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Organised gang of muggers active on DU campus
An organised gang of muggers has remained active on and around the Dhaka University (DU) campus, but the law enforcement agencies have remained inactive.

'Torture, socio-economic disparity lead to crime, corruption'
Human rights activists and academics yesterday said tortures and socio-economic disparity in the society lead to crimes, corruption and extremism, which are threats to democracy and harmonious coexistence.

Cong, breakaway ally set to form govt in Goa
India's ruling Congress party and its breakaway group-cum-ally Nationalist Congress Party are all set to form government in the tiny western coastal state of Goa after elections to the state legislature

Youth found dead in city
A bullet-hit body of a shoe-store employee was recovered by police yesterday at Dhanmondi area in the city. The deceased was identified as Shakil Bepari, 17, of Katasur under Mohammadpur.

Call to close ranks to revive past glory
FFs to form new platform
Muktijoddha Gono Parishad, a freedom fighters' organisation, yesterday urged the freedom fighters and patriotic people to be united to make an alternative force to regain previous glory of the land.

Singaporean lady arrested for cheating Garo people
Immigration police yesterday arrested a Singaporean woman, Dolly Devi, who allegedly swindled nearly half a crore taka from 46 Garo people tempting them with lucrative jobs in hotels and restaurants in

Road accidents kill four
At least four people were killed and 30 others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Sirajganj and Jhenidah yesterday.

SC rejects govt petition
Upholding the High Court order staying for three months the proceedings of an arms case against former communications minister Nazmul Huda, the Supreme Court yesterday rejected the government petition

Seminar on lightning
Pre-monsoon thunderstorms take place in the country in March, April and May and the lightning strikes different places in some 19 days during the period, causing huge loss of lives and damage to properties.

Contraband drugs seized in Ctg
A mobile court seized huge quantity of date-expired and contraband drugs from a pharmacy and a maternity clinic at Halishahar DT Road and Lalkhan Bazar areas in the port city yesterday.

Licences of 10 Hajj agencies cancelled for irregularities
The government has so far cancelled the licences of 10 Hajj agencies and suspended that of 15 others for one to two years on charges of mismanagement and irregularities in last year's Hajj.

Arms Case
5 arrestees on 2-day remand
The five miscreants, arrested on Tuesday with firearms and huge ammunition from an abandoned rubber factory, were placed on a two-day remand yesterday.

Trekking club executives
An ad hoc executive committee of Bangla Mountaineering and Trekking Club (BMTC) was formed recently at a general meeting of BMTC, says a press release.

Foreign cigarettes worth Tk 58 lakh seized, 16 held
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday seized cigarettes of different foreign brands worth Tk 58 lakh and arrested 16 people raiding a number of shops at Gulshan in the city yesterday.

Gang of 10 robbers held in Gazipur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a gang of 10 robbers at Tongi in Gazipur on Tuesday night.

'50pc adults victims of TB'
Fifty percent adults in the country are victims of tuberculosis (TB) while on an average, 227 people in every lakh are being diagnosed as TB-infected, experts said quoting a study yesterday.

'Recognise climate change as critical issue in dev programmes'
Climate change should be acknowledged as a critical issue in the development programmes of Bangladesh, speakers at a seminar said yesterday.

Dismissal of over 550 Rajuk employees declared illegal
The High Court yesterday declared illegal the dismissal of over 550 class four employees of Rajdhani Unnayan Katripakhkha (Rajuk).

Worker swept away by torrents of water in sewerage line
A worker was swept away by torrents of water while trying to clean up an underground sewerage line at Mothijeel in the city yesterday. The worker, Mohammad Rubel, has remained missing since the incident.

Illegal structures demolished
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) yesterday demolished some illegal structures on government land as part of its ongoing drive to evict land grabbers.

Mugger lynched
An alleged mugger was killed and another injured by a mob at Shyampur area in the city in the early hours of yesterday.

Obituary
Farida Akhter, wife of former attorney general late Aminul Haque, passed away due to a cardiac arrest at a city hospital on Tuesday at the age of 65.