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Dean's Lecture Series 2007
'Govt support needed to promote DNA technology'
As the DNA technology has become an all-important tool in criminal investigation in many countries, the head of the National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory yesterday stressed the need for the government's

Hundred Percent Sanitation
Public awareness at grassroots level a must to achieve target
Speakers at two workshops have called for strengthening public awareness campaign at the grassroots level in order to achieve hundred percent sanitation across the country by 2010.

4 cops closed to Munshiganj Police Line
Four policemen, who were captured by local villagers, were closed to Munshiganj Police Line yesterday for allegedly providing assistance to a robbery.

Road accidents kill seven
At least seven people were killed and 30 others injured in separate road accidents in Comilla, Chittagong, Patuakhali and Netrakona yesterday.

46 cars, bikes stolen in two months
A total of 46 cars and motorcycles were stolen in the last two months in the city while the law enforcing agencies have recovered 29 vehicles during this period.

Tk 553.26cr UK grants for poverty cut
Bangladesh will receive 40 million pounds, equivalent to US$ 77 million or Tk 553.

Aga Khan council team calls on CA
A delegation of Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Bangladesh yesterday called on Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed and apprised him of their socioeconomic activities in the country.

Increasing damage to forests a threat to ethnic people
Speakers tell book launching ceremony
Increasing damage to natural forests poses a threat to the survival of indigenous people in the country, speakers at a book launching ceremony said yesterday.

Change attitude towards people with disability
Speakers urge drivers, transport workers
People with disability face immense difficulties in availing transport facilities, which is one of the main obstacles to their involvement in the country's mainstream development, said the speakers at

Journalism deptt emerges champion
Mass communication and journalism department became champion of the TIB-CUDS Inter-Department Debate Competition that ended at Chittagong University yesterday.

One crushed under wheel of train
One person was crushed under the wheel of a Mymensingh-bound passenger train at about 11:00pm on Wednesday at Thakurakona Rail station under Netrakona Sadar upazila.

Debate festival begins in Kushtia today
A two-day national debate competition titled '3rd National NDF-BRB Cables Debate Festival 07' begins in Kushtia today.

Reforms in OIC stressed
Iftekhar meets Ekmeleddin
Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury had a meeting with OIC secretary general Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu in Islamabad yesterday.

Valuables, cash looted in Gazipur
Robbers looted valuables and Tk 20000 in cash from a house in Vitipara in Sripur in Gazipur.

Taslima's art exhibition begins today
A four-day exhibition of paintings by Taslima Akhter, a student of Vishwabharati University, India, begins in Dhaka today.

Fenchuganj power plant starts operation in September
The first unit of 105MW power plant at Fenchuganj will go into operation next September.

200 shanties gutted in city fire
About 200 shanties, including 15 shops, were gutted in a fire that engulfed the whole Jurain Balurmath Bholar slum in Shyampur in the city yesterday afternoon.

RMG factory pays salary after protest
Amid stern agitations by the workers, owners of Jamuna Denim in Gazipur yesterday paid their last month's salary.

'Bangladesh still faces challenges in disaster preparedness'
Bangladesh is still facing some challenges in disaster management although the country has been impressive recently in this sector, says a press release of the office of the United Nations Resident Coordination

President to visit BIRDEM hospital for eye treatment
President Iajuddin Ahmed will visit BIRDEM hospital today for treatment of his eyes, says a press release issued from the Bangabhaban.