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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Jessore , city (1991 pop. 154,000), SW Bangladesh, on the Bhairab River. Modern Jessore, a market town for rice and sugar, also has rice and oilseed mills and celluloid and plastics industries. Four affiliate colleges of Rajshahi Univ. are in the city.

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Ground water level falls in Jessore, THE INDEPENDENT
The Independent (Bangladesh); 3/2/2001; 330 words ; ... ground water has fallen drastically in Jessore district and the adjacent areas. It is ... Department of Public Health Engineering, Jessore there are a total of 21,549 tubewells in eight upazilas of Jessore. Of them 19,945 are shallow tubewells ... Read more
Fish shortage acute in Jessore district, THE INDEPENDENT
The Independent (Bangladesh); 5/4/2001; 337 words ; ... 05-04-2001 Shortage of fish is acute in Jessore district in the recent times. A total ... tons of fish shortage was reported in Jessore district last year against the demand ... points illegally everyday. According to Jessore Fisheries department, a total of 31,422 ... Read more
Number of dacoities on the rise in Jessore, THE INDEPENDENT
The Independent (Bangladesh); 10/26/2001; 476 words ; The Independent (Bangladesh) 10-26-2001 JESSORE, Oct 25: The number of dacoities has increased ... son of Shishir Das of Sweeper Colony in Jessore town, was returning to his residence riding ... Jhikorgacha Women's College suddenly a Jessore-bound passenger bus hit him from behind ... Read more
Two killed, 50 hurt in Jessore incidents, THE INDEPENDENT
The Independent (Bangladesh); 7/16/2001; ...; 309 words ; ... The Independent (Bangladesh) 07-16-2001 JESSORE, July 15: Two people were killed and 50 ... Police recovered the body and sent it to Jessore General Hospital morgue for autopsy. A ... passenger bus was going to Dhaka from Jessore. When the bus reached near Santola suddenly ... Read more
Shamsur Rahman murder: Inquilab's Jessore Bureau Chief Tota arrested: Journalists protest arrest, demand his immediate release, THE INDEPENDENT
The Independent (Bangladesh); 8/15/2000; 448 words ; ... Tota, chief of Bangla daily Inquilab's Jessore Bureau, from his New Khairtola residence ... evoked criticism from the journalists in Jessore. They held a protest meeting there yesterday ... killing of journalist Shamsur Rahman at his Jessore office on July 16 night. They are: journalist ... Read more
Three killed in separate incidents in Jessore, THE INDEPENDENT
The Independent (Bangladesh); 12/13/2001; 414 words ; The Independent (Bangladesh) 12-13-2001 JESSORE, Dec 12 : Three people were killed in ... recovered the body from there and sent it to Jessore General Hospital morgue for autopsy. A ... recovered the body from there and sent it to Jessore General Hospital morgue for autopsy. A ... Read more
Smuggled Indian phensidyl seized in Jessore, THE INDEPENDENT
The Independent (Bangladesh); 9/10/2000; 347 words ; ... Bangladesh) 09-10-2000 The Narcotics Control Department, Jessore recovered 498 bottles of smuggled Indian phensidyl ... tip-off, a team of Narcotics Control Department, Jessore led by AD, Jessore raided Purapara Bazar and recovered 250 bottles of ... Read more
560 transformers of PBS stolen in Jessore, THE INDEPENDENT
The Independent (Bangladesh); 6/6/2000; 300 words ; ... Taka 2 crore of Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS) Jessore-I and II have been stolen from different ... gang of miscreants of border areas of Jessore district is involved in the theft of transformers ... It may be mentioned here that the PBS, Jessore I and II has given electric connections ... Read more
Fate of 1,270 HSC examinees of Jessore Board uncertain, THE INDEPENDENT
The Independent (Bangladesh); 9/18/2000; 357 words ; ... 500 colleges under the jurisdiction of Jessore Education Board is uncertain. Their results ... It is learnt from a competent source of Jessore Education Board that the Board authorities ... subjects. The new rules were introduced by Jessore Education Board after about three months ... Read more
11,000 arrested, huge arms seized in a year in Jessore, THE INDEPENDENT
The Independent (Bangladesh); 1/10/2003; 629 words ; 00-00-0000 Jan 9 : Jessore police arrested 11,000 people, recovered ... the last one year. Of them 315 died at Jessore General Hospital. The month-wise breakup ... affected with tetanus were admitted to Jessore General Hospital during the period ... Read more

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Cities of the World ... Comilla, Din ā jpur, Faridpur, Jessore, Khulna, Mymensingh, Narayanganj, Pabna ... University of Dhaka are located here. JESSORE lies on the Bhairab River, 90 miles southwest ... Rajb ā ri of Chanchra. Supposedly, Jessore's name is taken from ya õ ohara ... Read more

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