Vol. 5 Num 207 Wed. December 22, 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 StarTech Star Chittagong Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Star City Unmarked speed-breakers causing accidents Unmarked speed-breakers at different points on the city roads are causing accidents, especially at night, as people cannot see them while driving. "These speed-breakers are causing accidents. Unheard calls for traffic complaints “For traffic complaints, dial 011-806111, 011-806222, 011-806888." The yellow advertisements can hardly be overseen on Dhaka's streets, as they are applied on CNG-autorickshaw rears. Curtain falls on fair of force & feeling ‘Military Hardware Exhibition - 2004' that entertained over a hundred thousand people daily, giving them the opportunity to feast their eyes on a huge amount of arms, ammunition, artillery, along with Pump houses turning into crime dens The pump houses of the Water Supply and Sewage Authority (WASA) in the capital have reportedly become notorious for criminal activities and are often treated by local hoodlums and miscreants as safe hideouts. Dhaka Book Fair hopes for a change The Dhaka Book fair 2005 is scheduled to start from January 1 at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.   Gulshan residents protest permission for 8-storey buildings The step will benefit only a handful, they say The Gulshan Society has decried the government decision to allow eight-storey structures along Gulshan avenues and this would seriously strain the utility services.     Advertisement