Volume 4 Number 131 Sat. October 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 Literature Others About Us Contact Advertisement Suppliments Archives National Erosion threatens power supply in Barisal divn Tower linking 33 KV supply lines may collapse any moment Power supply in Barisal division is threatened due to erosion by Kirtonkhola and Sugandha rivers in Dapdapia in Barisal district.   'No alternative to strengthening local govts' Satkhira UP chairmen, members form 21-member body It was a different day for them when Union Parishad chairmen and members from across the district met and discussed ways to strengthen local governments to consolidate democracy in the country.   RCC sells 5 deer from zoo Rajshahi City Corporation authorities on Thursday sold five deer from the Shaheed Kamaruzzaman Zoo to an NGO at the rate of Tk 10,000 each.   1 killed, 3 hurt as bandits open fire on villagers One person was killed and three others were injured severely when armed robbers opened fire on them at Gobardia village under Sadar thana in Bagerhat district in the early hours of Wednesday.   Teen's death at park Police file case against Barisal AL leader The Kotwali police have filed a case against Barisal city Awami League Convener Showkat Hossain Hiron and seven others in connection of the death of a minor girl after she fell from the marry-go-round   Drug peddlers beat narcotics control official in Rajshahi Five drug dealers beat an official of the Narcotics Control Directorate (NCD) in front of Shah Mokhdum College in the city on Wednesday night for seizing four bottles of Phensidyl.     Advertisement