January 13, 2005 – 22 BDR men hurt in road crash – Daily Star
BSS, Rangpur – At least 22 members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) were injured in a road accident on the Panchagarh-Dhaka highway near Birganj of Dinajpur district yesterday morning. Police and hospital sources said the accident occurred when a bus carrying the BDR personnel of Panchagarh Battalion skidded off the road and fell into a ditch […]
January 8, 2005 – Privatising Five Land Ports, Minister sees no scope now to revise proposals – Daily Star
Rafiq Hasan – Shipping Minister Akbar Hossain has said he would not comply with the directives of the cabinet division on economic affairs to revise his ministry’s proposals on privatising five land ports. The five land ports are Sonamasjid in Rajshahi, Hili and Birol in Dinajpur, Banglabandha in Panchagarh and Bibir Bazar in Comilla. The […]
Oct 27, 2004 – India Bangladesh in border clash – BBC
The two sides are known to engage in sporadic gunfire. Indian and Bangladeshi border guards have fired on each other after a border-crossing dispute, officials say. The shootout took place at a border point near Panchagarh, about 300km (200 miles) north-west of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. Indian guards said the incident occurred after they stopped […]
Jun 24, 2003 – Seminar in Panchagarh on Plantation – UNB
A seminar on ‘plantation and care of fruit-bearing, timber and medicinal trees’ was held at the district administration auditorium here on Saturday. District Agriculture Extension Department organized the seminar to encourage the people for tree plantation to save environment and meet the demand of environmental needs.
May 12, 2003 – Bangladesh could import tea – BBC
Bangladesh is increasing tea production. Tea exports from Bangladesh are falling because there is so much demand for tea at home. Officials say that this could turn the world’s fifth largest tea exporter into a tea importer. “Internal consumption is rising by 3.5% annually against nearly 1% rise in production,” SAHM Tauhid, chairman of the […]
Apr 30, 2003 – India Bangladesh border clash, border relations are tense – BBC
Indian and Bangladeshi border guards have exchanged heavy fire along a disputed stretch of frontier. A company commander of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) was injured in the clash, as was a soldier from the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR). Firing broke out after Indian troops blocked Bangladeshi farmers from land which both sides claim. The […]
Apr 2, 2003 – 36 development projects executed in Panchagarh – The Independent
A total of 36 development projects have been taken up in five upazilas of the district at a cost of Tk 1.80 crore. Local Government Engineering Department will implement the projects under its Rural Roads Renovation and Maintenance Project. The projects include renovation of 24 roads and 12 culverts. Besides work on six madrashas is […]
January 18, 2003 – Rape and Killing of a Christian School Girl in Panchagarh – HRCBM
Panchagarh, Bangladesh Correspondent: A Christian school student has been raped and killed in Panchagarh. It happened yesterday morning, Friday (17 January 2003), in Kalikapur Christian Village of Atwari Upazilla (Sub-district). According to Police sources, a seventh grade student, Parbati Das, daughter of Bimal Das of Kalikapur village, went to bed in her own room after […]
May 20, 1999 – Bangladesh lodges protest with India on border issue – Daily Excelsior
DHAKA, May 20: Bangladesh today protested what it called violation of a border guideline by the Border Security Force (BSF) which constructed a defence structure near the borders along West Bengal. India’s Deputy High Commissioner to Dhaka, Pinak Ranjan Chakraborty, was called to the Foreign Ministry here to receive a protest note and asked to […]
January 1, 1990 – Six people died in Panchagarh
Eight people have died of exposure to the chilly weather gripping northern Bangladesh, bringing the death toll from the cold snap to 60 in two weeks. In neighboring India, at least 61 people have died of hypothermia in the same period. Itefaq, an independent Dhaka daily, said six people died Sunday in the Panchagarh district […]