Volume 5 Number 245 Tue. February 01, 2005       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Sports Point-counterpoint National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives National Reopen Chilahati land port, rail link with India Shortest route to India, Nepal, Bhutan and China to boost trade and tourism, business circles say The shortest rail communication from Bangladesh to India, Nepal, Bhutan and even China can be re-established by reopening the link from Chilahati in Nilphamari district to Holdibari just across the border   Steps for Pipeline Gas Supply Rangpur Chamber thanks PM The business circle in Rangpur has thanked the Prime Minister for her initiative for pipeline gas supply to Rangpur and Dinajpur.   Daughter's Admission to School Doctor in custody for 'forging' state minister's signature A government doctor has been handed over to police by Barisal Deputy Commissioner for submitting a forged recommendation of State Minister for Education A N M Ehsanul Haque Milon for admission of hisdaughter   A hardened criminal evading police in Comilla Most wanted criminal in Katchua police station area, Zahir, is carrying out criminal activities in parts of Comilla and Chandpur, evading police dragnet.   Where liquor creeps into a child's life Children at sweepers' colony in Rajshahi city become addicted to liquor at an age as early as eight to ten.   Sharp decline in wheat yield in Nilphamari Wheat production in Nilphamari district has come down to one fourth in past several years. Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said this is due to change in climate.   3-day BDR-BSF meet begins tomorrow at Rangpur A three-day high level BDR-BSF meeting begins at Rangpur Porjaton Motel tomorrow. A 13-member team of BSF officials will arrive here today.   BCL calls strike at JU Thursday The Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) has called a daylong strike on the campus on Thursday.   7 get life in Habiganj triple murder A court in Habiganj on Sunday gave life term to seven persons for a triple murder in the district in 2001. Nine others were jailed for two years in the case.   PCJSS condemns Habiganj grenade attack The Parbattya Chattagram Jono Sanghaty Samity (PCJSS) in a statement issued here on Sunday condemned the grenade attack on Awami League rally at Habiganj that killed former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria   Pneumonia, diarrhoea claim 5 in Gaibandha Pneumonia and diarrhoea have broken out in an alarming form in Gaibandha Sadar and Fulchhari upazilas due to the ongoing cold spell in the district. Pneumonia has claimed three children in two days.   Erratum In a story headlined 'The blind torchbearer', published in the National page on January 20, the name of Mymensingh Deputy Commissioner was mistakenly mentioned as Abu Saleh Md Zakaria instead of Saifuddin     Advertisement