Nawabganj: at past, its name was ''Goad'', the capital of old Bengal. The Sonamasjid is the best example of that.... Chapai Nawabganj is a district on the northwestern border of Bangladesh.
Chapai Nawabganj is a district on the northwestern border of Bangladesh. It is famous for mango, and other crops like paddy, sugarcane and wheat. Most of the people depend for their daily bread on farming. However, a good number of people are well educated and well of here. There are four rivers in Chapainawabganj. They are Padma, Pagla, Mahananda and Punarbhaba. Chapinawabganj is also a historical place. At past, its name was ''Goad'', the capital of old Bengal. The Sona Masjid is the best example of that. Side by side, there is also a bridge over the Mahananda. And after all, Chapainawabganj is a beautiful district to look at. Its natural scenery in Barendra area and other parts are really exception.
STATISTICS:
Name of District Chapai Nawabganj:
Zila 1st March, 1984
Area 679.05 Mile
People 10,11,412
Police Station 5
1. Nawabganj Sadar
2. Shibganj
3. Volahat
4. Nachol
5. Gomostapur
Union 45
Village 1125

Pourashava (Minicipality) 3
Road Way 89 km
Way other 820 km
Way River 128 km
Educated Person 27%
Hospital (Govt.) 3
Thana Helth Center 4
Temperature 400 C (Max )
50 C (Min)
Rain 11.99" to 13.40"
Rivers Padma, Mohanonda, Punorvoba & Pagla

Emergency Numbers:
Chapai Nawabganj:
Hospital Emergency Unit : 55207
Fire Service : 55211
Police Station : 55220
Electricity Complain : 55242
Electricity Control Room : 56350
Railway Station : 55205
Ambulance, Fire Service : 55212
Ambulance, Children & Moth...... Center : 55084
Assistant Engineer, Telecom : 55700
Govt. Lowyer (G.P) : 55162
Govt. Lowyer (P.P) : 55432

Rajshahi:
Medical Emergency Unit : 774335
Medical : 776001-8
Airport : 761011
GMG Airlince : 774000
Police Control Room : 775896
Railway Station : 776040

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Meteor shower

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Meteor shower
Indeed, one theory proposes that the Tunguska object was a fragment of Comet Encke. This ball of ice and dust is responsible for a meteor shower called the Beta Taurids, which cascade into Earth's atmosphere in late June and July - the time of the Tunguska event.
Does Lake Cheko have anything to do with the Tunguska blast?
The absence of any crater connected with the Tunguska event has left the door open for some outlandish alternatives to the meteorite theory. A lump of anti-matter, a colliding black hole and - inevitably - an exploding alien spaceship have all been proposed as the possible source of the blast.
But in 2007, Giuseppe Longo, from the University of Bologna, Italy, and his colleagues, suggested they might have found something Leonid Kulik had missed all those years ago.
Lake Cheko does not appear on any maps of the area made before 1908; it also happens to lie North-West-West of the epicentre, on the general path taken by the impactor as it plummeted to Earth.
To Dr Longo, a radar signal from beneath the lake is suggestive of a dense object, possibly part of the Tunguska meteorite, buried about 10m down. The team plans to conduct an expedition to the area in 2009, to investigate this possibility.
"We have no positive proof it is an impact crater, we have come to this conclusion [about Lake Cheko] through the negation of other hypotheses," Dr Longo told BBC News last year.
But other researchers, including Gareth Collins and Phil Bland of Imperial College London, cast doubt on the idea Lake Cheko has anything to do with the Tunguska event.
They point to trees older than 100 years which are still standing around the rim of the lake (and, they say, should have been levelled by the impact) and the features of the lake itself, which, the researchers argue, are inconsistent with an impact origin.
From: BBC News.

Atia Jam-e Mosque

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Four-century-old Atia Mosque

The 400-year-old Atia Jam-e Mosque in Delduar upazila of Tangail, built in the early 17th century. The walls of the mosque with terracotta plaques, bearing intricate patterns. According to officials of Department of Archaeology and local historians, the Zamindar of Atia, Syed Khan Panni, had the mosque built on the bank of Louhaganj River by the best masons and artisans of the time (1609). Panni received Atia Pargana from the Mughal Emperor Jahangir as a gift in the beginning of the 17th century.
The mosque is situated next to the shrine of Hazrat Shahan Shah, who came to Atia from Kashmir in 913 Hijri along with his 39 followers to preach Islam in the region. Their graves are near the mosque.
The mosque was badly damaged in the devastating earthquake of 1800.
Later, Rowshan Khatoon Chowdhurani, a female merchant from Delhi, restored the damaged mosque in 1837. The Zamindar of Delduar, Abu Ahmed Guznavi Khan, together with Wajed Ali Khan Pannee and other zamindars of Atia repaired it again in 1909.

LOVE THE COUNTRY

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Madhab Kunda Waterfall

Jaflong

Khagrachari

Upazilas of BangladeshBangladesh

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Upazilas of BangladeshBangladesh
Dhaka Division
Dhaka District
Dhamrai Upazila
Dohar Upazila
Keraniganj Upazila
Nawabganj Upazila
Savar Upazila
Faridpur District
Alfadanga Upazila
Bhanga Upazila
Boalmari Upazila
Charbhadrasan Upazila
Faridpur Sadar Upazila
Madhukhali Upazila
Nagarkanda Upazila
Sadarpur Upazila
Gazipur District
Gazipur Sadar Upazila
Kaliakair Upazila
Kaliganj Upazila
Kapasia Upazila
Sreepur Upazila
Gopalganj District
Gopalganj Sadar Upazila
Kashiani Upazila
Kotalipara Upazila
Muksudpur Upazila
Tungipara Upazila
Jamalpur District
Baksiganj Upazila
Dewanganj Upazila
Islampur Upazila
Jamalpur Sadar Upazila
Madarganj Upazila
Melandaha Upazila
Sarishabari Upazila
Kishoreganj District
Astagram Upazila
Bajitpur Upazila
Bhairab Upazila
Hossainpur Upazila
Itna Upazila
Karimganj Upazila
Katiadi Upazila
Kishoreganj Sadar Upazila
Kuliarchar Upazila
Mithamain Upazila
Nikli Upazila
Pakundia Upazila
Tarail Upazila
Madaripur District
Kalkini Upazila
Madaripur Sadar Upazila
Rajoir Upazila
Shibchar Upazila
Manikganj District
Daulatpur Upazila
Ghior Upazila
Harirampur Upazila
Manikganj Sadar Upazila
Saturia Upazila
Shivalaya Upazila
Singair Upazila
Munshiganj District
Gazaria Upazila
Lohaganj Upazila
Munshiganj Sadar Upazila
Sirajdikhan Upazila
Sreenagar Upazila
Tongibari Upazila
Mymensingh District
Bhaluka Upazila
Dhobaura Upazila
Phulbari Upazila, Mymensingh
Gaffargaon Upazila
Gauripur Upazila
Haluaghat Upazila
Ishwarganj Upazila
Mymensingh Sadar Upazila
Muktagachha Upazila
Nandail Upazila
Phulpur Upazila
Trishal Upazila
Narayanganj District
Araihazar Upazila
Sonargaon Upazila
Bandar Upazila
Narayanganj Sadar Upazila
Rupganj Upazila
Narsingdi District
Belabo Upazila
Monohardi Upazila
Narsingdi Sadar Upazila
Palash Upazila
Raipura Upazila, Narsingdi
Shibpur Upazila
Netrokona District
Atpara Upazila
Barhatta Upazila
Durgapur Upazila
Khaliajuri Upazila
Kalmakanda Upazila
Kendua Upazila
Madan Upazila
Mohanganj Upazila
Netrokona Sadar Upazila
Purbadhala Upazila
Rajbari District
Baliakandi Upazila
Goalandaghat Upazila
Pangsha Upazila
Rajbari Sadar Upazila
Shariatpur District
Bhedarganj Upazila
Damudya Upazila
Gosairhat Upazila
Naria Upazila
Shariatpur Sadar Upazila
Zanjira Upazila
Sherpur District
Jhenaigati Upazila
Nakla Upazila
Nalitabari Upazila
Sherpur Sadar Upazila
Sreebardi Upazila
Tangail District
Basail Upazila
Bhuapur Upazila
Dhanbari Upazila
Delduar Upazila
Ghatail Upazila
Gopalpur Upazila
Kalihati Upazila
Madhupur Upazila
Mirzapur Upazila
Nagarpur Upazila
Sakhipur Upazila
Tangail Sadar Upazila

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Rajshahi Division
Bogra District
Adamdighi Upazila
Bogra Sadar Upazila
Dhunat Upazila
Dupchanchia Upazila
Gabtali Upazila
Kahaloo Upazila
Nandigram Upazila
Sariakandi Upazila
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Sherpur Upazila
Shibganj Upazila
Sonatala Upazila
Dinajpur District
Birampur Upazila
Birganj Upazila
Biral Upazila
Bochaganj Upazila
Chirirbandar Upazila
Phulbari Upazila, Dinajpur
Ghoraghat Upazila
Hakimpur Upazila
Kaharole Upazila
Khansama Upazila
Dinajpur Sadar Upazila
Nawabganj Upazila, Dinajpur
Parbatipur Upazila
Gaibandha District
Phulchhari Upazila
Gaibandha Sadar Upazila
Gobindaganj Upazila
Palashbari Upazila
Sadullapur Upazila
Sughatta Upazila
Sundarganj Upazila
Joypurhat District
Akkelpur Upazila
Joypurhat Sadar Upazila
Kalai Upazila
Khetlal Upazila
Panchbibi Upazila
Kurigram District
Bhurungamari Upazila
Char Rajibpur Upazila
Chilmari Upazila
Phulbari Upazila, Kurigram
Kurigram Sadar Upazila
Nageshwari Upazila
Rajarhat Upazila
Raomari Upazila
Ulipur Upazila
Lalmonirhat District
Aditmari Upazila
Hatibandha Upazila
Kaliganj Upazila
Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila
Patgram Upazila
Naogaon District
Atrai Upazila
Badalgachhi Upazila
Dhamoirhat Upazila
Manda Upazila
Mahadevpur Upazila
Naogaon Sadar Upazila
Niamatpur Upazila
Patnitala Upazila
Porsha Upazila
Raninagar Upazila
Sapahar Upazila
Natore District
Bagatipara Upazila
Baraigram Upazila
Gurudaspur Upazila
Lalpur Upazila
Natore Sadar Upazila
Singra Upazila
Nawabganj District
Bholahat Upazila
Gomastapur Upazila
Nachole Upazila
Nawabganj Sadar Upazila
Shibganj Upazila, Nawabganj
Nilphamari District
Dimla Upazila
Domar Upazila
Jaldhaka Upazila
Kishoreganj Upazila
Nilphamari Sadar Upazila
Saidpur Upazila
Pabna District
Atgharia Upazila
Bera Upazila
Bhangura Upazila
Chatmohar Upazila
Faridpur Upazila
Ishwardi Upazila
Pabna Sadar Upazila
Santhia Upazila
Sujanagar Upazila
Panchagarh District
Atwari Upazila
Boda Upazila
Debiganj Upazila
Panchagarh Sadar Upazila
Tetulia Upazila
Rajshahi District
Bagha Upazila
Bagmara Upazila
Charghat Upazila
Durgapur Upazila
Godagari Upazila
Mohanpur Upazila
Paba Upazila
Puthia Upazila
Tanore Upazila
Rangpur District
Badarganj Upazila
Gangachhara Upazila
Kaunia Upazila
Rangpur Sadar Upazila
Mithapukur Upazila
Pirgachha Upazila
Pirganj Upazila
Taraganj Upazila
Sirajganj District
Belkuchi Upazila
Chauhali Upazila
Kamarkhanda Upazila
Kazipur Upazila
Raiganj Upazila
Shahjadpur Upazila
Sirajganj Sadar Upazila
Tarash Upazila
Ullahpara Upazila
Thakurgaon District
Baliadangi Upazila
Haripur Upazila
Pirganj Upazila, Thakurgaon
Ranisankail Upazila
Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila

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Barisal Division
Barguna District
Amtali Upazila
Bamna Upazila
Barguna Sadar Upazila
Betagi Upazila
Patharghata Upazila
Barisal District
Agailjhara Upazila
Babuganj Upazila
Bakerganj Upazila
Banaripara Upazila
Gaurnadi Upazila
Hizla Upazila
Barisal Sadar Upazila
Mehendiganj Upazila
Muladi Upazila
Wazirpur Upazila
Bhola District
Bhola Sadar Upazila
Burhanuddin Upazila
Char Fasson Upazila
Daulatkhan Upazila
Lalmohan Upazila
Manpura Upazila
Tazumuddin Upazila
Jhalokati District
Jhalokati Sadar Upazila
Kathalia Upazila
Nalchity Upazila
Rajapur Upazila
Patuakhali District
Bauphal Upazila
Dasmina Upazila
Galachipa Upazila
Kalapara Upazila
Mirzaganj Upazila
Patuakhali Sadar Upazila
Dumki Upazila
Pirojpur District
Bhandaria Upazila
Kawkhali Upazila
Mathbaria Upazila
Nazirpur Upazila
Pirojpur Sadar Upazila
Nesarabad (Swarupkati) Upazila
Zianagar Upazila
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Chittagong Division Bandarban District
Ali Kadam Upazila
Bandarban Sadar Upazila
Lama Upazila
Naikhongchhari Upazila
Rowangchhari Upazila
Ruma Upazila
Thanchi Upazila
Brahmanbaria District
Akhaura Upazila
Bancharampur Upazila
Brahmanbaria Sadar Upazila
Kasba Upazila
Nabinagar Upazila
Nasirnagar Upazila
Sarail Upazila
Ashuganj Upazila
Chandpur District
Chandpur Sadar Upazila
Faridganj Upazila
Haimchar Upazila
Haziganj Upazila
Kachua Upazila
Matlab Upazila (North)
Matlab Upazila (South)
Shahrasti Upazila
Chittagong District
Anwara Upazila
Banshkhali Upazila
Boalkhali Upazila
Chandanaish Upazila
Fatikchhari Upazila
Hathazari Upazila
Lohagara Upazila
Mirsharai Upazila
Patiya Upazila
Rangunia Upazila
Raozan Upazila
Sandwip Upazila
Satkania Upazila
Sitakunda Upazila
Comilla District
Barura Upazila
Brahmanpara Upazila
Burichong Upazila
Chandina Upazila
Chauddagram Upazila
Daudkandi Upazila
Debidwar Upazila
Homna Upazila
Comilla Sadar Adarsha Upazila
Comilla Sadar South Upazila
Laksam Upazila
Muradnagar Upazila
Nangalkot Upazila
Titas Upazila
Meghna Upazila
Monoharganj Upazila
Cox's Bazar District
Chakaria Upazila
Cox's Bazar Sadar Upazila
Kutubdia Upazila
Maheshkhali Upazila
Ramu Upazila
Teknaf Upazila
Ukhia Upazila
Pekua Upazila
Feni District
Chhagalnaiya Upazila
Daganbhuiyan Upazila
Feni Sadar Upazila
Parshuram Upazila
Sonagazi Upazila
Fulgazi Upazila
Khagrachari District
Dighinala Upazila
Khagrachhari Upazila
Lakshmichhari Upazila
Mahalchhari Upazila
Manikchhari Upazila
Matiranga Upazila
Panchhari Upazila
Ramgarh Upazila
Lakshmipur District
Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila
Raipur Upazila
Ramganj Upazila
Ramgati Upazila
Noakhali District
Begumganj Upazila
Chatkhil Upazila
Companiganj Upazila, Noakhali
Hatiya Upazila
Senbagh Upazila
Noakhali Sadar Upazila
Subarnachar Upazila
Rangamati District
Bagaichhari Upazila
Barkal Upazila
Kawkhali (Betbunia) Upazila
Belaichhari Upazila
Kaptai Upazila
Juraichhari Upazila
Langadu Upazila
Mannerchar Upazila
Rajasthali Upazila
Rangamati Sadar Upazila

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Sylhet Division
Habiganj District
Ajmiriganj Upazila
Bahubal Upazila
Baniyachong Upazila
Chunarughat Upazila
Habiganj Sadar Upazila
Lakhai Upazila
Madhabpur Upazila
Nabiganj Upazila
Maulvibazar District
Barlekha Upazila
Kamalganj Upazila
Kulaura Upazila
Maulvibazar Sadar Upazila
Rajnagar Upazila
Sreemangal Upazila
Juri Upazila
Sunamganj District
Bishwamvarpur Upazila
Chhatak Upazila
Derai Upazila
Dharampasha Upazila
Dowarabazar Upazila
Jagannathpur Upazila
Jamalganj Upazila
Sullah Upazila
Sunamganj Sadar Upazila
Tahirpur Upazila
Sylhet District
Balaganj Upazila
Beanibazar Upazila
Biswanath Upazila
Companiganj Upazila, Sylhet
Fenchuganj Upazila
Golapganj Upazila
Gowainghat Upazila
Jaintiapur Upazila
Kanaighat Upazila
Sylhet Sadar Upazila
Zakiganj Upazila
South Surma Upazila

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Khulna Division
Bagerhat District
Bagerhat Sadar Upazila
Chitalmari Upazila
Fakirhat Upazila
Kachua Upazila, Bagerhat
Mollahat Upazila
Mongla Upazila
Morrelganj Upazila
Rampal Upazila
Sarankhola Upazila
Chuadanga District
Alamdanga Upazila
Chuadanga Sadar Upazila
Damurhuda Upazila
Jibannagar Upazila
Jessore District
Abhaynagar Upazila
Bagherpara Upazila
Chaugachha Upazila
Jhikargachha Upazila
Keshabpur Upazila
Jessore Sadar Upazila
Manirampur Upazila
Sharsha Upazila
Jhenaidah District
Harinakunda Upazila
Jhenaidah Sadar Upazila
Kaliganj Upazila
Kotchandpur Upazila
Maheshpur Upazila
Shailkupa Upazila
Khulna District
Batiaghata Upazila
Dacope Upazila
Dumuria Upazila
Dighalia Upazila
Koyra Upazila
Paikgachha Upazila
Phultala Upazila
Rupsa Upazila
Terokhada Upazila
Kushtia District
Bheramara Upazila
Daulatpur Upazila, Kushtia
Khoksa Upazila
Kumarkhali Upazila
Kushtia Sadar Upazila
Mirpur Upazila
Magura District
Magura Sadar Upazila
Mohammadpur Upazila
Shalikha Upazila
Sreepur Upazila, Magura
Meherpur District
Gangni Upazila
Meherpur Sadar Upazila
Mujibnagar Upazila
Narail District
Kalia Upazila
Lohagara Upazila, Narail
Narail Sadar Upazila
Satkhira District
Assasuni Upazila
Debhata Upazila
Kalaroa Upazila
Kaliganj Upazila
Satkhira Sadar Upazila
Shyamnagar Upazila
Tala Upazila
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Satellite Picture of VNS&VNC

2008-06-28T02:15:00.004+06:00

Protesters run riot

2008-06-27T07:06:00.022+06:00

189 artifacts bound for France taken to airport: Protesters run riot as bid to stop transportation fails
Police arrests two of the protestors in the city
yesterday while they were trying to stop transportation of
relics from the National Museum for an exhibition in France.
Protestors banging their fists on the windscreen of the car
carrying the relics. Focu
Ignoring the protest and demonstration of hundreds of art connoisseurs, ten crates containing 189 rare and invaluable archeological artifacts of Bangladesh were taken out of the National Museum yesterday morning and sent to the Zia International Airport amid heavy police presence.
These artifacts, representing Bangladesh's ancient history, will be bound for Guimet Museum in Paris, via a Air France flight (AF 6731) 12:05pm today.
Breaking the emergency rule, protesters assembled in front of the National Museum gate at Shahbagh in the morning learning that the artifacts were being removed from the National Museum secretly.
Witnesses said the artifacts were removed through a large covered van and forklift truck of Homebound Packers and Shippers at the order by the French Embassy in Dhaka.
Trucks and forklift went to the National Museum premises secretly in the early hours of morning. But the news leaked and protesters gathered thronged outside the museum. Under heavy police presence Homebound vehicles (Dhaka Metro Uma 11-0814, Pho 11-3634, U 14-0187) and forklift truck, bearing "Save The Children Cyclone and USAID Sidr Emergency Relief" signs were used to take away the priceless items. As the protesters were watching as the artifacts being loaded onto Homebound trucks, they requested the media to disseminate the news and prevent the artifacts from being taken away in such a manner.
At one stage, the protesters, including artists, archeologists and students of the nearby Fine Arts Institute locked in a clash with police when they tried to intercept the Homebound covered van to take out the artifacts. Police also charged batons on the protesters when they pelted brickbats on the police.
Shekhar Shashwata, an archeologist was arrested by police, while some media professionals were roughed up. Later, the protesters were able to get Shekhar released from the Shahbagh police custody. He was released upon a signed undertaking by those demanding his release.
Shahbagh thana officer Morshed who arrested Shekhar, claimed he "knew nothing about what was happening across the road."
The artifacts were collected from five different museums in the country--National Museum in Dhaka, Barind Research Museum in Rajshahi, Mahasthangarh Archaeological Museum, Mainamoti Archaeological Museum and Paharpur Archaeological Museum. Amongst the objects are one copy of Prajna Paramita (Buddhist manuscript), terracotta heads dating back to the 4th century, bronze sculpture of Lokanath of the 8th century, stone sculptures of Nataraj, Mahamaya, Chamunda, Kalyansundar, Panchamukha Shiblinga, Surja, Nabagraha, Shyamatara, Marichi and others of the 10th century.
The artifacts also include a wood sculpture of Lokanath of the 11th century and headgear of the 2nd Shah Abbas of Persia of the 18th century.
Hint: http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2007/12/01/all0065.htm

Country back to pre-Jan 11 situation

2008-06-27T07:06:00.020+06:00

Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Friday, June 27, 2008 07:11 AM GMT+06:00
News from The Daily Star
Khaleda Against Local Body Polls First
Govt wants to take country back to pre-Jan 11 situation
Detained BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday said the government wants to take the country back to the pre-January 11 situations by holding the local body elections before the parliamentary polls ignoring opinions of all political parties.
"All major and minor political parties including the Awami League want the national elections first. But ignoring the opinions the government wants to hold the local body elections first which will take the country back to the pre-January 11 situations," she told journalists after yesterday's trial proceedings in the Niko graft case against her and 10 others at a special court.
"By holding the local body elections, the government plans to form a party of its chosen people and cling to power by electing them," she said.
Judge Khandaker Kamal Uz-zaman of Special Court-9 yesterday set July 7 for the next hearing on charge framing in the case.
Khaleda was produced before the court at 10:05am.
She told reporters that her party wants to cooperate with the government, but it has to create a favourable atmosphere first for holding the parliamentary elections.
"We want to cooperate, we want an acceptable election with participation of all political parties. But before that, the government will have to lift the state of emergency to ensure a congenial atmosphere for the election," she said, adding, "Creating that atmosphere is the duty of the government and it has to prove its neutrality by treating everybody equally."
She said, "Several parliamentary elections were held under caretaker governments in the past without the state of emergency in place. The present caretaker government will also have to lift the emergency if it wants to hold a free and fair election."
Questioning the government's willingness to hold the parliamentary election, Khaleda said there should not be any obstacle to holding the election in October.
Justifying her call for holding the parliamentary polls by October, she said the Ramadan, Hajj and Eid-ul-Azha would all take place after October and that is why it would not be wise to hold the national election after October.

The former premier said the government in its one-and-half-years rule has left the country entangled in enormous problems and only an elected government can help the nation out of those problems.
Referring to the achievements of the BNP-Jamaat-led alliance government, Khaleda said, "Now the economy has seen a slide and the GDP has come down to 5 percent from 7 percent."
Coming back to local government polls, she said BNP wants other elections too but those will have to be held after the parliament elections.
Demanding overseas treatment of her detained sons and all other detained ailing politicians including Awami League leader Mohammad Nasim, the BNP chief said, "All citizens of the country are equal to me and all the detained politicians who received overseas treatment earlier and seek treatment now should be sent abroad."

COURT PROCEEDINGS
As the court sat at 10:10am yesterday, the prosecution said they wanted to open the case since the day was fixed for charge framing.
But opposing the prosecution, the defence attorneys said they would move to the High Court (HC) against the special court's rejection of the defence petition for adjournment of the Niko graft case.
Judge Kamal Uz-zaman asked the defence to let the court move with the case as the case is exceptional.
But the defence lawyers sought adjournment again, saying the hearing on charge framing would be infructuous (ineffective) if the HC stays the trial proceeding.
The defence lawyers told the court that they yesterday received the HC order saying the petition would be dealt with when the HC resumes on June 29 after the summer vacation.
The prosecution said the defence can surely go to the higher court but there was no obstacle to opening the case yesterday. They said they have been stuck at the point from where they started. They appealed to the court for opening the case.
When the court asked the prosecution to open the case the defence said, "If you [the judge] open the case in this way, it might seem to us that we will not get justice from you."
After about 30 minutes of heated exchanges, the court adjourned the hearing on charge framing and fixed July 7 as the next date for it.
Eight other accused in the case including former law minister barrister Moudud Ahmed and former state minister AKM Mosharraf Hossain were also produced before the court yesterday.
On December 9 last year, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case with Tejgaon Police Station against Khaleda and 10 others for abusing power in awarding a gas exploration and extraction deal to Canadian company Niko.

Taslima Nasreen

2008-06-27T07:06:00.016+06:00

Nasreen withdraws controversial portion of her book
Taslima Nasreen
Tossed around from place to place, Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen Friday announced that she was withdrawing some controversial writings from one of her novels that had triggered violence and demands that she be expelled from India.
"I am withdrawing controversial lines in 'Dwikhandita' (split into two), written in 2002 with the memory of Bangladesh in the 1980s when military threw out secularism in the country.
"I wrote the book in support of the people who defended secular values. I had no intention to hurt anybody's sentiment. Now since some people in India claim that it hurts their sentiments, I am withdrawing some lines from the book," Nasreen told PTI over telephone from an undisclosed location.
Her announcement came in the wake of a statement in Parliament by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee who, while assuring shelter to her in India, had asked her to refrain from expressions that may hurt the sentiments of the people in the country. Ever since violence broke out in Kolkata last week, there have been demands from Muslim outfits that the visa of Taslima, who has been living in India for the last two years, should be revoked and she be expelled.
Facing death threats over her writings considered "anti-Islamic", she left Bangladesh in 1994 and had been visiting India intermittently.
'Dwikhandita', her autobiographical novel on socio-religious issues of Bangladesh, was banned by the West Bengal government for some time before Calcutta High Court had intervened to lift it.
The Bangladeshi writer hoped that from now on, there would be no controversy and "I'll be able to live peacefully in this country."
Nasreen was virtually bundled out of Kolkata on the night of Thursday last week after violence there and was flown to Jaipur.
Next morning, she was brought to Delhi by road and after a couple's of days' stay in Rajasthan House, the writer has been shifted to a safe house in an undisclosed location by central security agencies.
Nasreen said that he also requested the publisher of 'Dwikhandita', 'People's Book Society', not to circulate copies of the book still in its possession.
"I have asked my publisher to bring out the next edition of the book deleting those controversial lines," the writer said.
Confirming this, a spokesman for the publisher said, "We will withdraw 30 to 40 copies, already in circulation, from the market and in the next edition we will delete three controversial pages of the book."
Meanwhile, Communist Party of India (CPI) has welcomed Nasreen's move, saying it would "facilitate her return to West Bengal".
"This is a very correct step she has taken. She believes this step will help bring in normalcy. I also think this would assuage the feelings of those who have been hurt," party leader Gurudas Dasgupta said here.

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2008-06-27T07:06:00.009+06:00

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Another record-breaking year for SSC examinees

2008-06-26T21:47:00.038+06:00

SSC Exams Results:
Another record-breaking year SSC examinees of Motijheel Ideal School and College are jubilant yesterday after they took their school to the number one spot in this year's SSC results. The results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations 2008 published yesterday broke all previous records with a 70.41 percent pass rate and 41,917 students achieving GPA-5. The number of schools with hundred percent pass records has also increased to 2,272 from last year's 778, while the number of schools with zero pass came down to 91 from 248. Educationists and teachers of renowned schools believe this success in the country's largest public examination is the outcome of students' efforts and guardians' awareness.
The results were published under the grading system introduced in 2001 and showed a tremendous boost with pass rate of 70.41, a leap of 13.82 point from last year's rate.
Similarly, the results also showed a leap in achieving the highest grade point average (GPA-5) as it shot up to 41,917 from 25,732 last year.
The same improvement has also been seen in the combined average result of seven education boards, Dakhil examination under Madrasa Education Board and SSC vocational examination under Technical Education Board.The combined pass rate is 72.18 against last year's 58.36 percent and 52,500 students secured GPA-5 compared to 32,646 last year.About 10.07 lakh students appeared in this year's SSC and equivalent examinations and about 7.27 lakh of them have passed. Pass percentage for boys and girls is 73.69 and 70.45 respectively.Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman officially announced the results at a press conference at the education ministry.
"The increase in pass rates continues gradually since 2001 which proves that education standard is improving. The pass percentage was 57.37 last year, 62.22 in 2006, 54.1 in 2005, 50.27 in 2004, 36.81 in 2003, 42.18 in 2002 and 39.03 in 2001," he told the press conference.
The education adviser thanked all officials and employees of nine education boards for publishing the results in 60 days as per the promise of the ministry. The examinations began on March 27 and ended on April 27.
Dhaka Board has secured top position among the seven education boards with pass rate of 77.81, while Sylhet Board got the lowest 53.88 percent.
In Dhaka Board, about 1.7 lakh passed the exam with 18,936 students securing GPA-5, also highest among the boards.
About 1.34 lakh students or 64.89 percent passed the exam in Rajshahi Board with 8,656 achieving GPA-5. Under Comilla Board, 56,042 students came out successful with pass percentage of 73.00 and 3,679 GPA-5.
In Jessore Board, 75,209 students or 71.43 percent were successful with 4,079 GPA-5 achievers. Chittagong Board has seen 39,944 examinees passed with success rate of 72.62 percent and 4,316 GPA-5.
In Barisal Board, 33,458 students became successful with pass
percentage 68.77, while number of GPA-5 achievers is 1,659. Under Sylhet Board 17,100 students came out successful with the pass
percentage of 53.88 and 592 GPA-5.
The madrasa board produced tremendous good results among the nine boards with a pass rate of 82.06 percent. About 1.48 lakh students came
out successful and of them, 5.83 percent or 10,526 students obtained GPA-5.
The vocational board scored a pass rate of 62.88 percent. Some 51,801 students passed the exam, while 57 students or 0.7 percent got GPA-5.
Science students have marked a significant progress with 84.32 percent pass rate, while the rate in humanities group is 59.85 percent and 75.82 percent in business studies and commerce group.
Like the previous years, schools in urban areas, especially in metropolitan cities, dominated the GPA-5 category and hundred percent pass record.
Among the top ten GPA-5 securing schools, ten are in the capital, eight in Rangpur, Bogra, and Pabna under Rajshahi Board, six in Comilla, Feni and Noakhali under Comilla, nine in Khulna, Kushtia, Jessore and Satkhira under Jessore, six in Chittagong Sadar and Double Mooring under Chittagong, ten in Barisal, Patuakhali, Bhola, Jhalakathi and
Pirojpur under Barisal, and nine in Sylhet, Habiganj, Sunamganj and Sreemangal under Sylhet Board.
Ideal School and College produced highest 767 GPA-5 achievers followed by Viqarunnisa Noon School with 678 and Monipur High School with 652.

Ideal, VN, Monipur top 3 schools

2008-06-26T21:47:00.033+06:00

GPA-5 Achievers
Ideal, VN, Monipur top 3 schools

Ideal School and College, Viqarunnisa Noon (VN) School and Monipur High
School in the capital secured the top three places in terms of their
students getting GPA-5 in SSC examinations this year.
Of them, 767 students from Ideal school and College, 678 from
Viqarunnisa Noon School and 652 from Monipur High School got GPA-5, the
highest point on the GPA scale.
Other leading GPA-5 achievers in the country include Motijheel Model
High School (549), Collegiate School in Chittagong (326), Comilla Zilla
School (310), Rajuk Uttara Model School and College (297), Uttara High
School (278), AK High School in Dhaka (270), Dhaka Residential Model
College (269), Motijheel Government Boy's High School (264), Dr
Khastagir Government Girls' High School in Chittagong (230) and
Dhanmondi Government Boy's High School (213).
With 97.69 percent of its applicants having got GPA-5, Rajuk Uttara
Model School and College stands first in the category, followed by
Barisal Cadet College with 91.83 percent and Ideal School and College
with 90.44 percent.
Considering GPA-5, the best three schools under Chittagong Education
Board this year are Collegiate School (326), Dr Khastagir Government
Girls' High School (230) and Bangladesh Mahila Samity Girls' High
School and College (165).
In terms of the pass percentages, the best three schools in the board
are Dr Khastagir Government High School, Bangladesh Mahila Samity
Girls' High School and College and St Scholastica Girls' High School.
In Comilla Board, Comilla Zilla School, Comilla Modern High School and
Nawab Faizunnesa Government Girls' High School secured the first three
places in terms of GPA-5 while Chandpur Hasan Ali Government School,
Ispahani Public School and College and Our Lady of Fatema Girls' High
School had the highest pass percentages respectively.
In Rajshahi Board, Cantonment Public School and College of Bogra,
Cantonment Public School and College of Rangpur and Bogra Government
Girls' High School got the highest GPA-5s respectively.
Bogra Government Girls' High School, Pabna Zilla School and Cantonment
Public School and College of Rangpur had the best pass percentages in
the board.
In Jessore Board, Khulna Zilla School, Kushtia Zilla School and
Government Coronation Secondary Girls' School secured the top three
places in terms of GPA-5.
VJ Government Secondary School of Chuadanga, Satkhira Government Girls'
High School and Government Laboratory High School had the best pass
percentages.

Based on GPA-5, Barisal Government Girls' High School, Barisal Zilla
School and Barisal Cadet College secured the top three places under
Barisal Board.
Considering pass percentages, Jhalakathi Government Boys' Secondary
School, Bhola Government Secondary School and Barisal Cadet College had
the best success rates.
In Sylhet Board, Blue Bird High School topped the chart in both
categories, followed by Jalalabad Cantonment Public School and College
and Jalalbad Cantonment Board High School in pass percentages and by
Sylhet Government Pilot High School and Government Agragami Girls' High
School in GPA-5.

2,272 schools achieve 100pc pass rate

2008-06-26T21:47:00.028+06:00

2,272 schools achieve 100pc pass rate

The number of schools, madrasas and technical educational institutions
having 100 per cent pass rate in the SSC examinations has nearly
tripled (293 per cent increase) this year.
A total of 2,272 institutions achieved 100 per cent pass rate in the
SSC and SSC equivalent examinations this year while the number was 774
last year.

Of those, 185 institutions are from Dhaka, 71 from Rajshahi, 72 from
Comilla, 58 from Jessore, 31 from Chittagong, 57 from Barisal, 10 from
Sylhet while 1,770 are under Madrasa board and 18 under Bangladesh
Technical Education Board (BTEB).
The number of schools and madrasas having cent per cent success was
1,429 in 2006 and 537 in 2005, statistics of Education Board Computer
Centre show.
Besides, the number of least-performing institutions in SSC, Dakhil and
SSC (Vocational) exams has also come down to 91 from previous year's
248.
Six schools from Dhaka, eight from Rajshahi, four from Jessore, two
from Chittagong, 11 from Barisal, three from Sylhet, 17 under the BTEB
and 40 under Madrasa Board failed to have any successful candidate this
year.
In the Comilla Board, the number of educational institutions having no
success is nil.
The number of least performing schools and madrasas was 193 in 2006,
424 in 2005, 548 in 2004 and 979 in 2003.
The number of expelled examinees has also been falling sharply for the
last five years.
A total of 707 students were expelled this year, while the number was
985 last year, 1,291 in 2006, 1,746 in 2005, 3,381 in 2004, and 13,217
in 2003.

52,500 get GPA-5 S.S.C. RESULT-2008

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52,500 get GPA-5
The number of GPA-5 holders in the SSC examinations has risen sharply
by 37.81 per cent compared to that of the previous year.
A total of 52,500 candidates of SSC and its equivalent examinations
under nine education boards secured GPA-5 this year, while the number
was 32,646 last year.
This year, 41,917 students secured GPA-5 under seven education boards
while the figure was 25,732 last year.
The number of GPA-5 achievers stands at 18,936 in Dhaka Board, 8,656 in
Rajshahi Board, 3,679 in Comilla Board, 4,079 in Jessore Board, 4,316
in Chittagong Board, 1,659 in Barisal Board and 592 in Sylhet Board.
The number of GPA-5 holders increased in all education boards except
Sylhet Board.
The number of GPA-5 achievers rose by 61.36 per cent in Barisal Board,
50.15 per cent in Dhaka Board, 20.17 per cent in Rajshahi Board, 35.11
per cent in Comilla Board, 42.90 per cent in Jessore Board and 23.23
per cent in Chittagong Board. But the number of GPA-5 holders fell by
16.97 per cent in Sylhet board.
In Madrasa Board, 10,526 students secured GPA-5 this year while in
Technical Education Board only 57 students got GPA-5. Last year, 6,889
madrasa students obtained GPA-5 while only 25 students under the
Technical Education Board attained GPA-5.

NAOGAON

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Naogaon (Bengali: Nowga) is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rajshahi Division. This district is one of the oldest civilization of the world dating back before Buddha.

Manda Upazila
Naogaon Sadar Upazila
Mahadevpur Upazila
Atrai Upazila
Raninagar Upazila
Patnitala Upazila
Niamatpur Upazila
Sapahar Upazila
Porsha Upazila
Badalgachhi Upazila
Dhamoirhat Upazila

History:
Paharpur: Paharpur is a small village 5 km. west of Jamalganj in the greater Rajshahi district where the remains of the most important and the largest known monastery south of the Himalayas have been excavated. This 7th century archaeological find covers approximately an area of 27 acres of land. The entire establishment, occupying a quadrangular court, measuring more than 900 ft. and from 12 ft, to 15 in height. With elaborate gateway complex on the north, there are 45 cells on the north and 44 in each of the other three sides with a total number of 177 rooms. The architecture of the pyramidal cruciform temple is profoundly influenced by those of South-East Asia, especially Myanmar and Java. It had taken its name from a high mound, which looked like pahar or hillock. A site museum built recently houses the representative collection of objects recovered from the area. The excavated findings have also been preserved at the Varendra Research Museum at Rajshahi. The antiquities of the museum include terracotta plaques, images of different gods and goddess', potteries, coin inscriptions, ornamental bircks and other minor clay objects. This is also known as SOMPUR MAHAVIHAR.

Kusumba Mosque is named after the village of Kusumba, under the Manda upazila of Naogaon district, on the west bank of the Atrai river. It is inside a walled enclosure with a monumental gateway that has standing spaces for guards. It was built during the period of Afghan rule in Bengal under one of the last Suri rulers Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, by one Sulaiman who was probably a high ranking official. The inscription tablet in Arabic (only the word 'built by' is in Persian) dating the building to 966 AH (1558-59 AD) is fixed over its eastern central entrance. Although built during Suri rule, it is not influenced at all by the earlier Suri architecture of North India, and is well grounded in the Bengal style. The brick building, gently curved cornice, and the engaged octagonal corner towers are typical features. D.A Salek & Md. Abdul Matin khan 01723059969.

The mosque, presently protected by the Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh, was badly damaged during the earthquake of 1897. Although the main fabric of the building is of brick, the entire exterior walls, and the interior up to the arches of the pendentives have stone facing. The columns, platform, floor, and perforated side screens are of stone. The mosque has a rectangular plan with three bays and two aisles, three entrances on the east and two each on the north and south sides. The central mihrab is projected in the west. The interior west (qibla) wall has two mihrabs on the floor level opposite the central and southeastern entrances, but the one in the northwestern bay is above a raised platform ascended by a staircase on the east. The presence of such a platform in a non-imperial mosque indicates that not only royalty, but nobility and high-ranking officials were also separated from the general public during prayers.

The mihrabs have elaborate stone carving. They have cusped arches crowned with kalasa (water pot) motifs, supported on intricately carved stone pillars which have projections and tasseled decorations hanging from chains. Bunches of grapes and vines curve in an almost serpentine manner on the mihrab frames, and kalasas, tendrils and rosettes are reduced to dots. The platform edge has grape vine decoration, and there are rosettes on the spandrels of the arches supporting the platform, as well as on the mihrab wall.

The stone used in the exterior facing is of a coarse quality and carved in shallow relief. Mouldings are most prominent decorative feature on the outside. They divide the walls into upper and lower sections, run all along the curved cornice, around the corner towers, in a straight line below the cornice, and frame the rectangular panels in the east, south and north walls. The spandrels of the central entrance arch are filled with small kalasa and rosette motifs. The north and south sides have screened windows.
Bibliography Ahmad Hasan Dani, Muslim Architecture in Bengal, Dacca, 1961; Catherine B Asher, 'Inventory of Key Monuments', in George Michell (ed), Islamic Heritage of Bengal, Paris: UNESCO, 1984.

Patisar Patisar village associated with rabindranath tagore in naogaon district. It is situated on the banks of the Nagor, 12 kilometres south-east of the Atrai railway station and 26 kilometres from the district town. The headquarters of the Tagore family's zamindari in Kaligram Pargana were located at Patisar. dwarkanath tagore, the grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore, purchased this zamindari in 1830. Rabindranath Tagore first came to Patisar in January 1891. The architectural design of the two-storied Kuthibari of Patisar is similar to that of Shilaidaha-Shahjadpur. The buildings, adjacent to the main mansion, are now reduced to debris. A pond, named Rabindrasarobar, is now a silted up marsh. During his stay at Patisar, Tagore composed various poems, stories, novels, essays and the verse-play Biday Abhishap. He also established many primary schools, a school named Rathindranath High School, charitable dispensaries, and Patisar Krishi Bank (1905). He introduced tractors in Patisar and formed co-operative societies for the development of agriculture, handloom, and pottery. In 1921, when the zamindari was divided, Patisar fell to Tagore's share. When the poet was awarded the Nobel Prize, the tenants of Patisar felicitated him with an address of honour (1913). On the request of his tenants, Tagore visited Patisar in 1937 for the last time on the occasion of punya. Every year many devotees of Tagore come from home and abroad to visit Patisar. On the occasions of Tagore's birth and death anniversaries, discussion meetings and cultural functions are held at Patisar.

Naogaon (Town) a municipal town, has an area of 37.03 sq km. It consists of 9 wards and 62 mahallas. The town has a population of 123101; male 51.78%, female 48.22%; literacy rate among the town people is 48.5%. It has one dakbungalow and one rest house.

Administration Naogaon subdivision, under Rajshahi district, was established in 1877 and was turned into a district in 1984. It consists of 2 municipality, 11 upazilas, 18 wards, 74 mahallas, 99 union parishads and 2795 villages. The upazilas are naogaon sadar, atrai, badalgachhi, dhamoirhat, manda, mahadevpur, niamatpur, patnitala, porsha, raninagar and sapahar.
Archaeological heritage Paharpur Buddhist Vihara, Jagaddal Vihara, Halud Vihara, Agrapuri Vihara
Historical events Indigo rebellion (1859-62); peasant revolt against the zamindar in protest of increasing land revenue (1883).
War of Liberation Mass grave 9; mass killing site 7, memorial sculpture 1, monument 1.
Population 2377314; male 50.66% and female 49.34%; Muslim 84.51%, Hindu 11.39%, ethnic nationals (mainly Santal, Oraon and Mahali) 3.45% and others 0.65%.
Religious institutions Mosque 3752, temple 206, church 21. Noted religious institutions are Barunkandi Jami Mosque (1802), Naogaon Jami Mosque (1845), Chakrampur Jami Mosque (1800), Sultanpur Jame Mosque (1802), Hat Naogaon Jame Mosque (1935), Naogaon Temple (adjunct Kanchari Road).
Literacy and educational institutions Average literacy 28.4%; male 35.9% and female 20.4%. Educational institutions: college 47, high school 309, junior school 49, government primary school 794, non-government primary school 559, madrasa 167. Noted institutions: Naogaon High School (1884), Raja Haranath High School (1990), Kaligram Rabindranath Institute (1910), Chak Athita High School, English School (1914), Chakla High School (1916), Kritipur High School (1921), Sharbamanal High School (1921), Coronation High School (1927), Paramohan Girl's High School (1909), Central Girl's High School (1926), Naogaon Girl's High School (1948), Basiruddin Memorial Co operative College (1946),

Newspaper Dainik Ishtehar (1971), Joybangla (1971), Bangabani (1971), Banglar Kantha (1993); weekly: Saptahik Desher Bani (1925), Saptahik Banka Chand (1950), Naba-Diganta (1964), Nabayug (1964); extinct: Barendra Batra, (1981), Surya Mukhi (1982), Nababarta (1991).
Cultural organisations Club 668, press club 1, public library 27, cinema hall 40, dakbungalow 20, circuit house 1.
Main occupations Agriculture 49.01%, fishing 1.25%, agricultural labourer 26.96%, wage labourer 2.3%, commerce 8.35%, service 3.46%, others 8.67%.
Land use Cultivable land 2777573 hectares, fallow land 68715 hectares; single crop 25%, double crop 55% and treble crop land 20%. Land under irrigation 61%.
Land control Among the peasants 9.6% are rich, 11.1% medium, 62% small and marginal.
Main crops Paddy, potato, watermelon, oil seeds, pulses.
Extinct or nearly extinct crops Opium, indigo, aman and aus paddy, tobacco, vetch.
Fruit production Mango, jackfruit, banana, litchi, coconut.
Fisheries, poultries, dairies Fishery 9, dairy 65, poultry 119.
Commutation facilities Roads: pucca 374.77 km, semi pucca 59.12 km and mud road 3595.32 km; railway 15 km; waterways 36 nautical mile.
Traditional transport Palanquin, horse carriage, bullock cart, buffalo cart. These means of transport are either extinct or nearly extinct.
Manufactories Automatic rice and husking mill, ice factory, flour mill, oil mill, sawmill, welding etc.
Cottage industries Goldsmith, blacksmith, potteries, blacksmith, bamboo, cane and mat work, tailoring etc.
Hats, bazars and fairs Total number of hats and bazars is 207.
Main exports Paddy, rice and potato.
NGO activities Most active NGOs operating in the district are brac, ITCL, CARE, grameen bank, thengamara mahila sabuj sangha.
Health centres District hospital 1, upazila heath complex 10, union heath centre 35, family planning centre 42, christian missionary hospital 1.

Lalmonirhat District

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Lalmonirhat District (rajshahi division) with an area of 1241.46 sq km, is bounded by Kuchbihar and Jalpaiguri districts of West Bengal (India) on the north, rangpur district on the south, kurigram district and Kuchbihar district of West Bengal on the east, Nilphamari and Rangpur districts on the west. The district is striped shape. Main rivers 7, most noted of which are Tista, Dharla and Saniajan. The river Saniajan originating from the Himalaya has strong current. Sarnamati, Trimohoni, Ratnai and Sati rivers are almost silted. The biggest irrigation project of the country, Tista Barrage Project (length 615 m) is located at Doani of Hatibandha upazila. Temperature: highest 32.3°C, lowest 11.2°C; total rainfall 2931 mm.

almonirhat (Town) consists of 9 wards and 63 mahallas. It's municipality was established in 1973. The area of the town is 17.62 sq km. It has a population of 56672; male 52.02% and female 47.98%; density of population is 3216 per sq km. The literacy rate among the town people is 47.9%. Lalmonirhat town is well known as a railway junction from the beginning of the nineteenth century. Once upon a time one could go to the foot of the Himalayan from Lalmonirhat. The head quarters of the western region of Bangladesh Railway are located here. At present the city is expanding towards Saptabari union to the west and Kalurghat union to the east. The town has one dakbungalow and one Circuit House.

Administration Lalmonirhat district was established in 1984. It consists of 5 upazilas, 2 municipalities, 18 wards, 85 mahallas, 41 union parishads, 425 mouzas, 484 villages and 33 enclaves. The upazilas are lalmonirhat sadar, aditmari, hatibandha, kaliganj and patgram; Municipalities: Lalmonirhat Sadar and Patgram. Lalmonirhat can be called a district of enclaves. The total area of the 33 enclaves (27 are in Patgram) is 1807 hectares. The biggest and most noted enclaves are Dahagram and Angarpota. The Tin-Bigha corridor connects these two enclaves with the main land.

Archaeological relics and monuments Subadar Monsur Khan Mosque (known as Nidaria Mosque), Sindhumati dighi, Hussain Sarabor (dry pond), Harano (lost) Mosque (8th century AH), Dharla Bridge at Mughalhat, Tusharbandhar Zamindar Bari, Ijaradar Mosque, Kakina Rajbari, Kabi Bari (house and collections of poet Sheikh Fazlul Karim), the tomb of Hazrat Shah Sufi Muhammad Fazlur Rahman (known as Blind Hafez).

Historical events During the war of liberation the headquarters of Sector 6 was located at Burimari of Lalmonirhat district. Lalmonirhat was liberated on 6 December 1971.
Marks of War of Liberation Mass grave 8, memorial 7, mass killing site 7.
Population 1088918; male 50.57%, female 49.43%; Muslim 83.2%, Hindu 16.5%, Buddhist 0.01%, Christian 0.13%, ethnic population (Koch, Rajbanshi and Santal) 0.16%.

Literacy and educational institutions Average literacy 66.6%; male 63.9%, female 69.9%. Educational institutions: government college 3, non-government college 18, technical 2, government high school 6, non-government high school 95, junior high school 22, madrasa 75, government primary school 302, non-government primary 293, satellite school 17. Noted old institutions: Lalmonirhat Government High School (1921), Railway Children Park Government High School, Lalmonirhat Government College, Badai Girija Shankar High School (1942), Hatibandha SS High School (1946), Kakina (Kaliganj) Mohima Ranjan Memorial Bilateral High School (1901).
Main occupations Agriculture 50.61%, agricultural labourer 26.05%, wage labourer 3.32%, commerce 7.97%, service 4.1% and others 7.95%.

Locally published newspapers and periodicals Weekly Lalmonirhat Barta, Weekly Janajani; irregular: Lalmonirhat Sahitya Patrika; extinct: Weekly Rangapur Dikprakash (1948, Kaliganj), Monthly Bashana, Chaloman, Daruchini, Chharpatra, Idaning, Aurenna Radan, Bashana (1908, Kaliganj) and Akata.

Cultural organisations Club 175, co operative society 215, public library 2, literary society 12, cinema hall 12, theatre group 15, rural opera party 21, auditorium 7, women's organisation 11, magic party 1.

Religious institutions Mosque 1963, temple 241, church 3, sacred place 11 tomb 2, most noted of which Lalmonirhat Central Jami Mosque, Thanapara Jami Mosque, Bara Dargah at Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila, tomb of Blind Hafez at Barakhata under Hatibandha Upazila, Kali Mandir, Puran Bazar Church, Pateshwari Mandir.
Land use Total cultivable land 91771 hectares, fallow land 3484 hectares; forestry 122 hectares; single crop 23%, double crop 61% and treble crop land 16%; land under irrigation 61%.
Land control Among the peasants 23% are landless, 27% marginal, 25 small, 20% intermediate and 5% rich; cultivable land per head 0.09 hectare.
Value of land The market value of the land of the first grade is Tk 7000 to 12000 per 0.01 hectare.
Main crops Paddy, tobacco, sugarcane, wheat, corn, potato, ground nut, mustard seed, tomato, onion, chilli, radish, cauliflower, cabbage and vegetables.
Extinct and nearly extinct crops Local varieties of aus and aman paddy, jute, china, tisha, futi.
Main fruits Mango. jackfruit, betel nut, litchi, grape fruit, coconut, banana, papaya.
Fisheries, dairies, poultries Hatchery 75, private nursery 29.23 hectares; fishery 635, dairy 16, livestock 139, poultry 194.
Communication facilities Roads: pucca 252.46 km, semi pucca 104.20 km and mud road 2264 km; railways 92 km, rail station 17; waterways 18 nautical mile.
Traditional transport Palanquin (extinct), horse carriage and bullock cart (nearly extinct), and boat.
Manufactories Cold storage 2, flour mill 8, oil mill 3, ice factory 13, saw mill 39, biscuit factory 5, welding 42, toffee factory 2 and husking mill 212.
Cottage industries Handloom 291, goldsmith 53, blacksmith 99, potteries 33, bamboo and cane work 339, wood work 356, tailoring 807.
Hats, bazars and fairs Total number of hats and bazars are 81, fairs 48.
Main exports Paddy, potato, corn, tobacco and, betel nut.
NGO activities grameen bank, brac, proshika, Family Health Clinic, Sabus Chhata, asa, rdrs, Apan Gram Progati (OVA).
Health centres Hospital 7, upazila health complex 4, satellite clinic 13, private clinic 5, diagnostic centre 6, maternity 16, child hospital 1, union health and family planning centre 53.

KURIGRAM DISTRICT

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Subdivisions:
Kurigram District consists of 9 subdivisions:
Kurigram Sadar
Nageshwari
Bhurungamari
Phulbari
Rajarhat
Ulipur
Chilmari
Raumari
Char Rajibpur

Geography:
Kurigram District is located in the north-eastern region of Bangladesh along the border of India. The area of this district is 2,296.10 km² and population is 1,782,277 (2001 national population census). This district is surrounded by Cooch Behar district of India in the north, Gaibandha district of Bangladesh in the south, Assam state of India in the east and, Lalmonirhat and Rangpur districts of Bangladesh in the west. Weather of the Kurigram district is bit different from the middle or southern part of Bangladesh. During summer, temperature is higher and during winter is lower than middle or southern part of Bangladesh. The average maximum temperature is about 32-33 degree Celsius when average minimum temperature is about 10-11 degrees. Heavy rainfall is usually observed during the rainy season like other parts of Bangladesh and the average annual rainfall is about 3000 mm. Several rivers are flowing through the heart of this district. The major rivers are Brahmaputra, Dharla, and Tista with minors are Dudhkumar, Phulkumar, Gangadhar, Jinjiram etc. Three northern subdistricts (namely thana or upazila)of this district (Nageshwari, Bhurungamari, and Phulbari) are recently connected by a beautiful bridge over the Dharla river with the main land of the district.

Kurigram Sadar:
"Sadar" is a Bangla word and its meaning is, a main part of a certain area. So, Kurigram Sadar is the main part of Kurigram district and it is located almost in the center of the district and in the bank of Dharala river. The total area of this main subdistrict is 276.45 km² and the total population is 217,311 (1991 national population census). Beautiful scenery of the bank of the Dharala river near to "Dharla Bridge" and "Old Ferry Port" is the best place to pass leisure with cold river wind in the afternoon of summer. The fantastic view of "Dharla bridge" and sailing boat on the river are also attract the visitors to pass their time with the nature of Dharla river. Bathing in the crystal clear sensibly cool water of Dharla river may be a memorable experience in your life. This main part of Kurigram district is connected with other sub-districts by various transport system when bus is main and most popular transport system among intra-district transport. Cheapest fare and frequent service make it most popular to the peoples of this district. You can easily visit three northern border side (Indian border) districts (Nageswari, Bhurungamari, and Fulbari) connected with main land of Kurigram by Dharla bridge.

Other sub-districts are also conveniently connected with main city of Kurigram by frequently bus service and often train service. The only sub-district Char Rajibpur is still isolated from the main land of this district by Brahmaputra river. You have to use engine boat or ferry to reach there if you really would like to enjoy the life of the peoples live in this island. In addition to this, the main city of Kurigram district is connected with capital city (Dhaka) and other major districts of Bangladesh by day time and over night luxurious buses.

Nageshwari:
Nageshwari subdistrict is one of three northern sub-districts of Kurigram district. It is the located about 22 km far away from the main city of Kurigram and conveniently connected by buses over the recently constructed Dharla bridge. The total area of this sub-district is 415.80 km² and total population is 279,775 (1991 national population census). It is the biggest sub-district among the three northern sub-districts of Kurigram and nicely located with the status of city corporation namely "Pourosova". When you will go to Nageshwari form Kurigram main city, you can enjoy the beautiful green of nature in the both sides of road. Very polite helpful behavior and simplicity of local peoples of Nageshwari will delight you and your visit this place. The main town of Nageswari is conveniently connected with two other northern sub-districts (Bhurungamari and Phulbari) of Kurigram district by bus.

Bhurungamari:
It is most northern sub-district of Kurigram district. The total area of this district is about 236 km² and the total population is 176,822 (1991 national population census). This subdistrict is easily connected with another 2 northern sub-districts and the main part of Kurigram through Nageshwari subdistrict. If you visit the India-Bangladesh border closely located with these sub-districts, you will see the inter country security iron-wire-fences (namely Katatar) between the border of Bangladesh and India. You will also find the "Border Security Force (BSF)" in the part of India and "Bangladesh Rifles (BDR)" in the part of Bangladesh, who are working as a security forces in their respective sites. Kuchbihar is the nearest Indian district from Bhurungamari.

Phulbari:
Phulbari is one of the three northern sub-districts of Kurigram district. The total area of this subdistrict is 163.63 km² and the total number of populations is 129,668 (1991 national population census). It is also closely located in the Indian border of Kuchbihar district and separated by fence from India. Because of it geographical location, it is very close to Kurigram main city but isolated by Dharla river. As Dharla bridge is closely located with the Nageswari district so if some would like to visit Fulbari by using Dharla bridge it will be far away from Kurigram. The most convenient to visit Phulbari by crossing the Dharla river by using very convenient boat or ferry from Kathalbari ferry port, a part of Kurigram main land. Therefore, most of the peoples use this port, rather than Dharla bridge, to visit Fulbari for business and tourism. In addition to these, Fulbari is also closely located with the Lalmonirhat, another northern district of Bangladesh. Therefore peoples from Phulbari can easily go to the main city of both districts for business purpose and can keep their communication with big cities. Although the most of the peoples are dependent on agriculture for their living but many of them are dependent on business.

Rajarhat:
It is the most closest and only western subdistrict of Kurigram. The bus and train are conveniently connected with the main town of Rajarhat from the main city of Kurigram. The total are of this subdistrict is 166.23 km² and the total population is 158,648 (1991 national population census). Because of its closest location and dual transportation systems from the main city of Kurigram, this town has been developed as a business are and many peoples of this subdistrict are depending on business for their living. However, most of the peoples of this subdistrict are dependent on agriculture for their living.

Ulipur:
Ulipur is one of the four southern sub-districts of Kurigram. It is also conveniently connected with the main city of Kurigram by road and rail transport systems. This is the most closest south subdistrict of Kurigram with Kurigram main city. The total area of this subdistrict is 504.19 km² and the total population is 345,205 (1991 national population census). Ulipur town is also conveniently connected with Rajarhar subdistrict by road transport system. The road and rail transport systems from Kurigram main city to Ulipur have further extended to Chilmari, another southern subdistrict of Kurigram. It is the biggest sub-district among all sub-districts of Kurigram and nicely located with the status of city corporation namely "Pourosova".

Chilmari:
Chilmari is geographically located in a beautiful scenic bank of the Tista and Jamuna rivers. It should be noted that Jamuna is one of the most widest and famous out of first three rivers of Bangladesh. Because of this such geographical location and convenient and dual transport systems from the main city of Kurigram, Chilmari has been developed and most important commercial and river port town of Kurigram district. The total area of this subdistrict is 224.97 km² and the total number of population is 100,516 (1991 national population census). As it is adjacently located in the banks of two important rivers of Bangladesh so many peoples of this district are dependent on fishing and business for their living. However, the main profession of most of the peoples are agriculture like most other districts of Bangladesh.

Raumari:
It is geographically located in the eastern side of Chilmari and south-eastern part of Kurigram Sadar and on the bank of local Jinjiram river. However, this subdistrict is isolated from the main land of Kurigram by Jamuna river. The total area of this subdistrict is 197.80 km² and the total number of population is 137,040 (1991 national population census). As it is geographically isolated from the main land of Kurigram therefore water transport system e.g. boat, ferry, is the only way to visit this subdistrict. Because of its poor transport system with the main land of Kurigram, business is not well developed in this subdistrict and therefore most of the peoples are dependent on the agriculture and fishing for their living.

Char Rajibpur:
Char is a Bangla word and it means "island". So, Char Rajibpur is an island subdistrict of Kurigram and located in the most southern part and on the bank of Jamuna river. The total are of this subdistrict is 111.03 km² and the total number of population is 58,049 (1991 national population census). Because of its geographical location and smallest size very few peoples are live in this subdistrict. Only water-based transport system is connected this island subdistrict with the main land of Kurigram. However, this subdistrict is very close to Jamalpur, another district under Dhaka division of Bangladesh. Now only for Govment purpos people go to Kurigram and Good Communication establist from Dhaka ot Rajibpur, Raumari (only 4 hours)

Therefore, Char Rajibpur is the most closest subdistrict of Kurigram with Dhaka, so people are wanted to go Jamalpur under Dhaka division. Now BDR communication existing with Jamalpur and Satelment Offiec of GOB (Rajibpur) serve to north side of Jamalpur(Shandabari, CharAmkhowa, Dhangdhara).

Char Rajibpur and Raumari subdistrict of Kurigram should be include into Jamalpur District or can be a new district include Rajibpur, Raumari and North side of Jamalpur and Division under Dhaka.

This Subdistricts of Kurigram are important communication place of Dhaka to north Bangle with out Jamuna Bridge. This way consume time 2 hours.

Economy:
From the ancient time Kurigram is a land of agriculture. Several agricultural products are the major driving power of the economy of this district such as rice, jute (called the golden fiber of Bangladesh), wheat, tobacco, potato etc. During winter season, when ground water level is usually lower than rainy season, peoples use irrigation system to cultivate several high yielding varies of rice to keep the economy strong of this district. Several cold storage are also adding value to the economy of this district by preserving agricultural products especially potato during the hot summer season.

Food:
Rice and various curry are the common foods of this district like other parts of Bangladesh. Various kinds of fresh water fishes are widely eaten by the peoples of this district rather than meat. These fishes are usually collected from the several rivers flowing through the heart of the district. "KORTI", a white-wide-thin small fish with multiple number of bones are vary popular in this district, like "Ilish" (Hilsha ilisha) in the every parts of Bangladesh. In addition to this, peoples are usually celebrate their various seasons by various kinds of foods. In winter, you can enjoy the taste of sweet natural juice from the date tree.

Education:
There are four levels education system in this district like other parts of Bangladesh. These levels are: 1) Primary - 5 years 2) Secondary - 5 years 3) Higher Secondary - 2 years and 4) Tertiary or University Education - 5 years. Besides Bengali, the native language, English is compulsory at all levels of education. There are lot of primary and secondary schools, and higher secondary college are available in the every part of the district. In addition to this, some kindergarten school and elementary level English schools are mainly available in the main district city and sub-districts towns. For more detail information please visit this link.

Transportation:
Bus is the most cheapest and major transport system of this district. Rail is also conveniently connected with one western (Rajarhat) and two southern sub-districts (Ulipur and Chilmari) of Kurigram. In addition to these, peoples of some other sub-districts e.g. Raumari, Char Rajibpur, and Fulbari usually use boat and ferries to come into the main land of the district by crossing their nearest rivers. Rickshaw is the most convenient and cheaper, but slower, transport system will be seen all over the district. It is one kind of tricycle, driven by one human being, and can easily carry two persons at a time. Inter district and inter subdistrict buses are frequently depart from the Kurigram bus terminal located in he wester part of the city. Train is also well connected with nearest districts e.g. Lalmonirhat, Rangpur but the frequency is quite lower than buses. Super luxurious day and night coaches are available from most of the sub-districts and Kurigram city with the capital city (Dhaka) of Bangladesh.

Climate:
Pleasant climate will be seen all over the year except some heavy rain during the rainy season (June-September) in this district. Although there are some heavy rainfall during the rainy season but water is usually ans quickly flowing to the middle to southern part of Bangladesh as this district is quite higher (appox. 13 meter) from sea level. Summer is embedded with rainy season and quite hot (mostly 30-35o C). As soon as the rainy season is over, winter comes. In winter (October - February) minimum temperature is not less than 5o C and some days are foggy and sun cannot be seen until mid-day during that days. From march weather becomes warm and Spring comes followed by Autumn and our traditional major rice Harvesting season until May. During this period sky will be mostly clear with few floating white clouds and no rains. Winter is also rain free in this district.

Places of interest:
Remnants of a mosque (Mughal period, 1176 AH) at Nayarhat (Rajarhat), remnants of a mosque near Patweshwari Bazar (Mughal period), three domed mosque (Mughal period) at village Majider Par of Thanahat Union (Bhurangamari), Arabic inscription of a mosque (Hussain Shahi period, now preserved at the Rajshahi Barendra Museum), Joymoni Zamindar Bari, Naodanga Zamindar Bari and Mandir (Phulbari), Pangeshwari Mandir and remnants of the Rajbari (Rajarhat), image of Kali at Dasherhat, images of Mangal Chandi, Kamakkha Devi, Laksmi and Sattanarayan in front of the Bhetarbandh Zamindar Bari, Kali Siddheshwari Mandir (Ulipur), two canons of Panga Kingdom (preserved at the BDR Gate).

Kurigram (Town) consists of 9 wards and 107 mahallas. The area of the town is 16.17 sq km. The municipality was established in 1972. The town has a population of 66438; male 51.25% and female 48.75%; population density per sq km 4109. Literacy rate among the town people is 39.9%. The town has two dakbungalows.

Administration Kurigram subdivision was established in 1874 and was turned into a district in 1984. The district consists of 9 upazilas, 2 municipalities, 18 wards, 122 mahallas, 73 union parishads, 647 mouzas, 1907 villages and 14 enclaves. The upazilas are bhurungamari, char rajibpur, chilmari, phulbari, kurigram sadar, nageshwari, rajarhat, raumari and ulipur; the municipality is Kurigram Sadar and Ulipur.

Archaeological heritage and relics Remnants of a mosque (Mughal period, 1176 AH) at Nayarhat (Rajarhat), remnants of a mosque near Patweshwari Bazar (Mughal period), three domed mosque (Mughal period) at village Majider Par of Thanahat Union (Bhurangamari), Arabic inscription of a mosque (Hussain Shahi period, now preserved at the Rajshahi Barendra Museum), Joymoni Zamindar Bari, Naodanga Zamindar Bari and Mandir (Phulbari), Pangeshwari Mandir and remnants of the Rajbari (Rajarhat), image of Kali at Dasherhat, images of Mangal Chandi, Kamakkha Devi, Laksmi and Sattanarayan in front of the Bhetarbandh Zamindar Bari, Kali Siddheshwari Mandir (Ulipur), two canons of Panga Kingdom (preserved at the BDR Gate).

Historical events Devi Chaudharani and Bhabani Pathak revolted against the British. They built their secret hermitages in the deep forests. They conducted many encounters against the British and their collaborators during 1760-1783. Quit-India Movement, Tebhaga Movement and Satyagraha Movement spread over Kurigram. During the War of Liberation Raumari, Rajibpur (except Kodalkati union) and Phulbari upazilas were beyond the reach of the Pak army. Many direct encounters between the Freedom Fighters and the Pak army were held in this district in which about 100 Freedom Fighters were killed.

Marks of the War of Liberation Mass killing site and mass grave: Kurigram food office, Jailkhana Gate, in front of the Bungalow of SP (Kurigram), Chilmari, backyard of the residence of the TNO of Bhurungamari, backyard of the Hospital (Bhurungamari), Ulipur Dakbungalow, Hatia Dagar Kuthi and Dharani Bari Madhupur (Ulipur); about 30-32 human skulls have been discovered from the backside of the residence of Altaf Uddin Compounder of village Baghbhandar under Bhurungamari union; memorial monument at the turn of the Kurigram College; Chandipukur (Nageshwari), memorial plank of martyr freedom fighters (Ghosh Para, Kurigram), a memorial plank with names of 18 freedom Fighters in front of the Ulipur Muktijoddha Office.

Population 1782277; male 49.62%, female 50.38%; Muslim 91.65%, Hindu 7.7% and others 0.65%.

Religious institutions Mosque 3231, temple 199, sacred place 2 and tomb 1, most noted of which are Kurigram Central Jami Mosque, Nageshwari Bus Stand Jami Mosque, Nageshwari Bazar Jami Mosque, Ulipur Shahi Jami Mosque, Chilmari Austami Snan, Madaikhal Kali Mandir and Shree Shree Govinda Jeu Mandir (Ulipur).

Literacy and educational institutions Average literacy 22.3%; male 29.9% and female 14.7%. Educational institutions: government college 3, non-government college 29, commerce college 1, government high school 3, non-government high school 167, junior high school 11, madrasa 464, primary training institute 1, veterinary training institute 1, nursing training institute 1, youth training centre 1, deaf school 1, mentally retarded school 1, government primary school 563, non-government primary school 595, satellite school 12, kindergarten 8 and maktab 155. Noted educational institutions: River View High School (1915), Kurigram Government Boy's High School (1895) and Kurigram Government College (1961), Ulipur Sarnamoye Maharani High School (1868), DM Academy (Nageshwari), Pangarani Lakshmipriya High School (1939), Bhurungamari Pilot High School (1925), Chilmari High School (1933), Jasimia High School (1938, Nageshwari), Naodanga High School (1919, Phulbari), Payardanga Government Primary School (1907, Nageshwari), Raumari Government Primary School (1898), Raumari Keramatia Model Senior Madrassa (1937), Ulipur Government Girl's High School (1909).

Locally published newspapers and periodicals Present: Dainik Kurigram Khabor, Dainik Chaoa Paoa, Weekly Tatha Katha, Weekly Kurigram Barta, Weekly Julfikar, Kalam (Ulipur); extinct: Dainik Kurigram, Banglar Dak, Weekly Dharla; Monthly Pravati, Ganakatha, Ajker Kurigram, Padakkhep (literary magazine), Monthly Ketan, Weekly Uttaran, Fortnightly Sajag, Monthly Betarbani (Nageshwari), Agradut (Raumari).

Natore district

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Most part of Natore district is plain land. Chalan Beel, the largest beel in Bangladesh is in part of Natore district.
Natore District (Rajshahi division) with an area of 1896.05 km², is bounded by Naogaon and Bogra districts on the north, pabna and kushtia districts on the south, Pabna and sirajganj districts on the east, rajshahi district on the west. Average annual temperature: maximum 37.8°C, minimum 11.2°C; annual rainfall 1862 mm. Rivers: 10 most noted of which are Atrai, Baral, Narod, Nandakunja; Chalan Beel is notable.
Demography & Education
Population: 1521359; male 50.86%, female 49.14%; Muslim 90.47%, Hindu 8.47%, Christian 0.61% and others 0.45%; ethnic national: Santal.
Religious institutions: Mosque 1946, temple 216, church 12.
Literacy Rate: Average literacy 27%; male 33% and female 20.5%. Educational institutions: government college 5, non-government college 17, government high school 3, non-government high school 206, government primary school 407, non-government primary school 281, madrasa 30, teacher's training college 1, nursing institution 1.
Other information
Communication facilities: Roads: pucca 236.04 km, semi pucca 35 km and mud road 1703.85; railways 64 km.
Cultural organisations Club 285, public library 10, cinema hall 18.
Newspapers: Locally published newspapers and periodicals Dainik Uttar Bangabarta, Dainik Uttarpath, weekly Natore Barta.
Traditional transport: Palanquin, horse carriage, bullock cart, buffalo cart. These means of transport are either extinct or nearly extinct.
NGO activities Operationally important NGOs are brBRACac, CARE, grameen bank, ITCL, thengamara mahila sabuj sangha, etc.
Health centres District hospital 1, upazila health complex 5, TB hospital 1, diabetic hospital 1, mission hospital 1, maternity and child care centre 12, family planning centre 27

RAJSHAHI DIVISION

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Rajshahi Division: Bogra · Dinajpur · Gaibandha · Jaipurhat · Kurigram · Lalmonirhat · Naogaon · Natore · Nawabganj · Nilphamari · Pabna · Panchagarh · Rajshahi · Rangpur · Sirajganj · Thakurgaon

Rajshahi Division is one of the six administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has a population of almost 30 million and area of about 34513 km²[1]. Rajshahi division consists of 16 districts, 128 Upazilas (the next lower administrative tier) and 1,092 Unions (the lowest administrative tier). This division is characterized by its cheap labour force. It has an excellent rail and road communication infrastructure. The divisional city Rajshahi is only four hours road journey away from Dhaka, the capital city. Besides, the two airports in this division take only 30-40 minutes to communicate with Dhaka.

Districts of Rajshahi

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Bogra is a northern district of Bangladesh, in the Rajshahi Division. It is called the gateway to the north Bengal. It is an industrial city where many small and mid sized industries are housed. Bogra District was a part of the ancient Pundravardhana territory and Bogra was the capital of Pundravardhana. Bogra is famous for its historical values with Pundravardhana as former capital, which is now known as Mahasthangarh. Bogra Cantonment is located in Bogra District.

RESULT PUBLICATION TROUBLE

2008-06-26T15:42:00.015+06:00

When I was trying for get the SSC Results I fall in problem. I think something wrong! As a country connected with Information Super Highway, it is not accepted. So, Ministry of Education, Bangladesh,
Intermediate and Secondary Education Boards, Bangladesh should try to solve it.

S.S.C RESULT-2008:

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Intermediate and Secondary Education Boards, Bangladesh, S.S.C. 2008 Result Publication:
http://www.educationboard.gov.bd/

JAIPURHAT

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Economy
Jaipurhat's economy is mainly based on seasonal crops like onions etc. It also produces a huge amount of sugarcane and it holds the country's largest sugar-mill.

Places of interest
jamalganj is situated 10 KM(approx)south west of Jaipurhat. And PAHAR PUR(Buddhist Bihar), largely known as SOMEPUR BIHAR, is situated just 6 KM(approx)north-west of Jamalganj which is symbol of our past legacy of our knowledge on philosophy, architecture, arts and sculptures. Thousands of tourist visit from everywhere in the world. Jamalganj is mainly famous for its long traditional bazaar (in English market) fore surrounded places. It's very famous for agricultural products like banana, paddy, rice, wheat, potato and many more. Also famous for its mine like coal (bituminous) and cement.

GAIBANDHA

2008-06-26T15:42:00.008+06:00

GAIBANDHA

Subdivisions
Gaibandha District is divided into 7 upazilas/thanas, which are further divided into 82 union parishads, and 1244 villages. The upazilas/thanas of the district are Fulchhari, Gaibandha sadar, Gobindaganj, Palashbari, Sadullapur, Sughatta, and Sundarganj. It also has 3 municipalities, which have a total of 18 wards and 56 mahallas. The municipalities are Gaibandha Sadar, Gobindaganj and Sundarganj.

Demographics
The total population of the district, according to a 2003 estimate [1], is 2,117,959. Out of that, males constitute 50.26% and females 49.74%. In terms of religion, 91.29% are Muslims, 7.79% are Hindus, 0.22% are Christians, 0.13% are Buddhists and others 0.57%.

History
Archaeological heritage and relics in this district include Vardhan Kuthi, Gobindaganj (17th century), house of Naldanga Zamindar along with its Shiva Linga made of black basalt, Vrisa Mandir of white stone and a large pond, Mosque of Shah Sultan Gazi at Mirer Bagan (1308), house of Bamandanga Zamindar, Mosque at Jamalpur, large pond at Faridpur, Masta Mosque at Gobindaganj.

Historical events This region was a part of the Mourya, Pala, Gupta and Kamarupa kingdoms at different times. Movement was held in 1783 in this district against collection of excess taxes. Anti British movement (1921) and tebhaga movement (1946) were initiated in the district. Fayezuddin and Puti Sheikh were killed by Police firing in 1949 in a movement to stop collection of tolls at hats and bazars. A Peasant Convention was held at Fulchhari in 1956 under the leadership of maulana abdul hamid khan bhasani.

DINAJPUR

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Subdivisions:
Sub-districts or Upazilas are Birampur Upazila, Birganj, Biral Upazila, Bochaganj Upazila, Chirirbandar Upazila, Phulbari Upazila, Ghoraghat Upazila, Hakimpur Upazila, Kaharole Upazila, Khansama Upazila, Dinajpur Sadar Upazila, Nawabganj, Parbatipur Upazila.

Economy:
The economy of Dinajpur mainly depends upon agriculture based production. Dinajpur is famous for rice production. 'Katharivog' rice is the best produced rice in Bangladesh. Dinajpur is also rich with wheat production. A huge percentage of people from Dinajpur depends upon agri based products. The main industry also includes rice processing mills. However, Dinajpur is highly rich with natural resources like coal. The coal of Boropukuria Coal Mine is empowering a 250MW power generation plant. More sites are discovered to have coal. Asia Energy PLC is a new company,without any history of previous mining experience, quoted in the London Alternative Investment Market, set up to exploit open cast coal mining opportunities in the Phulbari region of Dinajpur.

Education:
Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University[3] is a government financed public university of Bangladesh is situated at 5 km away from Dinajpur main. It serves as the premier institution of science and technology in northern part of the country. There is also Dinajpur Govt University College[4]. Dinajpur has a govt. medical college which is one of the 14 govt funded medical college in Bangladesh. Dinajpur also has got the second BKSP(Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan) in Bangladesh. It also has a polytechnical institutes.

BANGLADESH

2008-06-23T22:10:00.002+06:00

Bangladesher ki obostha/oboshta?

Hey,
Bangladesh ekhon khub-e valo ache. jehetu sorbokaler sorbosreshtho Tottabodhayok sorker ekhon desh porichalonay. tobe aar kotodin ei obostha thakbe janina. karon, kew kew naki abar sei bebosha shuru korte jachche.

shujug o shomoy shob shomoy ashe na. jara aage shujug peyeche tara jayga mato ache. aar jara payni tara ekhon matte nambe. maathe neme tather ektai uddeshow thakbe aaro shukowshole agano.

miserable days

2008-06-23T07:35:00.001+06:00

32 jobseekers end up in KL camp
Pass miserable days with hardly any water, food
Unb, Dhaka

At least 32 Bangladeshi workers are facing acute water and food crises for last five days at a camp near Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

They were sent to the camp on arrival on June 18 as nobody showed up for them at the airport.

No representative from the Malaysian agency Swas Link or the Bangladeshi recruiting agency Shikha Trade International (RL-328) went to the airport to see them, alleged the relatives of the stranded people.

When worried relations contacted the local agency, they claimed that they have been providing all kinds of assistance, including food and water, to the stranded.

But the fact is that the workers are already fasting as they have run out of food and water.

One of the workers, who flew to Kula Lumpur spending Tk 1,80,000, told UNB over the phone that they did not even know what their fault is.

"We've already run out of food, water and money: if nobody comes for our rescue, we'll not survive in the depot as we don't have money to buy food," he said.

Another worker said, "After waiting for more than 10 months after giving them money, the recruiting agency has now sent us to a hell where nobody helps us out.”

Hint:
http://www.thedailystar.net

2008-06-23T07:34:00.000+06:00

Security to be upped during local govt polls
Staff Correspondent

Police will beef up security steps ahead of the local elections scheduled for August 4.

“Holding the local body polls is a government decision and we'll stick to it and prepare ourselves accordingly,” Inspector General of Police (IGP) Nur Mohammad told reporters yesterday after a meeting with LGRD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal at the latter's office.

Asked to comment on the possibility of a confrontation following the four-party alliance's threat to resist the polls, he said, “We don't see any such possibility yet.”

Expressing satisfaction over existing law and order in the country, the IGP said that police would take up a three-phase security plan for period before, during and after the elections.

Appropriate security measures will be put in place 15 to 20 days before the polls day and follow-up steps will be taken on the basis of intelligence reports and effectiveness of the primary measures taken, the IGP explained.

“Although the local body elections are non-political, we will be taking extra measures,” he added.

2008-06-23T07:28:00.000+06:00

Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW

Monday, June 23, 2008 07:05 AM GMT+06:00

City Polls Candidates
Personal details to be on EC website
Staff Correspondent

Commission (EC) ensure public access to information about candidates in the August 4 polls to four city corporations and nine municipalities.

Applicants seeking candidacy must submit affidavits of personal information to returning officers (RO) during filing of the applications including details of their wealth, sources of income, backgrounds, and records of criminal cases if any existed in the past, officials in the EC Secretariat said adding that voters will have access to those information.

The EC will post the personal information of the selected candidates on its website for public viewing after July 13, the deadline for withdrawing candidacies, senior officials in the EC Secretariat said.

All contesting candidates will have to submit their election expenditure reports to the ROs within 30 days of the polling day.

The ROs will preserve all documents pertaining to the polls in their offices or in any other appropriate place, and the documents will be accessible to public for a year in exchange for a certain amount of fees. People will also be able to obtain copies of the poll expenditure reports submitted by the candidates.

The EC officials said the new system will help voters in making informed decisions about who they will vote into their local government offices.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda on Friday, while announcing the election schedule for the four city corporations and nine municipalities, said the new election rules will encourage honest and competent people to contest in the polls.

The new laws also allow appeals challenging selections of candidates as well as rejections of applicants. The appellate authorities will settle the appeals, but those have to be filed within two days of the selections or rejections.

The immediate past electoral laws allowed appeals only against rejections.

The EC officials said similar provisions for public access to information about candidates might also be incorporated in the rules for polls to union and upazila parishads.

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Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) demolishes an illegal structure near Rampura Bridge in the city yesterday as part of the Hatirjheel canal development project. Photo: STAR

2008-06-23T07:22:00.000+06:00

Monday, June 23, 2008 07:09 AM GMT+06:00

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Haj orientation from June 26

Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM) will arrange a three-day orientation camp for interested persons who wish to perform haj, says a press release.

The orientation will be started on June 26 at Dhaka Ahsania Mission Bhaban auditorium.

Interested persons are requested to contact with Md Ismail Mia (01552-410049; 01711-825057) and Ahsanul Karim (01720-336095) for registration.

NEW COUNTRY

2008-06-23T07:20:00.000+06:00

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A new Bangladesh
M A Quader, Dhaka

In 1971, a new country was created and in the past 36 years its people have struggled to build a prosperous society.

With so much uncertainly, its people, from all walks of life, dispersed around the world. In early 2007, a change took place and now it is time for everyone to come home. It is now time for Bangladesh to take its place on the world stage.

The government is headed by Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed. His associates and heads of various government organisations have committed themselves to bringing about positive changes. These individuals are working to improve the environment, the educational system and other social programmes.

After 16 months of their continuous hard work, the government has effected visible changes in the way Bangladesh is run. These changes, promoted aggressively, have produced the desired results.

In all emerging countries, corruption has always proved to be a stumbling block to prosperity. This situation is changing in Bangladesh. There is a renewed hope among the ordinary citizens. There is a sense of a re-energized Bangladesh, poised to become a new 'Asian Tiger.'

It is my considered opinion that there are lots of people wanting to and waiting to invest money in Bangladesh but they are holding themselves back until a better business environment is created. That time has arrived.

To their credit, the present government has attempted to address the issue of maximizing food production in response to the food shortages that are occurring in Bangladesh, and around the world. We must encourage the government.

Bangladesh can succeed if it follows the path of strong and efficient operating management and fiscal efficiency while continuing to support the policies that have been implemented. With these measures in place, Bangladesh can take its place on the world stage as the newest 'Asian Tiger'.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

2008-06-22T11:44:00.004+06:00

Sunday, June 22, 2008 11:42 AM GMT+06:00

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Mission impossible?
Anam A. Choudhury

No one wants to go back to the bad old days. Photo: Munir uz Zaman/ Drik News
MOST political observers reckon that Bangladesh may have plunged into yet another period of political uncertainty. It is probably naive to expect that the present caretaker government will be able to put an end to these long periods of political deadlock very easily. However, with the departure of Sheikh Hasina and the expected release of Begum Zia and her two sons, perhaps there is a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel.

Some may attack the caretaker regime for flip-flops, but an overwhelming majority may approve of "constructive engagement" with the two major parties, so that we can finally have an agreement that will make our elections conform to modern democratic practices, and their results will be accepted without the rancorous disputes we normally see in our country. Bangladesh needs to move beyond the corruption scandal. But before it does, the people have to know exactly what happened, regardless of the precise legality of each case.

The last thing this impoverished country needs now is another period of political turmoil and economic chaos. The horror of political turmoil is that those who suffer most are those who deserve to suffer least. Some economic observers, long mystified by Bangladesh's ability to live beyond its means and postpone what they see as an unavoidable economic crisis, think that the country might be finally running out of luck.

Skyrocketing food and fuel prices have already sparked protests in many countries. Naturally, Bangladesh will be one of the hardest hit countries, because the bulk of the income of the people is spent on the bare necessities for survival.

Doubling of food and fuel prices over the past three years could potentially push millions of people into extreme poverty. World Bank president Robert Zoellick and IMF head Dominique Strauss voiced concern and fear that soaring grain and fuel prices could cause global instability unless remedies were found quickly. There is no lasting solution to our economic backwardness without rapid and sustained economic growth.

It is a widely held view that political stability is sine qua non for long-term peace and prosperity. Chronic political instability is a big obstacle to injecting fresh vitality into our economy. Most economists reckon that Bangladesh's "speculative" rating is a major disqualification for FDI. International rating agencies, such as Standard & Poor's and Moody's are yet to acknowledge that Bangladesh is worth investing in.

Unless rating agencies raise the country's rating from "speculative" to "investment grade," Bangladesh will not be able to attract much needed investment in development projects such as highways, ports, education and health care. Countries such as South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand, which have invested substantially in literacy and public health, have outperformed their neighbours economically. Sovereign rating on Bangladesh will remain beyond reach because of the country's weak fiscal profile -- such as high levels of external debt, unacceptably large trade deficit and huge public sector borrowing requirement.

Make no mistake, capital is not sympathetic to countries that tax too much, borrow too much and spend too much. Studies have found that there are lots of things these days that naive politicians and bureaucrats should not be doing. For example, printing money to finance reckless borrowing, raising taxes so high as to discourage enterprise and investment, and introducing or preserving regulations that impose high costs on business and distort economic decisions. Bangladesh's future depends on its increasing integration into regional and global economies. Unfortunately, Bangladesh is still in a state of dangerous political disarray.

People wonder whether we can save our democracy from the viciously confrontational two-party politics. The eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth politics of the last few years was a national embarrassment, except that perhaps no politician felt embarrassed. They are virtually unrepentant about their obscene political past and the countless allegations of bribery and corruption. The traditional politics of left and right, at least in terms of class and economics, is obsolescent in many countries. Sadly enough, in Bangladesh old politics are very much well and alive. Party loyalties, based on old class and religious identities, still matter most.

Millions of Bangladeshis in cities and suburbs view voting for anyone other than the BNP and the Awami League as more or less unthinkable. In our county, politics is still dominated by change-resistant dynasties, which limits voter choice. The majority of voters are generally ignorant of the specific policies of the party they support. Issues and policies just do not matter when it comes to voting. Long established party identifications come first. Our maverick politicians are well aware of the fact that elections are about the victory of one party over another, and the bottom line is that, in Bangladesh, it is either the BNP or the Awami League. Consequently, both the major parties campaign themes are simply winning the election and ousting the present caretaker government.

They have not worked out exactly how they will address deep-rooted economic and political problems that the country faces today. They look incapable of dealing with the daunting economic and social problems of today's world. Western powers demand democracy. One wonders why. The notion that elections will magically cure all our economic and political ills is a mistaken one. The origins of economic and political problems are more complex than a simple lack of democracy. Many liberal intellectuals and academics misunderstand the nature of our political problem. The man in the street evinces no faith in democracy anymore. People do not want to go back to the old days.

They were really horrified by the upsurge of crime and rampant corruption. It made us squirm to think how badly politicians had messed up the politics of this country in the name of democracy. Does democracy curb corruption? The answer is simply no. By almost all calculations, most corruption and scandals take place in democracies. Transparency International, a global counter-corruption watchdog estimated that light-fingered politicians and bureaucrats cream off at least 20 percent of development spending in democracies like Nigeria, Indonesia, Bangladesh and India.

Can democracy destroy terrorism? Again the answer is, no. Most terrorist attacks take place in democracies, not authoritarian countries. According to one study, during the last 25 years, there were more than 400 terrorist attacks in India and only 18 in China.

The majority believes that the caretaker government is seeking to strengthen our democracy and restore a sense of values to this confused nation, but skeptics smell a hidden political agenda behind this. There are ample signs that many people are disenchanted with "democracy" as practiced in recent years in Bangladesh. Surely they do not want shrewd political opportunists seizing the chance again.

We cannot keep doing what we are doing now, particularly in the current economic climate. The forthcoming election will be a turning point, whether we go forward or slip back. Let us resolve our differences and work together to realise our cherished dreams.

Anam A. Choudhury is a former investment banker.

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EMERGENCY RELAXED

2008-06-20T15:02:00.006+06:00

Emergency set to be relaxed from today:
Campaigning ahead of local poll allowed

The government has finalised its 'amendment' of emergency Power Rules to allow Campaigning ahead of the local elections, an Adviser said yesterday.

The Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman told reporters: "Campaigning will be allowed in the applicable local poll areas from the day of announcement of the schedule to the day of voting."

"The government has finalised the amendment of the emergency powers rules allowing rallies, meetings and other campaigning ahead of the local government polls," he said, after a dialogue session with Bangladesh Khilafat Majlish at the Chief Adviser's Office:

The adviser declined to reply, however, when asked when the state of emergency would be wholly lifted.

He said the government was still acting to send former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and her sons abroad for better medical treatment.

"The government is closely examining the legal procedures and treatment arrangements to send them abroad," said Hossain Zillur.

Speaking of the dialogue process, he said: "In the 15 dialogue sessions that have taken place so far, we have seen that the political parties are agreed on one issue - a consensus for the nation's sake."

"Four areas have been identified for consensus through dialogue, including an improvement of political culture. Most have also asked to eliminate violence. Many people are concerned about the post-election stability. Many parties proposed strengthening grassroots and local government institutions."

"They have also talked about a balance between the implementation of constitutional and institutional powers," said the adviser.

"Apart from these, there are some sensitive issues over which there is some disagreement. All parties must nevertheless proceed with the responsibility of reaching a consensus on these matters also," he said.

The chief adviser will join a regional dialogue session on June 28 in Chittagong, Zillur said. "Regional dialogues will also be held in Khulna and Sylhet. And we have plans to hold dialogues in Rajshahi and Rangpur too."

The adviser said the government dialogue with Awami League might be held by June 30. "The schedule will be fixed in a few days," he said.

On the demand of some political parties to hold elections in October instead of December, he said: "This is the responsibility of the Election Commission. The election cannot be held without finalising the voter lists across the country."

On participation of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami in the dialogue, Zillur said: "The parties have already been invited. We are continuing our efforts to bring them to the dialogue. We hope to get lists of their delegates soon."

Secretary general of Bangladesh Khilafat Majlish, Maolana Yusuf Ashraf said his party had placed a 21-point charter of demands to the government in their dialogue session.

The demands include lifting the state of emergency, holding elections in October instead of December and halting the redrawing of electoral constituencies. "The Hajj and Eid-ul-Azha will fall between Dec 7 and Dec 10 this year. Many people will be outside the country that time. They may not be able to reach home in time for the third week of December. So we have asked for elections to be held in October," he said.
Bdnews24.com, Dhaka
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CHITTAGONG DIVISION

2008-06-17T20:11:00.013+06:00

Bandarban, Brahmanbaria, Chandpur, Chittagong, Comilla, Cox's Bazar, Feni,Khagrachhari, Lakshmipur, Noakhali, Rangamati.

LAKSHMIPUR

COX'S BAZAR

NOAKHALI

BRAHMANBARIA

CHANDPUR

COMILLA

FENI

RANGAMATI

CHITTAGONG

Chittagong Division(11):
Bandarban, Brahmanbaria, Chandpur, Chittagong, Comilla, Cox's Bazar, Feni,Khagrachhari, Lakshmipur, Noakhali, Rangamati.

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CAPITAL BARRICADED

2008-06-17T19:59:00.003+06:00

Fulbaria erupts into violent protests
15 shopping centres closed, roads barricaded for hours over death of a salesman

Salesmen of Bangabazar shops in the capital barricaded the nearby Fulbaria intersection yesterday over the alleged killing of a salesman by his employer. Photo: SK Enamul Haq
Alleged killing of a salesman by his employer sparked violent protests and closure of at least 15 shopping centres yesterday in Fulbaria area in the capital.
The salesman, Aminur Rahman Rana, 35, an employee of SK Traders in Bangabazar market, died Sunday night after he had finished work and gone home.
Kamal Hossain, one of the owners of SK Traders, is said to have beaten up Rana earlier in the evening the same day.
At around 11:30 yesterday morning, agitated over the news of Rana's death, several hundred employees from different shopping centres in Fulbaria area poured in to the street and staged demonstrations in the area for hours.
As the workers barricaded the streets and shouted slogans demanding immediate arrest and punishment of Rana's killer, the surrounding streets witnessed a massive gridlock for at least a couple of hours.
A large contingent of police took position in the area and tried to calm the agitators. Police finally used force to disperse the agitators at around 2:00pm.
Elder brother of the deceased, Afsar Ali, said, "My brother threw up after coming home in the evening. At one stage he asked us to take him to the hospital and he died on the way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital."
Afsar however said until yesterday morning, he was unaware that Rana's employer had beaten him the day before. They already buried Rana at Azimpur cemetery in the morning, he added.
A relative of Kamal Hossain, who owns six stores in the area and employs over 30 workers, said Kamal only slapped Rana on the day of the incident as he did not show up for work for a week without prior notice. Rana started working for Kamal six months ago and skipped work for over a total of two months on different occasions, he added.
One of Rana's co-workers told The Daily Star requesting anonymity, "We were stunned to find out that Rana had died due to the beating."
Police said Rana's brother filed a murder case with Shahbagh Police Station accusing Kamal Hossain, his business partner Khandaker Sirajuddin and a few others late last night, but no one was arrested till filing of this report early this morning.
Rana’s body is scheduled to be exhumed today for an autopsy to confirm the cause of death, police said.

Collected News Update

2008-06-17T14:39:00.002+06:00

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European researchers said on Monday they discovered a batch of three "super-Earths" orbiting a nearby star, and two other solar systems with small planets as well.
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They said their findings, presented at a conference in France, suggest that Earth-like planets may be very common.
"Does every single star harbor planets and, if yes, how many?" asked Michel Mayor of Switzerland's Geneva Observatory. "We may not yet know the answer but we are making huge progress towards it," Mayor said in a statement.
The trio of planets orbit a star slightly less massive than our Sun, 42 light-years away towards the southern Doradus and Pictor constellations. A light-year is the distance light can travel in one year at a speed of 186,000 miles a second, or about 6 trillion miles.
The planets are bigger than Earth -- one is 4.2 times the mass, one is 6.7 times and the third is 9.4 times.
They orbit their star at extremely rapid speeds -- one whizzing around in just four days, compared with Earth's 365 days, one taking 10 days and the slowest taking 20 days.
Mayor and colleagues used the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher or HARPS, a telescope at La Silla observatory in Chile, to find the planets.
More than 270 so-called exoplanets have been found. Most are giants, resembling Jupiter or Saturn. Smaller planets closer to the size of Earth are far more difficult to spot.
None can be imaged directly at such distances but can be spotted indirectly using radio waves or, in the case of HARPS, spectrographic measurements. As a planet orbits, it makes the star wobble very slightly and this can be measured.
"With the advent of much more precise instruments such as the HARPS spectrograph ... we can now discover smaller planets, with masses between 2 and 10 times the Earth's mass," said Stephane Udry, who also worked on the study.
The team also said they found a planet 7.5 times the mass of Earth orbiting the star HD 181433 in 9.5 days. This star also has a Jupiter-like planet that orbits every three years.
Another solar system has a planet 22 times the mass of Earth, orbiting every four days, and a Saturn-like planet with a 3-year period.
"Clearly these planets are only the tip of the iceberg," said Mayor.
"The analysis of all the stars studied with HARPS shows that about one third of all solar-like stars have either super-Earth or Neptune-like planets with orbital periods shorter than 50 days."
(Reporting by Maggie Fox; Editing by John O'Callaghan)

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2008-06-17T14:28:00.001+06:00

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M.C. College, Sylhet

2008-06-16T23:48:00.000+06:00

Murari Chand College, Sylhet

Murari Chand College (usually referred as M C College) is a college Under Bangladesh National University, was the first college of Sylhet. It was established in 1892. It has been playing important role in the educational, cultural, political sphere of greater Sylhet.
M C College was established in 1892 by a local noble person called Raja Girish Chandra Roy. The college was named after his maternal grandfather Murari Chand. It was located beside the present Raja G C School. At the beginning it was a proprietary college. Raja himself used to fund the expenses of the college. From 1892 to 1908 (16 years) until the death of the Raja it remained proprietary.
But in 1908 right after the death of the Raja the college had to apply for government help. Then it become an 'aided' college. For four years it remained 'aided'.
In 1912 the college become fully government administered and was considered as an affiliated college of the University of Calcutta.
In 1925 the college moved to its current campus at Thackarey Hills (now Tilagarh).
In 1942 the Golden Jubilee of the college was observed by the publishing of the Murari Chand College Golden Jubilee Volume.
There are two individual hostels for boys and girls which provide accommodation for the students from distant places.The boys hostel consists of six blocks.

Address:
MC College,
Tilagarh,
Sylhet, Bangladesh.

SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY

2008-06-16T17:32:00.010+06:00

1. Ladies Hall
2. Central Library Building at SUST
3. Front View Of Academic Building "A"
4. Language Movement Monument

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, commonly known with its initials SUST, is a state-supported science and tecnology university located in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Established in 1987, it is the first science and technology university in Bangladesh.The university started its academic programme from 14 February, 1991 with three departments: physics, chemistry and economics.

The university introduced the integrated honors course for the first time in Bangladesh and recently it has introduced the semester system from the 1996-97 session. Every year the existing systems are improved, new departments are opened and hoping that within a few years the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology will be one of the finest institutions of this country. It is the largest University in Sylhet Division.

The first convocation of SUST was held on the 29th April, 1998 and the second convocation of the university was held on the 6th December, 2007.

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology(SUST)has an extensive core curriculum required of all undergraduates.Shahjalal University of Science and Technology(SUST) adopted American course credit systems for all departments prior to most of the universities in Bangladesh.The syllabus are always updated frequently to maintain the global standard of education. CSE Society also organizes several workshops for the CSE students of this country.

Location:
The campus is located in Kumargaon,
approximately five kilometers away from Sylhet.

RAMAKRISHNA MISSION SYLHET

2008-06-16T03:31:00.007+06:00

Kumari Puja
(It is believe that Debi Durga remains on innocent Virgins)

Ramkrishna Mission and Moht
Ramkrishna Mission of Sylhet stands on the center point of Naior Pull Point, Mira Bazar, Sylhet.
Address of nearest Hotel:
Hotel Anurag Ltd.
Dhopa Dighir Uttor Par,
Jail Road, Sylhet,
Bangladesh

LAND AND ECONOMY OF SYLHET

2008-06-15T19:56:00.002+06:00

Tea garden worker
Sylhet region has most of the Tea gardens of Bangladesh. The city is noted for its picturesque rolling hills, such as the Jaintia and Khasia hills. Sylhet is also famed for its tea gardens, pineapple gardens and orange gardens most notably those in the Moulvibazar area.

M.A.G. Osmani

2008-06-15T19:47:00.004+06:00

Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani
Born 1 September 1918
Sunamganj, Sylhet, Bangladesh (then part of India) Died 16 February 1984 Nationality Bangladeshi Occupation General and Supreme Commander of the Bangladesh Armed Forces and Mukti Bahini.
Muhammad Ataul Gani Osmani, better known as General M.A.G. Osmani was the Supreme Commander of the Mukti Bahini and Bangladesh Armed Forces (Bangladesh Shena Bahini) during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Dargah-e-Shah Jalal (Tomb)

2008-06-15T19:35:00.006+06:00

Dargah-e-Shah Jalal
The Shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal: Sylhet had been the believers' destination down the ages. Consecrated by the great Muslim Saint, Hazrat Shah Jalal (R.A.) is said to have brought the message of Islam to the region. At a short distance lies shrine of another great saint Hazrat Shah Paran (R.A.), who is said to be a nephew of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R.A.).
Location: Dargah Gate,
Amborkhana,
Sylhet, Bangladesh.

SYLHET DIVISION

2008-06-15T19:23:00.002+06:00

Sylhet Division: Habiganj • Maulvibazar • Sunamganj • Sylhet
Sylhet (Srihatta) division is the Northeastern division (bibhag) of Bangladesh, named after its main city, Sylhet. It is bounded by Meghalaya State of India on the north, Tripura State on the south, Assam State of India on the east and Dhaka and Chittagong divisions on the west.
Sylhet (Sylheti: Silôţ Bengali: Sileţ), previously Shilhat, Sreehatta, and Jalalabad, is a major city in north-eastern Bangladesh. It is the capital of Sylhet Division and Sylhet District. Located on the northern bank of the Surma River and surrounded by the Jaintia, Khasi and Tripura hills, Sylhet is nestled among picturesque tea plantations and lush green tropical forests.