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Vol. 5 Num 323

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DCC's special cleanliness drive ends leaving wastes on many roads
The 15-day-long special cleanliness drive of the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) ended yesterday leaving wastes scattered as well as piled up in many lanes and by-lanes of the capital.

PM, her son plundering public money
Hasina tells Bogra rally
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday accused Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and her son of plundering public money and siphoning out their fortune to a foreign country.

Savar Collapse
Take legal action against culprits
Rights bodies ask govt
Several rights, women and labour organisations yesterday served a legal notice on different government officials, including secretaries of seven ministries, asking them to take legal action against the

Italian found dead in Khulna
An Italian national was found dead Saturday midnight in the bedroom of his Sonadanga residence in Khulna city.

UN Study on Violence Against Children
Nat'l consultation begins to seek children's opinion
Children from across the country gathered at a national consultation in the city yesterday to contribute their inputs in framing national recommendations on the UN Study on Violence against Children.

'Steps taken to phase out organic pollutants'
The Department of Environment (DoE) is currently finalising a National Implementation Plan to phase out persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the country.

HC orders NBR chief to explain his holding post on contract job
The High Court (HC) yesterday in a rule on the chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR) ordered him to explain within four weeks in what capacity he is holding the office after his retirement fromthe

PM opens Nat'l Asthma Centre today
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia inaugurates country's first 70-bed National Asthma Centre next to the Institute of Chest Diseases and Hospital (ICDH) at Mohakhali at 12:00 hours today.

Tsunami
Expert team to arrive soon for assessment
A team of experts from the International Oceanographic Commission (IOC) will arrive in Bangladesh soon to assess the needs to install early warning system for Tsunami.

5 killed in city road accidents
Five people, including two women, were killed in three road accidents in the city in eight hours since Saturday night.

College Student Murder
One to die, three get life
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced a youth to death and three others to life in jail for killing a student of Baliakandi Degree College in Rajbari district in March 2002.

Enayetullah Khan undergoes surgery tomorrow
Enayetullah Khan, editor of The New Age and The Holiday, will undergo a surgery of the pancreas in Toronto, Canada, tomorrow.

Prime accused on remand
Abdur Rahim, the prime accused in the headmistress Lily murder case, was placed on a five-day remand yesterday.

Mubin Chy takes oath as MP
Newly elected Member of Parliament from Habiganj-3 constituency Abu Lais M Mubin Chowdhury took oath yesterday.
Speaker Barrister Mmuhammad Jamiruddin Sircar administered oath at his parliament office.