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90 RU teachers demand VC's resignation
Ninety teachers of Rajshahi University in a joint statement have demanded resignation of Vice-chancellor Prof Altaf Hossain for what they said the 'damage' caused to the university's image by the administration's

Manmade disaster looms in B'baria town
Encroachers clog the lone canal
Land grabbers have turned the once wide Titas Khal running through Brahmanbaria town into a narrow canal, clogging the drainage system in the town and creating floods on eastern areas of the districtin

Moniswapon Urges UNDP
Take up livelihood schemes for people in remote hills
Deputy Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Moniswapon Dewan urged officials of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and NGOs to take up livelihood support

Capital punishment for JMB chief demanded
Wives of slain judges Shahid Sohel Ahmed and Jagannath Pandy have demanded speedy trial and capital punishment of JMB chief Shaekh Abdur Rahman.

150 MT hoarded sugar siezed in Thakurgaon, 6 godowns sealed
A mobile court in Thakurgaon seized 150 tonnes of sugar allegedly hoarded by traders and sealed six godowns yesterday.

Accused in AL leader Boral murder case held
Bagerhat police on Wednesday arrested Maruf Hossain alias Chhoto,30, an absconding accused in Bagerhat Awami League (AL) leader Advocate Kalidas Boral Murder Case.

Two illegal brick fields closed in Khagrachhari
A mobile court yesterday closed two brick fields in Mohalchhari in the district for operating without licence and using firewood in stead of coal, violating environmental laws.

Somo Adhiker presses 7-point demand
Leaders of Somo Adhiker Andolon, an organisation of Bangalees in the hills, yesterday demanded cancellation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts peace agreement signed by in 1997 by the then Awami League government

Khulna DB takes up case for bomb attack on AL leader
The case recorded under the Explosives Act for bomb attack on Awami League leader Shaikh yunus Ali has been transferred to the Detective Branch of Khulna metropolitan Police (KMP) from Khanjahan Ali thana