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PM sees scopes for more trade with Vietnam
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia hoped that her upcoming visit to Vietnam would create further opportunities and scope for promoting investment and trade between the two countries.

Admission fees increased upto 81pc in 5 years at DU
The Dhaka University (DU) authorities have increased the admission fees of different faculties ranging from 37 to 81 percent in last five years without providing any extra facilities to the students.

'Strengthen movement to try war criminals in int'l court'
Speakers at a discussion yesterday urged the pro-liberation forces to strengthen the movement for the trial of war criminals by the international court.

'Cent percent neutral person to head CG impossible to find'
Communications Minister Barrister Nazmul Huda yesterday said it is unnecessary to be concerned with the Awami League (AL) demand for reform of the caretaker government.

6 killed, 25 injured in road accidents
Six people, including two schoolgirls, were killed and 25 others injured in separate road accidents in Narayanganj and Rajbari districts yesterday.

Real estate caretaker gunned down
Criminals gunned down the caretaker of a real estate company at Mohammadpur apparently after he refused to pay a bribe, while police retrieved the body of a youth from a hotel in Mirpur with lacerations

'Bangladesh a country of huge potentials'
Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Matsushiro Horiguchi yesterday termed Bangladesh as the country of 'huge potentials' but said the opportunities could be harnessed in a faster way if the differencesbetween

BMA Polls Tomorrow
Pledges to improve healthcare
Steps will be undertaken to bring all private clinics and hospitals under discipline to raise the standard of healthcare services in the country.

Power System Loss
"Introduce pre-paid meter, privatise billing system"
The parliamentary standing committee on Public Enterprises yesterday underlined the importance of introduction of prepaid meter and privatisation of the billing system at the earliest to check power system

Ccc Polls
Minorities demand deployment of army, Rab
Religious minorites in a memorandum to the election commission (EC) yesterday placed a 5-point demand for a free and fair environment in the May 9 Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) election.

Dubai-returnees
Four accused manpower brokers yet to be held
Police are yet to arrest the four manpower brokers accused in a case filed with the Airport Police Station on charges of sending four people to Dubai with fake passports recently.

BDR chief goes to Agartala today
Director General (DG) of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Major General M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury will go to Agartala via Akhaura this morning to have a courtesy meeting with Indian Border Security Force (BSF)

Training course for new dy secretaries begins
The 49th Advanced Course on Administration and Development (ACAD), one of the core courses of Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), began here yesterday.

1,353 more held, 11 firearms seized
Police arrested 1,353 people, including eight listed criminals, on various charges from different parts of the country in the last 48 hours as of 6.00am yesterday.