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Road crashes kill 5
At least five people, including two ansar personnel, were killed and 47 others injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Rangpur, Tangail and Sirajganj yesterday and on Friday.

Call for adequate budget allocation for street children
Incidin Bangladesh, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), yesterday urged the government to ensure adequate allocation in the national budget to establish safe night-shelter for street children.

HIV-positive sex worker dies in Khulna
An HIV-positive sex worker died at Banishanta in Dakop upazila on Friday afternoon. Marufa Begum, 30, was under treatment at the Upazila Health Complex when she died.

Take measures to stop use of children in politics
Speakers urge EC
One of the conditions for registration of political parties with the Election Commission (EC) should be that they will not involve children in political activities, said the speakers at a view-exchange

'1857 rebellion was beginning of struggle against imperialism'
Speakers at a discussion yesterday said the great rebellion of 1857 was the beginning of the people's struggle for liberation from imperialism and it had a secular character.

'Withdraw expulsion of LDP leader'
Vice-president of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Feroz M Hassan yesterday demanded immediate withdrawal of the expulsion order against the publicity secretary of the party.

700 video cameras worth Tk 1cr seized in Benapole
Bangladesh Rifles seized 700 video cameras worth about Tk 1 crore at Sadipur frontier here yesterday.

Fake Rab man arrested in Ctg
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a fake Rab member from city's Steel Mill Bazar near the Rab 7 Chittagong headquarters on Friday afternoon.

World Day Against Child Labour June 12
The World Day Against Child Labour will be observed in the ILO member countries including Bangladesh on June 12 with the theme "Harvest for the future: Agriculture without child labour".

Two prisoners die at DMCH within a span of three hours
Two prisoners of Dhaka Central Jail died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) within a span of three hours.