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Metropolitan
 
Grabbers out to occupy vast Ctg Wasa land
A group of land grabbers is out to occupy a vast area of land of Chittagong Water and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) illegally in connivance with some unscrupulous employees of the public utilities.
 
'Restore Women Dev Policy '97'
Speakers at a meeting yesterday reiterated their demand for the restoration of National Women Development Policy (NWDP) 1997 for immediate implementation.
 
Implement 6-point education agenda
Non-govt teachers urge govt
Teachers and employees of private schools, colleges and madrasas demanded implementation of the revised 6-point 'Education Agenda' including salary equal to the teachers of government institutions.
 
World Environment Day tomorrow
Setting the goal to save the greenery from desertification, the World Environment Day will be observed globally tomorrow.
 
'Introduce national ID card to curb terrorism, corruption'
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday called for introducing 'national identity card' to combat terrorism, check corruption and ensure smooth functioning of the state.
 
UZ agri officer, wife killed in Khulna road accident
Two people were killed in a road accident at Dumuria upazila in Khulna district yesterday.
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Stop eviction from Phulbari
Indigenous people urge govt
Indigenous people urged the government to stop eviction of their people from Phulbari coal mine areas in Dinajpur in the name of coal extraction.
 
Akij Bidi Factory shut down
Akij Bidi Factory in Jessore was shut down yesterday following a clash over the retrenchment of a worker.
 
DU Social Welfare Instt
Teachers demand removal of director
Teachers of the Institute of Social Welfare and Research, Dhaka University (DU), yesterday demanded removal of the director of the institute, blaming him for various irregularities and financial anomalies.
 
Evict encroachers from water bodies
Environmentalists demand
Environmentalists yesterday called for evicting the illegal encroachers from all water bodies in the city to remove waterlogging.
 
Attack on Journos
3-hour work abstention today
Sangbadik Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SSKOP) called a three-hour work abstention from 11:ooam to 2:00pm protesting attack on journalists in Kushtia and killing and repression on journalists across
 
Baishakhi director Bulu's wife demands security
Hosne Ara Naznin, estranged wife of MNH Bulu, director of private satellite channel Baishakhi, yesterday said her husband's men are pressuring her to withdraw the case she filed against Bulu.
 
President improves further
The condition of President Iajuddin Ahmed, now undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, has improved further, with post-operative infections under control.
 
World Cancer Survivors' Day today
World Cancer Survivors' Day will be observed as a celebration of life in Bangladesh for the first time today, says a press release.
 
Violence against women
Workshop held to empower victims
Nari Unnayan Shakti, a national women development organisation, held a workshop at its Banasree office in the city yesterday for prosecutors, victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence, complainants
 
IT Festival begins in city today
A weeklong IT Festival 2006 of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC), Dhaka Campus begins in the city today, says a press release.
 
BUET gold medal distribution on June 13
The gold medal distribution ceremony of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) will be held on June 13.
 
'Create awareness about safe driving'
Speakers at the concluding session of a two-day workshop on 'Safe Driving Awareness' yesterday emphasised the need for creating awareness among the drivers for an accident-free road, says a press release.
 
Fight Against Terrorism
Gen Musharraf doing an excellent job: Rumsfeld
US Defence Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld yesterday lavished praise on the Pakistani president's campaign against terrorism, but sidestepped charges he has not done enough to flush out Taliban fighters
 
3 students get AF Mujibur Rahman Gold Medal Award
Three students of Dhaka University were awarded AF Mujibur Rahman Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Mathematics at a ceremony on the university campus recently, says a press release.
 
Tributes paid to Zakaria Milon
A memorial meeting on journalist Zakaria Milon was held at Jatiya Press Club in the city yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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