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Stop interference by bureaucrats, MPs to strengthen local govt
Speakers tell regional seminar
With a view to strengthening the local government, the interference by bureaucrats and lawmakers should be stopped right now, said the speakers at a seminar yesterday.

BES-Prothom Alo Roundtable on Earthquake
'Lack of awareness to make situation worse'
Experts at a roundtable yesterday stressed the need to strengthen coordination between the government and non-government organisations in their efforts to mitigate damage in the event of massive earthquake.

Saarc parliamentarians for creating South Asian Union
Parliamentarians representing all major parties and from all shades of opinions from the Saarc countries yesterday expressed their commitment to act in accordance with the peoples' desire for shaping

Fobana convention on August 31
The 21st Convention of the Federation of Bangladesh Associations in North America (Fobana), the largest organisation of Bangladeshi expatriates in the United States, will be held with due festivity on

Eight eminent personalities get Mercantile Bank Awards
Eight eminent personalities received Mercantile Bank Annual Awards at a function celebrating the bank's 8th founding anniversary yesterday.

Initiative to turn wastes into 'wet','dry' substances
For the first time in Bangladesh, an initiative to turn wastes into 'wet' (biodegradable) and 'dry' (non-biodegradable) substances was launched by the Uttara Sector 5 Welfare Association at Uttara Model

Rare surgery at BSMMU today to mend jaw deformities
A rare surgery is going to be performed on three patients by oral and maxillofacial surgery department at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the city today.

Nurjahan Murshid's birth anniversary programme tomorrow
A programme celebrating the 83rd anniversary of birth of Nurjahan Murshid, a renowned leader of women renaissance of Bengal and one of the major organisers of the Liberation War, will be held in the city

Woman found dead in city
Police recovered a woman's body inside an under-construction building at Harirampur Anandanagar of Mirpur in the capital yesterday. The assumed 20-year-old woman was yet to be identified.

Charge framing against Lobi today
The hearing on charge framing of a graft case against detained former BNP lawmaker Ali Asgar Lobi takes place at the special Judge's court today.

Mamun's associate held in Gazipur
Joint forces arrested a close associate of controversial businessman Giyasuddin Al Mamun at Kaliakoir in Gazipur yesterday afternoon.

Tree plantation movement begins today
The three-month National Tree Plantation Movement and Tree Fair 2007 with the theme "stop felling trees, plant rare trees" will be formally inaugurated today.

Road crash kills one in Chandpur
One person was killed in a road accident on Kaliapara-Kochua Road under Shahrasti Upazila on Friday evening.

10 injured in clash over cricket match
At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two groups over a cricket match at Sweeper Colony of Hazaribagh in the city yesterday.