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50pc adult people carry TB bacteria
Experts tell workshop
Around 50 percent adult people of the country carry tuberculosis (TB) bacteria, said the experts at a workshop in the city yesterday.

WB suggests raising allocation for agri research
The World Bank (WB) yesterday called for raising the allocation for agricultural research, saying that poor spending in this field is hampering poverty reduction and food security initiatives.

Ekushey Book Fair begins today
Month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2006, dedicated to the language martyrs who laid down their lives for the mother tongue in 1952, begins on the Bangla Academy premises in the city today.

Two get 30 yrs' RI for keeping heroin
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two people, including a woman, to 30 years' rigorous imprisonment for possessing 200 grams of heroin 13 years ago.

India's nod to Mujib-Indira accord could resolve 90pc border problems : Babar
State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar yesterday said if Indian Parliament had ratified the 1974 Mujib-Indira accord, 90 percent problems related to border between the two next-door neighbours

Mirpur Liberation Day Observed
Ban Jamaat-Shibir politics to save constitution
Urge sector commanders
Country's security and constitution will not be safe as long as the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami and Shibir is not prohibited, said the sector commanders and freedom fighters at a rally in the city yesterday.

14-party protests Kansat killing
Hundreds of leaders and workers of the 14-party opposition combine took to the streets in the city yesterday to protest the killing of eight farmers at Kansat in Chapai-nawabganj and demand justice and

Altaf, Faruq elected DUJ president, secy
Altaf Mahmud has been re-elected president and Omar Faruq elected general secretary of the Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) for 2006-07.

BRTC to launch highway ambulance service
Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) will launch its first ever highway ambulance service in the country and also start courier service during its Service Week beginning tomorrow.

2 muggers injured in police firing
Trader robbed of Tk 32,000
Two alleged muggers were wounded in police firing at Tejgaon while two gangs of snatchers stabbed two people in separate incidents in Rampura and Banasree areas in the city in a span of 14 hours ending

BNP grand rally in Ctg tomorrow
Everything is set for holding the Chittagong divisional grand rally of the ruling BNP at the outer stadium here tomorrow.

Mathematics Festival held in Barisal
Barisal Divisional Mathematics Festival was held at the Barisal Govt Girls High School yesterday.

2 bills passed in JS
The Jatiya Sangsad yesterday passed two bills, one for freeing the film industry from obscenity and another for considering boys and girls up to the age of 18 years as children.

Ramp at Shaheed Minar for people with disability soon
A ramp is going to be built soon at the Central Shaheed Minar in the city for easy accessibility of the country's prime monument to the physically challenged people, says a press release.