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Holy Cross-Coca-Cola-Daily Star Debate Ends
Group of Debaters become champions
The Group of Debaters emerged as the champions in the Third Holy Cross-Coca-Cola-The Daily Star Debate Festival 2005 yesterday.
 
6 killed, 36 hurt in road mishaps
At least six people, including three women, were killed and 36 others injured in separate road accidents in Manikganj, Chittagong and Sirajganj yesterday.
 
Pakistan denies link with London blasts
Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz repeated denials yesterday that his country had any links to the recent terrorist bombings in London and Egypt, saying that Pakistanis were unfairly blamed.
 
'50pc of youths have no idea about Aids'
A vast majority of the country's young people have no idea about how HIV/Aids is transmitted or how to protect themselves from the deadly disease, speakers at a seminar said yesterday.
 
Ensure humanitarian treatment to foreigners
UNHCR Representative urges govt
UNHCR Representative in Bangladesh Christopher Beng Cha Lee urged the government to ensure humanitarian treatment to foreigners, especially to the asylum seekers and refugees in the country.
 
Bangabandhu Murder
No use of seeking justice from killers: Jalil
Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil yesterday said there is no use of seeking justice of Bangabandhu murder from the killers rather the countrymen will execute the verdict by forming a pro-people
 
'Unravel mystery of Prof Azad's death'
Speakers at a discussion yesterday called on the government to take necessary steps to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of eminent writer Prof Humayun Azad and arrest the culprits who stabbed
 
5 stolen cars recovered
Detective police recovered five stolen cars from Comilla and arrested a gang of seven car lifters.
 
Election fever grips Sri Lanka, but vote in the offing?
Sri Lanka has all the symptoms of election fever: Billboards are pasted with party slogans and pictures of presidential hopefuls, political squabbling and rhetoric are reaching crescendo and ballots have
 
Pollution exposure linked to childhood cancer
Exposure soon after birth, or even before, to combustion gases and particularly engine exhaust, is strongly linked to the development of childhood cancers like leukemia, according to a report from the
 
Pak author gets life term for blasphemy
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced a man to life imprisonment for writing an allegedly blasphemous book about the Quran and the Islamic justice system, a lawyer said yesterday.
 
10-year plan for development
Plan Bangladesh, an international NGO, has taken a 10-year plan for the development of socio-economic condition of the marginal and vulnerable people, in particular the children of Bangladesh.
 
Afghan refugees refuse to leave Pak camps
Thousands of Afghan refugees are defying orders to leave camps in Pakistan's tribal border region which are being closed because of security concerns, representatives said Thursday.
 

 
   
 
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