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'Govt's inaction encourages killings'
Inaction of the government has encouraged the killings of pro-liberation forces including legislators, teachers and journalists, said the speakers at a memorial discussion yesterday.

People's body formed to probe grenade attacks
A National People's Inquiry Commission was formed yesterday to probe all the grenade and bomb attacks across the country.

Country to be brought under early disaster warning system
Bangladesh will be brought under an early disaster warning system in the wake of the recent tsunami that devastated South and South East Asia, said Disaster Management and Relief Minister Chowdhury Kamal

Int'l youth meet begins today
A three-day international youth summit begins in the city today, with young people of South Asia engaging in a joint search of issues of identity, diversity and active citizenship.

Nine houses gutted in Ctg
Nine houses were gutted in a devastating fire at Salimpur Pirbari in Faujdarhat yesterday.
An oven sparked off the fire at around 1.20pm, causing an estimated loss of Tk 10 lakh, sources said.