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Dr Kamal calls for integration of mass people into agitation
'Politics in Bangladesh and role of Awami League' launched
A secular democratic society will not be established unless the mass people are integrated into the mainstream of the agitation, said Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday.
 
Prices of lentil, rice, potato rise further
The price of lentil marked further rise yesterday with the retailers found selling the essential item at Tk 65-68 a kg against Tk 62 a day before at Karwan Bazar in the city.
 
Withdraw blockade programme
Ruling BNP urges 14-party opposition
Ruling BNP Standing Committee Member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain yesterday urged the Awami League (AL) led 14-party opposition combine to withdraw the blockade programme scheduled for tomorrow, saying
 
New drug policy won't serve users' interest
Speakers tell roundtable
The new drug policy, formulated last year, will serve the interest of drug manufacturers and traders, and not the interest of consumers, said the speakers at a roundtable yesterday.
 
Heroin addicts involved in mugging in city bus stands
At least 200 heroin addicts are active in and around major bus stoppages in the capital, snatching valuables from the passengers in buses and minibuses, intelligence sources said.
 
Social afforestation changes lot of many people in Rajshahi
Thousands of small and marginal farmers and rural poor people have attained economic emancipation in the region following smooth implementation of the ongoing participatory social afforestation programme.
 
Attack on BNP leader's motorcade in Gazipur
Seven BNP activists, including its central executive committee member Khandaker Abdus Salam, were injured in an attack on Salam's motorcade at Baliadi in Kaliakoir upazila yesterday.
 
BFUJ protests remarks of PM, FM about media
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and its front organisations yesterday condemned and protested the remarks about the media made by the prime minister and the finance minister in the Jatiya
 
TK 63 cr CU budget
The Chittagong University proposed a budget of TK 63 crore and 39.70 lakh for 2006-07 fiscal at the 18th annual meeting of the Senate yesterday.
 
Sima Rape Case
Adv Elina Khan made PP
The government has appointed eminent human rights activist Advocate Elina Khan as the public prosecutor and two other activists Advocate Zia Habib Ahsan and Advocate Nazmul Alam Chowdhury Noman as additional
 
Navy Qirat, Azan competition concludes
The Annual Qirat and Azan Competition of Bangladesh Navy concluded at the Sailor's Colony Mosque in Dhaka Cantonment after the Juma prayers yesterday.
 
US hospital ship arrives today
The 'USNS Mercy', a hospital ship of the United States, arrives in Bangladesh today on an eight-day goodwill visit to share experiences and impart training on treatment assistance.
 
LGRD ministry to implement RMP from today
After 23 years of successful implementation of the Rural Maintenance Programme (RMP), CARE Bangladesh handed over implementation responsibilities of the programme to the Ministry of Local Government,Rural
 
Anis, Tipu new president, GS of CJFD
Anis Alamgir, current affairs editor of private satellite channel Baishakhi and Sayem Tipu, editor of private news agency News Net, were elected unopposed the president and general secretary of Chittagong
 
Five trafficked girls return from India
Five Bangladeshi girls, trafficked to India two years ago, were sent back to the country through Benapole check post yesterday.
 
Bullet-hit trader dies in city
A bullet-hit trader succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday morning.
 
Death of Shawkat Ali condoled
Different political and professional bodies yesterday expressed deep shock at the death of eminent lawyer Barrister Shawkat Ali Khan.
 
Seminar on Cedaw held
A seminar on 'Cultural barriers to implementing Cedaw in Bangladesh', organised by the Forum for Culture and Human Development (FCHD), was held in the city on Thursday, says a press release.
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Charity for Labib appeals for help
Charity for Labib has sought financial assistance for treatment of a 12-year-old boy named Labib who has been suffering from Acute Limphoblastic Leukemia for the last six years.
 
Opposition gains but no women elected in Kuwait polls
Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition has gained a parliamentary majority in historic elections in which women took part for the first time although no female candidate won a seat, official results said Friday.
 

 
   
 
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