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Volume 4 Number 271

Mon. March 01, 2004

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Three to die for killing woman
A speedy tribunal in Dhaka yesterday sentenced three persons to death in a murder case.

JS body refuses to probe alleged procurement graft in BB
The parliamentary standing committee on finance ministry yesterday turned down a member's proposal to probe some alleged irregularities in procuring 20 money-sorting machines by the Bangladesh Bank (BB).

Japan urged to develop exclusive industrial zone
Speakers at a workshop yesterday sought Japanese assistance in developing an exclusive industrial zone in the country for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI).

Remove controversial members from censor board
Bangladesh Film Producers Distributors Association (BFPDA) has launched a non-cooperation movement to press its demand for the removal of controversial members from the film censor board.

'Keepnewspaper offices closed on holidays'
Sangbadik Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SSKOP), in a statement yesterday, called upon the newspaper owners not to keep offices open on government holidays.

Reinstatement of 70 ADAB staff demanded
Employees of the Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB), a coordinating body of no-governmental organisations of Bangladesh, yesterday staged a sit-in in front of its head office demanding

Amendment bill on Speedy Trial Act placed in JS
Home Minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury yesterday placed the Speedy Trail Act Amendment Bill 2004 in the Jatiya Sangsad seeking a two-year extension.

The act was scheduled to expire on April 9 this year.

Death anniversary of Shaheed Tajul today
The 20th death anniversary of Shaheed Tajul Isalm, a central leader of Bangla-desh Trade Uni-on Kendra, will be observed to-day, says a press release.