Volume 4 Number 67 Fri. August 01, 2003    
 
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JCD attacks hurt 50 BCL activists at DU
Govt recognises 4-year honours as professional degree; indefinite strike from tomorrow
A series of attacks by activists of the ruling BNP's student front yesterday injured at least 50 students, mostly members of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), who backed an indefinite strike at Dhaka University
 
Dhaka brushes aside Delhi plan for joint border patrol
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan has brushed aside an Indian proposal for joint patrolling of the border between the two countries.

"Such exercise is not feasible," he told The Daily Star yesterday.

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Kamal killing
Adel, sons, 2 others acquitted
Former deputy mayor of Dhaka Jahangir Mohammad Adel and the four other accused of the murder of Awami League leader Mohammad Kamal Hossain, have been acquitted of charges.
 
Lack of 'party loyalty' leads to record OSD
The number of officers on special duty (OSD) in the administration has reached a record high as the government suspects they are loyal to the opposition.
 
Secretaries must explain fund frauds to JS body
The first meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the current Jatiya Sangsad yesterday made the presence of secretaries mandatory for its sittings.
 
2 Marines killed, 5 hurt in Iraq
Bremer predicts elections within a year
Two American soldiers were killed and five wounded yesterday in attacks in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
 
No college entry test for GPA 1, Grade D achievers
The government yesterday in a circular laid out the guidelines regarding the cancellation of test for admission into public and private colleges.
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Star reporter comes under JCD wrath
Cadres of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of the ruling BNP, attacked the Dhaka University (DU) correspondent of The Daily Star with iron rods and sticks in his room at Jahurul Haq Hall
 
DU orders probe into campus violence
Dhaka University yesterday formed two committees to probe attacks on the activists of pro-Awami League Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and the campus correspondent of The Daily Star.
 
Arrest for 'tax evasion'
Tax staff continue work abstention
Tax officials yesterday abstained from work for the second consecutive day, protesting the arrest of three customs officers on corruption charges.
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Tk 176cr road work to link Begunbari to Rampura in January
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) will construct a link road from Begunbari on Tongi Diversion Road to Rampura Bridge on Pragati Sarani at a cost of Tk 176. 45 crore.
 
'Alternative dispute resolution to clear case backlog'
Legal experts yesterday said Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) will help reduce huge backlog of cases.
 
Comprehensive anti-disaster action on cards
The government is launching a comprehensive scheme to tackle damage caused by disasters, a top government official told a discussion in Dhaka yesterday.
 
Two to die for killing 12-yr boy
Two persons were sentenced to death and two others to life imprisonment for killing 12-year old, Minoy in March 1995.
 
Mother feels doubly denied
A mother who lived all through the shock of losing her son felt doubly denied, as a court in Dhaka cleared five people of murder charges yesterday.
 
Abducted Ctg magnate not rescued yet
The hunt continues for notorious criminal Gittu Nasir, the prime suspect in the abduction of business magnate Jamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury.
 
Robbers loot Tk 8 lakh in city
Robbers looted Tk 8 lakh in cash and gold ornaments in two incidents in the city's Sutrapur and Elephant Road areas yesterday.
 
3 alleged child lifters beaten to death in Mymensingh
Three alleged child lifters were killed in mob beating at East Narail village in Haluaghat upazila yesterday.

They victims were identified as Billal, 27, Hanif, 45 and Ramzan, 35.

 
Shazneen case
Hearing adjourned till Aug 3
Hearing of the Shazneen case has been adjourned till August 3 as Kazi Rahamat Ullah, Judge of the Second Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression, Dhaka, was on leave yesterday.
 

 
 
   
 
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