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'Stop eviction of indigenous people'
Human rights activists and political leaders at a rally yesterday vowed to resist moves to export gas, coal and other natural resources and evict indigenous people from their lands.
 
Pry school teachers threaten tougher movement
The government and non-government primary school teachers will launch tough movements, including strikes in all primary schools and a grand rally in the capital, demanding elimination of wage discrimination
 
Attack On Indigenous People
Rights activists demand action against culprits
Seven human rights and development organisations yesterday demanded punishment to those responsible for the attacks on indigenous people and rape of two girls at Maizzchhari in Khagrachhari in April.
 
JCD leader shot over drug trade at DU
A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader of Salimullah Hall of Dhaka University (DU) yesterday received bullet injuries allegedly over a feud between two phensidyle syndicates on the campus.
 
Youth camp on reproductive health ends at Sitakunda
A youth camp on reproductive health ended at Sitakunda in Chittagong yesterday.
 
IU staffs block roads for salary
Third and fourth-class employees of Kushtia Islamic University (IU) supported by a large number of people of two unions adjacent to the university yesterday barricaded the nearby road demanding payment
 
Asia Photo Contest
2 Bangladeshis among 8 get Gold Prize in Beijing
Eight photographers, including two from Bangladesh, yesterday received Gold Prize in different categories at the inaugural Photo Tribe Asia Press Photo Contest in Beijing.
 
Hasina urges Kuwait to take more workers
Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday requested Kuwait to take more workers from Bangladesh and assist for training of skilled manpower.
 
2 killed, 37 hurt in Jessore road accidents
Two people were killed and 37 others injured in separate road accidents at Rajarhat and Rupdia on Jessore - Khulna Highway yesterday.
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Patients suffer as SSMCH interns go on strike
Interns of Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital went on an indefinite strike yesterday to realise their two-point demand leaving hundreds of patients to suffer.
 
Salma Sobhan Fellowship
Training on journalism for women begins
The training for the 2007 batch of Salma Sobhan Fellowship for Women in Journalism was inaugurated at a ceremony at the Brac Centre for Development Management (BCDM) in Savar on Wednesday, says a press
 
Polytech student gets 30 yrs' RI for keeping heroin
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced a student of Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute to 30 years' rigorous imprisonment for possessing 500 grams of heroin in October last year.
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Kamalganj flooded
Five unions of Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district have gone under water due to heavy rain and onrush of water from Tripura hills in India. River Dhalai is flowing 10 feet above the danger level.
 
Editor, new management for Holiday
The weekly Holiday has reorganised its editorial and management teams following the death of its founder-editor Enayetullah Khan late last year, says a press release.
 
CPJ concerned over govt's failure to protect journos
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) yesterday expressed concern over the government's failure to protect journalists in Kushtia.
 
Condolence meet on Milon tomorrow
Greater Comilla Journalists' Forum in Dhaka will hold a condolence meeting in memory of veteran journalist Zakaria Milon tomorrow.
 
Team of Indian academics due tomorrow
A high-powered delegation of Indian academics will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow, aiming to develop scientific cooperation between Dhaka University and Indian institutions of higher learning.
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Petrobangla Officers' Assoc executives
Md Fazlul Haque and Md Abdul Aziz were elected president and general secretary of Petrobangla Officers' Association on May 30, says a press release.
 
WVA Int'l Ladies Lunch tomorrow
Women's Voluntary Association (WVA) will arrange its Annual International Ladies Lunch at the banquet hall of Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre from 10:00am to 4:00pm tomorrow, says a press
 

 
   
 
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