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Tk 130cr Japanese grant for development in Bangladesh
Bangladesh will receive 2213 million yen equivalent to Tk 130 crore as grant assistance from Japan under three agreements signed in Dhaka for three development projects, said a press release yesterday.

Seminar on Bangladesh in London
Concern over arrest of innocent people in anti-graft drive
Speakers at a high profile seminar on Bangladesh have lauded the caretaker government's anti-corruption drives but expressed concern that innocent people are also being caught up in the wave of arrests.

Cops feel unsafe to keep forest boss' wealth
Uttara police are anxious about safety of the TK 1.50-crore moveable property kept in their station since seizure from the residence of now sacked chief conservator of forests (CCF) Osman Gani on May29.

SSC Results
None passes from 248 institutions
Not a single examinee in 248 educational institutions, including 165 Dakhil madrasas, could come out successful in this year's SSC or equivalent examinations while a total of 774 educational institutes,

Punishment to abductor of Kalpana demanded
Hill Women's Federation yesterday demanded of the caretaker government to make public the investigation report of abduction of its former leader Kalpana Chakma and exemplary punishment to the abductor.

Water Supply and Sanitation Sector
More allocation sought to ensure safe water for all
Include Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) sector as a separate sector in the national budget as it is a priority component of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), said the speakers at a pressconference

RU Controversial Staffs
20-member body to meet UGC chairman today
Rajshahi University (RU) authorities formed a 20-member committee headed by the vice chancellor to convince the University Grants Commission (UGC) and approve the salaries of more than five hundred controversially

Road accidents kill three
At least three people were killed in separate road accidents in Tangail and Thakurgaon yesterday.

Four shanties gutted, 2 hurt
Two people sustained burn injuries in a fire that also gutted four shanties, including one that was used for producing fake engine oil, at Jatrabari in the city yesterday.

3 muggers held with 28 mobile sets
Police arrested three muggers, including a woman, with 28 mobile phone sets at Shahbagh in the city on Monday night.

Australia to fund Brac's poverty reduction project
The Australian government will provide AUD 2.1 million (Tk 12.2 crore) for the Brac's Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction -- Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) Programme, says a press release.

Man 'beaten Up' in Camp
Army men start probe
A team of army personnel visited the Concept Tower at Green Road in the city yesterday in connection with the Monday's incident in which a resident of the Tower was allegedly beaten up by an army captain

British minister concerned at loss of life
British Foreign Office Minister Dr Kim Howells MP expressed his deep concern at the loss of life and injury following Monday's devastating landslide in Chittagong.

'Rural women deprived of health care services'
Speakers at a meeting said health care system in the country lacks uniformity in access and rural poor women are deprived of health care services.

Lack of monitoring obstacle to eliminating child labour
Speakers say at seminar
Absence of hard data and effective monitoring system is a major obstacle to eliminating child labour from the country, speakers at a seminar said yesterday.

HIV prevalence rises among drug users
Speakers tell workshop
HIV prevalence have increased from 4 percent to 7.

Electoral assistance for people with disability stressed
A roundtable on "Electoral Assistance for the people with disability" organised by the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) was held at the Spectra Convention Centre in the city

GP launches children's painting competition
The Grameenphone Zainul-Quamrul International Children's Painting Competition 2007 was launched at the Grameenphone (GP) head office in the city yesterday.

'107 killed by law enforcers since emergency'
As many as 107 people were killed during operations by law enforcement agencies since the declaration of the state of emergency in the country on January 11, said a report of Odhikar, a human rights organisation.

Sabera-Shampa Murders
Commissioner Ariful, bodyguard Auto on 5-day remand
Dhaka City Corporation Ward Commissioner Ariful Islam and his bodyguard Auto Bokhari were placed on a five-day remand for each yesterday in connection with the killings of headmistress of Siddheshwari

Hasina goes to Chittagong tomorrow
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will go to Chittagong tomorrow to see the victims of Monday's landslides.

Youth run over by train in city
A youth was killed as he was run over by a train at the Cantonment Railway Station in the city yesterday. The youth was identified as Manjurul Hossain Moni, 17.

Prof Abu Saleh new VC of BUBT
Prof Md Abu Saleh has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT) for four years, says a press release.

Ruhul Amin made envoy to France
Bangladesh Ambassador to Bahrain M Ruhul Amin has been appointed Ambassador to France.