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...s the second largest source of vegetable oil after soybean. It is a native of South America but is now grown extensively in the Indian subcontinent, cent
...e Gangetic delta. Noakhali, Faridpur, Kishoreganj, Patuakhali, and Rangpur districts, however, produce most groundnuts either as a rabi or a kharif crop. [Most
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...ps''' (BNCC) a para-military national institution established with the aim of developing moral standards and leadership qualities in young men and women.
...Corps and Junior Cadet Corps were all merged by a government order to form Bangladesh National Cadet Corps. At present, its headquarters is located in Sector 6,
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...Club of the Lion's International was organized at Dhaka called Lion's Club of Dhaka, which was chartered as Lion's Club International on 19 February 1958
...305 E for a consecutive year 1962-63 and 1963-64. He was also the Chairman of Multiple District 305 in 1963-64.
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...he northern districts of Bangladesh and 3 km to 21 km in the basin part of Bangladesh.
...is underlain by the coalbearing gondwana sediments.In the northern part of Bangladesh where the basement complex occurs at relativcely shallow depth,mining work
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...in the world. The weather, calm and quite environment and panoramic beauty of the countryside with hill and river is really charming.
...prings up to a beautiful waterfall, of all shades, which has a unique tale of its origin.
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...ernment of Bangladesh. After only a few months of the disastrous [[flood]] of 1988, on 29 April 1991 a catastrophic [[cyclone]] and tidal surge occurred.
...base; prepare the duty schedules regarding disaster as a specialist office of the government.
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...xecutive Committee, directly elected by members, are the highest authority of the organisation.
..., the government formed an adhoc committee, which supervised the formation of a full-fledged BMA Executive Committee through direct election in 1972.
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...76), once the Mahananda was a wide and deep river allowing big cargo boats of 500 maund capacity (1 maund equals to 37.65 kg) to ply. It has neither any
...river 3 km north of the border near Shiliguri in spite of objections from Bangladesh. [Sultana Nasrin Baby]
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...e|furniture]]. In the past, the occupation of karatis was under the domain of the Hindu caste system. But at present, karatis come from all cultural and
..., Mymensingh, Barisal, Khulna and Chittagong. The employment opportunities of karatis are largely influenced by seasonal variations.
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...traces its origin to the district [[collector]] system of the early phase of British rule. The district supervisor was appointed with limited functions
...s, demanded a more authoritarian pattern of administration. In East Bengal districts, the appellation district magistrate and collector was uniformly used.
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...s; also a good bee forage plant; seed is used as masticatory. Another palm of the Sundarbans is Hantal (''Phoenix pelludosa'').
...labellifer'') constitute favourite commercial sugar. The annual production of palm sugar is about 30,000 m tons.
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...rector General. In policy matters, BBS is under the administrative control of the Statistics Division.
...gional Statistical Officers, coordinate and supervise the field activities of upazila statistics offices and also undertake various sample surveys. At pr
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...ceous plant (0.5-2 m) is much branched with spinaceous leaves and branches of inflorescence. The oil cake is a good fodder for poultry. [Mostafa Kamal Pa
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...definitely recorded as a pest of the [[Rice|rice]] plant in 1969, mention of this [[Insect|insect]] was made in 1917 and in 1957. The pest is widely dis
...h conspicuous veins. The adults and nymphs suck plant juices from the base of the rice plants.
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...ancient janapada of Pundra or Pundravardhana in the northern districts of Bangladesh, situated in the old Pleistocene land formation, the [[Barind Tract|barind
...n the west, the Karatoya on the east, the Padma on the south and the tract of land between Koochbihar and the Terai on the north.
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...as appointed a special officer to lead the venture. For the implementation of the project, a requisite establishment was provided. In accordance with the
...f a statistical nature, and were mostly available in various record series of the district authorities.
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...Cultural Academy was founded in 1977. Sis Bibha Sangma was first director of it.
...re and to produce it before the mainstream people. Presently, the director of the Tribal Cultural Academy is Jatindra Chisim. [Sharifun Nahar Kazari]
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...arisal, Rajshahi, Jessore, Comilla, Dhaka, Rangpur, Sylhet, and Mymensingh districts. It is the second major oil-producing crop in the country.
...ame yield in Bangladesh is about 957 kg per ha. Currently, about 38,923 ha of land are under sesame cultivation and annual production is about 37,260 m t
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...he family Alliaceae. The plant is characterised by an edible bulb composed of food storage leaves.
...g and tubular, and are also eaten. In Bangladesh onion is grown in an area of about 86,429 hectares and total onion production is about 5,89,410 m tons.
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...ys in favour of man and when land tax was fixed and collected on the basis of land actually cultivated. The term jirat appeared in Mughal records as 'cul
...h their own share of crops after harvesting was over. Usually the frontier districts were cultivated mainly by jirati raiyats.
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...e susceptible to this disease. Kala-azar is transmitted to man by the bite of the infected female Phlebotomus sandfly. The incubation period is generally
...d early 19th centuries. Due to Kala-azar, Burdwan and some other districts of West Bengal were losing population. Many people deserted the Kala-azar affl
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...n a state of alert and excitement. On 18 November 1857 the Native Infantry of Chittagong rose in open rebellion and released all prisoners from the jail.
...ted and put up for summary trial by a hurriedly constituted Court Martial. Of the accused sepoys 11 were sentenced to death and the rest were sentenced t
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...ll District Councils. A large diversity of tree, bamboo, and shrub species of ecological significance is found in these forests. The existing growing sto
...saw logs are raised on 12, 18 and 40 years rotation respectively. A number of mills, particularly rayon, pulp, paper, plywood, cabinet and furniture maki
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...west. Most of the areas of the district are composed of the alluvial soil of the [[Padma River|padma]].
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...Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Comilla, Dinajpur, Thakurgaon, Rangpur and Rajshahi districts.
...the Brahmaputra and the Jamuna extending a length of about 96 km and width of about 8 to 24 km running from north to south. This belt is known as 'Modhup
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...could not be properly known. Rajbangshis are now a declining community in Bangladesh area. In 1991, their total population was a little higher than five thousan
...They pray to the god of the homestead (Bahasto or Bahusto) for the welfare of their family and to the Balibhadra Thakur before sowing crop seeds. They pe
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...praisal of nutrient status of the soils of Bangladesh. A brief description of the seven tracts follows: (1) Madhupur Tract or Red Soil Tract, (2) Barind
...]'. The soils of this tract have clayey texture and contain large quantity of iron and aluminium, which are highly aggregated. The pH value ranges from 5
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...of the thyroid gland. The swollen thyroid shows up conspicuously in front of the throat. Although most goitrous glands are usually confined to the neck,
...s rapidly, while in the adenomatous type, a goiter is caused by the growth of an encapsulated adenoma.
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...rliament. It is a national institution and is administered by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.
[[Image:BangladeshShilpakalaAcademy.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy]]
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...and southeastern Sylhet and in the east of Brahmanbaria, Comilla and Feni districts.
...eposited at the foot of the hills. Soils are permeable and due to presence of low clay content at the topsoil they have low water-holding capacity. Nutri
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...utta, 1833), M Martin's ''Eastern India'' (1833) and Taylor's ''Topography of Dacca'' (1840).
...lication of gazetteers of almost all Bengal districts in the first quarter of the 20th century.
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...stem grows underground up to about 15 cm and is clothed by sheathing bases of large alternate leaves forming a false stem above ground.
...ing purpose of foodstuffs, beverages and in preparation of ginger malt. In Bangladesh ginger is cultivated as a rain-fed annual crop in uplands and hill slopes.
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...es goes back to 29 March 1787 which relates to the removal and appointment of the district collectors in the Bengal Presidency, published in the ''[[Calc
...med national government. Thus, ''The Dacca Gazette'' was replaced by ''The Bangladesh Gazette''.
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...floats around in the air and ultimately settles on the ground. The colour of the timber varies from reddish to deep red.
...Now it is grown as a timber yielding plant in almost all the districts of Bangladesh. [Abul Khair]
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...d about 20% protein. There is no recognized variety and the total estimate of cultivation is not available.
...Comilla, Brahmanbaria, Magura, Jamalpur and Gopalganj districts. The yield of seed per hectare is about 1200 kg. The oil is obtained by pressing the seed
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...and silicon for phosphorus. It is the principal ore of the rare earths and of thorium. Its cleavage is distinct {100}; parting on {001}; hardness is 5-5.
...uakata as 0.01% and the average is 0.31%. The total reserve of monazite in Bangladesh is 17,352 thousand ton. [Sifatul Quader Chowdhury]
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...f Bangladesh claim Rajmahal Hills of southern Bihar (India) as their place of origin. In the past, Paharias were notorious bandits engaged in robbing peo
...through theft, plundering and looting. The British government used a corps of light infantry to keep such mountaineers in order.
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...full-time and seven part-time members. The chairman is the chief executive of the Board.
...sericulture; and (iii) to devise means for improved methods of cultivation of [[mulberry]], [[castor]], and other related plants.
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...an erect and glossy green stem attaining a height of 3-5 m and a diameter of 2.0 cm. The stems are leafy and dichotomously branched.
..., Feni and Chittagong. Traditional artisans make strips from outer portion of the stem including the epidermal part. These split strips are processed and
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...and 1999 were most severe. The outbreak occurring in 1985 covered an area of about 7,07,600 ha, causing more than 20% yield loss.
...eggs singly, partly inserted beneath the epidermis of the ventral surface of rice leaves. Moist conditions, along with higher temperatures are conducive
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...re light grey, shorter and narrower than forewings, bordered with a fringe of long buff hairs extending from apex around the apical and anal margins. Adu
...used to be imported from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar of India. Fortunately, in Bangladesh PTM is not a problem under field conditions. The pest causes a serious dama
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...le oil. It can be used as a substitute of groundnut oil in the preparation of Vanaspati, the vegetable ghee.
...now being cultivated as kharif and rabi crop in some central and northern districts. The yield is about 760 kg per hectare. It takes about 90-110 days for harv
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...[[monsoon]] winds bring most of its total [[rainfall]] (more than 80%) to Bangladesh and when the whole country remains water saturated. Most [[floodplain]]s re
...and [[fauna]]. The season coincides with the production of a large number of popular tropical [[fruit]]s, such as [[mango]] (Am), [[jackfruit]] (Kathal)
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...victions, extra judicial killings, torture and death in custody, condition of the prisoners and the religious and ethnic minorities.
...national and international level. Its publications are an important means of disseminating information and knowledge.
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...species of lepidopterous insect pests that habitually bores into the stem of the host plant and feed on the inner tissues. Most stem borers belong to th
...s from country to country, and depends upon the crop variety and intensity of pest population.
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...larly in [[Mymensingh District|mymensingh]] and [[Sylhet District|sylhet]] districts.
...known as murshidi and bichchhedi are also forms of the bhatiyali. Strains of bhatiyali can be found in Bangla folk drama, especially in the form known a
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...species worldwide. Bangladesh has three species of otters and one species of badger.
...thout surfacing for air. They can also travel on land. Their food consists of fish, frogs, crabs and other large aquatic invertebrates, which they someti
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...ce. The normal range of [[Tide|tide]]s at Madaripur is 0.32m. Total length of the river is 160 km.
...rrigation]] and [[Agriculture|agriculture]] in the region served by it the Bangladesh Water Development Board has taken up the Arial Khan Rejuvenation Project. [
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...ministrative officer, a Quazi and a Kotwal were in charge of a Kasba. Most of the Kasbas lost their former importance during the Mughal period.
...Kasba Manda of greater Rajshahi district and Bara Kasba and Lakheraj Kasba of Gaurnadi upazila. [Ahmed Amin Chowdhury]
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...untains is only 12,500 sq km. It enters Bangladesh at the Kharibari border of Nilphamari district.
...e flows. Tista has a mean monthly discharge of about 2,430 cumec. A number of old channels that were occupied by this river and the Karatoya through whic
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...rld including India, tropical East and South Africa, and the United States of America.
...countries of Asia and America including Bangladesh. The chief constituent of Cannabis is a resinous substance, known as cannabinone, which on distillati
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...pment of marketing outlets for honey produced by beekeepers and processing of honey to ensure its quality, purity and taste. BIA produces quality bee box
...and the institute provided technical and management training to about 76% of them. [Md Nurul Islam]
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...erae. Only a few decades ago, mustard oil was the exclusive cooking oil in Bangladesh.
...nding mills, called ‘Ghanee’, which is pulled by a bull through long hours of the day and even throughout the night; the tradesman in the business is cal
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.... It probably was introduced India in 1548. Hawaii is the leading producer of pineapple.
...ntains 14% of sugar; a protein digesting enzyme, bromelin, and good amount of citric acid, melic acid, and vitamin A and B.
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...on of the plant kingdom which includes the simplest and the most primitive of the green land plants, numbering about 24,000 species. This group is genera
...ne. Most bryophytes are small, usually 2 to 5 cm tall; the smallest one in Bangladesh is about 4 mm, and a few are more than 30 cm long.
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...uth, Rangamati district on the east, Chittagong district and Tripura state of India on the west. Notable hill ranges are Golamoon, Chotto Panchari, Karmi
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...is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the lunar month in the Bangla month of Falgun. In north India it is known as ''holi'' or ''hori''.
...another. A few days after dolyatra, someone dresses up as a clown or 'King of Holi' and is taken around town, collecting 'tax'; from whoever he meets. Th
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...slam|islam]] and encourage them to lead a life that conforms to the tenets of Islam as depicted in the [[Quran|quran]] and [[Hadith|hadith]].
...ng profession at Madrasah Mazahir Uloom in Saharanpur and became a servant of Islam. He relocated to Nizamuddin near Delhi, where this movement was forma
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...most all relatives of ''Cycas'' became extinct in Mesozoic era. The growth of this evergreen perennial plant is so slow that it attains a height up to 3
...t in Bangladesh. ''Cycas'' is now considered an endangered species because of their habitat destruction. Moreover, their young male and female strobili a
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...mmission is a constitutional one as envisaged in Clause (2) of Article 140 of the Constitution. The rules, however, have gone through various amendments
...or office on that ground that by its nature it will be unsuited to members of the opposite sex.
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...tuakhali district on the east, Pirojpur and [[Bagerhat District|bagerhat]] districts on the west.
''Administration'' Barguna Thana was established in the last part of the eighteenth century and it was upgraded into a Sub Division in 1969; it
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...in the southeastern hilly regions of Bangladesh, that is, in the districts of Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
[[Image:Cotton.jpg|thumbnail|400px|right|Plucking of cotton]]
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...sed. The idea and visions of the movement drew substantially from a number of earlier rural development initiatives. In 1967, similar ideas were explored
...angladesh was the central apex body to coordinate and maintain the network of its institutions at the sub-national levels.
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...orward direction. In national boat race the boats have to cover a distance of 650 meter. Each boat can be manned by 7, 25, 50 or 100 persons.
...Upazila|gaffargaon]] and [[Mymensingh District|mymensingh]] ''kosha'' type of boats are mostly used for racing. These boats are narrow in shape and can b
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...the east, [[Chuadanga District|chuadanga]] district and West Bengal state of India on the west.
...sadar]] is the largest (467.75 sq km, it occupies 23.99% of the total area of the district) and [[Kotchandpur Upazila|kotchandpur]] is the smallest (165.
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...Planting along roads and [[embankment]]s contributes to the establishment of a greenbelt and plays a role in coastal protection, but a greenbelt has oth
...[[afforestation]] project to establish a greenbelt in the coastal regions of the country.
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...ed on the twigs of many trees by an insect. Bangladesh has resinous plants of Damar type. Telsur and sal damar are obtained from Hopea odotata and Shorea
...of cocoon. Several good host plants have been selected for the cultivation of lac insect, Tachardia lacca. The common host plants are Palash (Butea monos
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...nsurance ad establishing human right and the rights to get equitable share of the national resources.
...at national and international level regarding this issue beside prevention of discrimination against women and children. The organisation has been conduc
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...trate and collector from the internal administration and technical methods of the other departments.
...lector as its head, and the heads of specialist services were made members of the committee.
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...]s. The countries upstream often do not care for international conventions of water sharing and this leads to disputes with complex political implication
...Dhaka in September 2005. In September 2006, the Water Resources Ministers of both the countries jointly visited some river sites in both countries and d
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...cies, distributed throughout the mangroves of Asia, Oceania and east coast of Africa. It is a trunkless palm with tall erect leaves (3-9m long). The unde
...in slightly and moderately saline zones. People in south-western parts of Bangladesh grow nipa in the agricultural fields to a limited extent for domestic use.
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...gs. As in the past, mats are given as bridal gifts even today and form one of the items at the [[Gaye Halud|gaye halud]] ceremony.
...' (cool pati). [[Faridpur District|faridpur]] and [[Pabna District|pabna]] districts produce ''talaipati'', mats made from reeds. ''Chatai'' are mats made from
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...uth, [[Lakshmipur District|lakshmipur]] and [[Noakhali District|noakhali]] districts on the east, [[Bagerhat District|bagerhat]] district on the west.
''Water bodies'' Bay of Bengal; main rivers: [[Tentulia River|tentulia]], [[Kirtankhola River|kirta
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...strict|brahmanbaria]] districts on the south, Brahmanbaria and Kishoreganj districts on the east, [[Gazipur District|gazipur]] district on the west.
...haka district and was turned into a district in 1984. 'Of the six upazilas of the district [[Raipura Upazila|raipura]] is the largest (312.77. sq km) and
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...ated. About 70% of the world's polio cases occur in India; contribution of Bangladesh in world's polio burden was considerable even about fifteen years back.
...ted in 17 of the 64 districts. It is likely that in a short period of time Bangladesh will be declared a polio-free country. [Zia Uddin Ahmed]
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...chandpur]] districts on the east, Dhaka and [[Faridpur District|faridpur]] districts on the west.
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...nal deaths have been reported. Three species under two genera are found in Bangladesh.
...spots on the upper part. The fish is found in the estuaries and in the Bay of Bengal.
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...[[Netrokona District|netrokona]] and [[Kishoreganj District|kishoreganj]] districts on the west.
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...h, [[Brahmanbaria District|brahmanbaria]] and [[Comilla District|comilla]] districts on the east, [[Dhaka|dhaka]] district on the west.
...rmed in 1882 and it was turned into' distict in 1984. Of the five upazilas of the district [[Araihazar Upazila|araihazar]] is the largest (183.35sq km) a
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...desh territory. This part is separated from the Rangpur Saddle by a series of faults. The Precambrian basement lies here at a greater depth in comparison
...l magnetic anomalies are present in this zone possibly due to the presence of intrusive bodies. [Eunuse Akon]
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...e common five genera of the Planktonic foraminifera belong to the families of Globorotaliidae. They are Globigerina, Globigerinoides, Globigerinella, Orb
...n, short stratigraphic ranges with simple identifying characters. A number of authors have proposed various biozones based on the planktonic foraminifera
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...he mission has now emerged as one of the largest development organisations of the country. It is registered as a voluntary organisation with the Social W
...iction and HIV-AIDS, Poverty Alleviation, Water and Sanitation, Prevention of Woman and Child Trafficking, Training, Research etc. In the meantime, the M
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...on the north, [[Jessore District|jessore]] and [[Narail District|narail]] districts on the south, [[Faridpur District|faridpur]] district on the east, [[Jhenai
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...a River|meghna]] river, [[Shariatpur District|shariatpur]], and Munshiganj districts on the west.
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...70% of this age group lives in rural areas. Youths are a strategic segment of the population and organised youths can bring about critical changes in soc
...opment, which was later merged with the Ministry of Sports. The Department of Youth Development (DYD) was established in December 1980 and it started fun
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...the east, [[Lakshmipur District|lakshmipur]] and [[Bhola District|bhola]] districts on the west.
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...of thorium and uranium makes it a useful mineral for the age determination of such rocks.
''Table'' Reserve of zircon at different localities in Bangladesh.
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...s mainly used to make welding rods, in the paint industry, and as a source of Ti metal.
''Table'' Rutile reserve in Bangladesh.
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...ast zamindaris in parts of Rangpur, Bogra, Maldah. Dinajpur and Thakurgaon districts extended his estate to include Ghoraghat, Nawabpur, Khetlal, Shibganj, Panc
...ost famous and powerful potentate of the family who began the construction of the fabulously ornate [[Terracotta Art|terracotta]] rich [[Kantanagar Templ
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...tricts on the east, Naogaon district and [[West Bengal|west bengal]] state of India on the west.
...hbibi]] is the largest (278.53 sq km, it occupies 28.85% of the total area of the district) and [[Akkelpur Upazila|akkelpur]] is the smallest upazila (13
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...divided into following seven distinct climatic zones. The familiar pattern of northwest to southeast isopleths is revealed in this classification.
...all range of temperature, rarely goes over a mean of 32°C and below a mean of 13°C. Rainfall is heavy, usually over 2,540 mm. In winter dew fall is heav
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...cial Welfare and Health and Family Welfare. At present the employee number of the organisation is 2242.
...ertook elaborate [[AIDS|aids]] prevention activities and primary treatment of sexually transmitted infection.
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...strict in 1940. His paternal home is at village Kamalpur in Chatkhil thana of Noakhali district. He passed senior Cambridge in 1955 and ISc examination i
...his headquarters at Benapole, he led the liberation force in the districts of Kushtia, Jessore, Khulna, Barisal, Patuakhali and Faridpur.
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...[[Manikganj District|manikganj]] districts on the east, West Bengal state of India on the west.
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...558. Therefrom, it was spread to East and Far East, and Africa by the hand of Spaniards and Portuguese. Jean Nicot who was responsible for its exploitati
...rn India, Russia and Eastern Europe. Nicotine tobacco contains high amount of nicotine (4-10%) than common tobacco.
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...marks the western boundary and the Tista itself marks the eastern boundary of the fan that gives it a sub-circular shape.
...y to Recent. The fan surface slopes towards south-east direction at a rate of about 1.30m per 1.60 km in the middle part and about 0.70m in the distal pa
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...40 years to recover itself from this catastrophe. Much of the capital city of Dhaka was also severely affected, as electricity and water service were cut
...and family kits were prepared for immediate distribution. A special grant of 350 million taka for housing was made by 22 November' 2007. At that time, 7
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...jbari District|rajbari]] district on the east, [[West Bengal|west bengal]] of India and [[Meherpur District|meherpur]] district on the west.
...atpur]] is the largest (468.76 sq km, it occupies 28.92% of the total area of the district) and [[Khoksa Upazila|khoksa]] is the smallest (106.70 sq km).
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...ts and are legless; the head-capsule is well-developed, and mouthparts are of biting type.
...gnats or gall midges, viz, Lasioptera falcata, larvae are seen in the stem of the bitter gourd, and Pachydiplosis oryzae- larvae make gall on paddy leaf.
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...soil]] by plants are often classified according to their role in the yield of [[Crop|crop]]s into primary essential elements N (nitrogen), P (phosphorus)
..., Kishoreganj, Sylhet, Jessore, Kushtia, Bogra, Pabna, Rajshahi and Khulna districts.
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..., Naprai Tang, Murifa Tang, Busi Tang, and Sara Tang are the notable hills of this district.'
...3rd largest of the 11 districts of Chittagong division. Of the 7 upazilas of the district [[Thanchi Upazila|thanchi]] is the largest (1020.82 sq km) and
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...is, a [[Dicot Plant|dicot plant]] under the family Euphorbiaceae. The seed of the plant is known as castor bean, which yields castor oil.
...hinery. The oil has some use in making artificial leather, in the dressing of genuine leather, and also in paint, plastic materials, etc. The oil cake co
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...bazpur channel on the east, [[Patuakhali District|patuakhali]] and Barisal districts and Tentulia river on the west.
...1876. It was elevated to a district on 1 February 1984. Of the 7 upazilas of the district [[Char Fasson Upazila|char fasson]] is the largest (1440.04 sq
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...1997''' an agreement signed on 2 December 1997 between the government of Bangladesh and the [[Parbatya Chattagram Jana-Samhati Samiti|parbatya chattagram jana-
...-Samhati Samiti in March 1973 with the object of safeguarding the interest of the hill people. Subsequently an armed wing called the [[Shanti Bahini|shan
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...in this division covering southern parts of Satkhira, Khulna and Bagerhat districts.
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...the south, Chuadanga and Kushtia districts on the east, West Bengal state of India on the west.
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...e 6th position and it occupies the 33rd position among the 64 districts of Bangladesh.
...sadar]] is the largest (489.56 sq km, it occupies 24.09% of the total area of the district) and [[Bakshiganj Upazila|bakshiganj]] is the smallest (204.30
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...uth, Noakhali district on the east, [[Barisal District|barisal]] and Bhola districts and [[Meghna River|meghna]] river on the west.
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...hore areas of the [[Bay of Bengal|bay of bengal]] commonly used crafts are of various types, sizes, and designs.
...ing dingis are also called Jalia dingis. The dingis are named on the basis of the fishing nets operated by them; for instance, Bhesail Dingi, Patam Dingi
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...He was promoted to the rank of Wing Commander in 1970, and was in command of a Radar squadron in Dhaka.
...promoted to the rank of Group Captain in February 1972. He returned to the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) service in July 1972, and was posted as Lieutenant in BAF D
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...rst drought of the last century in the sub-continent occurred in 12 states of India in 1999-2000.
...ugh judicious and limited [[Irrigation|irrigation]] at the critical stages of crop growth.
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...rict|rangpur]] districts on the east and [[West Bengal|west bengal]] state of India on the west.
...rea of the district. [[Hakimpur Upazila|hakimpur]] is the smallest upazila of the district (99.92 sq km).
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'''Judiciary''' The judiciary in Bangladesh consists of the higher judiciary (the supreme court), and the subordinate judiciary (th
...ster. Judges of the supreme court are appointed from amongst the advocates of the supreme court.
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...ildren were immunised and by 1998 the coverage reached nearly 85% for some of these vaccines.
...ter months to facilitate wide participation. Because of the EPI programme, Bangladesh today stands as an outstanding success story for universal childhood immuni
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...okati, [[Pirojpur District|pirojpur]] and [[Gopalganj District|gopalganj]] districts on the west.
...1957 and it was turned into a city corporation in 2000. Of the 10 upazilas of the district [[Hizla Upazila|hizla]] is the largest (515.36 sq km) and [[Ba
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...nelids. Many of the worms are parasitic, but there are also a large number of free-living forms occurring in the soil and in aquatic habitats.
...and 2 AM. The appearance in the blood stream coincides with the appearance of the mosquito at night.
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...dul Haque was born on 1 January 1918 at village Kamalpur in Jakiganj thana of Sylhet district. He obtained BA (Hons) in English in 1942 from Sylhet Murar
...rated with President Police Medal (1959), and was invested with the titles of Tamgha-i-Pakistan (1963) and Sitara-i-Khidmat (1969).
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...o Europe in the 16th century by the explorers of the New World. By the end of the 19th century the habit virtually spread throughout the world.
...s, high blood pressure, and leukaemia. Smokers are much more prone to most of the other common diseases than the non-smokers.
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...the local people. Other than the chairman, it had nine members, inclusive of a member-secretary and three co-opted members.
...committee submitted its final report on 22 June 1982. The recommendations of the committee were:
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...world practice karate either for competition or for self-defense. The aim of the game is to repel the opponent's attack and then subdue him/her through
Many people believe that the game originated from the Indian system of hand-to-hand fight and a Buddhist monk introduced it in China. It is suppos
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...l''' a mat making [[Artisans|artisans]] group found in different parts of Bangladesh. Patials got their name from the word pati, meaning the usually coarse, dar
...June and July and is cut, while matured, but still green, about the middle of September. The stems are divided into sized pieces and are seasoned in wate
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...d [[Chittagong District|chittagong]] districts on the south, Tripura state of India on the east, Noakhali district on the west.
...he 61st position among the 64 districts of Bangladesh. Of the six upazilas of the district [[Sonagazi Upazila|sonagazi]] is the largest (235.07 sq km) an
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...ivated in Kushtia, Rangpur, Dinajpur, and Jessore districts. Total acreage of its cultivation is about 5,215 and the annual production is about 1,005 m t
...stem which permits good growth under semi-arid conditions with under 65 cm of rain per year. It is less suitable for very wet areas.
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...own or yellow and about one cm. The linen or bast fibres occur in the bark of the stem.
...harvested for fibre after about 100 days following sowing, when about 50% of the seeds are ripe. The dried stalks, when dried, deseeded by threshing or
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...s found in Nepal, Assam, the old Central Provinces and perhaps-other parts of India, Myanmar and Borneo. As a feral animal, roaming wild but descended fr
...s differ. Female buffalo gives birth to one young after a gestation period of 10 months.
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...in Gopalganj district. He passed SSC Examination from Nabakumar Institute of Dhaka in 1956, HSC from Jagannath College in 1958, and BA from Barisal BM C
...from Monaem Khan, the then Chancellor of the Dhaka University and Governor of East Pakistan, in the convocation ceremony held in April 1964. He also led
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...e south, [[Madaripur District|madaripur]] and [[Barisal District|barisal]] districts on the east, [[Narail District|narail]] district on the west.
...sadar]] is the largest (391.35 sq km, it occupies 26.27% of the total area of the district) and [[Tungipara Upazila|tungipara]] is the smallest upazila (
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..., Khulna, Noakhali, Patuakhali and Sylhet districts. Susceptible varieties of rice suffer most.
...e. In case of early infestation, panicles may fail to emerge. The symptoms of injury appear within one week in young plants and in 10-15 days in plants a
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...ic matter and loss of nutrients. Crop production has been based on the use of plant nutrients already contained in the soil.
...60% of the total cultivable land areas (mainly intensively cropped areas) of the country.
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...fied. Peat may be quite coarse or fine-structured, depending on the nature of the deposited plant residues. On the other hand, well-decomposed mucks are
...l in the [[Arsenic|arsenic]] release to the [[Groundwater|groundwater]] of Bangladesh. [SM Imamul Huq]
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...osition by leaving work with iron. Kansarus buy their material in the form of brass sheets, which they hammer into the shapes required.
...lopment of aluminium, plastic and steel instruments and rise in the prices of brass has made it very difficult for kansarus to survive with their traditi
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...rail District|narail]] and Khulna districts on the east, West Bengal state of India on the west.
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...us institution established in 1878 for organising and controlling the flow of traditional Sanskrit education in East Bengal. The main office was in its o
...respectively of the Samaj. Subjects studied in the toles and chatuspathis of East Bengal and controlled by the Samaja were Nyaya, Sangkhya, Vedanta, Smr
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...mewhat rounded or otherwise distinctively shaped by abrasion in the course of transport; the largest rock fragment recognised by sedimentologists. Altern
...ne]] and are present between the high tide and low tide zones. The surface of the boulders are highly altered and covered with shells. [Sifatul Quader Ch
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...iangular, overlapping horny scales on the back, the sides, the outer sides of the limbs, and the entire tail.
...nsect attack as they feed. They walk with a shuffling gait on the outsides of their fore feet with the claws curled inwards, but they can move more rapid
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...led to the introduction and retention of the line system in the aforesaid districts.
...saying that the line system was 'racial provocative' not found in any part of the country.
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...the Societies Registration Act, 1860. In 1976, CORR was renamed as Caritas Bangladesh and registered under the [[NGO|ngo]] Affairs Bureau on 22 April 1981.
...sources development through education and skill development, establishment of social justice and human rights, medicare services to the poor, environment
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...rns, increase cropping intensity, and improve the socioeconomic conditions of the farmers.
...us crop that has a higher water demand. Till 1999, the maximum achievement of irrigation reached 43,000 ha in the aman (Kharif-II) season, while 99,000 h
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...hmanbaria District|brahmanbaria]] and [[Kishoreganj District|kishoreganj]] districts on the west.
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...hagrachhari District|khagrachhari]] and [[Chittagong District|chittagong]] districts on the west.
...ub-division was turned into a district in 1983. Of the ten upazilas of the districts [[Baghaichhari Upazila|baghaichhari]] is the largest (1931.28 sq km) and [[
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...n the south, [[Assam|Assam]] state of India on the east, West Bengal state of India on the west.
...t of the country, Tista Barrage Project (length 615 m) is located at Doani of Hatibandha upazila.
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...ad been filled in by new constructions and housing projects. The ownership of the market was taken over by the Dhaka City Corporation in 1982.
.... It has wide passages and good lighting and ventilation systems. Hundreds of trucks, pickups and rickshaw vans carry goods to the market everyday. At pr
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...ts in the life of Gazi Pir. On the scroll would also be depicted the field of Karbala, the Ka'aba, Hindu temples, etc. Sometimes these paintings were als
...irth, his wars with the demons and the evil spirits, as well as his rescue of a merchant at sea.
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...nisations; e) organise and set-up consumers associations and groups at the districts and thana level; and f) undertake research studies on consumer issues and p
...n in Bangla titled Consumers'; Voice to provide consumers with information of various consumer issues and problem. CAB also publishes a quarterly bulleti
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...aogaon District|naogaon]] districts on the east. The district is comprised of [[Barind Tract|barind tract]], diara and char lands.
...bganj]] is the largest (525.43 sq km, it occupies 30.86% of the total area of the district) and [[Bholahat Upazila|bholahat]] is the smallest (123.52 sq
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...g and a white hindwing. Female moths lay dome-shaped eggs on the underside of the leaves, and a female moth can lay up to 1500 eggs in her life. The eggs
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...amples for laboratory analyses; (d) characterisation of soils on the basis of morphological and laboratory properties; (e) classifying and correlating so
In short, the purpose of soil survey is to identify different soils, to describe and to map them and
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...stry activity'. It excludes large scale industrial forestry and other form of forestry which contributes to development solely through employment and wag
...ange in the mind of common people. No thought was given to the utilization of landless people and their involvement in the forestry activities.
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...dia, [[Rangpur District|rangpur]] and [[Lalmonirhat District|lalmonirhat]] districts on the west.
...a|ulipur]] is the largest (504.19 sq km, it occupies 22% of the total area of the district) and [[Char Rajibpur Upazila|char rajibpur]] is the smallest (
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...as the interest for horticultural and ornamental plants grew, the concept of nursery has been extended.
..., flower and fruit growers, farmers and foresters with seeds and seedlings of specified qualities.
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...e Horticulture Development Board (HDB) was merged with the Food Crops Wing of DAE.
...on technology, as well as to make them aware of the nutritional importance of horticultural crops.
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...Gopalganj, [[Pirojpur District|pirojpur]] and [[Barguna District|barguna]] districts on the east, [[Khulna District|khulna]] district on the west.
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...and to catalyze enlightenment in the collective persona of the citizens of Bangladesh.
...nd female readers annually make use of its reading hall. The total members of this library is 5812 at present (2011).
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...8) who made it a vassal kingdom under the Mughal Empire. During the regime of [[Murshid Quli Khan|murshid quli khan]], the Tripura raja was declared a za
...f the new district of Tippera created in 1790. Since then the nomenclature of 'Tippera' continued until it was renamed as Comilla in 1960.
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...e north, [[Barisal District|barisal]] and [[Gopalganj District|gopalganj]] districts on the south, [[Shariatpur District|shariatpur]] district on the east, [[Fa
...ipur Sub-Division was turned into a district in 1984. Of the four upazilas of the district [[Shibchar Upazila|shibchar]] upazila is the largest (321.88 s
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...f Hajinagar under Harirampur upazila of Manikganj district. He was the son of Maulavi Wasimuddin Ahmed and Nasimunnesa. Abdul Hakim passed the Matriculat
...in Mathematics in 1931 from the same university. He made an extensive tour of Europe before returning home.
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...pabna]], [[Rajbari District|rajbari]] and [[Sirajganj District|sirajganj]] districts on the west.
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...th, Narsingdi district on the east, Dhaka and [[Tangail District|tangail]] districts on the west.
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...da Marga is opposed to all sorts of exploitation and hypocrisy in the name of religion.
...urage people to renounce the world, but to make the best use of the wealth of the universe.
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...strict|dinajpur]] districts on the east, [[West Bengal|west bengal]] state of India on the south and west.
...t of Dinajpur and was turned into a district in 1984. Of the five upazilas of the district [[Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila|thakurgaon sadar]] was the largest
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...he tree is slender, erect, up to 30 m tall with a smooth trunk and a crown of large pinnate leaves 1-2 m long. The fruit is an ovoid drupe up to 5 cm lon
...The tree is very sensitive to drought and in areas with less than 1250 mm of rainfall per annum [[Irrigation|irrigation]] is usually necessary.
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...e found to be settled in West Bengal in India and in southern districts of Bangladesh like Bagerhat, Khulna and Satkhira. They constituted a population numbering
...ignated as 'Paundra-Kshatria' in the official documents and in proceedings of the court.
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[[Image:Orcid.jpg|right|thumbnail|600px|Some different species of orchid]]
...numerous in the damp equatorial regions. The orchid has the highest number of hybrids, about 80,000. Morphologically, it is striking for its perennial he
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...ssistant teacher for sometime at Durgapur High School in Mirsharai upazila of Chittagong district (1959).
...he sector commander of Sector 11 comprising Mymensingh and part of Rangpur districts. He was seriously wounded on 14 November 1971 while launching an attack on
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...heir administrative powers to local bodies. Thus, decentralisation as part of measures to transfer administrative powers from the centre to the local bod
...the local units and added new offices. They developed an extensive system of public administration with such specialised departments as revenue, police,
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...rman of the Council of Scientific Research in Pakistan. He was the founder of the Diabetic Association in Dhaka (1956) and in Karachi and Lahore, West Pa
...|birdem]]) at Shahbag, Dhaka, in 1980 where the out-patients centre of the Bangladesh Diabetic Association was shifted.
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...oil, gas and water resources of the surface and subsurface. With the help of field geology, air photography, satellite imaging (remote sensing) and geop
...ng (scale 1:50,000) of Bangladesh and so far about an area of 60,000 sq km of the country has been mapped. [M Abu Bakr]
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...and police administration was reformed in 1861 based on the Police Report of 1860.
...stem of police administration is in practice in the subcontinent including Bangladesh.
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...rity of them have developed in the central part of the coast, running east of Tentulia river to the [[Feni River|feni]] river estuary. The region is most
...e Sandwip and Urir Char, Kutubdia, Maheshkhali and St Martin's islands are of tectonic origin.
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...[[Jamuna River|jamuna]] river on the east, Padma River, Natore and Kushtia districts on the west.
...ar]] is the largest (443.90.41 sq km, it occupies 18.72% of the total area of the district) and [[Bhangura Upazila|bhangura]] is the smallest (136 sq km)
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...Joypurhat District|joypurhat]], [[Dinajpur District|dinajpur]] and Rangpur districts on the west.
...aganj]] is the largest (481.66 sq km, it occupies 22.10% of the total area of the district) and [[Palashbari Upazila|palashbari]] is the smallest upazila
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...nt benefits, which are given in advanced countries and later introduced in Bangladesh.
...sion in terms of coverage, scope and types. The various programmes consist of three main types: food assistance programmes, cash benefits and other pover
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...ose records of any public or private institution which are adjudged worthy of permanent preservation for reference and research purposes and which have b
[[Image:Archives.jpg|thumbnail|400px|right|National Archives of Bangladesh, Agargaon]]
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...nd created an interest in the education of the masses. In Bengal a section of the educated people in the early 20th century expressed their concern over
...amme experienced a setback because of the Second World War. The Department of Rural Reconstruction was abolished and all adult education centres ceased s
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...Sadar upazila. Panchagarh district is located on the northern extremity of Bangladesh.
...Bengal. It was included in Dinajpur district at the time of the partition of India in 1947. Panchagarh Sub Division was formed in 1980 comprising Pancha
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...rth, [[Mymensingh District|mymensingh]] and [[Jamalpur District|jamalpur]] districts on the south, Mymensingh district on the east, Jamalpur district on the wes
...rpur Sub-division was turned into a district in 1984. Of the five upazilas of the district [[Sherpur Sadar Upazila|sherpur sadar]] is the largest (356.12
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...(WHO) and coordinates its activities closely with both the WHO Prevention of Blindness Programme and other international organisations with similar obje
...gladesh National Society for the Blind (BNSB), Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB), Lions, Rotary, and other service clubs.
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...of a region. Of course, the landuse type, particularly the forest coverage of a region, has much influence on soil properties like [[Topsoil|topsoil]] co
...and (vi) homestead and community forests. Brief descriptions of the soils of each forest type are described below:
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...shtia]] districts on the south, Pabna and [[Sirajganj District|sirajganj]] districts on the east, [[Rajshahi District|rajshahi]] district on the west.
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..., there are 70 branches of the Academy around the country. The head office of it is located at Old High Court area.
...s shifted to the Old High Court area|thumbnail|300px|right| The activities of the Central Office are being carried on in four buildings having occupied b
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...alled a district of enclaves; it has 33 enclaves. The two biggest enclaves of the district are Dahagram and Angarpota which are connected with the main l
''Administration'' Lalmonirhat district was formed in 1984. Of the 5 upazilas of the district [[Hatibandha Upazila|hatibandha]] is the largest (288.42 sq km
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...op and a single railway track below. With a length of 6.150 km and a width of 18.10 m or 62 feet, the Padma Bridge is the largest in Asia and the 25th in
...from the own resources of the Government of Bangladesh. The cost estimate of the Padma Bridge has been increased further to Tk 30,193 crore in two more
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...bout 90 percent of the major floral composition. The tree attains a height of 10-25 m and most leaves drop off during winter. Generally the annual rainfa
[[Image:SalbanForestGazipur.jpg|thumb|400px|right|A part of deciduous forest]]
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...alpur]] districts on the east, Pabna, [[Natore District|natore]] and Bogra districts on the west.
.... About 10% of the total area of Chalan Beel belongs to the Tarash upazila of the district.
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...cts on the east, [[Narail District|narail]] and [[Magura District|magura]] districts on the west.
...5 and Faridpur Municipality was established in 1869. Of the eight upazilas of the district [[Faridpur Sadar Upazila|faridpur sadar]] is the largest upazi
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...ities spread over the surrounding localities. Soon after the liberation of Bangladesh, 14 such women groups were formed in 6 villages.
...t became one of the largest women NGOs in Bangladesh within a short period of time.
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...south, [[Faridpur District|faridpur]] and [[Gopalganj District|gopalganj]] districts on the east, [[Jessore District|jessore]] district on the west.
...|lohagara]] is the smallest (290.83 sq km). Narail Town stands on the bank of the Chitra.
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...etween 2000-3000 only and they live in Rangamati, Bandarban and Chittagong districts.
...r own language. A single word carries different meaning with the variation of pronunciation. For example, 'Chee' means elder sister, and 'Chi' means salt
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'''Langur''' (hanuman) slender, long-tailed monkeys of the order Primates. Bangladesh has the following three species:
...-25. A critically endangered species in the country with a population size of less than 200.
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...khatna, ear-drilling of girls and naming of the newly born. The invitation of Mezban remains open for all. If a rich man arranges Mezbani in a village, v
...ugh various individuals as much as they can. It is a very ancient heritage of Chittagong.
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...]], Jagomohani, [[Matua|matuya]], Nyada, and Sahebdhani, are found in both Bangladesh and [[West Bengal|west bengal]] in India. These groups may also be referred
...to be their fundamental duty. According to them, the universe is the body of God. Hindu disciples call their deity Hadirama, while Muslim disciples use
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...gladesh the following are the major processes of establishing transparency of the government:
...ration has been decentralised by creating 4403 unions, 483 upazilas and 64 districts.
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...ed in Britain. The ancients of Egypt, Greece and Rome knew indigo. Mummies of Egypt's XVIII dynasty (about 1600 BC) were wrapped in indigo-dyed cloth.
...y the Ganges, such as Jessore and Krishnanagar, and the Champaran district of Bihar. The indigo plant is a shrub, 1.2-1.8 m high. It flowers during July-
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...n Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban and in the eastern part of Chittagong districts.
...Sylhet district was separated from Chittagong Division with the formation of [[Sylhet Division|sylhet division]] in 1995. Chittagong Municipality was es
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...committee is headed by an executive director, who is assisted by directors of programme and operation, training, and finance and accounts divisions.
...%, development levy 3.9%, admission fees 4.6%, bank interest 0.6% and sale of forms 0.6%.
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...ast, [[Panchagarh District|panchagarh]] and [[Dinajpur District|dinajpur]] districts on the west.
...med in 1875 and it was turned into a district in 1984. Of the six upazilas of the district [[Nilphamari Sadar Upazila|nilphamari sadar]] is the largest (
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...North) and Burdwan, Bengal did not come under the Gupta rule till the time of Samudragupta, whose Allahabad inscription places [[Samatata|samatata]] amon
...amah. No specimens of the battle-axe, tiger-slayer, lyrist and Kacha types of Samudragupta are known from Bengal.
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...g technical and knowledge assistance to 2.5 million people in 13 countries of the world in poverty alleviation. Asha has been selected as the 1st (highes
...oduced a program called MSME in 2017 as those are considered as the engine of the economic development.
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...ct|sirajganj]], [[Bogra District|bogra]], [[Gaibandha District|gaibandha]] districts on the west.
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...umber of precious heavy minerals were identified the same year. Geologists of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out reconnaissance work in 19
...basis of surveys carried out so far along the coast of Bangladesh a number of heavy mineral placers are delineated. Until now seventeen placer deposits a
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...nce as a unit of administration is closely associated with the land system of Bengal.
...were made an administrative unit called a district during the early years of British rule, and the system continued throughout the British period. More
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...ervices are rendered in the spirit of inter-faith dimensions, irrespective of caste or creed, race or religion. These services are quite separate from ev
...96 onwards). The mission and objectives of CCDB are to empower the poorest of the poor, including tribal and aboriginal people, to capacitate women';s sm
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...he south and east, Meherpur district and [[West Bengal|west bengal]] state of India on the west.
...artition of India. In 1947, excepting Krishganj thana, the whole territory of Chuadanga sub-division was included in Kushtia district. It was turned into
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...iganj]] districts on the east, [[Gazipur District|gazipur]] and Mymensingh districts on the west.
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...'A host of young women sang jhumuri (jhumur song). Although the tradition of Vaishnava songs are followed in ordinary, non-religious jhumur songs, its s
...s prevalent in the districts of Chapai Nawabganj, Rajshahi and Faridpur in Bangladesh.
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...ormation, such as date and place of collection, name of collector, details of habitat, local names, etc.
...d. Many large international herbaria contain specimens representing plants of countries other than their own. The herbarium situated at Royal Botanic Gar
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...y to pollinate over 60 agricultural crops and thus increase the production of fruits and seeds.
...Sundarbans, The|sundarbans]], Madhupur, and other forest enriched areas of Bangladesh.
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...c (As) and arsenic compounds are used in a variety of ways for the benefit of mankind but beyond a limit they become a deadly killer. Higher arsenic conc
...ial waste, wooden power poles, base metal mining and smelting, and fallout of contaminated aerosols.
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...ern of architectural devise it shows similarities to Roman design-concepts of column and arch. In the early age the monks used to built chaitya griha (ha
...ityas at Bhaja caves were constructed in the 1st century B.C. It consisted of an apsidal hall with stupa. The walls were polished according to Mauryan st
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...of plains. The total area is approximately 19,956 sq km with a hilly area of 1,300 sq km.
...in this region on the [[Karnafuli River|karnafuli]] river. The main rivers of the region originate in the hills. They are now increasingly subject to sed
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...isor' and from 1787 to 1790 as district collector and magistrate. A native of Scotland, Lindsay succeeded the first colonial representative for Sylhet, [
...including a description of the general insurgency organised by the people of Sylhet town in 1782 against the company rule. The insurgency was led by one
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...latitudes, with an average annual rainfall of 150 to 250 mm. This quantity of rain is not sufficient to maintain a continuous plant cover on soils.
..., Nevada and adjoining areas; in South America the drylands cover portions of Patagonia and adjoining areas.
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...these constituents may cause serious damage to the products. The presence of some harmful constituents like iron concretions, stone particles, soluble s
...the samples as minor constituents. Montmorillonite is not detected in any of the samples.
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...land, Moheshkhali, Cox's Bazar, lbrahimpur of Sunamganj, and Joshomantapur of Jamalganj. Estuarine and marine set bag nets (Behundi) are the main gears f
...c Energy Commission is currently engaged in research on storage technology of dried fishes using nuclear radiation.
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...go, but it is not clear when the gastropod populations were established in Bangladesh territory.
[[Image:Snail.jpg|right|thumbnail|400px|A variety of snails]]
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...eradicated from Bangladesh while the later is relatively a common disease of childhood.
...mankind, but is also the one which greatly contributed to the development of vaccination against microbial infections. It is a systemic infection, that
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...nabad Channel in Lalua, Baliatali, Dhulasar, Dhankhali and Tiakhali Unions of Kalapara Upazila in Patuakhali District. The port was officially inaugurate
...ourism industry, natural disaster management and, above all, the expansion of the Blue Economy.
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...(NCB), which was later reorganised into Bangladesh Computer Council by the Bangladesh Computer Council Ordinance in 1990.
[[Image:BangladeshComputerCouncil.jpg|thumb|400px|Bangladesh Computer Council Building]]
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...sherpur]], [[Jamalpur District|jamalpur]] and [[Tangail District|tangail]] districts on the west.
...he previous name of the Mymenshing Town was Nasirabad. Of the 17 districts of Dhaka Division, Mymenshingh District is the biggest.
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...y of Bangladesh. Abdul Khaleque was born on 1 March 1927 at Jiruin village of Brahmanpara thana in Comilla district. His father’s name is Maqbul Hossai
...ipal of Sarda Police Academy. He failed to stay in Sarda due to the attack of Pakistani forces on 25 March night and went to India with his family. He wr
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...rth's 4.6 billion years of existence into units and sub-units on the basis of rock records. It basically includes four eras, such as, Precambrian, Palaeo
...esh in the [[Dinajpur District|dinajpur]] and [[Rangpur District|rangpur]] districts.
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...Lakhnauti from [[Flood|flood]]s. The Grand Trunk Road, which has a length of about 150 miles (240 km) and built during his time, also acted as a flood c
...es of embankments have been built along rivers and in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. These embankments provide a protected environment for agricultural and oth
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...d products. Its head office is located on Gulshan Avenue of Dhaka city. As of March 2020, the bank had 87 branches across the country.
...posits and loans cum advances status of Union Bank Limited as a percentage of overall banking sector during 2019 were 1.2 per cent and 1.3 per cent respe
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...f was born on 1 November 1937 at village Mosharrafganj in Islampur upazila of Jamalpur district. His father Mosharraf Hossain was a jute merchant and his
...Command and Staff College, Quetta in 1968, and was appointed Brigade Major of 57-Brigade at Kharia. He was transferred to Dhaka in March 1970 when he had
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...[[Sundarbans, The|sundarbans]]. The Gorai-Madhumati has a flood discharge of nearly 7,000 cumec but in winter its flow goes down to five cumec.
...cross-channels, which are especially numerous in the Sundarbans. They are of great importance for inland navigation in the delta.
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...s Report of 1881 reveals that the Oraon also used to live in the districts of [[Mymensingh District|mymensingh]], [[Chittagong District|chittagong]] and
...hen and on what background the Oraon people migrated to Varendra region in Bangladesh from their ancestral home in India. It can only be assumed that they penetr
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...on a time, the water of this river was clear and transparent like the eyes of a bird. 'Kapot' means pigeon and 'Aksha' means eye.
...a point 8 km north of Magura town, where it splits into two channels. One of the channels falls into the [[Gorai Mosque|gorai]], and the other joins the
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...der them as a separate ethnic community. Presently the number of Marmas in Bangladesh is about 350,000.
...mas in urban areas and nearby settlements speak the corrupt local language of Chittagong.
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...e trunk through which the latex is extruded. Hot humid climate with plenty of sunshine is suitable for rubber plantations. A rubber plant takes about 12
...lantations to support a rich undergrowth of different herbs. Average yield of rubber from a single plant is about 2 kg per year.
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...e at field level and who felt that the increasingly service-based approach of NGOs would simply create dependency among the clients.
...this goal the organisation developed a strategy of making people conscious of their rights and assisting them in building a collective strength necessary
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...south, [[Mymensingh District|mymensingh]] and [[Gazipur District|gazipur]] districts on the east, [[Sirajganj District|sirajganj]] district on the west.
...is the largest upazila (450.71 sq km, it occupies 13.35% of the total area of the district) and [[Dhanbari Upazila|dhanbari]] is the smallest upazila (12
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...rates in 102 villages under four Upazilas of Noakhali, Lakshmipur and Feni districts, and in the Noakhali and Chatkhil Municipal areas.
...m home and abroad, he moved from village to village, spreading his message of communal harmony, non-violence, and respect for ethics, truth and human rig
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...1882-1911) 24, George V (1911-1935) 67, and King George VI (1935-1947) 52. Of these 180 stamps, only 28 were issued commemorating four occasions.
...of work in different places and with machines varying in types and density of colour ink, the stamps widely varied in appearance.
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...as 67%. Flood control and drainage is used as a means to reduce the depth of flooding or eliminate it through 'controlled flooding', so as to provide gr
...evelopment Board|bangladesh water development board]] constructed a number of [[Embankment|embankment]]s, [[Barrage|barrage]]s and [[Canal|canal]]s. Some
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...ke starch, alcohol and pharmaceuticals. The important tuber crops grown in Bangladesh include [[Potato|potato]], sweet potato, [[Aroid|aroid]], yam, cassava and
...rice. The high yielding potato varieties have been introduced/developed in Bangladesh after 1960.
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...e. Thus a barrage is a device to regulate river flow by suitable operation of its gates. The gates can be opened during high [[Flood|flood]]s to release
...upply of water into the canal, the canal head regulator controls the entry of [[Silt|silt]] and floodwater into the canal. Other ancillary works at a bar
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...s about 1.72 million square kilometre. Seven percent of this area falls in Bangladesh.
...people. Being the lower riparian, Bangladesh has no control over the flows of these rivers.
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...er million, or other convenient units like EC in mS/cm or mmhos/cm. The pH of the saturated saline soil is usually less than 8.3. These soils are geograp
...'s Bazar, Jessore, Magura, Narail, Faridpur, Gopalganj, Jhalkati districts of the coastal and offshore lands.
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...uth, [[Joypurhat District|joypurhat]], [[Bogra District|bogra]] and Natore districts on the east, [[Nawabganj District|nawabganj]] district on the west.
...tpur]] is the largest (449.10. sq km, it occupies 13.07% of the total area of the district) and [[Badalgachhi Upazila|badalgachhi]] is the smallest upazi
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...ast, [[Munshiganj District|munshiganj]] and [[Chandpur District|chandpur]] districts on the west.
...dpur and Brahmanbaria sub-divisions of this district were transformed into districts in 1984.
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...and [[Narail District|narail]] districts on the north, [[Bay of Bengal|bay of bengal]] on the south, [[Bagerhat District|bagerhat]] district on the east,
Name of Metropolitan thana and GO code
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...Under such conditions, the soil is alkaline, sometimes very strongly. A pH of 9 or 10 may be reached in some soils if sodium carbonate is present.
...-Jamuna junction downstream, the active floodplain includes mixed alluvium of both rivers, which reduces the average lime content by about 2-5 percent.
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...In some areas gud is made of palm juice and in khulna area it is also made of golpata or fanpalm juice.
...ng or slicing off a part of the soft skin of the topmost part of the trunk of date tree and then the gud is prepared by thickening the juice by boiling.
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...Muga is semi-domesticated, and the Tasar is wild. The rearing and raising of silkworm is known as sericulture.
...e silk they produce, the type of leaves on which they feed, and the number of breeding per year.
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...shads. It was also decided that the UNO should continue to act as chairman of upazila parishad till such time an elected chairman takes office.
...f officers and staff working directly under him; (xi) supervise activities of the officers and staff working under him; (xii) protocol duties; and finall
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...units. However, the Government of Bangladesh introduced the metric system of measures from 1982 through an Ordinance.
''Table'' Traditional Measuring Units used in different areas of the country.
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...up in the winter but during the rains expand into broad and shallow sheets of water, which may be described as fresh water lagoons.
...ounding area. The land between a pair of parallel rivers thus forms a kind of trough in between. The rivers, on the other hand, cannot overflow their ban
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...had only one landholder with the title of zamindar and it was the zamindar of Baniachang [[Pargana|pargana]].
...ing raised land of Baniachang. They used to move to their respective spots of cultivation and fishing during dry season and established satellite village
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...unded by [[Gopalganj District|gopalganj]] and [[Barisal District|barisal]] districts on the north, [[Barguna District|barguna]] district on the south, [[Jhaloka
...baria]] is the largest (353.25 sq km, it occupies 27.01% of the total area of the district) and [[Kawkhali Upazila (Pirojpur District)|kawkhali]] is the
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...h kalus are called khalus. The lexical meaning of the word is 'a community of Hindu and Muslim oilmen'.
...s while telis specialise in selling oil. At present, indigenous technology of pressing oil is replaced by wooden mills and mechanical mills.
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...[[Poverty|poverty]] alleviation and empowerment of the poor in rural areas of the country. At present, BRAC promotes income generation for the poor, most
...nstitutions for the delivery of financial services to the poor. The number of Vos increased to 298,848 in 2009.
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...s have developed. For instance, Dhaka City is located on the natural levee of the river [[Buriganga River|buriganga]]; Narayanganj is on the [[Shitalaksh
...s supports a wide range of agriculture. However, depending on the location of the levee, farmers always prefer crops which are grown better under sandy a
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...es used in writing, eg [[Paper|paper]], pens, ink. Before the introduction of paper, ancient people used stone, copper plate, palm leaf, birch bark (Bhur
...the witness of the use of stone as a writing material. There are two types of writing on the stones, which are (i) engraving, and (ii) writing with a bru
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...coriander-seed, cinnamon, cardamoms and manifold flavoured dusts. Offering of betel leaf on formal occasions gives message to the guests that the party w
...in Dhaka is famous in the sub-continent. Hindus also use pan as an element of worships. Betel leaves are arranged aesthetically on a decorated plate call
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...ge was viewed by rulers as a crucial institution for the financial support of the empire.
...pendent relationship was worked out and maintained by a traditional system of custom, authority and mutual obligation.
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...about 13,184 sq km, which is approximately one-tenth of the total area of Bangladesh.
.... The Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation of 1900, instituted a local system of tax collection with the headmen and chiefs at the apex.
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...ve established their dominance in Bengal trade and commerce. In some areas of trading, such as banking, grain, cloth, salt, and moneylending, their prese
...pal beneficiaries. The jamini business reached its peak in the early phase of British rule.
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...hury. Kabir Chowdhury's ancestral home was in Gopairbagh in Chatkhil thana of Noakhali district. He was married to Meher Kabir, well known educationist a
...rship, and obtained MA degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California in 1965 on a government scholarship.
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...east, [[Sunamganj District|sunamganj]] and [[Habiganj District|habiganj]] districts on the west.
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...gments and organic matter formed in place at the earth';s surface; capable of supporting life.
...nd is called the plasma of the soil. Both physical and chemical properties of the soil are dominantly influenced by clay fraction. Clay is colloidal in n
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...vities of the rivers contributed to the formation of some 60% of the total Bangladesh coastline.
...The main progradation of the delta is continuing to the south into the Bay of Bengal.
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...t very year many Mahila Samitis (women's associations) in different Bengal districts which were finally amalgamated in the central organisation known as the Mah
...kinds of injustice and exploitation. Above all, the MARS encouraged women of different social strata to overthrow the 'subordinate syndrome' and gain co
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...[[Narsingdi District|narsingdi]] and [[Narayanganj District|narayanganj]] districts on the west.
...rahmanbaria sadar]] is the largest (440.57 sq km, 23.86% of the total area of the district) and [[Ashuganj Upazila|ashuganj]] is the smallest (69.59 sq k
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...he rank of Lieutenant Commander. Later on, he joined in the Barisal branch of East Pakistan Inland Water Transport Authority on deputation.
...y for an insurrection for making East Pakistan independent. He was accused of persuing his venture from 1964. He was said to have motivated many other Ea
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...lear and joint families are noticed in their patriarchal society. The head of society is called Paramanik. The village head is called Mahat. However, the
...h other. This closeness enhances social relationships between local groups of relatives.
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...putra River originates from the northern slopes of the Himalayas, in Tibet of China. Its tributaries originate from the Kailash Range, Tibetan Plateau, t
...those two rivers. But towards east of this lower plain has the tributaries of Meghna River. The Bengal plain has some independent rivers to the west orig
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...by Christian missionaries in the 1980s, the Santal population in northern Bangladesh was over one hundred thousand. According to the 1991 census, the Santal pop
...], [[Paharia, The|paharia]]s and some other ethnic groups have a good deal of similarity with the long-headed, broad-nosed Santals in physical features,
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...h, [[Habiganj District|habiganj]] and [[Kishoreganj District|kishoreganj]] districts on the south, [[Sylhet District|sylhet]] district on the east, [[Netrokona
...district in 1984. Municipality was formed in 1960. Of the eleven upazilas of the district [[Dharmapasha Upazila|dharmpasha]] is the largest (496.03 sq k
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...inate relation with him by borrowing his tools or space or any other means of production and distribution from him. A grocer has a mahajan if his busines
...nts mostly through the intermediation of mahajans who bought or sold bills of exchange on their behalf.
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...nse is a tribunal constituted by the state as a part of ordinary hierarchy of courts, which is invested with the state's inherent judicial powers.
...ts decisions must, nevertheless, be consistent with the general principles of law.
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...bout 13 km from Tarash at the northeast to Narayanpur, near the north bank of the Gumani. Its greatest length is about 24 km from Singra to Kachikata on
...ively; both are in Chatmohar upazila. Chiral and Gurka beels cover an area of 8 sq km each and Ghugudaha beel is 4 sq km in size.
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...rocks which is present underneath, the consequence of which is the release of inorganic arsenic into the water.
...hich affects some of the oxidative reactions associated with the breakdown of sugar for energy generation. Enzymes containing sulphydryl (SH) groups are
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...cked by the females from her breast. The birds moult their flight feathers of the wings at the same time. Therefore, they do not fly for a period lasting
...eeds, tubers, worms and molluscs from the mud bottom in shallow water zone of lakes, marshes, ponds and estuaries.
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...arrier but usually they are not affected with this disease. All age groups of chickens may be affected with this disease, but chicks and growing chickens
...ion of comb (layer) (middle-right); Red discolouration of featherless part of legs (bottom)]]
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...ked. Most ticks are only few mm in length (2-9 mm), but an engorged female of certain genera may reach up to 14 mm.
...oparasites and vectors of both animal and human diseases. As a transmitter of human diseases alone, they run a close second next to mosquitoes.
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...of bengal]] on the west. Chittagong District is quite different from other districts for its unique natural beauty characterised by hills, rivers, sea, forests
...ommercial capital of Bangladesh. The first Export Processing Zone (EPZ) of Bangladesh, established in 1983, is situated here. Chittagong Municipality was formed
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...on landslides take place in both natural and man-induced slopes. Although, Bangladesh is a densely populated country, the hilly region presents a sharp contrast
...ltivation on steep slopes also played a significant role in the occurrence of landslide in the past years.
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...upon as impure in later Vedic literature because they fell beyond the pale of Vedic culture.
...he river Karatoya in the Bogra district, is now certain with the discovery of the [[Mahasthan Brahmi Inscription|mahasthan brahmi inscription]], palaeogr
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...ntury and is now cultivated in most warm humid areas. ''S. robustum'', one of the wild species, grows in profusion in the New Guinea region. In appearanc
...ne is about 5.5 million m tons. It is one of the most important cash crops of the country.
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...Sc in 1941 from St Xavier's School and College in Kolkata. While a student of BSc (Hons) in Chemistry in the St Xavier's School and College, Nuruzzaman j
...n of India in 1947 Kazi Nuruzzaman joined the Pakistan Army. On completion of his higher education at Royal Artillery School in England in 1949 he joined
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...the government No. 21 of 11 April 1985. Under a separate Government Order of 28 February 1989, the corporation was short named as Petrobangla and was gi
...) and supervise all activities for exploration, development and production of oil and gas under the signed PSCs.
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...t documents; Registration of valuable articles being temporarily taken out of the country; and Commercial transactions.
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...tion'' Shariatpur District was formed on 1 March 1984. Of the six upazilas of the district [[Bhedarganj Upazila|bhedarganj]] is the largest (311.24 sq km
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...he east, [[Nawabganj District|nawabganj]] on the west. The region consists of [[Barind Tract|barind tract]], Diara and Char lands.
...[[Padma River|padma]], [[Mahananda River|mahananda]], Shiba; Paltola Beel of Godagari and [[Chalan Beel|chalan beel]] are notable.
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...to coal by burial compaction and thermal alteration. As the coalification of peat proceeds with increasing burial, progressively higher ranking coal are
...nd of nineteenth century. With the advent of petroleum resources the share of coal in the world energy mix had reduced. Yet, it remains a leading fuel th
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...[Nilphamari District|nilphamari]] and [[Lalmonirhat District|lalmonirhat]] districts on the north, [[Gaibandha District|gaibandha]] district on the south, [[Kur
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...ple. In the wild plant, they are pale lilac with a purple spot at the base of each petal.
...um is prescribed for curing mental and physical diseases, especially those of the eye.
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...ly concentrated its activities mostly on preservation and excavation works of only select monuments and ruins.
...aeology'' in 1964 by F.A. Khan enabled publication of important activities of the department. Paharpur Museum was first founded in 1956-57. Later, [[main
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...s chairman of Thana Parishad was elected, the TNO will act as the chairman of the Parishad. Local Government law was accordingly amended.
...the Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) cadre. The charter of duties of TNO included the following:
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...the myriad of life. Many of them simply do not have access to modern forms of entertainment.
...1971. Instrumental music has its own glory in folk songs. No one can think of folk music without indigenous instruments like ''ektara, dotara, sarinda'',
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...The species that have played an important ancestral role in the production of modern cultivated varieties are ''Rosa rugosa'', ''R. mundi'', ''R. centifo
...n Greek mythology, rose appeared from the drops of blood of Venus- goddess of Love and Beauty. In Arabian legends it is said that a nightingale adored a
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...realization of Tax and Customs Duties, relieving them from the collection of land revenue.
..., the Revenue Survey was to be undertaken immediately after the completion of the Thakbast Survey in a mouza.
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...t to expedite acquisition of land as well as taking earth for construction of roads, canals, and railways.
...rocess of modification and consolidation continued till enactment of Act X of 1870.
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...en the form of government was changed. However, since 1991 when the system of government reverted to parliamentary, this important division has again bee
...for framing the [[Rules of Business|rules of business]] and for allocation of functions among various ministries/ divisions also rests with the cabinet d
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...earn his own living. In 1948, he joined the then C and B department as one of the very low-grade employees. Being unhappy with the job, he left it and la
...of the economy almost exclusively. Over time, Jahurul Islam grew into one of the most influential personalities in the country’s development sector.
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...nions (Ujantia, Pekua, Taitong, Bara Bakia, Magnama, Rajakhali, Shilkhali) of Chakaria upazila.
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...lchity]] is the largest (237.17 sq km, it occupies 31.3% of the total area of the district) and [[Kanthalia Upazila|kanthalia]] is the smallest upazila (
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...t facilitated transmission of electricity and natural gas, and integration of [[telecommunication]] links.
...ed 22% each, and the remaining 34% was borne by Bangladesh. The components of the project's cost were: bridge and viaducts- $269 million (28%); river tra
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'''Maize''' (bhutta) a [[Cereal|cereal]] crop, Zea mays of the family Graminae, order Cyperales. In the United States and Canada maize
...d from Mexico or Central America, its centre of origin, to other countries of the world.
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...n 1953-54; by 1975 it was occurring at regular intervals in most countries of Southeast Asia.
...he Maldive Islands and east into China. DHF and DSS are now leading causes of hospital admission and death among children in Asia.
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...etlands''' By the arrival of monsoon, a large part of the flood plains in Bangladesh goes under water for four to six months. This is in addition to rivers, hao
...he Kumar. These baors had drainage links with their mother river. But many of these baors became land locked as their mother rivers died.
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...uced for the first time in 1835 by James Ronald Martin, presidency surgeon of Bengal.
...ajor diseases-fevers, causing 40 per cent of all deaths and three-quarters of all hospital admissions; dysentery and diarrhoea; liver diseases; and chole
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...here are substantial differences in temple architecture in different parts of India and South Asia.
...whom the temples are normally dedicated. Some temples have symbols instead of Idols. Many temples are characteristically located in key geographical poin
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...and passengers because land carriage was expensive, almost double the cost of carriage by waterways.
...ed and dangerous in rains. Steam-propelled boats, independent as they were of tides and wind unlike the conventional country boats, appeared as the solut
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...4), Karl Marx (1818-1883) are the advocates of modern ideological politics of radical bias.
...nverted to communism. After the partition of India in 1947, the communists of East Bengal, mostly Hindus, migrated to India due to repressive measures an
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...c fibre crops still play the leading role in the socioeconomic development of the country.
The principal fibre crops grown in Bangladesh are [[Jute|jute]], mesta, [[Cotton|cotton]], and sunhemp. Coir, pineapple l
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...as 27 enclaves of which Dahagram and Angarpota are the most noted enclaves of the country. The Tin Bigha Corridor connects these two enclaves with the ma
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...Jamuna river and [[Jamalpur District|jamalpur]] district on the east, part of Chalan Beel and [[Naogaon District|naogaon]] and Natore district on the wes
...formed including 7 new thanas. In 1983 Bogra district was divided into two districts, Bogra and Joypurhat.
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...f government functionaries at Thana level and the locally elected chairmen of Union Councils now called the Union Parishad.
...acy in the then Pakistan consisting of political parties in both the wings of Pakistan finally led to its abolition in 1969.
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...ification programme. The REB constructed 222,780 km of distribution lines, of which 120,947 km had been energised. It also constructed 426 sub-stations (
...within 10%. During 1999-2000, average collection of the societies was 97% of billed amount.
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'''Judicial System''' The judiciary in Bangladesh consists of the higher judiciary (the Supreme Court) and the subordinate judiciary (the
...ster. Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed from amongst the advocates of the Supreme Court and judicial officers. Judges appointed in the Appellate
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...dren's primary healthcare (in a limited scale) were included in the system of service delivery.
...cale among the common folk. Only the highly educated and enlightened class of the society started demonstrating a significant contraceptive prevalence ra
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...a]] dating back to the third or fourth century BC. In 2001, only about 23% of the national population or more than 28 million people were found to be res
...tionMahasthangarh.jpg|thumb|400px]] Land sketch (Sir Alexander Cunningham) of Mahasthangarh
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...Forest Industries Development Corporation, under Presidential Order No. 48 of 1972 with its headquarters in Dhaka.
...mestic demand of raw rubber and thus to save the valuable foreign currency of the country by substituting import.
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...yer at the district judge's court. Their ancestral home was in the village of Bidgaon in [[Vikramapura|vikramapura]].
...chchhvas'', ''Utsa'', ''Vidyut'' and ''Chhotoder Chhada''. Towards the end of her life she wrote an autobiography.
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...e terraces almost completely cover two of the six administrative divisions of the country, [[Rajshahi District|rajshahi]] and [[Dhaka District|dhaka]].
...long with the Meghna, it is making a major contribution to the building up of the [[delta]]. Among the major rivers, Brahmaputra-Jamuna is the most energ
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...n a reasonably dependable form. The project also explored the potentiality of the poor to generate productive self-employment with marginal financial sup
...are owned by borrowers and the remaining 6% are owned by the Government of Bangladesh.
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...akshya]] as endowed property by a will to meet the expenses of the worship of God Narayan and consequently, the place got the name Narayanganj.
...eposits form the aquifer. The total area of the district is 759.57 sq km., of which 48.56 sq km. is reverine and 0.60 sq km. is under forest. The distric
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...ganising a series of anti-British general strikes by the name 'hartal'. In Bangladesh, hartal is a constitutionally recognised political method for articulating
...ding to the Rangpur raiyats, danka was to the indigo cultivators of Bengal districts in 1859-60.
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...rokona, Nalitabari and Jhenaigati upazilas of Sherpur and Madhupur upazila of Tangail district.
...Then they moved again to the north-eastern Indian Hill tracts and Northern Bangladesh about 4500 years ago. And finally they migrated to the greater Mymensingh a
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...issued from time to time and meant for the superintendence and management of all the jails including the subsidiary jails throughout the province. It co
...1860 as amended), which relate to the confinement of prisoners, execution of sentences, prisoners' appeals, lunatics, and the like, must also be complie
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...e west lie the plainland of [[West Bengal|west bengal]] and the vast tract of the Gangetic Plain.
...the rainy monsoon season which lasts from June through October. The month of March may also be considered as the spring season, and the period from mid-
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...zar changes to bigger or smaller due to erosion resulting in the formation of islands and char.
''Forests'' Total forest area: 940.58 sq km; main forests consists of Phulchhari Range, Bhumaria-ghona Range, Meher-ghona Range, Bak Khali Range.
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...e man-made. However, wetlands of Bangladesh can be classified on the basis of their hydrological and ecological functions and landtype concept stated in
...bottomland (which remains wet throughout the year) are considered as areas of wetlands.
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...anse of mangrove forest known as [[Sundarbans, The|sundarbans]], the abode of the famous Royal [[Bengal Tiger|bengal tiger]].
...about 95 to 119 [[Enclaves|enclave]][[Enclaves|s]] inside India. The areas of these enclaves range from 0.4 ha to 20.72 sq km.
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...Later, two bodies were separated from BSCIC. Bangladesh Handloom Board and Bangladesh Sericulture Board were established.
...ation following the BSCIC Act, govt. rules and policy guidelines. Chairman of the Board is the Chief Executive Officer. Each member heads one functional
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...world. This is not because of greater hazard frequency but simply because of greater vulnerability.
...ncreasing natural degradation. Natural hazards are now being considered as of global importance and global efforts are being made to mitigate them.
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'''Tribal Languages''' Bangladesh has over forty tribes most of whom live in Rajshahi, Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, greater Mymensin
...hilly and forest areas of Sylhet division, speak ''Oyar''. A small number of Sinteng and Lalang tribes also live in these areas and they speak their own
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...t of creation with the mystery of creation and existence of life, and that of human with meeting with God.
...Lalon's songs is from 2,000 to 2,500. His disciples also composed hundreds of songs.
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...d of direct relationship of peasants with the king or sovereign in respect of land ownership, which came to be known as the [[Raiyat|raiyat]] based syste
...r]]s, who were not owners of land, but were imperial agents for collection of rents from the individual tenants in their respective areas.
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...r determining magnitude (M). The magnitude is related to roughly logarithm of energy, E in ergs.
...distributed unevenly on the globe. However, it has been observed that most of the destructive earthquakes originate within two well-defined zones or belt
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...etting up of a technical school in Dhaka. Later the educational activities of UCEP were expanded to Chittagong and Khulna metropolitan cities. UCEP was r
...lah in Narayangonj in co-operation of the Department of Primary Education, Bangladesh.
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...groups and can be availed of at any age. NFE is provided to those sections of the comm`unity who have no access to or are dropped out from formal educati
...programme was brought under the newly formed rural development department of the provincial government. But the programme approached a closure due to th
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...ovement was basically religious; but it touched upon various other aspects of the society. He may be characterised as an Islamic revivalist, a social ref
...gents, popularly called gomastas of the private businesses of the officers of the East India Company, who were also mainly Marwaris and their Bengali ass
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...water that overtops the natural or artificial banks in any of the reaches of a [[Stream|stream]]. When banks are overtopped, water spreads over the [[Fl
...of the total annual inflow. By comparison only about 187,000 million cu m of streamflow is generated by [[Rainfall|rainfall]] inside the country during
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...poor transport and communication and absence of well established channels of trade system.
...pply but it is influenced by a variety of factors that affect the capacity of particular households and social groups to establish entitlement over food'
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...on tons, for cooking. This is causing fast depletion of the forest reserve of the country and has become a threat to the ecological balance.
...e wind energy potential of the coastal region and the scope of utilisation of wind energy resources for application in water pumping and power generation
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...ffalo, goat, sheep, dog, cat and, less frequently, humans. The main source of microorganism is contaminated soil. Anthrax spores can survive in the envir
...nfection through contact (skin abrasion), inhalation and ingestion (eating of contaminated meat). Besides, the disease may spread through skin, bone meal
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...he east, [[Manikganj District|manikganj]] and [[Rajbari District|rajbari]] districts on the west.
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...[[Char Rajibpur Upazila|char rajibpur]] upazila on the south, Assam state of India on the east, Char Rajibpur, [[Chilmari Upazila|chilmari]] and Ulipur
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...e organisation was renamed Bangladesh Mahila parishad after the liberation of the country, in 1971.
...legal entity in 1976, it is also the member of Economic and Social Council of United Nations (ECOSOC).
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...ical origin of the co-operative movement is to be traced from the writings of Robert Owen, Louis Blanc, Charles Fourier and others.
...ultural and artisan classes became almost totally subjected to the control of usurious moneylenders.
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...the Surma. This confluence is five kilometres east of Kuliarchar and north of Bhairab Bazar. Downstream from this point, the river is referred to as the
...wer Meghna below Shatnol is one of the largest rivers in the world because of its wide estuary mouth. The Lower Meghna is at times treated as a separate
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...edimentary structures of alluvium may be complex and dependent on the type of river activity.
...rse-sandy than those of the river [[Meghna River|meghna]]. Again, the size of sediments may depend on its supply source and on the distance travelled. As
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...e. Over 80 crops are grown worldwide, providing people with the major part of their food and supplying fibers, construction materials, pharmaceuticals, b
...eat]]; the minor cereals include barley/jab, joar, bazra, cheena and kaon; of the oil seeds, rape and mustard are most important.
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...table to a locally elected Board of Directors and the overall performances of the PBSs are controlled by REB.
...l connection holders. A 'PBS Revolving Fund' was established with the help of financially sound Samities for the PBSs which are yet to be self reliant to
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...phone service remained limited to government offices, business communities of large and medium towns, and a few privileged urban citizens.
...and later in 2008 BTTB was transformed into a public limited company named Bangladesh Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL). BTCL's prime responsibility is to
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...kinds of bees in the hive: a queen, several hundred drones, and thousands of worker bees; each form is structurally and physiologically different from t
...Several families of bees have parasitic species that lay eggs in the cells of various working bees.
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...occurred. The term 'fruit' is more conveniently used to refer to the part of the seed suitable for human consumption, eaten fresh, either ripe or young.
...nut and apple. Simple fruits developed from single ovary, is the character of fruits. Aggregate fruits are developed from numerous ovaries as in jackfrui
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...h is subject to the superintendence and control of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.
...urts. First, the courts of metropolitan magistrates and second, the courts of magistrates outside the metropolitan areas.
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...ass Education Division (PMED). At the central level, there are three types of bodies under the MOE and PMED: directorates, professional organisations, an
...anisations: National Academy for Educational Management; Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics; and National Academy for Primary Ed
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...t contribute to rapid urbanisation generally associated with higher levels of productivity and development.
...emittances constitute a form of income, which not only helps in sustenance of families but also cushions against income erosion, a recurrent threat faced
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...ets preference for such consideration. However protection and preservation of both flora and fauna get top priority. Beauty offered by the nature is open
...all these lands were deep forests with rich bio-diversity. Natural beauty of these deep green jungles and wild animals there had a great attraction. Var
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...factors, including the species and strain of the parasite, the resistance of the patient, and the environment.
...and Asia Minor. Malaria does not occur in certain islands such as, islands of the Central and South Pacific, the Galapagos islands, Guam, the Hawaiian an
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...rative development at this time was the emergence of ''Diwan'' as the head of the financial administration.
...n 1772, the former supervisors were converted into collector of revenue in districts.
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...ing, which includes dairy, beef fattening, poultry, raising and setting up of hatcheries.
...isional audit offices in Rajshahi and Rangpur. Merely a training institute of the bank is situated at Rajshahi city.
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...the stones; some others swim about in groups in deep, cold water. They are of grey, brown, white or pink coloured. Some have bands over the body, some ha
...ed swimming appendages (swimmerets/ pleopods), and fan-shaped uropod. Most of the prawns have stalked compound eyes.
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...Khan|murshid quli khan]] and wrest the [[Bamandanga Zamindari|zamindari]] of the pargana from the Ghazis.
...ily had been in uninterrupted control of the pargana down to the abolition of zamindari system in 1951.
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...re of the country is very much influenced by the landscape. Floodplains of Bangladesh have been divided into 18 sub-units:
...up to about 6m deep (in the north; less in the south) below the main level of the plain. This plain gently slopes south from about 96m down to 33m above
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...en 90°00' and 91°07' east longitudes. It is bounded by the Meghalaya state of India on the north, [[Kishoreganj District|kishoreganj]] district on the so
...kanda]] is the largest (377.41 sq km, it occupies 13.43% of the total area of the district) and [[Atpara Upazila|atpara]] is the smallest (195 sq km).
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..., [[Soil|soil]]s, land levels in relation to flooding and agroclimatology. Bangladesh has been tentatively divided into 30 agroecological zones. These 30 zones h
...if season on their different kinds of land, based on their long experience of cultivation on particular sites.
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...ansport sector of Bangladesh experienced massive development with the help of donor funding and technical assistance from abroad during the three decades
...ed for navigation), reducing to about 4,800 km in the dry season (3,865 km of which is classified).
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...slator in the Home Department. Concurrently, he was an Assistant Secretary of the Bangiya Mussalman Sahitya Samiti. From 1916 he began to take part in po
...rul|kazi nazrul islam]]. Ahmed used to contribute articles on the problems of the working people to this daily. He left Nabayug in January 1921.
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...further be divided into two kinds: light and heavy. Again, minerals may be of three types: essential, accessory and secondary.
...odplain]] and estuarine areas which occupy around 80% of the total area of Bangladesh.
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...rigade Major of 54 Brigade in Sialkot. After getting promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1969, he commanded the 3rd East Bengal Regiment durin
...was made the Chief of Army Staff in December 1978 and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in 1979.
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...tohistoric human habitation and culture have been discovered in many parts of the Bengal basin. Attempts have been made to correlate such evidence especi
...y (66 million years to 2 million years before the present age) folded belt of Tripura.
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...icts. About 100,000 Chakmas also live in India, particularly in the states of Arunachal, Mizoram and Tripura. Small groups have settled in other countrie
...f the Chakmas in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. On the earliest surviving map of Bengal he marked that Chakmas lived in a settlement on the [[Karnafuli Rive
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...ng the relations between the two wings of Pakistan ever since independence of the country from Britain in 1947.
...ague]] which bagged 167 seats out of 169, the sole spokesman of the people of East Pakistan and majority leader in the Pakistan National Assembly. But th
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...to the skies. The general trend of a few hill ranges is transverse to that of the principal Himalayan belt. These are the Assam ranges, the Manipur range
...apped peaks such as the Kanchenjunga is visible from the northern parts of Bangladesh.
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...District|khulna]] district on the east, [[West Bengal|west bengal]] state of India on the west.
...s located on the south west extremity of Bangladesh. Of the seven upazilas of the district [[Shyamnagar Upazila|shyamnagar]] is the largest (1968.24 sq k
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...s are so inextricably connected with the folklore and religious ceremonies of India as the mango.
...kh Bagh, India. This is considered to be the first organised mango orchard of the subcontinent.
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...|tripura]] state of India on the south, [[Assam|assam]] and Tripura states of India on the east, [[Habiganj District|habiganj]] district on the west.
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...arul, chapalish, nageswar, etc were tried from time to time. A small patch of jarul sown in 1917 in a low flat area has been growing well but no other pl
...y been in abeyance during the war was generally extended and special works of improvement undertaken under the post war reconstruction schemes. In post p
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...the land artificially, as in the [[Haor|haor]] areas. The levees form most of the high ground available in the deltaic areas or in the low basins.
...r ensuring privacy of the household, every house normally has fencing made of [[Bamboo|bamboo]] or [[Palm|palm]] leaves or straw or corrugated iron (CI)
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...to the change in attitude of the earth's axis in relation to the position of the sun at a particular place. In temperate latitudes four seasons are reco
...ut some seasons flow into other seasons, while others are short. Actually, Bangladesh has three distinct seasons: the pre-monsoon hot season from March through M
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...aka. Nearly three hundred thousands of ethnic Tripuris are now citizens of Bangladesh.
The Tripuris claim themselves as descendants of the [[Kayastha|kayastha]] caste, originating from the Chandra line. But ant
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''Source ''Bangladesh Population Census 2001 and 2011, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.
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...ent during' 2005-2006. Important crops, livestock, fisheries, and forestry of the country will be discussed in the following paragraphs:
...is more than 4 mt ha-1, whereas, the average yield of most other varieties of rice is around 2.50. mt ha-1.
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...i, [[Shanti Bahini|shanti bahini]], started its activities. Since then the Bangladesh Army and Shanti Bahini had been in confrontation until the peace accord in
...amiti started its political activities. In 1947, just before the partition of India Jana-Samiti attempted to get the CHT allied to India.
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...to mid-May. Recently salt cultivation has also begun in the coastal belts of Khulna and Satkhira.
...and the quality of salt has been very standard. Moreover the market price of this salt produced in new method is double.'
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...op|crop]] for the original Americans. It is now one of the staple foods in Bangladesh. Its history is difficult to trace, partly because the name potato was also
...nt, potato is today a primary food of Western peoples, as well as a source of starch, flour, alcohol, dextrin, and fodder (chiefly in Europe, where more
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...a specified management system. The major constraints of [[Bangladesh Soil|bangladesh soil]]s as regards general fertility and health are briefly enunciated belo
...ted States Department of Agriculture (USDA) categorized soils on the basis of pH values are extremely acid having pH below 4.5; very strongly acid- pH ra
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...accessible to the clients through up gradation of software and automation of BRTA enforcement activities.
The Headquarter of BRTA is located at Allenburi, Tejgaon in Dhaka. It has divisional offices o
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...ocks under high pressure or temperature, or chemical action - example from Bangladesh are schist, gneiss, amphibolite.
...tly after that Bragg, Goldschmidt and Bowen contributed a lot in the field of mineralogy.
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...lptures to promote any political opinion or religious faith are the result of hatred.
...ge. Today not only the developed world, but the economy and defence system of developing nations also more or less depend on international computer netwo
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...gi-gachha, Wa-gachha and Tashi-gachha. In Bangladesh there are seven clans of the Tanchangya.
...e and are employed in government and private services. Thus the profession of jhum cultivation gradually declined.
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...d leather, it provides manure, meat and [[Milk|milk]] to the vast majority of the people.
...xchange. Livestock resources also play an important role in the sustenance of landless people.
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...osed of alluvial soil of the [[Meghna River|meghna]] basin and of a number of small char lands.
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...me from the list. The World Heritage Committee is constituted for a period of four years comprising representatives from 21 countries across the globe.
...ld including Bangladesh ratified the 'Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage'.
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...out the tectonic framework of Bangladesh in order to evaluate the prospect of [[Mineral Resources|mineral resources]] including oil and [[Natural Gas|nat
...nd gas prospects of Bangladesh were published in 1978. The tectonic map of Bangladesh-past and present was introduced in 1983.
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...ern of topographical features or landforms differs significantly from that of adjacent regions.
...f major parts of the country make [[Flood|flood]]s an annual phenomenon in Bangladesh.
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...in each district whose responsibility was to send details and compilations of important events in the area to the royal court.
...ship. The proprietor of Bengal Harkara Charles Maclean (1798), the editor of Calcutta Journal James Silk Buckingham (1823), his successor Arnott (1823)
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...iding with the Asian plate as explained by the universally accepted theory of [[Plate Tectonics|plate tectonics]].
The geology of Bangladesh may be discussed under the following headings: (i) [[Tectonic Framework|tec
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...t survival; and couples who are able to have sexual relations free of fear of pregnancy and contracting disease.
...e the primary users of these programmes and also have the greatest problem of access to health services. Equal importance should be given to promote male
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...l of A3300,000 ($500,000) was later merged with the Bengal Tea Association of Kolkata.
...origin developed in the Calcutta Botanical Garden. The first tea garden of Bangladesh was established in 1854 at Malnichhara in Sylhet. Two other tea gardens, La
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...Bengal. Jute grows under wide variation of climatic conditions and stress of tropic and subtropics.
...cularly white and tossa. Belgium, Italy, USA, South America are the buyers of superior quality jute. Jute was cultivated in ancient times in Bengal.
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...were possibly relatively accessible to human occupancy in the first stage of settlement development.
...illa are part of Pleistocene Terrace and the Chittagong Hill Districts are of Tertiary Age.
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...are usually classified into two major groups depending on their behaviour of heating: volatile or essential oils, and non-volatile or fatty oils. Volati
Most of the volatile oils are used for manufacturing perfume and other scented item
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...cience that teaches what is the political arrangement of all modern states of the known world'.
...596 is considered to be one of the very informative and standard documents of Emperor Akbar's period.
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...labourers. They earn their livelihood by in Sylhet and Habiganj. The size of their population is no more than 5,000.
...men and women are used to drink this alcohol, which they call Jukhla. Many of them do not take non-vegetarian food or drink alcohol on Thursdays.
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...marriage, conjugal relations, dower, maintenance, guardianship and custody of children.
...by mutual consent, it is called khula or mubara'at according to the terms of the contract between the parties.
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...differ from classical dances in many ways. The tempo, rhythm and gestures of [[Classical Dance|classical dance]]s are complex and require long and arduo
...deal of liberty in performing, the basic form remains the same as a matter of tradition.
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...O) or Voluntary Development Organisations (VDO). Socio-economic programmes of development, advocacy, legal aid, environment and relief programmes are als
...titutions may take the form of cooperative societies, unions, associations of farmers, workers, and women, as well as other private bodies.
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...to the company for the maintenance of their troops; the outstanding debts of Mir Jafar were to be paid; and two hundred thousand pounds were paid in cas
..., inevitable and it was averted for three years, mainly due to the ability of the nawab and the divided Council at Calcutta.
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...d a woman. Little is known about when the sect originated or of the origin of the word 'Baul'.
...tury, however, the sect had made its appearance as is evident from the use of the term in Shah Muhammad Sagir's [[Yusuf-Zulekha|yusuf-zulekha]], Maladhar
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...ater with interest. The term credit is also used to mean the acceptability of one’s promise to pay his debt, ie creditworthiness.
...it system was accelerated primarily because of the increased participation of moneylenders, goldsmiths, and the merchant class.
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...aken within a socio-economic context. Natural land cover is changed by use of man in meeting cultivation, homestead or other demands.
...th, duration and timing. There are regional variations in the distribution of different land types and landuse pattern.
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...design depend on the geology and configuration of the site, the functions of the dam, and cost factors.
...the central structure in a multipurpose scheme aiming at the conservation of water resources.
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...ent as permanent or temporary prison. In Bangladesh, there are three types of jail like Central Jail, District Jail and Special Jail.
...ters in Jessore. At present, there are 66 prisons in Bangladesh consisting of 11 central jails and 55 district jails.
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...cultural links and political predominance or lack of it at the given stage of a country's existence.
...d its neighbouring areas remained outside the domain of the Aryans because of its riverine terrain and forest cover.
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...ood]] hazards in nearly 100 upazilas have become almost a regular feature. Of these, 35 are severely affected.
...bank line experiences major erosion. The unpredictable shifting behaviour of the rivers and their encroachments not only affect the rural floodplain pop
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...otector). It is believed that they were the inhabitants of ancient kingdom of Magadha and later migrated to Rokhong, Rokhaingpi, Arkhang, Rosang, Rakhain
...kings of Rakhain origin. A total of 234 kings ruled Arakan from the reign of Rakhain king Marco to king Maha Samada till 1784. In history, this period i
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...lism in Indian politics which in the long-run contributed to the partition of India along religious lines.
...ngh, Pabna, Bogra, Bakerganj, Noakhali and Chitagong more than 60 per cent of the population were Muslims.
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...eering disciplines began to develop and the stage was set for an explosion of technical knowledge in the 20th century.
...ents. In Bangladesh the Institution of Engineers, the professional society of engineers, was formed on 5 May 1948.
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...hroughout Bengal history. No great dynasty entirely adopted the old system of land tenure, nor did any dynasty introduce an entirely new one. Thus, Benga
...t to land is clearly expressed in most of the extant copperplate documents of the Gupta period concerning land grants and land sale.
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...y of the Tagores of Calcutta began. The English called him Tagore, instead of Thakur. However, by the early 20th century the Thakurs were all pronounced
...engal. In the Calcutta society, the Tagores were categorised until the end of the nineteenth century, as senior and junior branches.
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...party]] and the principal organiser of the famous Chittagong Armoury Raid of 1930. He was born in Noapara village, thana Raojan, Chittagong in 1894. His
...al congress]], revived the revolutionary organisation and became a teacher of the local National School. Hence, he was known as ''Mastarda'' (teacher).
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...ave been found as early as prehistoric times. Since then style and pattern of housing have evolved in adaptation to environmental, economic and social ne
...th centres to the huge megacity, Dhaka. As such a discussion on housing in Bangladesh need to be done as under the two geographical sectors, rural and urban.
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...er of resources from the private to the public sector, levied on the basis of predetermined criteria.
...alt with by the 'Money Bill', but except in case of reduction or abolition of any tax, the 'Money Bill' cannot be introduced in the Parliament without th
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...rmeable hydrocarbon-bearing sand structure and unique conditions for trap, Bangladesh has always been considered a natural gas rich country.
...hittagong. It has also been discovered offshore in the [[Bay of Bengal|bay of bengal]].
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...various commodities and services. Like most other pre-capitalist societies Bangladesh peoples also held melas with multiple purposes, such as religion, marketing
...Chaitra-sankrantir Brater Mela’ (fair of vow on the occasion of conclusion of the month Chaitra), ‘Charak-Mela’ and ‘Shiber Gajan Mela’. On the o
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...tive structure that was totally unsuitable to meet the rising expectations of the people, the government has appointed several major administrative refor
...central bureaucracy, including local government, accompanied by devolution of power from the central to the local level and a national pay structure.
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...80 km). In addition to the above, there are many unclassified routes. Most of these routes are used by the country-boat sector.
...entire passenger and cargo traffic was carried by the private sector, 70% of this being managed by the British owned companies.
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...local extension of the central authority, perhaps tempered by some degree of local consultation system through a social council system.
...d moral conduct of the villagers. Holding fairs and festivals, maintenance of law and order were also their functions.
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...res from the outer bar on the Bay of Bengal to the main berths on the bank of the river Karnafuli.
...lucrative centre for trade. By the beginning of the 15th century, the port of Chittagong was an important trading centre. Chinese chronicler [[Ma Huan|ma
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...the traders, large landowners, and moneylenders dominate as the suppliers of informal credit.
...[[Finance|finance]] is greater than formal financial flows in rural areas of many developing countries. Informal lending appears to have some advantages
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...sufficient volume and velocity join to form a stream that, by the erosion of underlying earth and rock, becomes deep enough to be fed ground water or wh
...cean, or by the spreading of water when a stream overflows its banks, part of the load carried by the stream is deposited in the river bed or beyond the
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...h a maximum depth of 5,258m. Bangladesh is situated at the head of the Bay of Bengal.
...upies almost the entire Bay of Bengal gently sloping southward at an angle of 8'-10'. In many places underwater valleys dissect this plain mass.
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...ry on 16 December 1971 following a nine-month [[War of Liberation, The|war of liberation]]. Dhaka (previously spelt Dacca) is its capital.
''Official name'' People's Republic of Bangladesh (Gana Prajatantri Bangladesh).
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...ording to which the population growth rate has been 1.566%. The population of the country was 111.5 million in 1991 and it stood at 130.5 million in 2001
...opulation and Housing Census Preliminary results 2011 of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics the figure is over 142 million.
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...] in particular by laying bare the monuments that still defied the ravages of man and nature.
...d the Kumar undertook to contribute Rs 200/- per month for the maintenance of the collections.
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...sending messages to a person of choice. We can find swans in the episodes of Nala-Damayanti, Hanuman in Ramayana, Bidur in Mahavarata, deer in Anarkali
...partment was called Mahakama-i-Barid, and was placed under the supervision of two postal officers Malik Barid-i-Mamalik and his deputy Naib Barid-i-Mamal
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...ucture in any society is historically conditioned. The social structure of Bangladesh, therefore, needs to be analysed in that context.
...ed predominantly in a rural setting and in keeping with its archaic method of cultivation. It maintained a rigid social structure based mainly on religio
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...of timber, fishing and collection of [[Honey|honey]]. The forest consists of about 200 islands, separated by about 400 interconnected tidal rivers, cree
...ite in 1997. These wildlife sanctuaries were established in 1977 under the Bangladesh Wildlife (Preservation) (Amendment) Act, 1974. These are Sundarbans West (9
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...a relatively large brain, keen sight, and acute hearing, but little sense of smell.
...hough Archaeopteryx is related to birds, much of its skeleton recalls that of theropod dinosaurs.
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...eable in the subsurface. The stratigraphically important Groups-Formations of Bengal-Assam region are arranged below from the oldest to the youngest:
...ained considerable thickness. The thick coal seams and carbonaceous shales of the Gondwanas do not exhibit any oil or gas. The Gondwana Group is divided
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...ty. The obverse and reverse sides of a coin, therefore, can furnish wealth of information regarding the dynastic and political situations and social, eco
...rply differentiated social structure, distinct from a simpler 'tribal' way of life.
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...y's President. Khaleda Zia continued her education at Surendranath College of Dinajpur until 1965 when she went to West Pakistan to join her husband.
...s. Justice Abdus Sattar, the new chairman of BNP and also the President of Bangladesh was ousted from the presidency by a military coup staged by the then army c
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...re framed. But before the draft legislation could be passed, the Partition of Bengal took place in 1947.
...e raiyat at the bottom. The Floud Commission did not recommend any ceiling of khas land, which could be retained by any individual landholder in his dire
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...asement have been encountered in the drill holes in the north western part of the country.
...e white clay and glass sand deposits have not been mined yet. Developments of subsurface coal and hardrock mines are going on.
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...in administration. Military intervention took place in Bangladesh a number of times since 1975.
...of the civil administration of East Bengal in May 1954. The Chief of Staff of the army Ayub Khan removed Iskandar Mirza, in turn, and took over the state
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...tion and arbitrage or 'option pricing' and 'corporate finance'. Finance in Bangladesh may broadly be grouped in four types viz, agricultural finance, industrial
...um- and long-term financing helps the farmers to meet development expenses of non-recurring type, namely buying various agricultural machinery and their
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...and cultural status, the spiritual and intellectual development and values of a society.
...many sculptures in recent times reveal a complexity, expanding the horizon of information which was restricted to the Pala and Sena dynasty sculptures.
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...rule. This development was greatly influenced by the tastes and attitudes of the' ruling English, but various trends and styles can' be identified.
...ance, they, however, contributed greatly in preserving the life and nature of 18th and 19th century Bengal in a most vivid and naturalistic way and in a
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...onal education. So, it is very difficult to describe the primary education of that time separately.
...s in the language, phrases, thoughts etc. proves that the education system of that time was developed to a great extent. But only the 'Brahmanas' had the
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...munity, warned the Indian Muslims not to join the Congress in the interest of the Muslim community. He started his movement by establishing a college at
...ms in the absence of which the community remained deprived of the benefits of the colonial state. Thus the Muslim cultural organisations like the [[Moham
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...e and 30'S latitude. All the tropical seas of the earth with the exception of the south Atlantic and southeast Pacific give birth to deadly atmospheric p
...hat the nomenclature is very appropriate. Technically a cyclone is an area of low pressure where strong winds blow around a centre in an anticlockwise di
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...Rajmahal slate was quarried from the Rajmahal Hills of the Purnia district of Bihar and exported to Bengal.
...a), now in the Mahasthan Museum. This is the most magnificient early image of the deity not only from Bengal but from the Indian Subcontinent. '''(Fig-1)
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...law of the country enshrining therein, amongst others, fundamental rights of the citizens and judicial review by the High Court Division.
...ter period by the edicts and directives of the chieftains and subsequently of the kings.
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...Hemnalini. His ancestral home was in Kotarang village under Hugli district of West Bengal.
...Vaishnavism. Annada Sankar spent his childhood in a different environment of eastern and western culture.
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...Shat (delta) prefixed to Ganga (Ganges), indicating the city at the mouth of the Ganges. The district received the name 'Chittagong' from the city.
...ermanent mark on the physical features, dialect and religion of the people of Chittagong.
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...ality, some have the stamp of religion, and again some bear the impression of politics. The festivals, which got started in the primitive society centeri
...neous agro-based ancient festivals lost their spontaneity with the passing of time and became more formal.
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...ering of temperature eliminated most mammals and also helped in extinction of Tertiary and Siwalik flora.
...Kinsuka (Butea monosperma), etc have been made which are common species in Bangladesh forests. In the epics it is recorded that dense forests existed along the G
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...r the [[Transport|transport]] system. A few articles on the environment of Bangladesh are given below:
• State of environment
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...hese concerns together contribute significantly to the overall development of a country's economy and to its cultural diversification and assimilation.
...ith motives of exploring business opportunities, some came to attend seats of learning and some for meeting curiosity.
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...stry at that time. Its export trade before 500 AD was significant in terms of both quality and quantity. The main export items were textile and fabrics,
...tion of sugar also increased. A remarkable progress was made in production of salt from saline water during the 17th century. Within that period, other i
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...he 'Awakened' or 'Enlightened' one. He was also called Shakyamuni, the top of the Sakya clan, Tathagata, the accomplished one, and [[Bodhisattva|bodhisat
[[Image:Buddhism.jpg|thumbnail|400px|right|Statue of Buddha at Kamlapur, Dhaka]]
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...cosystem diversity is a measure of the variety of the ecological complexes of organisms and is related to physical and ecological variations in an area.
...ld’s species are found in the moist tropical forests which cover only 5-7% of the earth’s land area.
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...lated to true fish. For example cuttlefish (cephalopod mollusks, relatives of the octopus), jellyfish (coelenterates), starfish (echinoderms), and shellf
...al bony fishes: fleshy fins with supporting bones (precursors of the limbs of land vertebrates), internal nostrils, and lungs. Ray-finned fishes are now
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...so true that practical politics in the Bay of Bengal had shaped the course of the company's history in the region more decisively than the adverse theori
...d 1784, came the idea of partial control of the country with the intention of extracting its revenue for financing the company's business in the 'East In
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...the achievement of the Maurya emperor Ashoka (c BC 273-232) as the patron of glyptic art, though his atelier was situated at Chunar, a place not far fro
...ution, is as effective in the terracottas of upper Ganga sites as in those of lower Ganga valley.
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..., and laid the foundation of a colonial bureaucracy consisting exclusively of the whites.
...embers of the CCS though not high, their right to private trade was a kind of compensation. They were also tacitly allowed to receive commissions and per
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...ation that commences after primary education and continues up to beginning of higher education.
...en by the father to the son. In the later Vedic age (1000-500 BC), the age of [[Upanisad|upanisad]]s, education was institutionalised and it took a defin
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...s before the image of a deity; he alone entered the sanctum while the rest of the devotees waited outside.
...ty, and was a potent visual symbol of the power, ideology, and affiliation of the sponsor.
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...ows from North Korea to South Australia and from sea level to an elevation of about 2,600 m (Jumla, Nepal).
...these croppings transplanted Aman is most important and occupied about 46% of the rice cultivated land in 2009-10.
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...ential in East Bengal for nearly subsequent one hundred years. The founder of the family, Khwaja Abdul Hakim, came to Bengal from Kashmir for trading pur
...s of Barisal, Itna pargana of Mymensingh, Baldakhal and Elahikhal parganas of Comilla.
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...strial development. There were three phases in the process of urbanisation of Serampore: (i) Pre-urbanisation phase (the period before 1755); (ii) Urbani
...pur and from the identification of Sripur with Serampore in the Padshanama of Abdul Hamid Lahori, it is clear that these places had attained importance i
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...r from reaching its targeted goal 'health for all'. With growing awareness of the people, health and other related sectors are however gradually seeing p
...of God, and immersion of body by evil spirits or the malevolent influence of stars and planets. Medicine practised later by prehistoric man improved, st
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...hing and often as a source of drinking water, fish became an integral part of the food culture. In the past hardly any need was felt for fisheries educat
...ed at 6.5% which fell short of increased demand; however, the present rate of fish production has increased to about 8 percent. A few articles related to
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...and language and inner emotion share a common thread. Temporally, dance in Bangladesh may be explained in four phases, such as 1. dance in ancient Bengal; 2. dan
...n and contemporary varieties of dances are observed in different countries of the world. These dances are primarily mixed creations; no specific grammar
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...dis or rent-rolls were prepared. In this sense zamindars were mere farmers of revenue - intermediaries between the government and the inferior revenue fa
...was not only a factor of production, but also a status symbol and a source of social and political influence. Hence land control offered manifold prospec
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...dy of the history and methodology of history as a discipline, or to a body of historical work on a specialized topic.
...climate factor cannot be held solely responsible for the dearth of history of ancient Bengal.
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...aking place in Indian subcontinent throughout the colonial regime, Muslims of India led by [[Jinnah, Mohammed Ali|mohammed ali jinnah]] demanded a separa
...became clear that there were three parties in any discussion on the future of India, the British, the Congress, and the Muslim League.
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...him back so that the tiger cannot take the goat away. The goats taken out of the circle by the tiger belong to the tiger's side. The last player in the
...ayer with the tiger becomes the winner. If the goats can block the passage of the tiger, the player with goats becomes the winner.
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...haka since 1800 AD. Its physical growth has been dealt with in the context of its history in the last section.
...or it is the same as Davaka, mentioned in the Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudra Gupta as an eastern frontier kingdom.
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...ever remained the same always. Every new conquest was followed by new mode of administration. In the Hindu-Buddhist period (ancient period) the administr
...attempt to reconstruct some of the important aspects of the administration of Bengal during the period.
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...he picture becomes clear and we are in a position to trace the development of education in a much more coherent way.
...Bengal and designated them as dasyus and mlechchhas. But with the passage of time Aryan language and culture entered Bengal; most probably in the Maurya
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...ctober. Since agriculture is the mainstay of the majority of the people of Bangladesh, the article deals with all relevant aspects, which are given below.
...and [[Meghna River|meghna]] and their innumerable tributaries, with plenty of rainfall, make agricultural operations relatively easy. Consequently, popul
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...hs and literature which contain information on the history of the 'region' of Bengal.
...jacent areas was known by the name of [[Harikela|harikela]]. The existence of these janapadas is known from later Vedic literature, as areas inhabited by
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...practised in Bengal from very early period of her history. The development of the building art in Bengal has been dealt in the following pages under diff
...ure in ancient Bengal. The little that has not yet been reduced to dust is of two basic types: secular and religious, their purposes and, consequently, f
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...have been built up from as early as the second millennium BC. The account of Bengal's trade and commerce is given below in two sections.
...to the sea. These geographical features considerably influenced movements of men and merchandise in early Bengal.
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...to male power. For example, there is a story that Queen Vallabhadevi, wife of the Pala king [[Dharmapala|dharmapala]], was banished to the forest because
...llowed during this period is not known, they included pre-puberty marriage of brides with bridegrooms three times their age. Most family celebrations wer
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