Volume 4 Number 70 Mon. August 04, 2003       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Foreign Relations Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Suppliments Archives General 'Empower elected women members of local govts' Speakers at a workshop yesterday called for more empowerment of elected women members of local government bodies to ensure development at the grassroots level.   Acute transport crisis at RU Students of Rajshahi University (RU) have been facing an acute transport crisis as most of the university buses have worn out.   India finds rape of Bangladeshi woman by BSF men false A probe by the Indian authorities found false the report of rape of a Bangladeshi woman by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel.   Wife of Tawfiq Aziz Khan laid to rest Suraiya Begum, wife of the late Tawfiq Aziz Khan, former executive editor of The Daily Star, was laid to rest at Banani graveyard yesterday.   Bhandaria robbery 8 policemen transferred, three more 'robbers' held One sub-inspector (SI), two assistant sub-inspectors (ASI) and five constables were transferred and three more alleged dacoits arrested yesterday in connection with the Bhandaria Bandar Bazar robbery.   Court boycott issue Pandemonium in lawyers meet in N'ganj Chaos broke out at a meeting of Narayanganj District Ainjibi Samity yesterday when one of the lawyers was prevented from delivering his speech.   Channel i chief reporter's house robbed Robbers looted cash and valuables allegedly worth Tk 90,000 from the Channel i chief reporter's house at Shewrapara yesterday.   Hill factions trade fire at Naniarchar A series of gunfights between armed activists of the United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) and Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) rattled Naniarchar upazila in Rangamati Saturday.     Advertisement