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AL won't take part in any 'staged polls’
Opposition Awami League (AL) leaders yesterday once again accused the ruling alliance of conspiring to rig the next general election.

Protest Against Monday's Bomb Attacks
Lawyers demand resignation of govt, people’s security
Different lawyers' organisations, including SCBA, yesterday staged demonstrations and held rallies across the country protesting Monday's bomb attacks on courts in Chandpur, Laxmipur and Chittagong.

Bangladeshi student’s success in visa suit likely to help 8,000 in Australia
A successful suit filed by Bangladeshi student Mohammad Ahsanuddin against the Australian Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs for wrongful cancellation of his student visa

Address monga crisis permanently
Speakers say at discussion
Monga, a famine-like situation, has to be addressed permanently, rather than giving away relief through Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme every year, said the speakers at a discussion yesterday.

‘Nat'l Action Plan taken to protect child rights’
The government has taken up a five-year-long National Plan of Action from 2005 to 2010 for the protection of child rights and development of children.

Ensure uninterrupted supply of adequate electricity
Khaleda asks power division officials
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday asked the officials and employees of the power division to work relentlessly to ensure uninterrupted supply of adequate electricity.

US Senators' Letter
Saber criticises FM's remark
The Opposition Leader's Political Secretary Saber Hossain Chowdhury yesterday said the foreign minister's comment on the letter written by 16 US senators and representatives questioned their integrity.

Draft of Bldg Construction (Amend) Act approved
The cabinet at its regular meeting yesterday approved the draft of the Building Construction (Amendment) Act, 2005 to ensure the use of proper materials in constructing buildings and to suit with theenvironment.

Magsaysay Award
Reception accorded to Matiur Rahman
Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation (BPF), an organisation working for the disabled, accorded a reception to the Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman yesterday on his winning the 2005 Ramon Magsaysay Awardfor

Theory of Music certificate presentation
The Silverstar Academy held the Trinity College, London (TCL) Theory of Music certificate presentation yesterday at the Russian Cultural Centre.

Schoolboys foil bid to extort money
Four criminals arrested
In a rare courageous act, a group of schoolboys yesterday caught hold of four extortionists at Kafrul in the city yesterday braving bomb attacks.

Sanitation linked to poverty cut
Bhuiyan tells workshop
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday said the nationwide sanitation campaign was an integral part of the country's overall efforts to fight poverty.

'14 union parishad representatives killed in one yr'
A total of 14 Union Parishad (UP) representatives were killed and 49 injured during the last year, according to findings of Democracywatch, a non-government human rights and good governance organisation.