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'Confrontational politics pose serious threat to nat'l security'
The internal political situation has posed a serious threat to national security and the country's image, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.
 
Dorji for ministerial meet in priority areas
Saarc secretary general meets Reaz
Saarc Secretary General Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji called on Foreign Affairs Advisor Reaz Rahman and briefed him about the progress made in different areas of regional cooperation.
 
Sovereignty under threat due to misrule
Speakers tell discussion
Country's sovereignty is under threat due to misrule of the BNP-led four-party alliance government, said the speakers at a discussion yesterday.
 
Govt urged to increase BCSIR budget
Speakers at a seminar yesterday urged the government to increase the budget of the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) for conducting multidisciplinary research.
 
Plan to set up ICUs at all medical college hospitals
Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said the government would set up Intensive Care Unit at all the medical college hospitals.
 
Decomposed body recovered, two shot
Police retrieved the decomposed body of a man from Sabujbagh who was strangled a few days ago while two people, including a housewife, were shot in separate incidents in Khilgaon in the city yesterday.
 
Two extortionists arrested
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two criminals at Sonadanga residential area yesterday.
The arrestees were identified as Sirajul Islam Kutti 29, and Motaleb Shaikh 52.

 
Measures taken to protect women's rights
Minister tells workshop
The government has taken up a number of important measures for protection of the rights of women as well as their empowerment, said Minister for Women and Children Affairs Kurshid Jahan Haq yesterday.
 
DRU cafeteria vandalised
3 reporters injured
A group of armed criminals damaged the caféteria of Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) at Segunbagicha in the city yesterday.
 
SC Bar president pledges to intensify movement
Newly-elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday pledged to intensify the ongoing united movement of the lawyers to help establish rule of law and separate the judiciary from
 
Dutch-Bangla Bank stands by acid victims, divorcees
Dutch-Bangla Bank Foundation has extended financial assistance of Tk 10,000 each to 100 acid victims and 400 divorcees at a simple ceremony at the Osmani Memorial auditorium yesterday, says a press release.
 
Justice Murshed's death anniversary today
The 26th death anniversary of Justice Syed Mahbub Murshed, an eminent jurist and constitutional lawyer of the sub-continent, will be observed today, says a press release.
 
Body of Labiq arrives tomorrow
The body of Labiq Kazi Moinuddin, son of Rushnan Murtaza Lori and Kazi Moinuddin Raj, will be flown in to Dhaka tomorrow, says a press release.
 
Cell phones, gold ornaments worth Tk 33 lakh seized
Customs officials seized mobile sets and gold ornaments worth over Tk 33 lakh from a passenger soon after his arrival at Zia International Airport from Dubai in a Biman flight yesterday morning.
 
'Shakespeare Week' begins at AUB
To mark the 442nd birth anniversary of the great poet Shakespeare, the English department of Asian University of Bangladesh is hosting a programme titled 'Shakespeare Week'.
 
1,292 more held
Police arrested 1,292 people, including three listed criminals, on various charges during their countrywide drive in the last 24 hours as of 6.ooam yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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