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BNP won't get more than 30 seats in next polls
Says Badruddoza Chowdhury
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday said more than 30 BNP lawmakers may join his party before the caretaker government takes over.
 
Smuggling of Indian Chicks and Eggs
Maintain strict vigilance against bird flu
Speakers tell seminar
Local poultry farm owners have called for strict vigilance against possible presence of lethal bird flu virus in the country following 'rampant smuggling of Indian chicks and eggs' through the borders
 
Establish separate deptt of children affairs
Speakers say at workshop
Experts at a workshop yesterday called for establishing a separate department of children affairs to ensure better coordination among the government and non-governmental organisations for the welfareof
 
Allegation of Murder by Father
Body of baby girl exhumed for autopsy
Doctors of Dhaka Medical College morgue conducted a post-mortem on a ten-month old baby girl yesterday, two days after police disinterred her body from a graveyard in the city's Mirpur area.
 
Financial irregularities at DU Social Welfare Instt
5 teachers urge action
Five teachers of the Institute of Social Welfare and Research, Dhaka University (DU), yesterday urged the authorities to take action against those responsible for financial and administrative irregularities
 
New sub-regional economic forum floated
In what is considered a key initiative at the Track Two level diplomacy, foreign policy think-tanks of Bangladesh and India are working on a new sub-regional economic grouping that also includes China
 
Ban on 7 human haulers urged
Western Motors, sole distributor of Bajaj Tempo Ltd, in Bangladesh has urged the police to impose a ban on seven passenger carrying human haulers in Gulshan and Baridhara area, which are plying without
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Special bus service for women in Ctg
Women-only bus service was launched in the port city yesterday amid enthusiasm.
 
Prof Sitara Parvin Trust Fund set up at DU
A new trust fund titled 'Professor Sitara Parvin Trust Fund' has been established at Dhaka University.
 
70 garment workers hurt in stampede
Around 70 garment workers were injured, 16 of them critically, in a stampede caused by a thick black smoke emitting from the iron section of a factory building in the port city yesterday.
 
Schoolteacher assaulted at Gournadi
Students, guardians call strike
Students and guardians of Palardi School at Gournadi here yesterday called strike for indefinite period in the school protesting indecent behaviour with a girl student and assault on a teacher.
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Two-hour power outage at ministers' houses demanded
'Citizen Rights Movement' held a citizens' rally at the Institute of Fine Arts on the Dhaka University campus yesterday demanding two-hour loadshedding, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm, at the residential areafor
 
Heroin seized in city
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized one kilogram of heroin worth about Tk 40 lakh from a house in Purana Paltan area in the city on Thursday night and arrested two people in this connection.
 
Alleged smuggler arrested in Khulna
Detective Branch (DB) of police yesterday arrested an alleged smuggler at the Sonadanga residential area. DB police said Shaikh Ferdaus Alam alias Feroze is a smuggler and also involved in drug trafficking.
 
DU teacher Imtiaz Ahmed passes away
Syed Imtiaz Ahmed, an assistant professor at the Department of International Relations, Dhaka University (DU), passed away due to a cardiac arrest at his Uttara residence yesterday at the age of 33.
 
BCDJC offers assistance to journos
Bangladesh Centre for Development, Journalism and Communication (BCDJC) has been providing urgent assistance, medical treatment and legal aid to the oppressed and harassed journalists of the country since
 
Policeman misbehaves with player
Sportsmen demonstrate at Mirpur Police Station
A group of sportsmen demonstrated at Mirpur Police Station in the city last night following an altercation between a national volleyball player, who was drawn from the air force, and a police sub-inspector
 
Assault on RU Journo
Cop's punishment demanded
Rajshahi University (RU) journalists yesterday staged a demonstration in front of the central library demanding exemplary punishment to police constable who mercilessly beat Ali Asgor Khokon, university
 
Youth found dead in city
Police found a body of an unidentified youth, 26, in the city under Turag Police Station yesterday morning.
 
20 houses gutted
At least 20 houses were gutted in a devastating fire at Pramanikpara village in Domar upazila yesterday leaving five families homeless.
 

 
   
 
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