In this month Pabnites had the golden opportunity to visit the 
Pabna Computer Exhibition 2000( held on the 2,3 and 4th March) .
The Exhibition was arranged by the Local Computer enthusiasts and
sponsored by the Takeplus Computers in the Muktijoddah Supermarket.And
another good
news for the Pabnites is that,from March 2000, a Cyber-kiosk in the A.R.
Plaza near the City center,is going to sell international Computer mags.
& books.

The annual Agricultural Exhibition was held on the 26-28th Feb.
The venu was Khamar Bari(the agri. office beside the Tarash Bldg).

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All the Primary Schools and the Kindergartens are arranging their annual
sports as March is suitable month for the sports events in Bangladesh.
Most of the high schools in Pabna is busy with SSC examination.
Anxious parents,relatives and friends are seen to wait outside the
school compounds.

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Weather here is dry,sunny and sometimes gusty.
The daytime temp. rises upto 33-35 degree Celsius,at nighttime it falls
to 10-15 degree Celsius,reminding the end of Spring and arrival of
summertime in this part of the world.

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The Shimul(Salmalia malabarica) tree of the Police-campus,popularly
known as Police-line, is full of red blossoms adding a new colour to
the horizon.
The pink Kanchan(Bauhinia acuminata) flowers are abundently blossomed in
the
premise of the Roads and Highways Office in Atua.Almost all the Mahoghny
trees are sheding their old brown coloured leaves and waiting for fresh
green ones.
This year almost all the mango
trees in the Pabna region are seen to be covered with huge clusters of
scenty flowers.It is indeed a rare scene.

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Power loadshading has again become regular phenomen since Feb.
(PDB cares little for the SSC examinees.) 
Seasonal irrigation with pumps consumes
here a large amount of Power particularly at this part of the year.

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The Cable TV operators here in Pabna have for the first time could send
a day long friendly Cricket match between the two sides of the Ichamoti
in the Edward University College- Campus through Cable-network.The
Intrenational Mother Language Day(21st Feb.) in Pabna was also covered
by them.Pabnites cannot use overseas-calls since end of
February.However Internet and e-mail could function as normally as before.

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The Pabnites are now preparing for the coming Eid-ul-Adzha(17th
March),the second largest annual festival for the muslims.The largest
Eid-congregation is going to be held at Arifpur Eidgah.

The Independence day(26th March) will be observed here with a-day-long
programme.

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We will be back in the next month with a new bulletin of local
news,features,pictures and free e-mail services through our Homepage.
Please visit us after 15th of March for new additions.

Thanking You,

We wish You Eid Mubarak and Long live Bangladesh.

Shafiqul Islam &
Rashid Mamunar,simultaneously from Sadhupara,Pabna and Stockholm.

On behalf of the Pabna through a Kaleidoscope

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