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'Only electoral reforms can't ensure fair polls'
Leaving the common people unaware of their civic rights and duties, free and fair elections cannot be ensured only by bringing in reforms in the electoral system, said Jatiya Party (Manju) Chairman Anwar

People to resist election engineering: Hasina
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said no election, results of which have been fixed prior to the voting, would be allowed in the country.

Building Construction Rules 2006
Professional bodies concerned over delay in implementation
Six professional and civil society organisations have expressed grave concern at the government decision to delay the implementation of the Building Construction Rules, 2006 (BRC-2006) for Dhaka until

8 killed in road accidents
Eight people were killed and over 90 others were injured in separate road accidents in three districts yesterday.

'Set up day care centres at workplaces'
Speakers at a seminar yesterday stressed the need for setting up day care centres at workplaces where most of the workers are women to ensure early childhood development and women's contribution to national

Training for people with disability begins
Proper training, positive social attitude and good environment can offer the people with disability a life full of dignity, rights and freedom, speakers said at an inaugural ceremony of a training programme

Int'l conference on MIS held
An international conference on "Minimally Invasive Surgery: Innovative Approaches" was held at a local hotel in the capital yesterday.

Call to resolve loadshedding in Khulna
Speakers at a rally yesterday threatened to stop payment of electricity bills in near future unless the problem of severe loadshedding is resolved.

Death of Kalandiar Kabir
Police take Ibrahim on remand
Police yesterday took Ibrahim on a one-day remand for interrogation in connection with the mysterious death of Kalandiar Kabir, a freedom fighter.

Police Hospitals
Nursing attendants demand reinstatement
Eighteen female and one male nursing attendants of six divisional police hospitals and Sarda Police Academy Hospital, who recently lost their jobs, yesterday urged the authorities to reinstate them in

Triple Murder Case
Rab detains two for interrogation
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday detained two people for interrogation in connection with the murder of two scrap iron businessmen and their employee.

593 students receive 'Mayor Sikkha Padak 2006' in Rajshahi
593 students who achieved GPA-5 in the SSC and Dakhil examinations under Rajshahi board in 2006 received 'Mayor Sikkha Padak-06' yesterday.

Acid attack on housewife in Satkhira
A housewife was injured when unknown miscreants threw acid on her at Chhutipur village in Devhata in the early hours of yesterday.

3 electrocuted in Chandpur
Three people, including a girl, were electrocuted and another three injured at Sholadanga village in Faridganj upazila yesterday morning.

B Chy urges opposition to unite against ruling alliance
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday urged the opposition parties to be united under a common platform with a view to defeating the BNP-Jamaat alliance in the

CPB to put up 56 candidates in elections
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) at its central committee meeting yesterday discussed its plan to put up 56 candidates in the coming general election.

Under-fire Syria gets 'ready for anything'
Syria is bracing itself for "any eventuality" as the regime nervously eyes a relentless Israeli operation over the border in Lebanon and faces up to increasingly hostile US rhetoric.