Bangladesh detains members of Hizb ut-Tahrir Sep 19, 2008
HuT coordinator Syed Golam Mowla Hizb and his colleagues, mostly university teachers, were detained Thursday at Rajshahi in western Bangladesh on suspicion of promoting militancy in the name of establishing 'khilafat' (an Islamic state) worldwide. They were detained just before they were to hold a press conference, the Daily Star reported Friday. (Economic Times)
HuJI may fight polls in Bangladesh Sep 15, 2008
They gathered for an Iftar party at Rajshahi on September 8, claiming to be in talks with the caretaker government for holding political programmes. They collected the application form for getting the IDP registered with the election commission for taking part in the next general elections. (India Times, India)
Mission rejuvenates lives Sep 1, 2008
Bogra, with 285,000 residents in the Rajshahi region of northwest Bangladesh, was chosen for the mission because it is largely agricultural and "one of the poorest areas in the world," Klem said. The regional health minister made arrangements with the military hospital to treat medically underserved civilians during the mission, he said: "It is pretty unusual. It would be like if we went to Honolulu and offered services to civilians at Tripler.". (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Twice torn apart Aug 15, 2008
Born in 1925 to a lawyer in Sirajganj town of Rajshahi in East Bengal, Mrs Jafri spent the prime of her youth organising the women students' wing of the All India Muslim League in Calcutta, where she went to college ... "My father was a colleague of known Muslim League leaders like Fazlul Haq and Husyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. When they visited Rajshahi, they used to stay at our residence. So I grew up in a dense political environment.". (BBC News -- South Asia)
Awami League 'wins' B'desh polls Aug 5, 2008
The party also performed well in the cities of Rajshahi and Barisal. Emergency measures were relaxed in areas where voting took place and officials say the turn-out was high. (BBC News)
Bangladesh holds key polls Aug 4, 2008
2 million voters are eligible to take part in Monday's polls for mayors and councils in Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet, and for municipality chairmen of nine large towns. The four cities are each home to around one million people. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Local Bangladesh vote a pointer for national polls Aug 3, 2008
"We will not repeat the mistakes of the past and will try to elect the eligible and honest candidates," said Aminullah Miah, a voter in northern Rajshahi city. "Law and order has improved... and people are feeling safe," said Shoukat Hossain Hiron, a mayoral candidate in the city of Barisal, in the south. (International Herald Tribune)
Bangladesh to hold local election Jun 21, 2008
Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda said voters would elect four city corporations - Rajshahi, Barisal, Sylhet and Khulna - as well as nine municipalities on 4 August. Elections will take place later for the two other city corporations - Dhaka and Chittagong - and the rest of the country's more than 300 municipalities. (BBC News -- South Asia)
'HuJI trains children in schools, madrassas for jehad' May 16, 2008
"Through Mutalib, in the Rajshahi district on India-Bangladesh border. For all the work in explosives, any arms etc, I would not talk to Naved I would talk only to Kajal.". Where is Kajal. (Times of India)
In a political fix? Call Shakira! Apr 23, 2008
Shakira visiting the city of Rajshahi, in northern Bangladesh, as a UNICEF ambassador. Search Search. (Independent)
Bird flu spreads alar000030EFmingly as more fowls culled in Bangladesh Feb 25, 2008
The new culling was conducted in districts of Jamalpur, Rajshahi, Gazipur, Bogra, Tjhakurgaon, Feni and Chandpur. An official at the bird flu control room told Xinhua that with the fresh culling of chickens, ducks, pigeons and pet birds, the total number of culled birds shot up to 968,731 since the avian influenza broke out in March last year. (Xinhuanet, China)
India, Bangladesh struggle to rein in bird flu spread Jan 18, 2008
Neighbouring Bangladesh culled nearly 25,000 fowls after bird flu spread to three districts of Borguna, Rajshahi and Jessore, a livestock ministry official said. Fowls were also culled in the southern coastal district of Barisal as the virus spread to 25 of Bangladesh's 64 districts since the detection of H5N1 strain in March last year. (Reuters)
Bird flu strikes farm in southwestern Bangladesh Jan 17, 2008
Suspected outbreaks have also reported at a farm in northwestern Rajshahi district and another farm in northern Rangpur district, where the virus has been confirmed in fowl previously. The H5N1 virus was first reported near the capital in March last year and has since spread to 23 of Bangladesh's 64 districts, forcing authorities to kill more than 300,000 chickens. (Reuters)
Bird flu strikes in another district in Bangladesh Jan 16, 2008
Suspected outbreaks were also reported at a farm in northwestern Rajshahi district and another farm in northern Rangpur district, where the virus has been confirmed in fowl previously. "The preliminary tests showed some birds at the farm have died from bird flu, but we still don't know whether it is the deadly H5N1 strain," the official told Reuters, referring to the farm in Rajshahi. (Reuters)
Shakira appeals for school aid in storm-hit Bangladesh Dec 21, 2007
She also visited UNICEF-sponsored education programs for children in northern Rajshahi city on Tuesday. "Schools will help them to know about AIDS and HIV, their individual rights and help transform the society," she said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Dhaka teachers charged Dec 12, 2007
On Monday, four teachers from Rajshahi University convicted for similar offences were officially pardoned ... Large crowds greeted the release of the Rajshahi teachers ... Correspondents say that they could well be sentenced and pardoned in the same way the authorities dealt with their counterparts from in the north-western town of Rajshahi. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Professors jailed in Bangladesh Dec 5, 2007
The academics were sentenced to two years each in the north-western town of Rajshahi ... Police say the four academics in Rajshahi were guilty of breaking emergency laws which outlawed protests and gatherings ... Two other defendants - also teachers at Rajshahi university - were acquitted by the special court, police say. (BBC News -- South Asia)
B'desh jails teachers for inciting student unrest Dec 4, 2007
"Each of the four teachers of the Rajshahi University was convicted ... and sentenced to two years in prison," a court registrar said ... The university is located in Rajshahi city, some 300 km (187 miles) northwest of the capital Dhaka ... A man was killed in Rajshahi and several hundred were injured there and in other cities as students fought battles with with police, in defiance of a state of emergency in force since January. (AlertNet)
BANGLADESH: Flood waters recede, but challenges remain Aug 28, 2007
Seven of those districts - Jamalpur, Faridpur, Rajbari, Gopalganj, Sherpur, Madaripur and Sariatpur - are in the country's central Dhaka Division, one of six divisions in the country, while five more - Kurigram, Gaibandha, Rangpur, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat - are in the northern division of Rajshahi bordering India and Bangladesh's Khulna and Dhaka divisions to the south. Additionally, over two dozen flood-affected districts are expected to be included in part of the government's Vulnerable... (AlertNet)
Bangladesh arrests 144 for violating curfew Aug 26, 2007
Separately, a court in the northwestern city of Rajshahi ruled that police could interrogate three teachers of Rajshahi University for 10 more days. They face charges of making provocative statements and instigating unrest during the protests, the court said. (International Herald Tribune)
Bangladesh curfew enters third day Aug 25, 2007
The academics were arrested in raids in Dhaka and northwestern Rajshahi, where one bystander was killed and dozens injured in a clash on Wednesday ... In Rajshahi, applied physics professors Saidur Rahman Khan and Abdus Sobhan, and Manoj Kumar Bhaumik, a professor of business management, were also detained. (Zee News)
Life returns to normal in Bangladesh Aug 25, 2007
The academics were arrested in raids in Dhaka and northwestern Rajshahi, where one bystander was killed and dozens injured in a clash on Wednesday. "At least 10 army officers came to our house in the night and said my father had to go with them to the police station," said the daughter of one of the academics, Anwar Hossain of Dhaka University. (Daily News & Analysis)
* Dhaka imposes curfew on six cities to quell rioting Aug 24, 2007
With no new reports of protests, the government lifted the curfew -- imposed in Dhaka, northern Rajshahi and Sylhet, and southern Chittagong, Barisal and Khulna -- for three hours yesterday. "The curfew will be relaxed from 4pm to 7pm in the interests of the people," a spokesman for the government's Press and Information Department said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Bangladesh arrests university teachers after riots Aug 24, 2007
Two more teachers were arrested in northwestern Rajshahi early Friday, said university head Altaf Hossain. Hossain said intelligence officers told him they suspected teachers at the university of instigating violence there earlier this week that left one bystander dead and dozens injured. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Curfew in six Bangladesh cities Aug 23, 2007
The first casualty of the unrest was a rickshaw puller killed during rioting in the north-western town of Rajshahi, officials said. Police are accused of using tear gas indiscriminately, at one point on Tuesday even firing it into a female students' dormitory at Dhaka University to prevent them from joining the protests. (BBC News)
Bangladesh declares holiday, eases curfew to cool tensions Aug 23, 2007
With no new reports of protests, the government lifted the curfew -- imposed in Dhaka, northern Rajshahi and Sylhet, and southern Chittagong, Barisal and Khulna -- for three hours on Thursday. "The curfew will be relaxed from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm (1000-1300 GMT) in the interests of the people," said a spokesman for the government's Press and Information Department. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Curfew in Bangladesh after rioting Aug 23, 2007
The other five cities affected by the curfew are northern Rajshahi and Sylhet, southern Chittagong, Barisal and Khulna ... At least six vehicles were burned and similar clashes with police were reported in the northwestern town of Rajshahi, the southern coastal town of Barisal and several other places ... At least 50 people were injured in the fighting at Rajshahi university and at a college in Khulna city in the southwest, witnesses said. (Aljazeera.Net)
Bangladesh imposes indefinite curfew Aug 23, 2007
Students also clashed with police Wednesday in Rajshahi and Sylhet in northern Bangladesh and Chittagong in the southeast. All three cities, along with Khulna, Barisal and Dhaka, were put under curfew. (Globe and Mail)
Public holiday declared in Bangladesh to cool curfew tensions Aug 23, 2007
The six cities affected were the capital Dhaka, northern Rajshahi and Sylhet, and southern Chittagong, Barisal and Khulna. All colleges and universities in the six cities would also be closed. (New Straits Times)
Bangladesh Imposes Curfew After Protests Aug 22, 2007
The death occurred when students from Rajshahi University, in northwestern Bangladesh, set the vice chancellor's home on fire and attacked a police checkpoint, the United News of Bangladesh agency reported. There were competing accounts of how the unidentified man died _ students charged police fatally beat him, but police said the man was killed by a stone thrown by one the protesters. (CBS News -- Iraq)
Bangladesh army to quit campus after violence Aug 22, 2007
There were also reports of protest demonstrations at several other universities including southeastern Chittagong and northwestern Rajshahi. ZIM 20/0(4. (Hindustan Times)
Student clashes a first major test for Dhaka government Aug 22, 2007
The six cities affected were Dhaka, northern Rajshahi and Sylhet, and southern Chittagong, Barisal and Khulna ... In a third straight day of violence on Wednesday, one bystander was killed and dozens of others suffered mostly minor injuries in a clash between rock-throwing youths and police in Rajshahi, a police official said. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Bangladesh jails former minister Jul 27, 2007
The court in Rajshahi town convicted Aminul Huq for helping the Jamatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh (JMB) group. JMB was accused of carrying out bomb attacks around the country, demanding imposition of strict Islamic law. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Bangladesh jails ex-ministers Jul 26, 2007
"The court has sentenced the former minister, as it was proved that he helped Islamists thrive," a registrar at a court in the northwestern city of Rajshahi said. Aminul was tried and sentenced in absentia after he failed to respond to court summons following a nationwide crackdown on corruption and abuse of power launched by the country's army-backed interim administration in January. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Bangladesh executes 6 Islamist militants Mar 31, 2007
He began operations in the northern Rajshahi district in 2004 by crusading against local criminals, allegedly with the help of the police and some government officials. The leader of the Jamayetul Mujahedeen Bangladesh, Shaikh Abdur Rahman, was among those executed. (International Herald Tribune)
Losing Bangladesh, by degrees Mar 5, 2007
In the districts of Rajshahi, Nilphamari, Srimangal and Gaibandha, people died of the cold because they had no protection against the weather, no walls between them and the elements not a long sleeve or a sock. Only 2 degrees, but instead of enjoying their jilapis and weddings and cauliflower, 134 people died. (International Herald Tribune)
The JMB Survives Feb 5, 2007
These arrests took place across 11 Districts: Narayanganj, Rangpur, Tangail, Gazipur, Chittagong, Kishoreganj, Chapainawabganj, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Bogra and Sherpur ... Belal Hejati, a top aide to Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, who was arrested in Bagmara in the Rajshahi District on July 23, 2006 ... Abdul Khalek, a close aide of Bangla Bhai and brother of Abdus Sattar, JMJBs second-in-command for the Baghmara sub-District, who was arrested at Biprokaya village in the Rajshahi District on... (Ocnus.net)
