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22nd BCS Examinations of 2000
Appointment of 32 as asstt judge still pending
Despite final selection through several tests following the 22nd BCS examinations of 2000, appointments of 32 people as assistant judge are still pending when 25 others of the same batch have alreadybeen
 
Int'l White Cane Safety Day Today
20 lakh people suffer from eye diseases in Bangladesh
International White Cane Safety Day will be observed in the country today as elsewhere across the world to ensure safe movement for the people lacking eyesight.
 
Dhaka close ally, strategic partner of US
US officials tell foreign secretary
Key administrative officials of US National Security Council, State Department and Defence Department recognised Bangladesh as a close ally and strategic partner of the United States and assured continued
 
Stand against 4 indigenous leaders worries AI
Amnesty International (AI) has expressed concern about reports that four leaders of Bangladesh's indigenous populations, three of whom are from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), have become the targets
 
Price spiral of essentials makes people's lives miserable: B Chowdhury
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday criticised the BNP-led alliance government for its failure to check price spiral of essentials and to curb the activities of religious
 
1,683 HR violations against women in last 3 months
Says MMC report
A total of 1,683 incidents of human rights violations against women, most of those on dowry and divorce related matters, occurred all over the country in the last three months as of September this year.
 
2 criminals held in Ctg
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two top-notch criminals and recovered one rifle in separate drives in Chittagong and Feni in last two days.
 
UCEP painting exhibition begins today
A month-long painting exhibition, organised by Underprivileged Children's Educational Programmes (UCEP)-Bangladesh, begins in the city today to raise funds.
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Documentary on Hooded Pitta
A documentary on a songbird, Hooded Pitta, locally known as Halti, was screened at the Liberation War Museum auditorium in the city yesterday.
 
Partial lunar eclipse Oct 17
A partial eclipse of the moon will take place on October 17.
The eclipse will begin at 5:34pm and end at 6:32pm, according to an ISPR press release.

 
DU Mourning Day today
Dhaka University Mourning Day will be observed today to commemorate the death of 39 students and employees in a building collapse at the Jagannath Hall in 1985.
 
DU Computer Science Department
18 teachers out of 31 on leave
Academic activities of the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Dhaka University are being hampered as 18 teachers out of 31 are on leave, sources said yesterday.
 
Fertiliser worth Tk 2 crore seized in Meghna
Coastguards seized two cargo vessels with 4000 sacks of smuggled urea fertiliser worth around Tk 2 crore from the Meghna river at Bhangar char area early yesterday.
 
A quarter trying to destroy govt achievements: Bhuiyan
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday said a vested quarter has been trying to destroy the achievements of the government.
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Prof Shawkat passes away
Prof Shawkatuzzaman, noted artist and teacher of the Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University, passed away due to heat attack in the city yesterday, says a press release.
 

 
   
 
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