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Donor Agencies
Saifur questions functions of their local offices
Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman yesterday raised questions about functions of local offices of different donor agencies in the country when they frequently send missions before releasing any development
 
Sanitation Conference Ends
S Asian countries pledge to achieve basic sanitation
The Second South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN-2) ended here yesterday with the participating countries reaffirming their commitment and political will to achieve the targets of basic sanitation
 
Attack on Journos
Duja announces 4-day agitation programme
Dhaka University Journalists' Association (Duja) yesterday announced a four-day agitation programme demanding security of the journalists on DU campus and punishment to the culprits responsible for the
 
DW radio to launch evening Bengali programme
Deutsche Welle (DW), a leading German radio, will broadcast an additional Bengali programme every evening from October 29.
 
Polls won't be free and fair under present CEC
SCBA leaders tell EU mission
Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) leaders yesterday told the visiting European Union (EU) Observation Exploratory Mission that the next general election would not be free and fair under Chief Election
 
Hasina protests police attack during hartal
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday condemned police atrocities on hartal activists and warned that repression cannot desist them from their movement.
 
Food Adulteration
2 Ctg factory owners sent to jail
A mobile court here in its first night-drive against food adulteration on Wednesday unearthed two unauthorised bakery and ghee factories at city's Jalalabad-Kulgaon area under Bayezid Bostami Police Station,
 
Bad Weather
PM's visit to Jamalpur postponed
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's visit to Jamalpur district yesterday was postponed for inclement weather in the country for last two days. She was scheduled to start for Dewanganj of Jamalpur at 3:30pm.
 
CU Admission Form
Student bodies to protest price hike
Different student bodies are preparing for agitation against the decision of Chittagong University (CU) authorities to increase the price of admission form.
 
Reforms a must for free, fair elections
Says Badruddoza
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President Dr Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday said reforms in the caretaker government system and the Election Commission are a must for holding the upcoming election in a
 
Hasina's visit to Noakhali postponed
Leader of the Opposition and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina's visit to Noakhali district scheduled for today has been postponed for inclement weather caused by depression over the Bay in the country
 
Muggers stab autorickshaw passenger to death
Muggers stabbed a sales manager of a cement company to death in Maghbazar level crossing area in the city last night. The victim was identified as Khan Mohammad Sohrab Rajib, 45.
 
CU students robbed at shuttle train
Muggers looted cash and cellular phone sets worth Tk 40,000 from the students of Chittagong University (CU), injuring two people yesterday afternoon.
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$ 250m Brac commitment to Africa announced
Now I can visit Brac schools anywhere in the world: Clinton
Former US president Bill Clinton announced Brac's US$250 million commitment to Africa at the opening plenary session of the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York City on Wednesday, says
 
SKS invites application for stipends
Sena Kalyan Sangstha (SKS) yesterday invited applications from the wives and children of ex-servicemen, released or retired personnel from armed forces, studying in degree and higher classes, engineering,
 
Reunion of JU English dept today
Department of English of Jahangirnagar University (JU) will hold its reunion on the campus today.
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CD launched
Pubali Bank Limited launched a CD titled Desh and Manuser Gan where 18 popular singers performed 31 songs aiming to promote Bangladeshi culture.
 
One killed in landslide in Kasba
A day labourer was killed and two others were injured in a landslide when the earth of a trench collapsed on them at Jethagram village under Kasba upazila of the district yesterday morning.
 
Month-long handloom fair begins
A month-long Handloom Textiles and Industrial Goods Fair 2006 began on Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy premises yesterday.
 
One dies during boat race in Padma
A man died during a boat race in the river Padma at Bagha upazila in Rajshahi yesterday. Mohsin Ali, 45, was fatally injured as a rowing boat hit his boat during the race.
 
Cattle trader mugged of Tk 3.30 lakh
A cattle trader was mugged of Tk 3.30 lakh at gunpoint in Godagari Rail Bazar on Wednesday night.
 

 
   
 
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