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Metropolitan
 
Overcome political issues to boost regional economy
Indian foreign secy urges neighbours
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon yesterday urged India's smaller neighbours to overcome political issues to become stakeholders in the India-led regional economic growth by dismantling trade
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UNFPA State of World Population Report
Inadequate shelter at core of urban poverty
Inadequate shelter is at the core of urban poverty in Dhaka, one of the fastest growing cities in the world, with its 11 million people, according to the UNFPA State of World Population 2007 report released
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Liberation War
Contribution of refugees can never be forgotten
Speakers tell World Refugee Day discussion
Speakers at a discussion yesterday said over 10 million Bangalees had to flee home because of the atrocities carried out by the then Pakistani occupation forces.
 
Certification needed to expand organic vegetable markets
Speakers say at workshop
Speakers at a workshop yesterday called for certification of organic vegetables to expand their markets both at home and abroad.
 
Local Government
'Strong commitment a must to combat corruption'
Strong commitment of elected representatives is needed to combat corruption at union parishad level, said the speakers at a workshop yesterday.
 
3 fined Tk 70000 for encroaching canals
A mobile court here yesterday fined three encroachers Tk 70000 for illegally occupying two canals in the city.
 
66000 die of TB every year
Says health adviser
Health and Family Welfare Adviser Dr ASM Matiur Rahman has said 66000 people are dying of tuberculosis every year.
 
Emergency landing saves Bangladeshi child's life
A Bangalore-bound flight of India's biggest private carrier Jet Airways returned to NSC Bose International Airport in Kolkata after being in the air for 20 minutes to save the life of a Bangladeshi child
 
RU teacher dies in rooftop fall in Malaysia
A teacher of Rajshahi University (RU) died in Malaysia on Monday night after he fell down from the rooftop of the house he was residing in.
 
Dr Kamal urges lawyers to stand against corruption
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain has urged the lawyers to stand against corruption, saying that the present situation has provided an opportunity to fight crimes and injustice in society.
 
Low over Bay intensifies
Tuesday's low over west-central Bay and adjoining northwest Bay concentrated into a well-marked low over the same area.
 
Jubo Dal cadre held in Comilla
The joint forces arrested a top criminal of the district and Jubo Dal cadre from his residence in Chatora area of the town on Tuesday.
 
Indian clothes worth Tk 5 crore seized
Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized Indian clothes worth around Tk five crore from an engine-run trawler on Pashur river at Harbaria in Mongla on Tuesday, says a press release.
 
Assault of pregnant worker by Chinese staff condemned
Karmojibi Nari (KN) yesterday condemned the assault of a pregnant worker by a Chinese female official at a factory at Dhaka Export Processing Zone (EPZ) and demanded proper investigation into the incident
 
AL leader held on charges of terrorism
The joint forces yesterday arrested an Awami League leader from the city on charges of terrorism.
 
Fake army person held in Rajshahi
Police arrested a fake army person from Rajshahi bus terminal area on Tuesday night. The arrestee was identified as Jalal Hossain, 20, son of Javed Ali, of Adamdighi village in Bogra.
 
BHBFC to remain open June 29, 30
Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) has decided to keep open its zonal and regional offices in the capital and across the country from 9am to 5pm at the weekends on June 29 and June30
 
Comilla University
Classes of first year students begin July 16
Classes of the first semester of first year students at Comilla University will begin from July 16, says a press release.
 
Condition of Comrade Bashar unchanged
The condition of Jatiya Sramik Federation President Comrade Abul Bashar, who is undergoing treatment at Dhaka Community Hospital, has not yet improved, says to a press release.
 
Poet Shamsul Islam passes away
Eminent poet and journalist Shamsul Islam passed away due to a cardiac arrest at the age of 66 in the early hours of yesterday, says a press release.
 

 
   
 
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