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Formulate comprehensive law to ensure patients' rights
Medical and legal experts at a roundtable yesterday suggested formulating a comprehensive law to ensure patients' rights and protect medical professionals from harassment.

Road accidents kill eleven
At least 11 people were killed and 12 others injured in separate road accidents in Chittagong, Bagerhat, Natore, Netrakona and Sirajganj yesterday.

Bureaucrats become politicised to serve own interests
Speakers tell seminar
Speakers at a seminar yesterday called for setting up a permanent civil service commission for making continued reforms in civil services.

Proposal for PSC selection body
With a view to making Public Service Commission (PSC) an institution for recruiting meritorious candidates as public servants, its chairman and members must be honest and competent, said the speakersat

'Take stern action against those responsible for price hike'
Citizens' Rights Movement, a social organisation, at a seminar yesterday called for severe punishment of those responsible for the price hike of essentials.

Butenis leaves for Washington
US Ambassador Patricia A Butenis left Dhaka yesterday for Washington ending her 14 months of eventful and exciting assignment in Bangladesh.

School student's body recovered from sea
The body of a school student was recovered from the sea yesterday. Mohammad Farook, 10, was a student of class four at Kolatoli Government Primary School.

NCTU closed sine die
Noakhali Science and Technology University (NCTU) was closed sine die yesterday following a tense situation on the campus.

Madrasa principal held with fake certificates in Joypurhat
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a madrasa principal along with counterfeit certificates and certificate making equipment at Battala village in Khetlal upazila early yesterday.

Matin Chaudhury's death anniversary today
Today is the 26th death anniversary of Dr Abdul Matin Chaudhury, founder chairman of Bangabandhu Parishad, Bose professor and vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, says a press release.

Memories of Battle of Plassey recalled
Recalling the memories of the Battle of Plassey, Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar A Chowdhury called on the people to ensure that 'foreign hands' could never determine the future of Bangladesh.

Aggyan Party mastermind arrested
Police arrested the mastermind of the Aggyan Party along with his three other accomplices at Rayer Bazar in the city yesterday.

Allow to keep shop open until 8pm
Shop owners urge govt
Leaders of Shop Owners' Association yesterday urged the government to extend the time to keep open their shops until 8:00pm.

One murdered in city
Adopted son of the owner of an under-construction building was murdered by a carpenter over payment of arrear at Badda in the city yesterday, family sources said.