Volume 4 Number 176 Wed. November 19, 2003    
 
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More protective measures needed to combat AIDS
Speakers tell roundtable
Bangladesh will have to take more protective measures to combat HIV/ AIDS due to its geographical location, said the participants at a roundtable yesterday.
 
'Timely steps taken against Indian river-linking project'
The government had taken appropriate steps in time against the Indian move to withdraw waters from trans-boundary common rivers, Water Resources Minister Hafizuddin, Bir Bikram, told the Jatiya Sangsad
 
Youth slaughtered in Chittagong
An youth was slaughtered in an internal feud of an extremist group at Raozan upazila in the early hours of yesterday.

The victim was identified as Shah Alam, 22, son of Khalequzzaman of Harishkhine.

 
'Female edn a must for gender parity'
Female education is indispensable for removing gender discrimination from the society.
 
2226 appointed thru' 22nd BCS exam
The government has appointed 2226 officers in different cadres of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) through the 22nd BCS examination conducted by the Bangladesh Public Service Commission.
 
Two get 14 years RI for felling Sundari trees
A special tribunal of Bagerhat has sentenced two persons to 14 years rigorous imprisonment (RI) and fined Tk 10,000 each for felling Sundari trees from the Sundarbans without lawful authority.
 
FM returns home
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan returned home on Monday night after a weeklong official visit to Singapore and the Philippines.
 
BNP leader Pathan passes away
Azmal Hossain Pathan, vice-president of city BNP, died of old-age complications at the Bangladesh Medical College Hospital yesterday. He was 74.
 

 
 
   
 
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