Bangladesh |
| Officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh , is a country in South Asia. Straddling the fertile Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, it is part of the historic ethno-linguistic region of Bengal. The name Bangladesh means "Country of Bengal" in the official Bengali language. It faces the Bay of Bengal to its south, and is bordered by India on the north, west and east, as well as Burma (Myanmar) on the southeast. It is separated from the Himalayan nations of Nepal and Bhutan by India's narrow Siliguri corridor, and is in close geographical proximity to China. |
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Panchagarh District |
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| Panchagarh (পঞ্চগড়, Panchagaṛ, five forts) is a district of Rangpur division in the extreme northern part of Bangladesh. |
| Area: 1404.62 square kilometers (542.33 square miles). |
| Population: 987,644 |
| Economy: Industry: Tea, Sugar, Rice mill, ice factory, garments factory, oil mill, and Saw mill. The growing tea sector in Panchagarh has ushered in a new hope for further enhancing the standard of socio-economic life and women empowerment, they said. The female workers are yet to get their just wages from the garden-owners as the growing tea-farming sector in the region has been facing manifold problems including present unfair prices of the tea leaves for the tea farmers. |
| Rivers: Karatoya, Atrai, Tista, Mahananda, Tangon, Dahuk, Pathraj, Bhulli, Talma, Nagar, Chawai, Kurum, Versa, Tirnoi, Chilka. |
10th Parliament Member(s) | Constituency | Name, Party |
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| Nazmul Haque Prodhan | | Md. Nurul Islam Sujan |
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| Parliament election results 2008, 2001, 1996, 1991 |
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