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52pc burn injuries caused by electrocution
Reveal admission records at DMCH Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit
Around 52 percent of total burn injuries in the country is caused by electrocution which takes place due to lack of people's awareness and proper management of electrical wires, according to the admission
 
Save capital from environmental disaster
Speakers urge govt
Environmentalists yesterday said existing parks, open spaces, ponds, wetlands, canals and surrounding rivers must be preserved and the lost ones should be restored immediately to save the capital from
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Criminalisation main obstacle to women's political empowerment
Speakers tell workshop
The political empowerment of women could not be achieved because of political criminalisation and indifferent attitude of the previous governments towards them, speakers at the inaugural ceremony of a
 
Road crashes kill 8
Eight people were killed and 24 others injured in separate road accidents in different parts of the country in the last two days.
 
River Erosion
Steps to be taken to protect Sirajganj
Water Resources Adviser Maj Gen (retd) Dr ASM Matiur Rahman has said permanent measures will be taken soon to protect Sirajganj from erosion by the river Jamuna.
 
'Faizee's resignation to enhance image of SC'
Syndicate members and teachers of Chittagong University (CU) have appreciated the resignation of Justice Faisal Mahmud Faizee from the High Court division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday.
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Team provides dental treatment to persons with disabilities at CRP
A voluntary dental research team provided dental treatment for over 100 persons with disabilities at the Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) yesterday, says a press release.
 
Reopen jute mills, reinstate workers: CPB
The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) yesterday demanded reopening of jute mills, reinstatement of workers and adequate supply of fertilisers across the country.
 
BCL protests Mainul's remarks on Hasina
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) yesterday condemned Law Adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein's comments on Sheikh Hasina, a press release said.
 
Militant suspect held in Habiganj
Police arrested a young man on suspicion of his link with a militant outfit from Madhabpur upazila of the district yesterday. The arrestee was identified as Hafez Abdul Matin, 35, of Mollah Village.
 
Decision to raise fuel prices protested
Leaders of Bangladesh Workers' Party yesterday condemned the government decision to raise the prices of petroleum, gas and electricity, adding that the looming price hike would only cause more suffering
 
Jamalpur JCD leader arrested with hemp
President of Melandaha upazila unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) was arrested along with 50 kgs of hemp on Thursday night.
 
Train derails near Bhairab Rail Station
Rail communications between Akhaura and Mymensingh was disrupted for four hours after a compartment of a cargo train derailed at Shambhupur Rail Station near Bhairab Rail Station yesterday noon.
 
11000 CDs worth Tk 6 lakh seized
Police yesterday seized 11,000 Indian Compact Discs (CD) worth about Tk 6 lakh and 20 litres of wine and 20 bottles of phensidyl in separate incidents at Benapole and arrested three smugglers in thisconnection.
 
President, CA greet French counterparts
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed congratulated the French President Nicolas Sarakozy and Prime Minister Francois Fillon on the occasion of the National Day of the country today.
 
War Museum programmes
Liberation War Museum organises a programme at Slaughters' Den at Mirpur in the city today where Amirunnisa, wife of martyred freedom fighter Abdul Hakim and Shariful Islam Babul, who narrowly escaped
 
Juja to celebrate 37th founding anniversary in Aug
The 37th founding anniversary of Jahangirnagar University Journalists' Association (Juja) will be celebrated on the first week of August, says a press release.
 
13 muggers arrested in city
Thirteen members of Molom Party and Aggyan Party were arrested in the city.
 
Two masons,housewife electrocuted in city
Two masons and a housewife were electrocuted in separate incidents in the city's Tejgaon, Rayer Bazar and Kamrangirchar areas in the last two days.
 

 
   
 
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