Vol. 5 Num 234 Tue. January 18, 2005       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   HC rule on govt, DCC The High Court yesterday issued a rule on the government and Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) asking why their interference with a nursery at Gulshan will not be declared illegal and why the DCC will notbe   Sylhet JCD activist beaten to death A minibus driver and his accomplices beat a JCD man to death on Sylhet-Jakiganj Road yesterday.   Principal Hafizuddin murder One to die, six get life term A court yesterday sentenced one person to death and six others life term for killing acting principal Syed Hafizuddin Ahmed of Badiul Alam College here four years ago.   Death of teacher sparks off violence in Bogra wrong treatment alleged The death of a teacher due to alleged wrong treatment sparked off a violent protest by his students in the town yesterday.   Seminar on industrial, systems engineering A seminar on"Industrial and systems engineering: Bangladesh perspective in open market scenario" was held at Eastern University on January 16, says a press release.   Holcim donation for tsunami-hit people Holcim, the world's leading suppliers of cement, aggregates (gravel and sand), concrete and construction-related services, will donate three million Swiss francs for the tsunami-hit people of Sri Lanka,   'Reform faulty electoral system' Speakers at a rally yesterday demanded reform of the exiting electoral system terming it 'faulty'.   1,690 more held, 23 arms seized Police arrested 1,690 people, including nine identified criminals, on various charges from different parts of the country in the last 24 hours till 6.00am yesterday.     Advertisement