Volume 4 Number 156 Thu. October 30, 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 Metropolitan President seeks Indo-Bangla cooperation in IT, culture, edn President Iajuddin Ahmed has said Bangladesh and India have enough scope to extend cooperation in the field of science, education, culture and information technology.   Donors' fund misused in the name of rural uplift Speakers tell roundtable Speakers at a roundtable yesterday said rural people have seen very little uplift in their areas although thousands of crores of taka were received from donors in the name of rural development since the   Current literacy rate 62.66 pc Compulsory Primary Education Implementation Monitoring Unit survey says Country's current literacy rate is 62.66 per cent and of them 65.94 per cent are men and 58.69 per cent are women, while the adult literacy rate is 54.80 per cent.   Deadline extended for ballottee Hajj pilgrims The deadline for ballottee Hajj pilgrims of 2004 to deposit money with the banks has been extended till November 10 from October 30.   'Parities use localgovt for political gains' All political parties want to use local government to pursue their political agenda, said Prof Dr Salahuddin M Aminuzzaman, chairman of Development Studies Department of Dhaka University.   BRCT to provide training to health workers The Bangladesh Rehabilitation Centre for Trauma Victims (BRCT) will provide training to health workers across the country on treatment of mental patients.   Army deployed at Dhaka, Ctg Wasa establishments Army personnel have been deployed at important establishments of Dhaka and Chittagong Water and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) for maintaining normal supply of water to the city dwellers during the holy month   New CU BCU body Ahsanul Haque Nipun and Selina Sultana Sumi have been elected president and general secretary of the Chittagong University unit of Bangladesh Chhatra Union (BCU) for next one year.     Advertisement