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Eden girl's body recovered from college pond
The body of a female student of Eden College was recovered from a pond inside the college in the early hours yesterday.

JCD programmes to strengthen party activities
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of the ruling BNP, has taken up programmes to strengthen its activities at grassroots level to ensure victory in the upcoming national election.

JCD cadres beat up fellow activist at DU
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) cadres beat up a fellow activist at Kabi Jasimuddin Hall of Dhaka University leaving him injured yesterday.

Report on measures to mitigate arsenic crisis
SC asks govt
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday directed the government to report on the measures taken to mitigate arsenic contamination in water.

Sedition Case Against Adv Faridul
HC stays its Aug 23 order
The High Court (HC) yesterday stayed its August 23 order that directed the Supreme Court (SC) registrar to file a sedition case with Ramna Police Station against Advocate Mohammad Faridul Alam for committing

'25 pc female cancer patients suffer from cervical cancer'
One in every four female cancer patients in the country has cervical cancer, according to a hospital-based survey.

Abducted trader's body recovered from Turag
Savar police yesterday recovered the body of an abducted vegetable trader from the river Turag near Mirpur in the city.

Nazrul's death anniversary observed
The 29th anniversary of death of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, popularly known as "rebel poet", was observed in the country with due respect yesterday.

Second edition of Index of Bangladesh Laws launched
The second edition of the Index of Bangladesh Laws, a guide to the existing laws, was launched in the city yesterday.

Preserve JS complex as per '73 master plan
Architect Mubasshar appeals to PM
Institute of Architects Bangladesh President Mubasshar Hussain has appealed to the prime minister to take steps to preserve the parliament complex as per the 1973 master plan designed by world famousarchitect

CU Arts Faculty Bldg
7-day agitation programme begins
The teachers, students and employees of Chittagong University Mass Communication and Journalism Department began a seven-day agitation programme yesterday demanding immediate renovation of the dilapidated

Domestic help dies in rooftop fall
A domestic help died falling from the rooftop of a six-storey building at Adabar in the city yesterday.

Chinese engr succumbs to his injuries at RMCH
A Chinese engineer succumbed to his injuries at Rangpur Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) yesterday.

Khaleda greets Bulgarian PM
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has congratulated Sergey Stanishev, the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.

Five new HC judges take oath
Five additional judges of the High Court, who were regularised after completion of two-year term, sworn-in as judges yesterday.

BNP's anti-blast demonstrations today
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will stage demonstrations and hold rallies at divisional, district and upazila headquarters today against the August 17 countrywide serial bomb blasts.

Vietnam Cultural Week begins September 1
Vietnam Cultural Week-2005 begins in the city on September 1 on the occasion of the 60th founding anniversary of Vietnam.

JCD factions clash at CU
At least four people were injured as rival factions of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) clashed on Chittagong University campus yesterday.

Govt has failed in every sector: B Chowdhury
The four-party alliance government has presented the nation with bomb and grenade attacks, widespread corruption and price spirals of essentials, said AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury, president of Bikalpa Dhara

For failing to recognise them
Shahidullah hall Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders yesterday confined two house tutors to the hall for about an hour for failing to recognise them.

'Unite to resist fanatics'
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday called on the civil society, rights and cultural organisations and political parties to unitedly resist the activities of fanatics across the country.

Bishwaser Rang to be screened at Montreal Film Festival
Bishwaser Rang (Colour of Faith), a film directed by young Bangladeshi director Saiful Wadud Helal, will be screened in the 'Documentaries of the World' section of the 29th Montreal World Film Festival

Two injured in city slum blasts
At least two people were injured in an explosion when a criminal was making bombs at a city slum at Shyampur yesterday.

Appeal for help
A helpless parents have appealed to the generous people for financial assistance for the treatment of their son.
Golam Kibria Ziko, 18, has been suffering from blood cancer since last July.