Bangladesh, Year 2019: Update on Incidents According to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
BANGLADESH, YEAR 2019: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) compiled by ACCORD, 29 June 2020 Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality Number of reported fatalities National borders: GADM, November 2015b; administrative divisions: GADM, November 2015a; China/India border status: CIA, 2006; geodata of disputed borders: GADM, November 2015b; Natural Earth, undated; incident data: ACLED, 20 June 2020; coastlines and inland waters: Smith and Wessel, 1 May 2015 BANGLADESH, YEAR 2019: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 29 JUNE 2020 Contents Conflict incidents by category Number of Number of reported fatalities 1 Number of Number of Category incidents with at incidents fatalities Number of reported incidents with at least one fatality 1 least one fatality Protests 930 1 1 Conflict incidents by category 2 Riots 405 107 122 Development of conflict incidents from 2010 to 2019 2 Violence against civilians 257 184 195 Battles 99 43 63 Methodology 3 Strategic developments 15 0 0 Conflict incidents per province 4 Explosions / Remote 7 2 2 violence Localization of conflict incidents 4 Total 1713 337 383 Disclaimer 6 This table is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 20 June 2020). Development of conflict incidents from 2010 to 2019 This graph is based on data from ACLED (datasets used: ACLED, 20 June 2020). 2 BANGLADESH, YEAR 2019: UPDATE ON INCIDENTS ACCORDING TO THE ARMED CONFLICT LOCATION & EVENT DATA PROJECT (ACLED) COMPILED BY ACCORD, 29 JUNE 2020 Methodology GADM. Incidents that could not be located are ignored.
Final Initial Environmental Examination December 2015 BAN: Third Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement (Sector) Project-Chhatak Road and Drain Package 1 UGIIP-III-I/CHHA/UT+DR/01/2014/Lot1(UT)&Lot2(DR) Prepared by the Local Government Engineering Department, Government of Bangladesh for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of December 2015) Currency Unit = BDT BDT1.00 = $0.0127 $1.00 = BDT78.525 ABRREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AP – affected person DoE – Department of Environment DPHE – Department of Public Health Engineering EARF – environmental assessment and review framework ECA – Environmental Conservation Act ECC – environmental clearance certificate ECR – Environmental Conservation Rules EIA – environmental impact assessment EMP – environmental management plan ETP – effluent treatment plant GRC – grievance redressal cell GRM – grievance redress Mechanism IEE – initial environmental examination LCC – location clearance certificate LGED – Local Government Engineering Department MLGRDC – Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives O&M – operations and maintenance PMO – project management office PPTA – project preparatory technical assistance REA – rapid environmental assessment RP – resettlement plan SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement ToR – terms of reference WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ha – hectare km – kilometre m – meter mm – millimetre GLOSSARY OF BANGLADESHI TERMS crore – 10 million (= 100 lakh) ghat – boat landing station hartal – nationwide strike/demonstration called by opposition parties khal – drainage ditch/canal khas, khash – belongs to government (e.g. land) katcha – poor quality, poorly built lakh, lac – 100,000 madrasha – Islamic college mahalla – community area mouza – government-recognized land area parashad – authority (pourashava) pourashava – municipality pucca – good quality, well built, solid thana – police station upazila – sub district NOTES (i) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars.
BG-6 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROJECT REPORT Bangladesh Investigation (IR)BG-6 GEOLOGIC ASSESSMENT OF THE FOSSIL ENERGY POTENTIAL OF BANGLADESH By Mahlon Ball Edwin R. Landis Philip R. Woodside U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83- ^ 0O Report prepared in cooperation with the Agency for International Developme U.S. Department of State. This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards. CONTENTS INTPDDUCTION...................................................... 1 REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK......................... 3 Bengal Basin................................................. 11 Bogra Slope.................................................. 12 Offshore..................................................... 16 ENERGY RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION............................."....... 16 Petroleum.................................................... 16 History of exploration.................................. 17 Reserves and production................................. 28 Natural gas........................................ 30 Recent developments................................ 34 Coal......................................................... 35 Exploration and Character................................ 37 Jamalganj area..................................... 38 Lamakata-^hangarghat area.......................... 40 Other areas........................................ 41 Resources and reserves..................................
VANISHED WITHOUT a TRACE the Enforced Disappearance of Opposition and Dissent in Bangladesh
VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE The enforced disappearance of opposition and dissent in Bangladesh April 2019 / N° 735a Cover Photo : Relatives of victims made a human chain in front of the press club in Dhaka demanding an end to enforced disappearance, killing and abduction on International Human Rights Day, December 2014. (Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/NurPhoto) TABLE OF CONTENTS List of acronyms 6 Executive summary 7 Introduction 8 1. Context 10 1.1 – A conflictual political history 10 1.2 – The 2014 election 11 1.3 – Human rights in Bangladesh today 12 1.4 – Legal framework 15 1.4.1 The Constitution 15 1.4.2 The Penal Code 16 1.4.3 Other domestic laws 17 1.4.4 International legal obligations 17 1.5 – Actors 18 1.5.1 Bangladesh police 19 1.5.2 Intelligence agencies 21 2. Crime of enforced disappearance: Analysis of trends and patterns 22 2.1 – Introduction: periods and trends 22 2.2 – Modus operandi 24 2.2.1 Previous threats, surveillance, and judicial harassment 24 2.2.2 Arbitrary arrest and abduction by agents of the State 28 2.2.3 Disappeared without a trace 29 2.2.4 Conditions of arbitrary detention 30 2.2.5 Fate of the victims of enforced disappearance 32 2.3 – Categories of victims 34 2.3.1 Gender perspective 34 2.3.2 Political opposition activists 35 2.3.3 Critical and dissident voices 37 2.3.4 Persons targeted in the framework of the anti-terrorism policy 38 2.3.5 Other individuals targeted as a result of the culture of impunity 39 2.3.6 Persecution and threats against those who speak out 39 2.4 – Alleged perpetrators 40 2.4.1 Law enforcement agents and intelligence officers 40 2.4.2 Responsibility of the executive branch 42 3.
Due Diligence Report – Social Safeguards Document stage: Final Project number: 39295-013 September 2015 BAN: Third Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement Project (UGIIP-3) – Chhatak Pourashava Phase 1 (Package Nr: UGIIP-III- I/CHAT/UT + DR/01/2015 (Lot-01+Lot-02) Prepared by the Local Government Engineering Department, Government of Bangladesh, for the Asian Development Bank. This due diligence report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. 1 CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 30/08/2015) Currency Unit = BDT BDT1.00 = $0.0128 $1.00 = BDT77.851 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AP – affected person ARIPO – Acquisition and Requisition of Immovable Properties Ordinance CCL – Cash Compensation under Law DC – Deputy Commissioner DPHE – Department of Public Health Engineering EMP – environmental management plan FGD – focus group discussion GICD Governance Improvement and Capacity Development GRC – grievance redressal cell GRM – grievance redress mechanism IR – involuntary resettlement LGED – Local Government Engineering Department PIU – project implementation unit PMO – project management office PPTA – project preparatory technical assistance ROW – right of way RF – resettlement framework RP – resettlement plan SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement ToR – terms of reference GLOSSARY OF BANGLADESHI TERMS Crore: 10 million (= 100 lakh) Ghat: Boat landing area along a river Hat, hut, or haat: Market (bazaar) operating certain afternoons during the week when sellers establish temporary shops.
Land Resource Appraisal of Bangladesh for Agricultural
BGD/81/035 Technical Report 3 Volume II LAND RESOURCES APPRAISAL OF BANGLADESH FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT 3 LAND RESOURCES DATA BASE VOLUME II SOIL, LANDFORM AND HYDROLOGICAL DATA BASE A /UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FAo FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION vJ OF THE UNITED NATIONS BGD/81/035 Technical Report 3 Volume II LAND RESOURCES APPRAISAL OF BANGLADESH FOR AGRICULTURALDEVELOPMENT REPORT 3 LAND RESOURCES DATA BASE VOLUME II SOIL, LANDFORM AND HYDROLOGICAL DATA BASE Report prepared for the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations acting as executing agency for the United Nations Development Programme based on the work of H. Brammer Agricultural Development Adviser J. Antoine Data Base Management Expert and A.H. Kassam and H.T. van Velthuizen Land Resources and Agricultural Consultants UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome, 1988 The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and AgricultureOrganization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored ina retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopyingor otherwise, without the prior perrnission of (he copyright owner. Applications for such permission,with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction, should be addressedto the Director, Publications Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viadelle Terme di Caracarla, 00100 Home, Italy.
Bangladesh Page 1 of 19 Bangladesh Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2006 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 6, 2007 Bangladesh is a parliamentary democracy of 147 million citizens. Khaleda Zia, head of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), stepped down as prime minister on October 27 when her five-year term of office expired, and she transferred power to a caretaker government that would prepare for general elections in 2007. The civilian authorities generally maintained effective control of the security forces. The government's human rights record remained poor, and the government continued to commit numerous serious abuses. Extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrest and detention, and politically motivated violence were among the most egregious violations. Security forces acted with impunity, and committed acts of physical and psychological torture. In addition violence against journalists continued, as did infringement on religious freedoms. Government corruption remained a significant problem. Violence against women and children also was a major problem, as was trafficking in persons. RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Section 1 Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From: a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life Security forces committed numerous extrajudicial killings. The police, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), and the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) used unwarranted lethal force. Although there was a decrease in the number of killings by security personnel (see section 1.c.), nearly all incidents received only administrative investigation. According to local human rights organizations, no case resulted in criminal punishment, and in the few instances in which charges were levied, punishment of those found guilty was predominantly administrative.
Office of the Chhatak Pourashava Upazila : Chhatak, District : Sunamgonj. Memo no:- Chha/Pou/Eng/2020-2021/227 date :- 29-03-2021 e-GP Tender Notice :-02/2020-2021 (OTM) e-Tender is invited in the National e-GP System Portal (http://www.eprocure.gov.bd) for the procurement of following works, details are given below. Tender Name of Work & Package No Publishing Last Selling Closing Date Opening Date ID No Date & Time Date & Time & Time & Time 555448 Construction of 2-Storied Auditorium 01-Apr-2021 02-May-2021 03-May-2021 03-May-2021 Building at Chhatak Pourashava 09:00A.M 16:00P.M 13:00P.M 13:00P.M Sunamganj District. UGIIP-III- 3/AF/CHAT/MF/01/2019 This is an online Tender, where only e-Tender will be accepted in the national e-GP portal and no off line/hard copies will be accepted. To submit e-Tender registration in the National e-GP System Portal (http:/www.eprocure.gov.bd) is required. The fees for downloading the e-Tender documents from the National e-GP System portal have to be deposited online through any registered Banks’ branches up to 02-May2021 16:00 PM for Tender. Further information and guidelines are available in the National e-GP System Portal and from e-GP help desk (helpdesk@eprocure.gov.bd) (Mohammed Sohel) Executive Engineer(Acting) Chhatak Pourashva Dist:- Sunamgonj E-mail:- egp.xen.sun.chha.pou@gmail.com Memo no:- Chha/Pou/Eng/2020-2021/227 date :- 29-03-2021 Copy for kind information and necessary action : 01.
SUNAMGANJ FLOODS Phase 1 - Joint Rapid Emergency Assessment 02 July 2012 KEY FINDINGS - Five upazilla have been affected by the flooding. The three most severly affected are Bishwambarpur, Dowarabazar and Chhatak wit Sunamganj Sadar and Thaipur being moderately affected. - 318,000 people are partially or severely affected by the flood in the Sunamganj district (around 58,000 families, 13% of the total population). - 55,000 people were displaced as of the 30th June (around 10,000 households). Most displaced people are being hosted in neighbour’s and relative’s houses. - Around 13,000 shelters have been damaged in the 5 affected upazillas. - The flood has damaged water infrastructure and sanitation facilities. This situation increases the risk of water borne diseases including skin diseases and diarrhoea. - Although the flooding situation is decreasing, heavy rains that are predicted by weather forecasts could lead to a deterioration of the situation in the coming ten days. - The markets are still functional at the present time, but the impact of the floods on the food prices need to be monitored. - The top priorities according to government officiasl are: o Food security support o Water and Sanitation o Shelter - The local capacities of government authorities in terms of response is estimated to cover around 20% of the current needs. Recommendations Further assessments and ongoing monitoring - A Community Level Assessment is required in the five most affected upazillas (29 unions) - Regular monitoring of the flood situation is required
Feasibility Study on Energy Conservation and Modernization of Chhatak Cement Company Ltd
N E DO- I C-00ER38 Feasibility Study on Energy Conservation and Modernization of Chhatak Cement Company Ltd. March, 2 0 0 1 New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) Entrusted to Japan Consulting Institute 020005072-2 Feasibility Study on Energy Conservation and Modernization of Chhatak Cement Company Ltd. Japan Consulting Institute March, 2001 Page: 160 Study purpose; The objective is to conduct a feasibility study on energy conservation and modernization of Chhatak Cement Plant, and to study the possibility of the future Clean Development Mechanism Project. This Project is expected to contribute to energy saving in industries and the abatement of the greenhouse gas emission in Bangladesh through the introduction of Japanese energy-saving technology. In addition, the Project is intended to contribute to industrial modernization required for sustaining the economic development in Bangladesh with the future implementation of CDM Project. PREFACE This report concerns the results of the Feasibility Study on Energy Conservation and Modernization of Chhatak Cement Plant in the People ’s Republic of Bangladesh. The Study was organized by NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization affiliated to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan) in conjunction with the “Basic Study for Promotion of Joint Implementation, etc. in 200(7’, which was entrusted by NEDO to Japan Consulting Institute (JCI). Japan intends to achieve Greenhouse Gas reductions to help the prevention of global warming through positive use of the Joint Implementation or Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) adopted under the Kyoto Protocol, a flexible mechanism within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.