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News and Events of Panchagarh in 2011

Last updated : Sunday, October 09, 2011

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Oct 7, 2011 – Karatoa

Oct 6, 2011 – Prothom Alo

Oct 6, 2011 – Karatoa

Oct 5, 2011 – Ittefaq

Oct 5, 2011 – Karatoa

Oct 5, 2011 – Traditional boat race in Panchagarh – Daily Star

Oct 3, 2011 – Karatoa

Sep 30, 2011 – Ittefaq

Sep 30, 2011 – Karatoa

Sep 29, 2011 – Karatoa

Sep 27, 2011 – Prothom Alo

Sep 27, 2011 – Karatoa

Sep 25, 2011 – Karatoa

Sep 22, 2011 – Amar Desh

Sep 21, 2011 – Karatoa

Sep 18, 2011 – Karatoa

Sep 15, 2011 – Samakal

Sep 13, 2011 – Janakantha

Sep 12, 2011 – Janakantha

Sep 10, 2011 – Amar Desh

Sep 9, 2011 – Prothom Alo

Sep 9, 2011 – Ittefaq

Sep 9, 2011 – Samakal

Sep 9, 2011 – Amar Desh

Sep 8, 2011 – Prothom Alo

Sep 8, 2011 – Karatoa

Sep 8, 2011 – Prothom Alo

Sep 8, 2011 – Ittefaq

Sep 3, 2011 – Karatoa

Sep 3, 2011 – Amar Desh

Aug 26, 2011 – Janakantha

Aug 24, 2011 – Ittefaq

Aug 24, 2011 – Amar Desh

Aug 23, 2011 – Prothom Alo

Aug 18, 2011 – Ittefaq

Aug 16, 2011 – BDNews24

Aug 13, 2011 – Jugantor

Aug 15, 2011 – Amar Desh

Aug 13, 2011 – Amar desh

Aug 13, 2011 – Karatoa

Aug 12, 2011 – Karatoa

Aug 7, 2011 – Karatoa

Aug 7, 2011 – Jugantor

Aug 6, 2011 – Janakantha

Aug 6, 2011 – Karatoa

Aug 5, 2011 – Prothom Alo

Aug 5, 2011 – Amar Desh

Aug 3, 2011 – Prothom Alo

Aug 1, 2011 – Karatoa

July 23, 2011 – Kaler Kantha

July 22, 2011 – Karatoa

July 22, 2011 – Amardesh

July 21, 2011 – Karatoa

July 20, 2011 – Ittefaq

July 20, 2011 – Karatoa

July 20, 2011 – Prothom Alo

July 19, 2011 – Janakantha

July 19, 2011 – Karatoa

July 19, 2011 – Prothom Alo

July 17, 2011 – Manab Zamin

July 17, 2011 – Karatoa

July 17, 2011 – Prothom Alo

July 16, 2011 – Karatoa

July 16, 2011 – Amardesh

July 15, 2011 – Karatoa

July 13, 2011 – Ittefaq

July 12, 2011 – Prothom Alo

July 11, 2011 – Jaijaidin

July 11, 2011 – Karatoa

July 7, 2011 – Karatoa

July 7, 2011 – Prothom Alo

July 7, 2011 – Jaijaidin

July 6, 2011 – Kaler Kantha

July 6, 2011 – Karatoa

July 6, 2011 – Ittefaq

July 6, 2011 – Karatoa

July 5, 2011 – Teatulia: A tea company helps lift a village out of poverty, By Catherine Clifford July 5, 2011: 1:07 PM ET – CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- For some businesses, giving back means making a tax-deductible donation to a local little league team. But for Teatulia, an organic tea company, giving back means creating a better life for a community halfway around the globe.
The two-year-old startup has done what many companies cannot or will not, which is marry a revenue-growing business with a thriving social responsibility program. The Denver company sells organic tea that is now sold in Whole Foods and Harrods. And its business relationship with a tea garden in Bangladesh is helping to lift a village out of poverty by providing employment, as well as educational and wealth-building programs.
The company's high quality product and do-good-in-the-world story is fueling its success. "If we were bringing out Joe Tea, it would be very hard," said Linda Appel Lipsius, co-founder and CEO of the company. "If you don't have a story and if you don't have an interesting angle, what's the point?"
Teatulia was founded by Lipsius and friend Kazi Anis Ahmed, who is from Bangladesh and owns several businesses in the country with his family.
One of the businesses was a tea garden in the Tetulia region in Northern Bangladesh. Lipsius did some research on tea and thought that it would sell well in the United States. She and Ahmed set up Teatulia, which would buy its tea from Ahmed's garden. A big selling point would be that the tea is grown without pesticides. It turned out that Lipsius was on the right track. The demand for regular and specialty tea -- or tea of a very high quality or coming from a well known tea-growing region -- was building in the United States, despite the recession. Teatulia's tea sales took off, even though it is more expensive than conventional tea. Teatulia's container of 16 tea bags retails for $9, while a regular box of 100 tea bags goes for just $3.
Part of the appeal of specialty tea is that it "is an affordable luxury," said Joe Simrany, president of the Tea Association, a national industry organization. "Unlike fine wines, most people could afford a serving of specialty tea.'' The affordable luxury hit the shelves of the Rocky Mountain Whole Foods grocery store in April 2009. Now Teatulia is in 115 Whole Foods. Lipsius expects the company to turn a profit next year.
"We are blowing up,'' said Chris Olsen, Teatulia's marketing director. ''People are extremely passionate about what we are doing.''

Tea and empathy - The company's rising revenues is only part of its success. Teatulia's partnership with the tea farm helps employ 1,200 tea pluckers, mostly women, who live in a poverty-stricken region and have little access to education. The Ahmed family helps with its Kazi Shahid Foundation and a cooperative, which offer programs that improve the quality of life for the tea garden employees and the surrounding community.
The foundation's programs provide a range of services from teaching literacy to building latrines. The foundation cooperative's cattle-lending program is one of its most innovative. Members borrow money to buy cows. And instead of repaying the loan in money, they pay it off in milk and cow dung. The dung is used to fertilize the organic farm.
Best & worst in: Social responsibility - Most participants are able to pay off their cows within two to three years. Some have amassed enough money to purchase land for their families because of the program. Still, the effort to be socially responsible isn't always a financial slam dunk for a business. American Apparel is an example of that, said David J. Vogel, a professor in the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. One of the company's claims to fame is that -- unlike other U.S. retailers -- it kept its manufacturing operations in the United States. Now it is in financial trouble.
Meanwhile, other companies with strong social responsibility programs get purchased by larger ones. That's what happened with organic tea company Honest Tea, which was recently acquired by Coca-Cola (KO, Fortune 500). When a consumer shops for a book or a new flat-screen television, he or she is more likely to shop with convenience in mind, explained Vogel. ''People don't go into the marketplace to make the world a better place," he added. "There are exceptions, but they are exceptional." Teatulia may turn out to be one of the exceptions. "Our story is resonating with people," said Olsen, Teatulia's marketing director.
So far, customers seem to be drinking to that.

July 1, 2011 – Karatoa

June 30, 2011 – Karatoa

June 17, 2011 – Prothom Alo

June 17, 2011 – Amardesh

June 17, 2011 – Karatoa

June 12, 2011 – Amardesh

June 8, 2011 – Prothom Alo

June 8, 2011 – Karatoa

May 31, 2011 – Karatoa

May 26, 2011 – Prothom Alo

May 26, 2011 – Karatoa

May 25, 2011 – Ittefaq

May 24, 2011 – Ittefaq

May 24, 2011 – Prothom Alo

May 23, 2011 – Karatoa

May 20, 2011 – Prothom Alo

May 20, 2011 – Jugantor

May 19, 2011 – Prothom Alo

May 18, 2011 – Prothom Alo

May 16, 2011 – BDNews24.com

May 15, 2011 – Karatoa

May 11, 2011 – Ittefaq

May 10, 2011 – Ittefaq

May 10, 2011 – Janakantha

May 9, 2011 – Karatoa

Apr 26, 2011 – Karatoa

Apr 25, 2011 – Karatoa

Apr 22, 2011 – Prothom Alo

Apr 21, 2011 – Ittefaq

Apr 20, 2011 – Prothom Alo

Apr 20, 2011 – Jugantor

Apr 20, 2011 – Karatoa

Apr 20, 2011 – Amardesh

Apr 18, 2011 – Karatoa

Apr 10, 2011 – Karatoa

Apr 7, 2011 – Ittefaq

Apr 4, 2011 – Karatoa

Apr 4, 2011 – Ittefaq

Apr 4, 2011 – Jugantor

Apr 1, 2011 – Karatoa

Apr 1, 2011 – Prothom Alo

Mar 31, 2011 – Ittefaq

Mar 30, 2011 – Naya Diganta

Mar 29, 2011 – Karatoa

Mar 28, 2011 – Karatoa

Mar 26, 2011 – Karatoa

Mar 26, 2011 – Jugantor

Mar 25, 2011 – Karatoa

Mar 22, 2011 – Amardesh

Jan 28, 2011 – Karatoa

Jan 27, 2011 – Amardesh

Jan 27, 2011 – Ittefaq

Jan 27, 2011 – Karatoa

Jan 26, 2011 – Karatoa

Jan, 25 2011 – Ittefaq

Jan 25, 2011 – Karatoa

Jan 24, 2011 – Janakantha

Jan 23, 2011 – BBC Bangla

Jan 23, 2011 – Ittefaq

Jan 23, 2011 – Karatoa

Jan 22, 2011 – Bilateral trade between Bangladesh India through the long-awaited Banglabandha land port has begun – BDNews24.com
Agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury and Indian finance minister Pranab Mukharjiee inaugurated the port by waving signal flags and cutting ribbon at no men's land on Saturday. The Banglabandha port and Phulbari port on the Indian side were decorated with colourful flags, drawing huge crowds. On the first day, two truckloads of Indian rocks came in while two of waste cotton were sent across, Alauddin, a customs officer in Dinajpur, told bdnews24.com.

After the inaugural programme, the two ministers spoke in a joint press conference at Phulbari. West Bengal's urban development minister Ashok Bhattacharya, Indian high commissioner Rajeet Mitter, Panchagarh-1 MP Majharul Haque Pradhan, Panchagarh chamber of commerce president Iqbal Kaiser also spoke at the press conference. The ministers said the port was full of potentials and promised to initiate full-fledged trade and immigration through the land port soon.

Later, addressing an Awami League rally at Panchagarh, Matia promised to make the port fully functional within three months. General secretary of Federation of Exporters' Association of Bengal Tapan Das told bdnews24.com trade through the land port was a longstanding demand of businessmen of the both countries. "And both the governments have to be sincere in making it [port] successful." Panchagarh chamber president Iqbal Kaiser said quick introduction of immigration through it and entry rights for more products would turn Banglabandha into a promising land port.

Jan 14, 2011 – Karatoa

Jan 14, 2011 – Amader Orthoneeti

Jan 13, 2011 – Karatoa

Jan 13, 2011 – Prothom Alo

Jan 13, 2011 – Sangram

Jan 11, 2011 – Ittefaq

Jan 4, 2011 – Karatoa

2011 – Ajkaler Khobor