Volume 4 Number 187 Wed. December 03, 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 Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections StarTech Star Chittagong Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Metropolitan   BCS English exam Few questions match with 'leaked' ones The General English (Compulsory) exam of the 24th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) was held yesterday but the question paper did not match with the paper sold in Dhaka and elsewhere as leaked ones except   Preventive steps a must to combat Aids Female condoms should be widely marketed in the country so that women, particularly the sex workers, could protect themselves from the risk of HIV/Aids infection, speakers at a discussion observed yesterday.   Tk 20.15 cr Sida grant for safe motherhood Bangladesh will receive 29 million Swedish kroners worth Tk 20.15 crore as a grant for implementation of a project named "UN Joint Initiative on Safe Motherhood".   BNP joint meet today A joint meeting of joint secretaries, presidents and general secretaries of central front organisations, president and general secretary of Dhaka city BNP and members of parliament elected from Dhaka   Qinglin leaves Dhaka for Kathmandu The Chairman of China People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Jia Qinglin left Dhaka yesterday for Kathmandu after a three-day official visit to Bangladesh.     Advertisement