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Metropolitan
 
Wage all-out movement against corruption
Says ACC chief
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury yesterday urged all to wage an all-out movement to resist crime and corruption.
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'Make probe reports on river accidents public'
Probe reports on river accidents should be made public and the persons responsible should be brought to book in order to prevent a recurrence of such accidents, speakers at a roundtable said yesterday.
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Exempt physically challenged people from tax
Speakers tell roundtable
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday called on the government to exempt the people with disabilities from tax up to a certain limit and reduce bank loan interest rates for them to ensure their empowerment.
 
Raw materials of sweater factory gutted in city
Huge quantity of raw materials of a sweater factory was gutted in a devastating fire at Khilgaon in the city yesterday.
 
Sayedabad Murders
Cops yet to find out clue
Members of the law enforcement agencies could not find out any clue to the Tuesday double murder at Sayedabad until yesterday.
 
Falling iron railing kills minor girl
A minor girl died after an iron railing collapsed on her at Eskaton Garden road in the city yesterday morning.
 
List of Unauthorised Universities
HC stays UGC decision on four instts
The High Court yesterday stayed for two weeks the decision of the University Grants Commission (UGC) to include four educational institutions in a list of 56 unauthorised universities.
 
Ali Murder Case
Family members get death threats from suspects
Family members of slain plastic trader Mohammad Ali of Islambagh in Old Dhaka are passing their days in grave insecurity as some associates and relatives of prime suspect of the case are now threatening
 
US army pacific commander meets army chief
The visiting US Army Pacific (USARPAC) Commander Lieutenant General John M Brown paid a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Moeen U Ahmed at the Army Headquarters in Dhaka Cantonment
 
Iftekhar meets Malaysian counterpart
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury had a meeting with his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Bin Syed Jaafar Albar in Islamabad yesterday morning to discuss wide range of bilateral issues.
 
BTTB introduces computerised ledger system
Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) yesterday introduced computerised ledger management system for the convenience of its subscribers, says a press release.
 
Woman killed in road crash
Amena Begum, mother of Ruhul Gani Jyoti, a senior reporter of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), was killed in a road accident at Barabari in Lalmonirhat on Tuesday at the age of 72, says a press release.
 
Nazrul exponent Shahabuddin passes away
Shahabuddin Ahmed, an exponent of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, passed away at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early yesterday at the age of 71.
 

 
   
 
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