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Hello
Everyone,
The
summer heat is amazing. And so is the diverse gift from the nature.Mango
is regarded as the king of fruits at least in this part of the
world. Struggling
the hardships of poverty throughout
the year, our
people can taste
this gift of the nature at this time and especially
this
year, in spite of some devastating Nor-Wester (tornado formed on
land, coming from
north-west direction occur in mid April-May evening
time,kalboishakhi
in Bangla), mango is produced abundantly and
comparatively
cheap, to say.
From this month we
are going to float the Flagship of the Pabna on the
net-Pabna
dot Net, at her new and own address. Although we have been
working since 1997
to promote the history, culture, literature and
vision
of the Pabnites on the Net, getting permanent address will
to just write
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Or in a smart
browser just www.pabna.net is
sufficient. As you can
guess
this will take sometime, presumably 3-4 weeks to make this site
fully activated.
Meanwhile the other existing sites will act as mirror
sites in future.
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Pabna Cyber
Chronicle May-June 2k
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The bridge near
the Bangla Bazaar, connecting the Pabna-Shelidah is
under
construction. It can be mentioned that the former one was damaged
under the 1998
flood.passerbys take the by-way under the bridge, as the
river is not yet
full.
Pink Radhachura
(binomial nomenclature?) flowers are blossomed in the
backyard
of he old Banamali Technical.Violet Jarul (Lagerstroemia
speciosa) flowers
and orange-red krishnachura(Delonix regia) are adding
new
colours on the horizon. A number of Jarul trees with flowers are
seen behind the
Pabna Station club. Krishnachura are seen here and
there,
but about five on the entrance of the Degree College (Back part
of Edward Univ.
College) in front of the English department standing in
marching
position, welcoming the young generation to the University
College.
Monsoon rain will
soon nourish the nature and we will be gifted with
flowers
like Lotus, water lilly,keya,Aparazita etc.We will be writing
about
them soon.
Mangos are
available in the market. And Litchis too. This year Pabna
Bazaar
is filled with the litchis of good quality,popularly known as
Bombay Litchis(in
Bangla Bombay is a popular word,has lot of
meaning,here it means big size). The main supply
comes from the Babu's
garden
near Aaowtapara(and not from Bombay!).Tinned Thai litchies are
sold in the
market. It will be commecially successful if we could
process
litchis and export them to the countries like Thailand, isn't
it?
Days are now hot,
humid although not sunny. Due to the formation of
depression
in the Bay of Bengal thick clouds fill the horizon.
Peasants
are seen drying up the rice sometimes just beside the road.
Straws are piled
in stacks for the feeding of livestocks in the coming
monsoon.
Sparrows are seen eating grains in the crops fields and
roadside also
which the peasants prefers for drying up paddy. The bumper
production
of Boro rice is contributing the increase of GNP on one hand,
the
drastic decrease of rice price on other hand.
Folk are seen
flying kites in the evening time. Youngsters prefer small
handmade
kites (chil-e kite). Police Parade ground becomes a center for
kite flying in the
evening. Big kites like Dhaush (it is a Bangla word
means
very big) and Kuairee (ku-aii-ree).Even folk are seen choosing
roadside for this
purpose. But flying kites beside the Highways like
Pabna-by-pass may
cause fatal accident.
The renovation
work of the Anukul Asram is going on. The two domes are
going to get new
texture, a bit different from the original.
Due to the
countrywide ongoing conflict between the Cable operators and
the
Satellite Channel owners since middle of March, the paid channels
like STAR MOVIES,
STAR PLUS, STAR WORLD, National Geographic, ESPN are
not shown at
present here.
Pabna
the 26th May, 2k
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Conclusion of the
National Polio vaccination for the infants on the
29th.A campaign to eradicate polio from the country. Oral polio vaccine
was
given free of cost to the
infants in different communities of the
town.
Premonsoon rain,
windy days were the specialty of the last few days of
May.
Though humid, comparatively low temperature and cloudy days at
least helpful for
the day labors. Coming monsoon will bring less work.
Meteorologists
are forecasting the probability of flood, though not so
devastating
like 1998.
In the previous
issue we just pointed on the Arsenic contamination in
the
Pabna District. It is in fact become far more dangerous, probably
lethal than
expected.
Here
we are referring to an article from the Net, which can be read for
first-hand
information
http://www.meghbarta.net/2000/june/health.htm
In the National
Museum gallery, Dhaka, a weeklong Photography Exhibition
by Photographer
Altaf Hussain took place in the last week of May.
Arsenic poisoning
has become a silent killer. In Mr.Hussains
photography,
for the first time we could visualize how fatal Arsenic can
be.
Water in the both
rivers Jamuna (Brahmaputra) and Padma (Ganges) have increased.
Satellite
pictures (23rd May, 2k) showing about two kilometers long and
very deep trench near Shariakandi,
Bogura.This can endanger the
embankments beside
the Jamuna.
Due to lightning
and of course obsolete equipments, telecommunications
from and to Pabna
have become troublesome.
Professor Golam
Azam, attended a public meeting on the 29th May
afternoon.
Although a controversial figure in the politics, a large
number
of people attended the meeting at the Town Hall premise.
Pabna,
the 31st May, 2k
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Pabna Institute of Fine
Arts (IFA) arranged a cultural evening on the 6th June
the
event of the 101st birth anniversary of our National Poet Kazi
Nazrul Islam and
the 139th birth anniversary of Poet laureate
Rabindranath
Tagore.
Good news for the
Philatelists. New stamps on the
'Insect' series
are sold in the Pabna GPO.
A New intercity
train named Sundarban Express(yes another in same name
is
introduced between Sirajganj and Rajshahi.
It
will stop at Ishurdi(formerly Ishwardi)on both up and down route.
(Source: Bangladesh Railway, Ishurdi)
Some educational
Institutes are now enjoying summer vacation. After the
vacation
the half yearly exam will take place. Pabna Cadet College has
summer
vacation between 2to 15th June.
The Pabna Rotaract
Club honored the educationist Mr.Kamruzzaman, the
well-known
professor of Bangla of Edward Univ. College. Under '80s and
'90s,those who
were his student can remember how popular his lectures
about Sharat
Chandra Chatterjee.
Pabna,
the 7th June, 2k
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The last few days
of bangla month Joishtha were in fact very hot and
humid.
For ripening of fruits like mango, jackfruit, black berry (Jam in
bangla)
etc.
New Pottery butiks,
floral shops are seen opened in the AR plaza. Also
the
construction work of Annada Plaza, a high-rise commercial complex on
the premise of
formerly Annada Govinda Library, is going on. It's good
news
for the Pabnites that Annada Govinda Library is surviving from
decadence
and fund shortage.
Secondary School
Certificate Examination result was published on the
11th.The
result was brought first at Deputy Commissioner's Office as
usual. From the
early in the morning result-expecting students and their
parents
seen waiting anxiously.
Unlike the last
year, Pabna district could achieve only 8 (eight) places
in
the merit list, which is far from the 31 places achieved in the last
year.
The percent rate of pass in the Rajshahi Board is 47.26 this year.
Pabna,
the 13th June, 2k
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Sports
News
Pabna Women's
Sports Association (Pabna Mohila Krira Sanshtaha) members
participated
in the national convention in the Dhanmondi SK Sports
Complex,
Dhaka on the 21-22 May, inaugarated by the Prime Minister.
In the 21st Sher-e-Bangla
Gold Cup Football, at Noakhali Stadium, Pabna
team
played against Norshindi.The game was finished undecided as both
the teams made 4
goals. In another match Pabna team played against
Chittagong
DSA.Pabna team could not show expected performance against
the
CDSA.The later won for 3-2 goals.
Table Tennis
league 2k for gents was finished on the 31st May. Gopalpur
Club
of Pabna town has become Champion in Men's Group, Men's doubles,
Men's singles and
Boy's doubles and Mid town club was runner up. In the
Veteran's
singles Square Executive Club won the championship in the
Veteran's
singles and doubles and Pabna Lion's Club was runner up.
The 2nd Division
Cricket League 2000 is going on in the Pabna Stadium.
We will be coming
with the final result in the next issue.
(News
Source:Pabna DSA spokesperson and life members)
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Coming Event:
Solemn Birthday of Prophet Muhammad(sm) on the 15th June.
The
Pabna Central Graveyard Authority has taken daylong programmes and
events Hoisting of
the national flag, The Quran recitation competition,
special
discussion on the life of the Prophet Muhammad(sm), illumination
with decorative
lights in the evening etc. Pabna Municipality will be in
charge of overall
management.
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We
will be back sometime in July
Until
then
Thanking
You,
We,
On
behalf of the Pabna Dot Net:
http://www.pabna.net
or
Pabna
through a Kaleidoscope
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/2339
Compiled
by: Rashid Mamunar, Sadhupara, Pabna
Reported
by: S.M. Alam, Alam Studio, A. Hamid Rd.,Pabna
Edited
by: Shafiqul Islam, Stockholm,Sweden
Pabna,
the 13th June ,2k
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