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Form committees at dist, UZ levels to check corruption
Says ACC chairman
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Lt Gen (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury yesterday called on the civil society members to form committees at district and upazila levels with neutral persons tomake

Road accidents kill 9, injure 23
At least nine people were killed and 23 others injured in separate road accidents in Keraniganj, Nilphamari, Satkhira and Khulna yesterday.

29m people exposed to arsenic
Speakers tell seminar
At least 29 million people of the country are exposed to arsenic and 60 percent of the exposed population are yet to have access to safe water, speakers at a seminar said yesterday.

US duty structure 'very unkind' in case of import from Bangladesh
Yunus tells senators
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has apprised the US senate's finance committee that their duty structure is 'very unkind' in case of import from Bangladesh.

Shortage of Govt Funds Holds Back Quality Edn
Students forced to depend on private coaching
Says Education Watch Report
Students at the primary and secondary education levels are forced to depend on private coaching as the schools could not provide quality education due to shortage of government funds, according to a survey

Disaster Preparedness
Use quake-resistant tech in constructing buildings
Says UNDP country director
UNDP Country Director Manoj Basnyat has called for using earthquake-resistant technologies in constructing buildings as a disaster preparedness tool to save lives in the event of any earthquake.

Police sue 2500 Gazipur RMG workers
Did not mention death of female worker in the case
Police filed a case yesterday against 2500 unnamed workers of Fortuna Apparels Ltd in Gazipur accusing them of vandalising factories and vehicles on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway and hindering the law enforcers

Prepare yourselves as efficient pharmacists
DU VC urges pharmacy students
Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof SMA Faiz yesterday called upon the students of Faculty of Pharmacy to prepare themselves as efficient pharmacists to make the country a premier medicine

Properties worth Tk 4.5 lakh gutted in Ctg
At least 10 houses, 11 shops, three schools and valuable properties worth over Tk 5 lakh were gutted in a fire at Bakolia in the port city early yesterday.

5 members of 'Aggan Party' held in city
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested five members of an 'Aggan Party' in the city yesterday.

Take steps to save CRP
17 eminent personalities urge govt
Seventeen eminent personalities have expressed deep concern over the fate of the Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) as its board of trustees recently removed its founder and main promoter

HC orders BSS authorities to reinstate 18 dismissed journos, staffs
The High Court yesterday declared illegal the order dismissing 18 journalists, employees and workers of the state-run news agency BSS and directed the authorities to reinstate them within two months.

Govt waits for SC order for demolition of Rangs Bhaban
Says Geeteara
The government is waiting for clearance from the Supreme Court to demolish the much-talked about multistoried Rangs Bhaban in the city. "The demolition of Rangs Bhaban is waiting for a court order.

Fake Admission
Duta demands punishment to those involved
Dhaka University Teachers' Association (Duta) has demanded exemplary punishment to those responsible for admission of students by fraudulent means.

One shot by muggers in city
One person was shot when a gang of muggers opened fire on him at Uttara in the city yesterday. The injured Jahangir Alam Juboraj, 27, was rushed to the Chest Diseases Hospital as a bullet hit his back.

Killing of RMG worker condemned
Different women rights organisations and garment workers' bodies yesterday condemned the atrocities of law enforcing agencies that claimed the life of a woman worker and injured of at least 50 workers

Body recovered
Police recovered the body of an old woman in the city yesterday. The victim was identified as Rezia Begum, 60, of Nayanagar Kazla at Demra.

5-day programme of Nazrul Institute begins tomorrow
Nazrul Institute organises a five-day programme beginning from tomorrow in the city to mark the 108th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, says a press release.

Dr Akbar Ali made Gulshan Society president
Dr Akbar Ali Khan has been elected president of Gulshan Society, says a press release. A former civil servant Dr Khan was also a former adviser to caretaker government.

Appeal for help
Asif, a meritorious college student of Jessore, has been suffering from nerve diseases since 2002, says a press release.