Volume 5 Number 39 Sun. July 04, 2004    
 
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Piracy Taking Control
Book import sees alarming fall
Foreign book import has gone down alarmingly over the last few years because of widespread piracy across the country.
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Getting into gridlock
Runaway traffic, illegal parking and sidewalk encroachment dog Jatrabari-Sayedabad Road
Pedestrians using the stretch from Jatrabari to Sayedabad face a great difficulty walking, crossing the road and boarding buses because of runaway traffic, illegal parking and sidewalk encroachment.
 
Girl hounded to death, family to insanity
Her death did not end her family's tribulations at the hands of a hoodlum who chased her loved ones from one place to another in a mad rush to marry the girl that ended up in her suicide.
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Power cuts dog Old Dhaka
Electricity supply to Faridabad, Gandaria and Postogola goes erratic because of worn-out distribution lines
The erratic electricity supply to Faridabad, Gandaria and Postogola in Old Dhaka has paralysed normal life as Dhaka Electricity Supply Authority (Desa) has not given a new lease of life to the systemthere
 
Calls to 999 for police help go unanswered
Dhaka Metropolitan Police's (DMP) emergency service 999 operating since last year has often failed to serve its purpose.
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A gym culture growing
Dhaka residents are becoming more and more health conscious these days and the impressive turnout at gymnasiums and fitness centres that have popped up around the city over the last couple of years bears
 

 
   
 
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