Agartala blasts: 3 Bangladeshis arrested Oct 4, 2008
Joinal (28) from Chittagong, Roshan Jamam from Sylhet and Abdul Malek (22) from Rangpur of Bangladesh. The fourth person arrested has been identified as Nurul Amin (43) from Gajaria, who was earlier detained along with five others for questioning. (Hindu)
* World Business Quick Take Sep 1, 2008
Crops on 10,000 hectares of land were under water in the northern districts of Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, Nilphamari and Gaibandha, the United News of Bangladesh agency reported. The Daily Star newspaper reported at least 60,000 day laborers lost their jobs because of the flooding. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Bangladesh surgeons remove 43 kg tumor from man's abdomen Jun 11, 2008
After hours of efforts, a team of surgeons at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) removed the tumor from the abdomen of Abdur Rahim, a rickshaw puller from northwestern Rangpur district, leading English newspaper The Independent said Wednesday. "It's an abnormal mass and very unusual. Apparently we can call it benign," Professor Omar Ali of the surgery ward said, adding that it may be lipoma. (Xinhuanet, China)
India, Bangladesh struggle to rein in bird flu spread Jan 18, 2008
Suspected outbreaks were reported at a farm in northern Rangpur district, where the virus has resurfaced. The latest outbreak of the H5N1 strain in West Bengal's poultry, the fourth in India since 2006, has killed more than 35,000 chickens and birds. (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)
Bangladesh: ACT members continue Cyclone Sidr emergency response Dec 5, 2007
ACT members present in Bangladesh, including Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB), Church of Bangladesh (CoB), KOINONIA - National Christian Fellowship of Bangladesh, Lutheran Health Care Bangladesh (LHCB), Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS), Social Health and Education Development Board (SHED Board), Christian Aid (CA), DanChurchAid (DCA) and Swiss Interchurch Aid (HEKS) are all responding throughout the region and impacting tens of thousands of people affected by the... (AlertNet)
ACT Appeal: Rehabilitation of Flood Affected, Bangladesh Sep 28, 2007
ACT Bangladesh Forum member Rangpur Dinajpur Rural Service (RDRS) - LWF/WS plans to provide assistance comprising food security and income generation, water and sanitation, rehabilitation of homes and repair/reconstruction of flood shelters to 1,600 severely affected households in the river-belt areas of Kurigram District in north-west Bangladesh. Other ACT Bangladesh Forum members have sent proposals which are currently being processed. (AlertNet)
B'desh flood victims say hopes fading, hunger spreads Sep 15, 2007
"The aftermath of the floods would certainly lead to a near famine condition, which probably will be averted as the authorities, NGOs and private agencies are sincerely trying to help victims," said an official in nearby Rangpur district ... (Additional reporting by Azad Majumder and Abdus Shahed Montu in Rangpur). (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 flood toll rises to 81 Aug 5, 2007
However, the flood situation in northern districts of Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha, Bogra, Netrakona and Sunamganj will improve in a couple of days as the water level receded at some points Friday night. Bangladesh is a low-lying country. (Xinhuanet, China)
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. All but three of the arrested were lower-rung cadres of the outfit. (Ocnus.net)
