Bengal Newz Archive : January, 2011

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န Dhaka, 31 January :

န Nobel laureate Prof Amartya Sen spoke at a ceremony launching the latest book by 'liberation economist' by Prof Rehman Sobhan at BRAC Centre Inn Auditorium. Monday. Photo : Ashraful Alom tito

န Munshiganj, 31 January :

န Villagers vandalize a police van during a clash in Munshiganj district. Photo : Reuters

န Kolkata, 31 January :

န A man speaks on a BlackBerry mobile phone inside a shop in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Purulia, 31 January :

န Principal Gp Capt Vijay Kaushal handing over school momento to chief guest Lt Gen Bikram Singh, GOC in-Chief, Eastern Command, during the golden jubilee celebrations of Purulia Sainik School. Photo : Ministry of Defence

န Kolkata, 30 January :

န An Indian army soldier demonstrates the functions of a self-propelled rocket launcher to school children during a 'Know Your Army' exhibition in Kolkata. Photo : AP

န Agartala, 30 January :

န An employee fills a vehicle with petrol at a fuel station in Agartala. Photo : Demotix

န Dhaka, 30 January :

န Commuters ride on the roof of a train as they depart the city after attending the final prayer of Biswa Ijtema in Dhaka. Photo : Reuters

န Kolkata, 29 January :

န Renovation work underway at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday. Photo : Indrajit Dutta

န Agartala, 29 January :

န Investors from Bangladesh held a meeting with Tripura's Industry and Commerce Minister,Jitendra Choudhury and others. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Kolkata, 29 January :

န Girl students taking a view of 7.62MM Rifle at Know Your Army Exhibition at Fort William, Kolkata today. Photo Courtesy : Ministry of Defence

န Kolkata, 28 January :

န Labourers work at the Eden Gardens cricket stadium in Kolkata on Friday. Photo : Reuters

န Cox's Bazaar, 28 January :

န Two young ladies flies kite at Kite Festival organized by Bangladesh Kite Federation at Cox's Bazaar Friday. Photo : UNB

န Shipahijala, 28 January :

န Migratory Birds in Shipahijala Lake near Agartala on Sunday. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Kolkata, 27 January :

န Workers weld the roof structure of a part of the stand under construction at Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န London, 27 January :

န British Prime Minister David Cameron meets the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina at 10 Downing street in central London. Photo : AFP

န Kolkata, 27 January :

န Book fair is incrasing crowd in day by day. The book loving people are gathering in the 35th edition of the annual Kolkata International Book Fair. Photo : Bidhan Bhattacharjee

န Dhaka, 26 January :

န Workers are busy with preparing stalls for the Ekushey Book Fair at Bangla Academy premises. Photo : Ashraful Alom tito

န Balurghat, 26 January :

န An artisian adds the final touches to some clay statue of the goddess Saraswati at Chakbhrigu area in Balurghat on Wednesday. Photo : Sankar Das

န Dhaka, 26 January :

န Indian tennis player Sania Mirza practices at the Bangladesh Tennis Federation in Dhaka. Photo : Reuters

န Guwahati, 26 January :

န Assam Governor JB Patnaik receiving the guard of honour on the occasion of the 62nd Republic Day at Latasil Playground in Guwahati on Wednesday. Photo : Sentinel

န Kolkata, 26 January :

န Schoolchildren perform at the Republic Day function at Red Road in Kolkata. Photo : Indrajit Dutta

န Dhaka, 25 January :

န Investors stand in front of the Dhaka Stock Exchange where trading resumed after a two-day halt. Photo : AP

န Agartala, 25 January :

န Tripura Governor D Y Patil presenting the Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) to a new voter at Matangini Pritilata Hazra auditorium in Agartala on Tuesday. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Rajarhat, 25 January :

န Labourers fish in a pond near a residential estate under construction in New Town. India's infrastructure sector output grew 2.3% in November from a year earlier. Photo : Reuters

န New Delhi, 25 January :

န Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee addresses a press conference on black money in New Delhi. Photo : Raaj Dayal

န Siliguri, 25 January :

န A vendor holds a big fish at a market in Siliguri today. Photo : Getty Images (For More Photos, CLICK)

န Puri, 25 January :

န Tourists from West Bengal pay tributes to a sand sculpture of legendary Indian vocalist Pandit Bhisen Joshi, created by sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik in Puri. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 24 January :

န Stranded Pakistanis General Repatriation Committee (SPGRC) members bring out a procession in the capital Monday. Photo : Ashraful Alom tito

န Agartala, 24 January :

န Paramilitary soldiers perform motorcycle stunts during the final full dress rehearsal for the Indian Republic Day in Agartala. Photo : Parthajit Dutta (For More Photos, CLICK)

န Kolkata, 24 January :

န Indian army soldiers along with a sniffer dog scan the saluting base prior to a Republic Day parade rehearsal in Kolkata on Monday. Photo : AP

န Dhaka, 23 January :

န A vendor and a man jump from the top of one overcrowded train to another as thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims try to return home after attending Islamic Congregation on the banks of river Turag in Tongi, outskirts of Dhaka. Photo : AP

န Bhubaneswar, 23 January :

န Schoolchildren pay floral tributes to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on his birth anniversary in Bhubaneswar. Photo : PTI

န Guwahati, 23 January :

န A farmer walks in a paddy field on the outskirts of Guwahati, Assam. Photo : AP

န Fulbari BOP, 22 January :

န Indian Finance Minster Pranab Mukherjee and Bangladesh Minister for Agriculture Begum Matia Chowdhury cut the ribbon at the trade route unveiling ceremony at Fulbari BOP at India-Bangladesh border. Photo : Diptendu Dutta

န Gajole, 22 January :

န Children hold Indian National Flags as they run across a mustard field in the run-up to the Republic Day celebrations, at Gajole block in Malda district. Photo : PTI

န Kolkata, 22 January :

န A judge checks teeth of a participant dog during a dog show in Kolkata on Saturday. Photo : AP

န Bishnupur, 22 January :

န Local people placing a new statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose ahead of his birth anniversary celebrations in Bishnupur, Bankura. Photo : Somen Acharjee

န Jagiroad, 22 January :

န People carrying traditional fishing tools arrive to participate in community fishing as part of the Jonbeel festival in Jagiroad, Assam. Photo : AP

န Dhaka, 21 January :

န A child looks on as devotees take part in Friday prayers during the annual three-day Bishwa Ijtema in Dhaka. The Bishwa Ijtema is the second biggest gathering of Muslims after the Haj. Photo : Reuters

န Agartala, 21 January :

န Chief Minister Manik Sarkar inaugurated newly constructed building of Tripura's premiere school Umakanta Academy on Friday. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န New Delhi, 21 January :

န A Left party delegation led by Sitaram Yechury, Basudev Acharya, Pallab Sengupta, Nilotpal Basu, A B Bardhan, Debabrata Biswas and Abani Roy after submitting a memorandum to the Election Commissioner for the conduct of peaceful, free and fair elections for the West Bengal assembly elections in New Delhi. Photo : Courtesy

န Dhaka, 20 January :

န Share prices marked the biggest fall ever prompting the authorities to stop trading at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges as investors took to the streets. Photo : Demotix

န Kolkata, 20 January :

န This number can now represent any network as the mobile number portability facilitates the user to retain the number but change the operator. Indian PM Manmohan Singh on Thursday launched nationwide mobile number portability. Photo : Indrajit Dutta

န Patrasayer, 20 January :

န Two birds sitting on a tree at Patrasayer in Bankura district. Photo : Somen Acharjee

န Bandarban, 20 January :

န The 'Bomang Rajpunnah', the oldest traditional festival in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), held in the King’s House compound in Bandarban. Photo : Demotix

န Kolkata, 20 January :

န School students rehearse for Republic Day function in Kolkata Red Road. Photo : PTI

န Balurghat, 19 January :

န A girl gives finishing touch to the Mud Plates (Sora) left out to dry at Mahinagore area in Balurghat. The whole area buzzed with such activity, as whole Bengal testing pitha-pulis this winter. Photo : Sankar Das

န New Delhi, 19 January :

န Trinamool Congress MP Shatabdi Roy along with other party activists tying black cloths on their faces during a protest against West Bengal's CPI(M) government at Jantar Mantar. Photo : PTI

န Ahotguri, 19 January :

န A pair of buffalos lock horns during a traditional buffalo fight on the occasion of Magh Bihu at Ahotguri, Assam. Photo : AP

န Dhaka, 18 January :

န Shareholders demonstrate Tuesday in front of Dhaka Stock Exchange, Motijheel after the fall of prime bourse. Photo : Ashraful Alom tito

န Memensingh, 18 January :

န Nobel peace prize winner Dr Muhammad Yunus gestures, as he appeared at the Memensingh court. Photo : AFP

န Sonamura, 18 January :

န Tribal girls carrying cabbage in a field at Sonamura 55 km from Agartala. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Dhaka, 18 January :

န The Dhakai Bakharkhani is a traditional food of the people of old Dhaka, here a baker arranges them after being made. Photo : Demotix (For More Photos CLICK)

န Darjeeling, 18 January :

န A jeep moves on a snow-covered road after the season's first snowfall at Tiger hill near Darjeeling. Photo : PTI

န Abu Dhabi, 17 January :

န United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Luxembourg's Crown Prince Guillaume gesture towards Bangladesh's PM Sheikh Hasina during the World Future Energy Summit at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. Photo : Reuters

န Dhaka, 17 January :

န Visitors are seen at a painting exhibition at Zoinul Gallery in the department of DU fine arts faculty Monday. Photo : Ashraful Alom tito

န Mymensingh, 17 January :

န A Woman casts her vote at a polling centre at Mymensingh during the municipal elections Monday. Photo : UNB

န Melbourne, 17 January :

န Tripura boy Somdev Devvarman hits a forehand return to Spain's Tommy Robredo, in his first round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Photo : AP

န Dhaka, 16 January :

န Students are seen at a 'Wall Magazine Festival' on Bangla Academy premises organized by Bangladesh Wall Magazine Parishad. Photo : Ashraful Alom tito

န NJP Junction, 16 January :

န Troops from Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are seen after their arrival at New Jalpaiguri railway station. Paramilitary troops have been deployed in troubled Darjeeling hills. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 16 January :

န Women stand in a line to buy subsidised rice at an Open Market Sales (OMS) point in Dhaka. Photo : Reuters

န Kolkata, 16 January :

န Members of the National Cadet Corps march during a rehearsal in preparation of the Republic Day parade at Red Road in Kolkata. Photo : AP

န Gangasagar, 15 January :

န Hindu pilgrims warm themselves and cook food at a camp prior to taking a dip in the Gangasagar. Photo : AFP

န Kolkata, 15 January :

န Prakash Karat and Buddhdeb Bhattacharjee at CPI(M) politburo meeting at party's state committee office at Alimuddin Street in Kolkata. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 14 January :

န Dancers are performing at Shilpakala Academy in the capital Friday. Photo : Ashraful Alom tito

န New Delhi, 14 January :

န Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at a pre-budget consultation with representatives of various NGOs in New Delhi. Photo : PTI

န Munguyakami, 14 January :

န Forest guard and villagers look at the body of an elephants calf on railway track at Munguyakami, about 45 Km from Agartala. The elephants calf was died after a head on collision with a train. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Gangasagar, 14 January :

န Hindu pilgrims' feet and refelction is seen as they make their way towards the waters to take a dip in the Gangasagar during the Makar Sankranti. Photo : AFP

န Kolkata, 14 January :

န People walk in an open area enveloped in dense fog in Kolkata on Friday. Photo : AP

န Dhapa, 13 January :

န An farmer tends his cauliflower patch at Dhapa in east Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Bishnupur, 13 January :

န Tusu artists sing Tusu song during a festival, which held on the last day of the month of Paus, based on popular beliefs as well as rituals associated with harvesting. Photo : Somen Acharjee

န Dhaka, 13 January :

န A Bangladeshi woman covers her child to protect from cold as she waits to join a queue to buy subsidized rice in Kamragir char, outskirts of Dhaka on Thursday. Photo : AP

န Siliguri, 13 January :

န An onion seller wait for customers at a market in Siliguri. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 13 January :

န A crowded passenger boat goes past anchored boats on a cold and foggy morning in Kamragir Char, on the outskirts of Dhaka. Photo : AP

န Gangasagar, 13 January :

န A sadhu takes a dip at the Gangasagar in South 24 Parganas district, on the occasion of 'Makarsankranti'. Photo : PTI

န Darjeeling More, 12 January :

န GJM supporters shout slogans and wave flags near a burning tyre as they block National Highway 55 at Panchanai village in Darjeeling district. Photo : AFP

န Kolkata, 12 January :

န Mira Bhattacharjee, wife of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee with Suvra Mukherjee, wife of Pranab Mukherjee, at a 150th birth anniversary celebrations programme of Tagore. Photo : PTI

န Mysore, 12 January :

န Men from Sri Ramakrishna Ashram in Mysore, Karnataka, take out a procession to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Bibekananda. Photo : M A Sriram

န Nandigram, 12 January :

န 'Annadata Bhumi Raksha Committee' members protesting against land acquisition for railways on an 18km stretch from Nandigram to Deshpran. Trinamool Congress members attacked them in front of Gholpukur primary school. Photo : Raghunandan Mallick

န Siliguri, 12 January :

န A young shopkeeper sells vegetables at a market in Siliguri. Photo : AFP

န Balurghat, 11 January :

န Severe cold and fog engulfed North Bengal, throwing normal life out of gear, as the minimum temperature dipped by four degrees Celsius below normal today. Photo teken at 'Saroj Setu' on river Atreyee in Balurghat. န Photo : Sankar Das

န Dhaka, 11 January :

န Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Bhutanese Counterpart Jigmi Y Thinley witness the signing of the deals on Tuesday. Photo : PID

န Guwahati, 11 January :

န Women stitch National flags ahead of Indian Republic Day celebrations at the office of Assam Khadi and Village Industries Board at Chandmari in Guwahati. Photo : PTI

န Salt Lake, 10 January :

န Some Bauls performing in front of West Bengal Tourism Development Corporationat's pavilion at "Tourism and Food Festival" in Nalbon. Photo : Anindya Banerjee

န Kolkata, 10 January :

န A view of the illuminated Victoria Memorial in Kolkata. Photo : PTI

န Ranchi, 10 January :

န School students take a joy ride on top of an Indian Army T-72 battle tank during the 'Know Your Army' exhibition at Morabadi Ground in Ranchi. Photo : PTI

န Kolkata, 10 January :

န People attempt to extinguish a fire at a cold storage unit in Kolkata. The fire broke out after an ammonia gas leak and then spread to an adjacent cotton godown at Maniktala area. No causalities were reported. Photo : Reuters

န Haragach, 10 January :

န Farmer covers his cattle with a jute bag to protect it from cold in Haragach, on the outskirts of Dhaka. န Photo : AP

န Singur, 9 January :

န West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee addresses a rally at Singur in Hooghly district. Photo : Sanjay Bhaduri

န Dhaka, 9 January :

န Workers repair a road ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup in Dhaka. Which begins on 19 February in Dhaka. Photo : Reuters

န Kolkata, 9 January :

န Small vendors buy vegetables at a wholesale market in Kolkata on Sunday. Photo : AP

န Agartala, 8 January :

န A man busy spraying pesticides in a mustard field on the outskirts of Agartala. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 8 January :

န Artists are performing a drama titled "Play With A Tiger" at DU in the department of Theatre Art and Music Saturday. Photo : Ashraful Alom tito

န Burdwan, 8 January :

န The femous Krishna Sayar Utsab's annual Nouka Baich brings together entire south Bengal. Over the years, in Krishna Sayar Utsab's baich race has become something more than just a boat race. Photo : Dipankar Chatterjee

န Guwahati, 8 January :

န BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani poses with an Assamese Japi, a traditional hat, before the start of a two-day national executive meeting in Guwahati. Photo : AP

န Ilambazar, 7 January :

န Tribal dancers perform at “Enek Sereng Parab”, a festival of Santhali dance & music, at Daronda in Birbhum district. Photo : PTI

န Dhaka, 7 January :

န Customers crowd in a stall at laptop fair at the Seraton Hotel in the capital. Photo : Ashraful Alom tito

န Meghalaya, 7 January :

န Villagers leave with their baggage after ethnic clashes between Garo and Rabha tribals in Meghalaya. Photo : PTI

န Kolkata, 6 January :

န WB Industry Minister Nirupam Sen and WBIDC's MD Dr Subrata Gupta handed over allotment letters and possession certificates to 13 companies for over 1,200 acres of land announcing comprehensive compensation packages for original owners. Photo : Bengal Newz

န Guwahati, 6 January :

န Activists hold placards and a banner that reads "Save Brahmaputra" as they march past the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati. Photo : AP

န Dhaka, 6 January :

န People bring out a rally in the city marking 19th National Immunization Day 2011. Photo : UNB

န Kolkata, 6 January :

န An aircraft of an Indian airline prepares to land beside a construction site at Netagi Subhash Chandra Bose Airport in Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Abidjan (Ivory Coast.), 6 Jan :

န United Nations soldiers from Bangladesh march at U.N. headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Photo : AFP

န New Delhi, 6 January :

န Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari interacts with NCC cadets from Mizoram after inaugurating the NCC camp for Republic Day Parade. Photo : PTI

န Sonarpur, 6 January :

န A farmer transports vegetables on an improvised tricycle towards a wholesale market in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Siliguri, 5 January :

န People gather to see elephants in Siliguri, after these animals were brought from South Dinajpur district. Photo : AFP

န Kolkata, 5 January :

န A shopper carries a bag outside a shopping mall in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န New Delhi, 4 January :

န Demonstrators hold candles in front of the India Gate demanding the release of Binayak Sen in New Delhi. Photo : Reuters

န Kolkata, 4 January :

န West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharje bid adieu to the Suchitra Mitra at Rabindra Sadan In Kolkata. Photo : Bidhan Bhattacharjee

န Agartala, 4 January :

န Visitors watching Police personnel's paintings at the city centre gallery during Tripura Police Week in Agartala. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Gangarampur, 4 January :

န Villagers gather to see an elephant in Gangarampur. Wild elephants create havoc in South Dinajpur districts in last two days. They even crossed the Bangladesh border and entered Rajsahi district. Photo : Sankar Das

န Kolkata, 4 January :

န A non-Bengali Hindu ascetic woman smiles as she adjusts her hair after taking a dip in the Ganges river in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Guwahati, 3 January :

န Karbi youth perform a traditional dance during the "Nababarsha Mahotsav 2011" in Guwahati, Assam. Photo : PTI

န Abidjan (Ivory Coast), 3 Jan :

န United Nations soldiers from Bangladesh stand guard at UN headquarters in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday. Photo : AP

န Kolkata, 3 January :

န A participant competes during the 59th Kolkata Horse Show at Fort William Riding & Polo Club in Kolkata. Photo : AFP

န Dhaka, 2 January :

န A police officer drags a man from a crowd gathered outside a bank to buy cricket World Cup tickets. People queued overnight outside of banks in a desperate bid in Dhaka. Photo : Reuters

န Kolkata, 2 January :

န Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates the website of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee at Bidhan Bhavan in Kolkata. Photo : Partha Paul

န Agartala, 2 January :

န Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar inspects a TSR's passing out parade celebrations in Agartala on Sunday. Photo : Parthajit Dutta

န Kolkata, 2 January :

န Workers make calendars for the year 2011 on the second day of the New Year at a workshop in Kolkata. Photo : Reuters

န Darjeeling, 2 January :

န Heavy snowfalls have covered up large parts of Darjeeling and Sikkim, heralding the first day of 2011 with mercury plummeting to minus eight degrees. Photo : Courtesy

န Bishnupur, 1 January :

န Pandit Ohidas Chakraborty of 'Bishnupur Gharana' sing a famous Raag on the inaugural day of Bishnupur Utsav, 2011 in Bishnupur on Saturday. Photo : Somen Acharjee

န Kolkata, 1 January :

န Tourists enjoy a hackney carriage ride through the streets of Kolkata Maidan. These carriages, once a regular mode of transport, now serve tourists in designated areas of the city. Photo : AFP

န Burdwan, 1 January :

န West Bengal Commerce and Industry minister Nirupam Sen speaking at the inauguration of Krishna Shayar Utsav, 2011 in Burdwan. Photo : Dipankar Chatterjee

န Guwahati, 1 January :

န Chairman of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Arabinda Rajkhowa, talks to the media outside the Central Jail after his release, in Guwahati on Saturday. Photo : AP

န Balurghat, 1 January :

န Migratory birds flocks at the Malancha Dighi in Balurghat block on the first day of the new decade. Photo : Sankar Das

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