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Only a little endeavour can help visually impaired newborns see
Only a little endeavour can help a good number of visually impaired newborn babies see their parents.

6 killed in road accidents
At least six people, including two schoolgirls, were killed in separate road accidents in Comilla, Netrakona, Goalanda, Sirajganj and Rajbari yesterday.

Free, fair polls a must for good governance
Speakers tell roundtable
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday said violation of human rights would not stop without a true democratic government in the country.

Hasan urged not to become CA
Muktijoddha Oikya Parishad yesterday called on Justice KM Hasan not to agree to become the chief adviser of the next caretaker government.

Station to monitor air quality in Ctg
Operation of the newly installed Continuous Air Quality Monitoring Station (CAMS) was launched here yesterday to bring the Ambient Air Quality of the port city under continuous monitoring.

Two robbers beaten to death in Tangail
Two robbers died in a mob beating at Sadar upazila in Tangail district on Thursday night.

Housewife stabbed to death in Ctg
A housewife was stabbed to death at Chandanaish upazila in the district here in the early hours of yesterday.

Save lives of Nasrin Akhtar, Nurun Nahar
A father has sought financial assistance from affluent people for the treatment of his two daughters suffering from thalassaemia.

Container vessel hits cargo silo jetty at Ctg port
A container vessel hit the cargo silo jetty damaging a dolphin and a portion of its pontoon while leaving Chittagong port here yesterday.

Robbery in city house
A gang of robbers claiming themselves as students looted valuables worth Tk 1.6 lakh from a school teacher's house at Mohammadpur in the city yesterday.

Lightning kills one in Netrakona
One person was killed and another injured when a lightning struck them while they were working in a field at Kirsnapur village in Khaliajuri at about 7:00am yesterday.

More donation to cancer hospital
Garment manufacturer and exporter Md Rafiqul Islam from Narayanganj made a donation of Tk 10 lakh to Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH) Fund on Thursday, says a press release.

Mother, son succumb to burn injuries
A mother and her son succumbed to their injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday. Asia Begum, 50, died in the early hours while Shaheb Ali, 35, died at 7:00am.