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Oust-govt movement from Ctg if polls rigged
Hasina warns
Leader of the Opposition and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina has urged people of the port city to give a befitting reply to the 'misrule' of the present government through ballots in the May

'Restrictive and repressive laws curtail press freedom'
Restrictive and repressive laws have curtailed press freedom and created a fearful atmosphere for journalists in the country, said speakers at a roundtable in the city yesterday.

Raju Kidnapping
Abductor gets 30 yrs
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced a youth to 30 years' rigorous imprisonment for kidnapping a six-year-old boy Raju for trafficking in October 1999.

76th anniversary of birth of Jahanara Imam today
Today is the 76th birth anniversary of Jahanara Imam.

Veneman made Unicef executive director
Ann M Veneman, former US Secretary of Agriculture, was appointed the 5th Executive Director of Unicef to lead the UN children's agency.

Gold worth Tk 35 lakh looted in N'ganj
Robbers looted 334 tolas of gold worth about Tk 35 lakh from a jewellery shop at Kalimabazar in the town in the early hours of Sunday.

Habiganj Carnage
Hearing on acceptance of charge sheet May 9
A Sylhet court yesterday fixed May 9 for hearing on acceptance of the charge sheet in the bomb blast case in connection with the January 27 carnage of Habiganj that killed five people, including former

420 cellphone sets, batteries seized at ZIA
Zia International Airport Customs yesterday seized 420 cellphone sets and batteries worth Tk 30 lakh at the airport.

Kibria's birth anniversary observed
The 74th birth anniversary of the slain Awami League leader and former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, who was killed in a grenade attack in Habiganj on January 27, was observed on May 1.

Committee submits report today
The fact-finding committee, formed to investigate the irregularities against a teacher of Economics department in admitting student to the department under 2004-05 academic session, will submit its report

'Awareness can help reduce impact of climate change'
Awareness about climate change and implementation of strategies for adaptation can reduce the impact of climate change on people's livelihoods, speakers said yesterday at a workshop.

Boy loses 3 fingers as stray bomb goes off
Three fingers of a 12-year-old boy were blown off as he touched an abandoned homemade bomb unknowingly while collecting papers from a dustbin at Banani in the city yesterday.