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News and Articles on Pabna
Fresh bird flu outbreak in Bangladesh Feb 28, 2008
Dhaka (PTI): The authorities in Bangladesh have culled nearly 70,000 fowls and destroyed 2,35,408 eggs in Mymensingh, Pabna and Chittagong districts following detection of the deadly bird flu virus, a news report said on Wednesday. According to the report, at least 69,862 fowls were culled and 2,35,408 eggs destroyed in the last two days in Mymensingh, Pabna and Chittagong districts after detection of Avian influenza virus ... According to another report from Pabna, 2,804 fowls and 8,455 eggs... (Hindu)
Floods of neglect Aug 9, 2007
Nine people were fatally bitten in the northern Pabna district during the last week of July, while hospitals have reported a rush of patients with diarrhoea. The floods are the worst since 1998, when 68% of the land was submerged for two months. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
* World News Quick Take Jun 2, 2007
Doctors said that in the northern district of Pabna alone, about 100 people X mostly children and the aged X had been taken to hospitals due to heatstroke. The hot and humid weather has also led to an outbreak of diarrhoea, fever and respiratory problems across the country, health officials said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
B'desh police say find no trace of "new" al-Qaeda May 20, 2007
Last week, Zadid al-Qaeda threatened to blow up a railway bridge that connects the northern and southwest parts of the country, and a railway station in Pabna. A letter sent to a railway official said: "We have recruited Allah's soldiers to blow up the bridge and the station.". (AlertNet)
Bangladesh hangs six Islamists, forces on alert Mar 30, 2007
Mostafizur Rahman Shahin, detained in the northern district of Pabna on March 14, told security and intelligence agencies that about 5,000 members of banned Islamist groups were still active in the country, police said. Bangladesh's interim government, headed by former central bank chief Fakhruddin Ahmed, is planning to enact a law to ban any group linked to Islamist militants or other terrorist groups. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
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