Vol. 4 Num 217 Sat. January 03, 2004    
 
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Metropolitan
 
Govt yet to decide on reserved seats in JS
Over two years have passed since the takeover, but the government is yet to decide how to reintroduce reserve seats for women in parliament.
 
Int'l confce on thermal engineering begins
A three-day International Conference on Thermal Engineering began on the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) campus yesterday.
 
Ultimatum for repair of CU building
Arts faculty teachers of Chittagong University (CU) on Thursday gave a two-month ultimatum to the authorities concerned to renovate the faculty building which is now on the verge of collapse.
 
Slum dwellers protest eviction
Bangladesh Bastibasi Union, an organisation of the slum dwellers, yesterday formed a human chain at Muktangon in the city protesting the eviction of slum dwellers from Kalyanpur area.
 
18 houses gutted in Ctg
Eighteen houses were gutted in a devastating fire at Agrabad in the port city yesterday.

The blaze started from an electrical short circuit at around 4.

 
Body of maid recovered
The body of a domestic help was recovered at Lalkhan Bazar Magistrate Colony in the city yesterday morning.
 
Maid 'commits' suicide
A teenage domestic help allegedly committed suicide in the city on January 1.

The victim was identified as Nilufar Begum, 13.

 
Kofi Annan condoles death of army officers
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has condoled the deaths of 15 Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers in a plane crash in Benin on December 25.
 
Over 1,000 held,8 firearms recovered
Police arrested 1,099 more people, including one listed criminal, during their ongoing countrywide drive in last 24 hours till 6.00am yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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