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Majority of Americans support immigration overhaul
Says New York Times survey
A majority of Americans support proposed changes in US immigration laws that would allow illegal immigrants to gain legal status, according to a survey published by the New York Times yesterday.
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Tributes paid to Nazrul
Tributes were paid to National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on the occasion of his 108th birth anniversary yesterday.
 
Security stepped up in jails
Security at Dhaka Central Jail, Kashimpur Jail and other prisons across the country has been beefed up to foil any attempt to free JMB militants in the wake of the execution of their top leaders in March.
 
Nizami urges CG to lift ban on indoor politics
Jamaat Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami yesterday said the distance between the present caretaker government and the political parties would widen if ban on indoor politics is not lifted.
 
No Doctor at Emergency
10 injured as mob attacks hospital
At least 10 people, including nurses were injured in an attack by agitating people at Ullapara Hospital in the district yesterday.
 
BMTC team climbs Chulu West Peak
Members of Bangla Mountaineering and Trekking Club (BMTC) put their footprints on Chulu West Peak of the Himalayas on May 16, says a press release.
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Set up regional centres of NU for quality education
Academics tell national dialogue
National University (NU), the country's biggest public university, will have to be decentralised by setting up of regional centres for upgrading its quality of education and ensuring its transparency,
 
Touchstone seized: 4 held
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four people, including a touchstone smuggler, from various places of Gaibandha and Joypurhat districts on Thursday night and yesterday, Rab and police sources said.
 
Train derails in Lalmonirhat
Four compartments of a Tista-bound passenger train derailed at Tokrairhat Rail Station at around 6:30am yesterday, disrupting train communication on Tista-Ramna route.
 
Database to be developed on South Asian biodiversity
A database on biodiversity styled as South Asian Catalogue of Life will be developed as the core of South Asian Biodiversity Information System (SABIS) by 2012.
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Hasina consoles members of bereaved families
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday spent a busy day meeting bereaved families of her husband Dr Wazed Mia's cousin ATM Ashrafuddowla and AL leader Ali Ahmad.
 
One beaten to death for stealing in Bagerhat
A man was beaten to death by a mob for stealing in Harikhali area of the district town early yesterday. The dead was identified as Gazi Abdur Razzak alias Kalai Khokan, 45, son of Gazi Menhaz Uddin.
 
Death of Chalesh Ritchil
Probe body visits his house in Madhupur
Chief of the probe committee formed by the home ministry to investigate the death of indigenous leader Chalesh Ritchil at the custody of law enforcers, has visited Chalesh's house at Magunthinagar village
 
Suspected militant held in Ctg
Police arrested a suspected militant with a pencil-sized battery, six-foot wire and several small electronic parts at Mirsarai Railway Station in Chittagong on Thursday.
 
Youth killed in road accident
A young man was crushed under the wheels of a bus at Janatabazar in Nabiganj yesterday.
 
Bangladeshi project to compete for world's leading green energy awards
A Bangladeshi project has been selected as one of the 10 finalists to compete in the world's leading green energy awards with prizes to be presented in London next month.
 
Father hands over unruly son to police
A helpless father handed over his unruly son with a gun to the police at Patiya in Chittagong on Thursday night, a police source said yesterday.
 
Extortion Charge
Sylhet trader files petition case against journo, 3 others
A trader filed a petition case against four people, including a journalist, on charges of extortion on Wednesday night.
 
Technical training for 50 underprivileged girls in Ctg
Jobs Trust Bangladesh (JOBS) recently launched a five-month technical training course on sewing, embroidery and block boutique for 50 underprivileged female adolescents in the Karnaphully area of Chittagong,
 
Woman journo commits suicide in Sylhet
A woman journalist of a local daily allegedly committed suicide at Darga Mahalla in the city on Thursday night. The dead was identified as Rahena Begum, 26, staff reporter of the daily Shyamol Sylhet.
 
BBC Bangladesh Sanglap today
The 32nd edition of the BBC Bangladesh Sanglap will be held at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in Dhaka at 5:45 pm today.
 
Body recovered
Police recovered a floating body of an unidentified youth at Mirpur in the city yesterday. Police said the youth, aged around 26 years, was found wearing black pants and a checked shirt.
 
Reception to injured UN peacekeepers May 29
Injured Bangladeshi peacekeepers and family members of those who were killed or died at UN peacekeeping missions, will be accorded a reception at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city
 

 
   
 
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