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Metropolitan
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Liberation War Museum celebrates 10th anniversary today
Conventionally, a museum is a building or institution where objects of artistic or historical importance and value are preserved and put on display.
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Journalist Kamal Murder
One to die, 11 get life
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Chittagong yesterday sentenced one person to death and 11 others to life imprisonment for killing journalist Kamal Hossain in Khagrachhari about 19 months ago.
 
Scrap Coal Deal with Asia Energy
March towards Phulbari tomorrow
'National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Mineral Resources-Electricity and Ports' goes for a three-day bus-march from Dhaka to Phulbari in Dinajpur tomorrow demanding scrapping of the contract with theAsia
 
Sanitation services for city slum dwellers launched
Coalition for Urban Poor (CUP), a coalition of some NGOs, has launched sanitation and hygiene services to ten thousand slum dwelling families in the city through their newly constructed sanitation establishments.
 
Cop Murder
Hearing on charge framing against Mirza Abbas, 5 others adjourned
A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned the hearing on charge framing against Public Works Minister Mirza Abbas, his brother Mirza Khokan and four others in connection with the constable Abu Naser murder case.
 
Nat'l flag rally against militancy tomorrow
A national flag rally will be held at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital tomorrow afternoon with a fresh call for unity against the Islamist militancy, communalism and fundamentalism.
 
Dhaka seeks close ties with South African nations
Developing countries in Southern African region can benefit from closer cooperation with Bangladesh in areas like trade and human resources development.
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Uttara Club celebration concludes
Uttara Club, a prestigious social club in the capital, concluded its weeklong 15th anniversary celebration programmes with a grand function on Monday night.
 
JCD, BCL clash at CU
Strike today
At least four leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) of Chittagong University (CU) were injured when they attacked the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) over a trivial matter.
 
Spice trader murdered in city
Police recovered the body of a businessman at Gulshan in the city on Monday night.
 
15 injured in Chittagong garment factory fire
At least 15 people, including three fire fighters, were injured when a devastating fire broke out at a garment factory at Dewanhat under Double Mooring Police Station in the port city last night.
 
Wasa Staffs' Election
10 injured in clash
Ten people were injured as pro-BNP and Awami League-backed employees clashed over results of Dhaka Wasa Karmachari Bahumukhi Samabaya Samity election at Karwan Bazar in the city last night.
 
World Water Day today
World Water Day will be observed in the country today as elsewhere around the globe.
 
Hiroshima varsity team meets DU VC
A five-member team of Hiroshima University, Japan led by its Dean Prof Kimio Saito called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof SMA Faiz yesterday at VC office.
 
Expat donates Tk 5 lakh to Birdem
Masudul Haque, a Bangladeshi expatriate chemical engineer in Britain, has donated Tk 5 lakh for sponsoring a bed in Birdem Hospital, says a press release.
 
DU exams postponed
All the examinations of Dhaka University, scheduled to be held today, have been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances.
 
Two killed in city road accidents
Two people were killed in separate road accidents in the city yesterday.
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Appeal for help
Sakib, a two-year-old baby boy, is fighting for life at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Asian Cardiac and General Hospital in Lalmatia.
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NDF executives
A K M Shoaib and Partho Sanjoy have been elected chair and secretary general of National Debate Foundation (NDF) for two years.
 

 
   
 
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