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Fair to create awareness about gender issue begins tomorrow
A Gender and Development Communication Fair, first of its kind in the country, will begin in the city tomorrow.
 
Rajshahi sweepers lack least civic amenities
The sweeper community of Rajshahi are leading a substandard and inhuman life without the least civic amenities.
 
Notice to evict Sgt Zahurul Haque's ancestral home
Noakhali district administration has issued a notice of eviction terming the ancestral home of Shaheed Sergeant Zahurul Haque as illegal structure.
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Set up deep sea port in Ctg to boost economy
Economists tell Ctg Forum discussion
Economists and civil society members at a discussion yesterday demanded that the government pay special attention for development of Chittagong, especially its port and set up a deep sea port, sayingthis
 
JMB militant handed 40yrs behind bars
A Chittagong court yesterday sentenced a cadre of the outlawed militant group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 40 years imprisonment.
 
Form election caretaking council to assist EC
Speakers say at BMSP seminar
Bangladesh Manobadhikar Samannaya Parishad (BMSP) yesterday proposed to form an Election Caretaking Council (ECC) which will assist the Election Commission (EC) in carrying out its election-related activities
 
Mushroom growth of substandard coaching centres in Rajshahi
The students of secondary and higher secondary levels are increasingly being dependent on the substandard coaching centres in the city and other parts of the district due to lack of proper classroom teaching.
 
Desco to supply electricity to Tongi
The Dhaka Electric Supply Authority (Desa) yesterday handed over the electric supply authority of Tongi area to the Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (Desco).
 
Janakantha editor held by mistake
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday detained mistakenly the Janakantha Editor Atiqullah Khan Masud from Bangla Motor in the capital and released him after a while.
 
Shameem Osman's associate dies in custody
A close associate of Awami League (AL) leader Shameem Osman died in custody yesterday evening.
 
Six PBCP cadres arrested
Police arrested six cadres of Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) from Bagmara upazila early yesterday.
 
2-day music festival begins in city today
A two-day musical festival will begin today under the auspices of Sangskritik Kendra, a centre for education, creative and performing arts, in cooperation with Unesco.
 
College Physicians, Surgeons executives
Dr Md Abdul Mobin Khan, Dr Quazi Deen Mohammad and Dr MA Majid have been unanimously elected president, senior vice-president and vice-president of the executive committee of the Bangladesh College of
 
Mobile court fines three
A mobile court yesterday fined three people Tk 1.5 lakh each for storing date-expired powered milk, marketing ghee without BSTI approval and producing fake edible oil.
 
Obituary
Ershadur Rahman, a former zonal chairman of Lions Club 315/B and former director of Comilla Cooperatives Bank, passed away due to a massive heart attack at Comilla Medical Centre on Saturday at the age
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Mir Mobarak Hossain
Mir Mobarak Hossain, former official of Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB), passed away due to kidney disease on Saturday at the age of 73, says a press release.
 
Govt plans 5-yr Hajj policy
The government is formulating a five-year Hajj policy this time instead of yearly basis, Adviser for Religious Affairs Major General (Retd) Dr ASM Matiur Rahman said yesterday.
 
Valuables worth Tk 1 crore gutted
Cotton, yarn and machinery worth of Tk about one crore were gutted by fire in Shohagpur Textile Mill at Lakhon Khola under Bandar upazila in the early hours of yesterday.
 
Supreme Court Ainjibi Samity polls Mar 28-29
Election of the Supreme Court Ainjibi Samity for the year 2007-08 will be held on March 28 and 29.
 
Appointment of Gen Mashhud as ACC chief hailed
Bangladesh Muslim League (BML) leaders in a statement yesterday congratulated Lt. General (Retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury for his appointment as the chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
 
DU English Deptt Alumni reunion on Mar 9
The English Department Alumni Society of Dhaka University will hold its Annual Alumni Reunion on March 9 from 3:00pm to 8:00pm at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban (adjacent to Administrative
 

 
   
 
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