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Help build safe Bangladesh
Hasina tells professionals, intellectuals
Opposition leader Sheikh Hasina yesterday sought all-out cooperation of patriotic citizens, including the professionals and intellectuals, in building a safe Bangladesh for the prosperity by uprooting

'Healthy debate can end crisis over unified edn system'
The country is facing a crisis over the 'unified education system' to be introduced at the secondary level from January, said the speakers at the inaugural session of a debate competition in the cityyesterday.

AL not eager to resist bombers: Bhuiyan
BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday criticised Awami League for its rejection of offer for dialogue on terrorism, saying it proves that they are not willing to resist bombers and terrorists.

'Resist fundamentalist forces to establish secular society'
Speakers at a discussion yesterday urged all to be united to resist fundamentalist forces to help establish a secular and democratic society.

Take strong measures to offset climate change impacts
Bapa urges world leaders
Environmentalists yesterday called on the world leaders and the government of Bangladesh to take strong measures to offset the impacts of climate change.

Bomb Threats
Ctg cops evict hawkers from footpaths
As part of precaution against bomb threats, Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) started evicting hawkers from the port city's footpaths on Friday.

Three commit suicide
Three people, including two women, committed suicide by taking poison in the early hours of yesterday in separate incidents in Dhaka and Narayanganj.

'Ban poisonous pesticides'
Narigrantha Prabartana demanded that the government impose a ban on using poisonous pesticides to mark the 'No Pesticide Use Day'.

9 injured in CU clash
Disruption of shuttle train service caused by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) triggered a clash between the general students and the Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) men that reportedly left nine peopleinjured

Abducted job seeker rescued in city, one held
Detective Branch police rescued an abducted youth from a house at Circular Road in the city yesterday and arrested a member of the gang involved in the kidnapping.

Save country
B Chy urges people
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday called upon people to save the country by being imbued with the spirit of the liberation war.

Channel-S TV to air programme in Bangladesh
A London-based private television channel plans to expand telecast of its programme to Bangladesh from next month.

RU controversial staffs demand job confirmation
Several hundred controversially appointed employees of Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday staged a demonstration in front of the administration building and demanded immediate confirmation of their jobs.