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Metropolitan
 
City corporation elections before JS polls if EC is ready
Says LGRD adviser
LGRD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal has said the election to some local government bodies, including the city corporations, could be held before the parliamentary polls if the Election Commission can complete
 
MoU to have positive impact on Bangladeshi workers
Says UAE minister
UAE Labour Minister Dr Ali bin Abdullah Al Kaabi yesterday said the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Bangladesh would have a positive impact on Bangladeshi workforce in the UAE labour market.
 
Road crashes kill 2
At least two people were killed in separate road accidents in Kishoreganj and Rajbari yesterday.
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12,000 women die a year due to maternity complications
Says health adviser
A total of 12,000 women, mostly from the poor segment of people, die every year due to maternity complications, including deliveries at home, said Health and Family Welfare Adviser Major General (retd)
 
Cirdap ministerial meeting in Manila on May 31
A two-day ministerial level meeting of Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (Cirdap) will be held on May 31 in Manila, capital of the Philippines.
 
50 Fortune Seekers Cheated
3 manpower agency officials arrested
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three managing partners of a manpower agency with forged visas and fake passports from Motijheel in the city on Tuesday, says a Rab press release yesterday.
 
Saarc Youth Camp in Bangladesh this year
The first Saarc Youth Camp-2007, rallying the youths aged 18-24 from the eight member-countries of the forum, will be held in Bangladesh at this year-end.
 
Poet Nazrul's birth anniversary programmes
Mymensingh district administration has taken up a three-day programme to observe the 108th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam at Darirampur in Trishal.
 
KCC faces crisis due to corruption by mayor, officials
Allege contractors
Contractors Welfare Association of Khulna City Corporation yesterday alleged that the city corporation is now facing financial crisis due to corruption of its officials and employees, including the mayor.
 
One killed in Satkhira blast
One of the miscreants was killed while blasting a series of bombs at a house at Magura village in Tala upazila, leaving four house inmates inured on Tuesday midnight.
 
Concern over killing of six of a family
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad yesterday expressed concern over killing of six people, including four women of the same family at Narsingdi and demanded exemplary punishment to the responsible people.
 
IUBAT orientation ceremony
The 44th orientation ceremony for students of all programmes of International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) will be held on its campus at Uttara in the city at 2:00 pm today,
 
ETV not included in list as writ pending in HC
Private TV channel ETV has not been included in the list of the 12 approved local TV channels as a writ petition is pending in the High Court over its transmission, the Information Ministry said in aclarification
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Poultry marketing cooperative assoc supplying dead chickens to hotels
Allege former assoc leaders
Former leaders of the city's largest poultry marketing co-operative association yesterday alleged that its current committee has been supplying some 200 to 300 dead chickens to hotels and restaurantsin
 
Nari Samaj protests Jalil's statement
Sammilita Nari Samaj yesterday protested the statement of Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil opposing the Election Commission's proposal that women should account for 33 percent of members ofthe
 
1,365 more held
Police arrested 1,365 people on various charges across the country in 24 hours ending at 6:00am yesterday.
 
Two drown in well in Mymensingh
Two people, including a teenage boy, drowned after they fell into a well at village Babupur in Trishal upazila here yesterday afternoon.
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Bangladeshi journo wins UN MDG award
Khawaza Main Uddin, special correspondent of The New Age, has won the Asia-Pacific Millennium Development Goals Media runners-up award for his article that looked into the country's performance in achieving
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New chairperson of Lions Multiple District 315
Md Omar Shafayat Kawsar MJF, district governor, Lions District 315 B-2 Bangladesh, has been elected the council chairperson of Lions Multiple District 315 Bangladesh for the year 2007-2008, says a press
 

 
   
 
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