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		<title>Mukbil at 15:24, 8 September 2021</title>
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l3&quot;&gt;Line 3:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On detection of radioactive minerals like monazite by the erstwhile Geological Survey of Pakistan in 1961 the geologists of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out preliminary survey work in 1967 and discovered that the beach sand contained valuable heavy minerals. Through systematic survey it was observed that a potential zone of heavy minerals existed along the entire coastal belt, mainly from Cox&amp;#039;s Bazar to Badarmokam and in some islands of [[Maheshkhali Upazila|maheshkhali]], [[Kutubdia Upazila|kutubdia]] and Matarbari.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On detection of radioactive minerals like monazite by the erstwhile Geological Survey of Pakistan in 1961 the geologists of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out preliminary survey work in 1967 and discovered that the beach sand contained valuable heavy minerals. Through systematic survey it was observed that a potential zone of heavy minerals existed along the entire coastal belt, mainly from Cox&amp;#039;s Bazar to Badarmokam and in some islands of [[Maheshkhali Upazila|maheshkhali]], [[Kutubdia Upazila|kutubdia]] and Matarbari.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After a long search for two decades, geological survey work was completed in 1986 and seventeen deposits were discovered. Out of these, fifteen deposits are in the coastal areas and in the islands of Cox&#039;s Bazar district and the other two deposits are in Nijhum Dwip of [[Hatiya Upazila|hatiya]] upazila of [[Noakhali District|noakhali]] district and in [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Kuakata Upazila|&lt;/del&gt;kuakata]] of [[Patuakhali District|patuakhali]] district. [Munir Ahmed]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After a long search for two decades, geological survey work was completed in 1986 and seventeen deposits were discovered. Out of these, fifteen deposits are in the coastal areas and in the islands of Cox&#039;s Bazar district and the other two deposits are in Nijhum Dwip of [[Hatiya Upazila|hatiya]] upazila of [[Noakhali District|noakhali]] district and in [[kuakata]] of [[Patuakhali District|patuakhali]] district. [Munir Ahmed]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>Mukbil at 15:24, 8 September 2021</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Beach Sand Exploitation Centre&#039;&#039;&#039; one of the centres of the [[bangladesh atomic energy commission]]. It is mainly engaged in geological exploration and exploitation of valuable heavy minerals like [[zircon]], [[rutile]], ilmenite, leucoxene, [[monazite]], garnet, etc from the beach sand of the [[bay of bengal]]. The Centre is located at Kalatali, about 5 km south of [[cox&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s bazar]] town, occupying about 4.25 ha of land with an administrative-cum-laboratory building, pilot plant, resthouse, housing colony and other auxiliary set-ups.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Beach Sand Exploitation Centre&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/ins&gt;one of the centres of the [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission|&lt;/ins&gt;bangladesh atomic energy commission]]. It is mainly engaged in geological exploration and exploitation of valuable heavy minerals like [[zircon]], [[rutile]], ilmenite, leucoxene, [[monazite]], garnet, etc from the beach sand of the [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Bay of Bengal|&lt;/ins&gt;bay of bengal]]. The Centre is located at Kalatali, about 5 km south of [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Cox’s Bazar District|&lt;/ins&gt;cox&#039;s bazar]] town, occupying about 4.25 ha of land with an administrative-cum-laboratory building, pilot plant, resthouse, housing colony and other auxiliary set-ups.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On detection of radioactive minerals like monazite by the erstwhile Geological Survey of Pakistan in 1961 the geologists of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out preliminary survey work in 1967 and discovered that the beach sand contained valuable heavy minerals. Through systematic survey it was observed that a potential zone of heavy minerals existed along the entire coastal belt, mainly from Cox&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s Bazar to Badarmokam and in some islands of [[maheshkhali]], [[kutubdia]] and Matarbari.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On detection of radioactive minerals like monazite by the erstwhile Geological Survey of Pakistan in 1961 the geologists of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out preliminary survey work in 1967 and discovered that the beach sand contained valuable heavy minerals. Through systematic survey it was observed that a potential zone of heavy minerals existed along the entire coastal belt, mainly from Cox&#039;s Bazar to Badarmokam and in some islands of [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Maheshkhali Upazila|&lt;/ins&gt;maheshkhali]], [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Kutubdia Upazila|&lt;/ins&gt;kutubdia]] and Matarbari.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After a long search for two decades, geological survey work was completed in 1986 and seventeen deposits were discovered. Out of these, fifteen deposits are in the coastal areas and in the islands of Cox&#039;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;;&lt;/del&gt;s Bazar district and the other two deposits are in Nijhum Dwip of [[hatiya]] upazila of [[noakhali]] district and in [[kuakata]] of [[patuakhali]] district. [Munir Ahmed&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;] [Ahmed, Munir  Director, Beach Sand Exploitation Project, Kaptai&lt;/del&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;After a long search for two decades, geological survey work was completed in 1986 and seventeen deposits were discovered. Out of these, fifteen deposits are in the coastal areas and in the islands of Cox&#039;s Bazar district and the other two deposits are in Nijhum Dwip of [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Hatiya Upazila|&lt;/ins&gt;hatiya]] upazila of [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Noakhali District|&lt;/ins&gt;noakhali]] district and in [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Kuakata Upazila|&lt;/ins&gt;kuakata]] of [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Patuakhali District|&lt;/ins&gt;patuakhali]] district. [Munir Ahmed]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Beach Sand Exploitation Centre&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; one of the centres of the [[bangladesh atomic energy commission]]. It is mainly engaged in geological exploration and exploitation of valuable heavy minerals like [[zircon]], [[rutile]], ilmenite, leucoxene, [[monazite]], garnet, etc from the beach sand of the [[bay of bengal]]. The Centre is located at Kalatali, about 5 km south of [[cox&amp;#039;;s bazar]] town, occupying about 4.25 ha of land with an administrative-cum-laboratory building, pilot plant, resthouse, housing colony and other auxiliary set-ups.&lt;br /&gt;
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On detection of radioactive minerals like monazite by the erstwhile Geological Survey of Pakistan in 1961 the geologists of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out preliminary survey work in 1967 and discovered that the beach sand contained valuable heavy minerals. Through systematic survey it was observed that a potential zone of heavy minerals existed along the entire coastal belt, mainly from Cox&amp;#039;;s Bazar to Badarmokam and in some islands of [[maheshkhali]], [[kutubdia]] and Matarbari. &lt;br /&gt;
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After a long search for two decades, geological survey work was completed in 1986 and seventeen deposits were discovered. Out of these, fifteen deposits are in the coastal areas and in the islands of Cox&amp;#039;;s Bazar district and the other two deposits are in Nijhum Dwip of [[hatiya]] upazila of [[noakhali]] district and in [[kuakata]] of [[patuakhali]] district. [Munir Ahmed] [Ahmed, Munir  Director, Beach Sand Exploitation Project, Kaptai]&lt;br /&gt;
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