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Hundreds Protest Ctg Garment Fire
Demands fair investigation, compensation to workers
Hundreds of garment workers and rights activists brought out black flag procession in the city yesterday in protest against the negligence of the authorities that led to the death of a large number of

Several Equipment Go Out of Order
Novo Theatre remains closed since Feb 14
Dhaka Novo Theatre, the state-owned planetarium, has remained closed since February 14 due to damage of its equipment and Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) system, sources said.

Luminaries gather at DU mega reunion
Dhaka University Alumni Association (DUAA) yesterday celebrated a mega reunion to mark its 58th founding anniversary on the Gymnasium ground of the university with the participation of thousands of alumni,

Int'l standard children park opens in Rajshahi soon
An amusement park of international standard, furnished with a panoply of most modern riders and games, will be opened on the outskirts of Rajshahi city soon.

Ganges Barrage
Call to dredge southern rivers
Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa) yesterday demanded of the government to dredge the southern rivers of the country before constructing the Ganges Barrage.

BSD starts long march today to protest India's dam construction
Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) starts a Long March toady from the capital towards Kurigram to register public anger against what it called Indian conspiracy of constructing a "garland of dams" to

EuroKids launched in city
EuroKids, first international pre-school in Bangladesh, was launched at the city's Gulshan yesterday aiming to meet the growing educational demands of the children.

4 killed in Tangail road accident
Four people were killed and 22 others were injured, three of them critically, in a road accident on Tangail-Jamuna Bridge extension road in the district yesterday afternoon.

JCD, Shibir clash at Bangla College, 10 injured
At least 10 students were injured in a clash between the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Islami Chhatra Shibir at Mirpur Bangla College in the city yesterday, witnesses said.

8 BCL activists hurt in clashes with JCD in Jessore college
Eight activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in clashes with their counterparts of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on the campus of Jessore City College yesterday.

DU deans' election on Feb 27
Election of deans for seven faculties of Dhaka University (DU) will be held on February 27.

Housewife strangled, another takes her life
Two housewives met unnatural deaths in Jessore in the last two days.

Bear attacks youth in Rangamati
One person received critical injuries while two others narrowly escaped when a wild bear attacked them at Tripurachhara forest in Bhusanchhara union in Barkol upazila of the district on Thursday afternoon.

Young man jailed for giving death threats
The Speedy Trial Tribunal here sentenced a young man to two years' imprisonment for giving death threats to some people after identifying himself as a JMB activist.

Youth drowns in DU pond
A youth drowned in the pond of Shahidullah Hall at Dhaka University (DU) yesterday.

Obituary
Kazi Enamul Kabir Badal, district correspondent of the daily Shakti, died of a cardiac arrest at the National Institute of Cardio-vascular Diseases (NICVD) in Dhaka yesterday at the age of 68.