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Sirajganj (Bangladesh)

Type: City

Name: Sirajganj (Bangladesh)

Country: Bangladesh

Latitude: 24.459999

Longitude: 89.699997

population: 167,501

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

2 DB police held while carjacking

Extortions, robbery in highway on rise. Mamunur RashidHighway Police appear almost lethargic to their duties; an opportunity for the highway robbers to snatch consignment from the trucks and pick-up vans, committing robbery in the passenger buses if necessary ... [Published The New Nation - May 17 2013]

Entities: Carjacking, Police, Robbery, Extortion

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Plan to set up 5 more marine institutes

Government is going to establish five more institutes of Marine Technology at a cost of Tk 192.37 crore with a view to meet the demand of local and overseas manpower in marine vessel operation, maintenance and production of local and sea going ships.The ... [Published The New Nation - May 13 2013]

Entities: Faridpur (Bangladesh), Shipbuilding, Chandpur (Bangladesh), Munshiganj (Bangladesh), Sirajganj (Bangladesh)

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Chinese firm gets US$75m unsolicited contract from Bangladesh

Bangladesh’s state-owned North West Power Generation Company (NWPGC) has awarded an unsolicited US$75 million contract to a Chinese company to increase the production capacity of an under-construction power project in Sirajganj.The China National Machinery ... [Published Asia News Network - May 13 2013]

Entities: Sirajganj (Bangladesh), Bangladesh, Bhola (Bangladesh), Abul Hossain, Power Plant

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Milk Vita reshuffles 28 staff to cut graft

The authorities of state-run cooperative dairy, Milk Vita, have transferred its 28 employees, including seven officers, to its different plants in past week to prevent corruption and anomalies at the company, said a press release.With this transfer, a ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 12 2013]

Entities: Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, Sirajganj (Bangladesh), Corruption

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Jamaat's hartal Sunday

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islam on Thursday called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Sunday in protest at International Crime Tribunal’s awarding death sentence to its assistant secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman.The International Crimes Tribunal-2 ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 09 2013]

Entities: Verdict, Rajshahi, Bomb, Pabna (Bangladesh), Sirajganj (Bangladesh)

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

United Nations

DORP wins UN award

Development Organisation of the Rural Poor (DORP), a non-government organization, won the 'Water for Life' award from the UN World Water Assessment Programme Unit for its outstanding contribution in water and sanitation sector in rural Bangladesh.DORP ... [Published The New Nation - May 09 2013]

Entities: United Nations, Sanitation, Lakshmipur (Bangladesh), Barguna (Bangladesh)

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Sheikh Hasina

PM for worldwide translation of creative Bengali literatures

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday emphasized on worldwide translation of creative Bengali literatures for the readers of other languages and cultures across the globe.She gave the emphasis while inaugurating a function at Osmani Memorial Auditorium ... [Published The New Nation - May 08 2013]

Entities: Rabindranath Tagore, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Transport strike on in 7 northern districts

Long-route bus owners and workers are observing indefinite transport strikes in seven districts of Khulna and Rangpur divisions demanding immediate withdrawal of all kinds of human haulers from highways and roads.Meanwhile, Hefajat-e-Islam activists termed ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 04 2013]

Entities: Khulna, Transportation, Sirajganj (Bangladesh), Rangpur (Bangladesh), New Age

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

Bangladeshi NGO wins UN award

Water For LifeWater is the most important part of our environment. Had there been no water, there wouldn’t have been any life on the planet. But judicious use of such precious element as prudence demands has not been maintained. To the extent that experts ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 04 2013]

Entities: United Nations, Barguna (Bangladesh), Sirajganj (Bangladesh)

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Cranes used in 2nd phase Savar rescue operations

Dhaka, Apr 29: The second phase of the rescue operations in Savar began on Sunday morning. This phase involves the use of heavy equipment to dislodge the rubble of Rana Plaza, the eight-storey building which collapsed on Wednesday. The deployment of ... [Published News From Bangladesh - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Workers, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Pabna (Bangladesh), Sirajganj (Bangladesh)

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Three killed in Sirajganj road mishap

United News of Bangladesh . SirajganjThree people were killed and five others injured as an ambulance rammed a tank lorry near Baghabari port in Shahjadpur upazila on Bogra-Nagarbari road on Sunday morning.The deceased were Lokman,24, Tajul Islam,50 of ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Sirajganj (Bangladesh), Shahjadpur (Bangladesh), Madaripur (Bangladesh), Relativity

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

WFP helps to ensure food security for 30,000 poor women

(BSS) - About 30,000 poor women were able to come out from extreme poverty through increasing their income under a project on food security for the extreme poor approved by the European Union (EU) in the last three years.Under the project, the poor women ... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: UN World Food Programme, Food Security, European Union, Hossain Zillur Rahman, William Hannah

Quotes

"Businessmen have been frustrated at the deterioration of law and order on the highway. Truck owners say nearly 250 to 300 vehicles carry about 9,000 tonnes of rods by the Dhaka-Chittagong highway every day. They need security of life and consignments."

2 DB police held while carjacking [Published The New Nation - May 17 2013]

"No additional cost for fertilizer, pesticide and irrigation is needed to cultivate this sort-term cash crop, helping the farmers in saving additional production costs" said Dr Israil Hossain, Principal Scientific Officer of Regional Wheat Research Station here today

Summer Mug bean cultivation gains popularity in Rajshahi region [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 17 2013]

"Currently the country has an Institute of Marine Technology at Narayanganj which is developing about 700 skilled manpower every year. There have two Diplomas in Engineering courses along with four other trade courses related to Marine Technology."

Plan to set up 5 more marine institutes [Published The New Nation - May 13 2013]

A project titled "Establishment of 3 Handloom Service Centers in Different Loom Intensive Areas" was recently approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC)

Govt to set up 3 handloom service centres [Published The New Nation - May 10 2013]

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2 DB police held while carjacking [Published The New Nation - May 17 2013]
Summer Mug bean cultivation gains popularity in... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 17 2013]
A farewell to tobacco [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 14 2013]
Plan to set up 5 more marine institutes [Published The New Nation - May 13 2013]
Chinese firm gets US$75m unsolicited contract f... [Published Asia News Network - May 13 2013]
Milk Vita reshuffles 28 staff to cut graft [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 12 2013]
Govt to set up 3 handloom service centres [Published The New Nation - May 10 2013]
DORP wins UN award [Published The New Nation - May 09 2013]
Jamaat's hartal Sunday [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 09 2013]
Leading artistes perform [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 09 2013]
First day of hartal passes peacefully [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 08 2013]
PM for worldwide translation of creative Bengal... [Published The New Nation - May 08 2013]
Hasina for translation of Bangla literatures [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 08 2013]
PM for worldwide translation of creative Bangla... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 08 2013]
13 Jatra troupes receive registration [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 05 2013]
Transport strike on in 7 northern districts [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 04 2013]
Bangladeshi NGO wins UN award [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - May 04 2013]
Cranes used in 2nd phase Savar rescue operations [Published News From Bangladesh - Apr 29 2013]
Three killed in Sirajganj road mishap [Published New Age Bangladesh - Apr 28 2013]
Bangladesh: 30,000 Ultra poor women and their f... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 25 2013]
WFP helps to ensure food security for 30,000 po... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - Apr 25 2013]
HC bans plying of heavy vehicles over Bangaband... [Published The New Nation - Apr 22 2013]
18-party's 36-hr hartal from tomorrow [Published The New Nation - Apr 22 2013]
EU grants €3.6 million to help increase Banglad... [Published New Age Bangladesh - Apr 18 2013]
Bangladesh: EU grants €3.6 million to increase ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 18 2013]
National programme for Tagore's birthday [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - Apr 16 2013]
Govt to procure 96,801 tonnes wheat from northe... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - Apr 15 2013]
Bangladesh: "Arrest the atheists who insulted I... [Published Jihad Watch - Mar 29 2013]
#MyJihad in Bangladesh: Tens of thousands of Mu... [Published Atlas Shrugs - Mar 29 2013]
Bangladesh: Bangladesh clashes leave 5 dead: re... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Mar 29 2013]

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Bangladesh: "Arrest the atheists who insulted I... [Published Jihad Watch - Mar 29 2013] Tiny minority of extremists These Muslims are calling for the same kinds of restrictions on the freedom of speech that Leftist Sharia enablers such as Eric Posner , Sarah Chayes , and Nathan "Garibaldi" Lean have recently called for in the ...
#MyJihad in Bangladesh: Tens of thousands of Mu... [Published Atlas Shrugs - Mar 29 2013] Once again, we are expected to believe that these tens of thousands (along with millions of other devout Muslims) misunderstand the sharia and the actual literal teachings of Islam.'Arrest the atheists who insulted Islam!' Tens of thousands of Muslim ...
Bangladesh Sentences Islamic Party Leader to Death [Published The China Blog - Feb 28 2013] (DHAKA, Bangladesh) — A special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced the leader of an Islamic political party to death for crimes stemming from the nation’s 1971 fight for independence, a politically charged decision that sparked violent ...
Bangladesh Sentences Islamic Party Leader to Death [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Feb 28 2013] (DHAKA, Bangladesh) — A special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced the leader of an Islamic political party to death for crimes stemming from the nation’s 1971 fight for independence, a politically charged decision that sparked violent ...
Bangladesh: 72 deaths in cold wave [Published H5N1 - Jan 04 2013] Via ReliefWeb, a report from the IFRC: Bangladesh: Cold wave.A cold wave has struck the northern districts of the sub-Himalayan regions of Bangladesh claiming more than 72 lives as per the assessment data of BDRCS and local administration, mostly children ...