Volume 5 Number 50 Thu. July 15, 2004       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives General   S Asian govts urged to combat violence against women Governments in South Asia must combat violence against women to ensure their effective participation in good governance, said the participants of a regional workshop at a press conference in the city   Steps taken to halve poverty by 2015: PM Prime Minister Khaleda Zia told the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday that the government has taken steps to reduce the rate of poverty by 50 per cent by 2015 as part of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG). 'Sanitary latrines for all by 2010' LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday said sanitary latrines are expected to be provided for all by 2010.   Double-decker arson Govt trying to implicate our leaders: Jubo League Awami Jubo League, youth wing of the main opposition Awami League (AL), yesterday alleged that the government is trying to implicate its leaders in the double-decker bus arson case on the basis of the   campaign for Bishwasahitya Kendro Citibank N A yesterday made a second donation of Tk 1,05,200 to Bishwasahitya Kendro, says a press release.   Show cause on Maple Leaf authorities The First Assistant Judge's Court, Dhaka yesterday issued show cause notice on the authorities of Maple Leaf International, an English medium school, as to why the enhanced annual enrollment fee and monthly   Toll collector held in city Locals caught and beat one of the five toll collectors when they went to extort money from a hotel at Karwan Bazar in the city yesterday. Appeal for help Jannat Ara Happy, a student of class nine of Chittagong, has been suffering from blood cancer.     Advertisement