Faridpur


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Faridpur

Faridpur (fərēdˈpoŏr), town, S Bangladesh. It is a district administrative center, a railway terminus, and a market town for jute and rice. It has a thermal power station and jute mills. There are five colleges affiliated with Dhaka Univ. The town is named for Farid Shah, a Muslim saint whose shrine is there.
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The minister said this while exchanging views with members of the Christian community at Faridpur Baptist Church on the occasion of Christmas day, the biggest religious festival of the Christian community, yesterday.
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