Volume 4 Number 176 Wed. November 19, 2003    
 
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Neglect set to kill Baldha plants
Rare plants and flowers of the Baldha Garden may be soon become extinct. Pollution, high-rise structures obstructing sunlight and negligence are the major threats the garden is facing.
 
Rat runs into a raft of snags
The Rapid Action Team (Rat), billed as the modern strike force, is running into a raft of snags, including shortage of personnel and lack of logistical support, overshadowing its earlier success in netting
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Slow pace in shifting prisoners from city
Dhaka Central Jail will take at least another five years to shift on-trial prisoners to ease its overcrowding, as fund crunch is slowing the construction of a new jail at Teghuria in Keraniganj.
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Auto-rickshaw fares to curve down after Eid
The auto-rickshaw fares are likely to be reduced from next month.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) recently informed the communications ministry about its decision.

 
Students bear the brunt as JU in disarray
Students of Jahangirnagar University have been the real victims of a session backlog that has lingered on for the last 18 months.
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Dark side of pet sale at Katabon
The Katabon market, famed for its sale of pets, has another side. Under the cover of selling pets, the market supplies other animals, prohibited from sale.
 
BSCIC fair draws crowd, handloom fair limping
Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) opened a Mela (fair) at Motijheel, on Monday adding to the number of other fairs, especially of clothes organised by the weaver's community.
 
Rejoinder
The Deputy Post Master General, Foreign Post, in a rejoinder on the news item "Notoriety, thy name is Foreign Post Office" published on November 10 said that the theme of the photograph does not go with
 

 
   
 
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