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Move to amend Absorption Rules worries BCS teachers
The government is going to amend the existing Absorption Rules 2000 to allow non-cadre teachers of government colleges to enjoy senior rank facilities although they don't have adequate job experience,

Create massive awareness to combat HIV/AIDS
SA parliamentary seminar recommends
The Second Sub-regional South Asian Parliamentary Seminar on HIV/AIDS ended in the city yesterday with a call for creating massive public awareness to combat the deadly disease.

Machine-readable passport to be introduced by August
The government will introduce Machine Readable Passport (MRP) by August to prevent passport forgery and the use of fake passport for illegal migration and trafficking in women and children.

Security Issues
US embassy officials to sit with Americans on Feb 6
Top officials of the US embassy will sit with the American citizens living in Bangladesh on February 6 to discuss security issues of the past few months here.

Implement int'l action plan to save migratory birds
Experts urge govt
Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB) has urged the government to immediately implement the international action plan as per the Convention of Migratory Species (CMS) of Wild Animals to save the migratory

Sylhet Samity gives winter clothes to poor
Sylhet Samity, Uttara, a community association of people from Sylhet living in Uttara in the city, yesterday distributed winter clothes and cash assistance among over 500 poverty-stricken men, women and

Robbers loot valuables from bus passengers, stab three
Highway robbers looted valuables of the passengers of a bus and stabbed the driver and two others on Dhaka-Aricha highway on Thursday night.

Fugitive convict arrested
The members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a fugitive convict, who was sentenced to death in a sensational case of five murders, from near his house at Bagra village in Srinagar upazila on Wednesday.

Bush resists changing law on domestic spying
President George W. Bush insisted on Thursday his decision to allow spying on Americans' international telephone calls was legal and said he would resist changing laws governing such action if it meant revealing secrets to an enemy.

Poet Helal Hafiz wins literary award
Poet Helal Hafiz has been selected for Khalequedad Chowdhury Literary Award-1412 for his contribution to Bangla poetry.

4 policemen, 3 ansars closed for snatching money in Ctg
Four policemen and three ansars of Chandanaish thana were closed yesterday on charge of snatching Tk 50,000 from homebound day-labourers.

Prothom Alo editor's mother Lutfunnesa passes away
Lutfunnesa, mother of Prothom Alo Editor Matiur Rahman, passed away at Birdem Hospital at 9:30pm yesterday at the age of 82. She had been suffering from old-age complications.

Jubo Dal emergency meeting Jan 30
An emergency meeting of the central executive committee of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal will be held at its central office here on January 30.

Jute, textile workers begin fast unto death tomorrow
Jute and textile workers will begin a 'fast unto death' programme at Muktangon in the city at 10:00am tomorrow to press for their 10-point demand.

Zakaria elected president, Nazmul general secy of ERF
Zakaria Kajol of the daily Inqilab and Nazmul Ahsan of the New Age have been elected president and general secretary of the Economic Reporters' Forum (ERF).

Ershad leaves for S Arabia today
Former president and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will fly to Saudi Arabia today on a seven-day visit.
During his visit, he will undergo medical check-up at the King Faisal Hospital in Riyadh.

National flag procession protests fanaticism
A national flag procession was brought out by Bikkhubdha Deshbasi (aggrieved countrymen) in the city yesterday to protest fundamentalism, communalism and militancy across the country.

New JU BCL body formed
A 28-member committee of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was formed at the Jahangirnagar University (JU).

Benazir rejects corruption charges
Launching her defence against charges levelled against her, Pakistan s former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday that there could not be any warrant issued against her as no court in Pakistan

Davos forum launches multi-billion dollar fight against TB
Britain, Nigeria and US software tycoon Bill Gates unveiled an ambitious 56-billion-dollar plan here Friday to prevent 14 million tuberculosis deaths over the next decade.

Microbiology deptt opens at JU
Jahangirnagar University has opened microbiology department under the biological science faculty.
With this, the total number of departments in the university stood at 25.

Justice N K Chakraborty passes away
Justice N K Chakraborty, former law secretary and judge of the High Court, died of cardiac arrest at a clinic in Dhaka on Thursday night at the age of 61.
He is survived by one son and two daughters.

Sakauddin Khan
Sakauddin Khan alias Sona Mian, a noted soccer player and sports organiser, died of old-age complications at his Chairgram village home here yesterday morning at the age of 87.