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Pabna
(Encyclopedia)Pabna pŭbˈnä [key], city (1991 pop. 103,277), W Bangladesh, on the Ichamati River. It is noted for handloom products and hosiery; it has important jute mills. The Hindu temple of Jor Bangla and a c...Jessore
(Encyclopedia)Jessore jĕsōrˈ [key], 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 ind...Bogra
(Encyclopedia)Bogra bŏgˈrə [key], town, N Bangladesh, on the Karatoya River, a tributary of the Jamuna. ...Faridpur
(Encyclopedia)Faridpur fərēdˈpoŏr [key], town, S Bangladesh. It is a district administrative center, a ...Mizoram
(Encyclopedia)Mizoram mĭzôrˈəm [key], state (2001 provisional pop. 891,058), c.8,000 sq mi (20,720 sq km), NE India, in the Mizo Hills, bordered on the east and south by Myanmar, on the west by Bangladesh and T...Comilla
(Encyclopedia)Comilla kōmĭlˈə [key], city, E Bangladesh, on the Gumti River. An administrative center on ...India-Pakistan Wars
(Encyclopedia)India-Pakistan Wars, name given to the series of conflicts between India and Pakistan since 1947, when the Indian subcontinent was partitioned and the two countries became independent of Great Britain...Barisal
(Encyclopedia)Barisal bərĭsälˈ [key], city, S Bangladesh, on the Ganges River delta. It is an important ...Khulna
(Encyclopedia)Khulna ko͝olˈnə [key], town (1991 est. pop. 1,001,825), SW Bangladesh, in the Ganges delta. It is a river port and the trade and processing center for the products of the Sundarbans, a swampy, fore...Tripura
(Encyclopedia)Tripura trĭˈpo͝orä [key], state (2001 provisional pop. 3,191,168), 4,036 sq mi (10,453 sq km), NE India, bordered by Bangladesh on the north, west, and south, and on the east by the states of Assa...Browse by Subject
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