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Security vigilance heightened
The home ministry yesterday ordered heightened intelligence vigilance across the country and take stringent security measures in courts and diplomatic zones.

Peacekeeping mission praise goes in vain if no peace at home: FM
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan yesterday said it would be most unfortunate if Bangladesh cannot ensure peace at home when the country is lauded globally for maintaining peace abroad through UN peacekeeping

Oust Jamaat from govt or BNP will ruin
Tariqat, Zaker Party leaders urge govt
Leaders of Bangladesh Tariqat Federation (BTF) and Zaker Party yesterday blamed Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh for the Tuesday's bomb blast in Gajipur and Chittagong.

Nizami now sees foreign hands in bombings
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh chief Motiur Rahman Nizami yesterday said the suicide bombers are working to create an opportunity for foreign intervention in the country by destroying political stabilitythrough

Create environment where Aids patients can disclose themselves
Speakers tell Prothom Alo roundtable
With proper awareness campaign, an environment has to be created in the society where people living with HIV/Aids will not be afraid of disclosing themselves for the sake of preventing the deadly disease,

Historic trip on Silk Route starts today
Chinese team to arrive Dec 10
The nine-member Chinese delegation's historic journey through ancient Silk Route to Dhaka by two cars starts today.

Suicide Attack
Govt urged to take action against Jamaat
South Asian Peoples' Union against Fundamentalism and Communalism and Committee to Eliminate the Killers and Collaborators of 1971 at a joint statement yesterday condemned the suicide attack on courts

Jamalpur Blasts
JMB chief, 10 others accused in charge sheet
Jamalpur police pressed charges against 10 Islamist militants, including chief of the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), for their involvement in seven serial blasts in the Jamalpur town on

Four killed in road accident
Four people, including a woman and a boy, were killed in separate road accidents in the city yesterday.

Ruhul Amin new envoy to Bahrain
The government has decided to appoint Ruhul Amin, director general (Saarc) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the next ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain.

UN issues travel alert for staff
The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) yesterday issued a circular asking the staffs of 16 UN bodies and six UN-affiliated organisations not to travel outside Dhaka until further

Ctg bomber's father, brother held
Sakhipur police yesterday morning arrested the father and brother of Tuesday's bomb attacker on Chittagong court premises from their house at Taktarchala village under Sakhipur upazila in the district.

Tri-Continental Film Festival begins Dec 8
A weeklong Tri-Continental Film Festival will begin in Dhaka on December 8.

Aids Day Today
'Asian govts lack political will to fight Aids’
World Aids Day will be observed today in the country as elsewhere in the world with the theme 'Stop Aids: Keep promise'.

Brac Workshop
'Govt, NGO's must work together to eradicate poverty'
Speakers at a workshop yesterday stressed the need for coordination of the government, NGO's and the civil society in order to eradicate extreme poverty from the country.

Anti-Corruption Debate
DU Rokeya Hall becomes champion
Rokeya Hall of Dhaka University (DU) became champion in the 'Anti-Corruption Debate Competition' defeating law department of the same university yesterday.