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Stop punishment to children at schools for proper mental growth
Speakers tell roundtable
Parents' superstitions and lack of awareness, teachers' poor financial condition and unscientific curricula are primarily responsible for physical and mental punishment of children in educational institutions,

Teenage housewife succumbs to burns
A teenage housewife succumbed to her burn injuries yesterday after fighting for life for 12 days at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH). The victim was identified as Helena Aktar, 15.

Body to probe fire incident at Meghna pump house
A four-member committee has been formed to investigate the Monday's fire incident at the pump house of Meghna Petroleum Limited -- one of the three marketing companies of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation

Prof Aftab's Killing
Punishment of killers demanded
A group of Jamaat-aligned teachers of Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday blamed Awami League and its left allies for the killing of Prof Aftab Ahmed of Dhaka University.

5,000 bottles of phensidyl seized
Police unearthed a spurious syrup factory and seized 5,000 bottles of phensidyl from Porahati Bazar on Monday night.

Workshop on PR ends
A two-day training workshop on public relations ended recently where 25 officers from different public and private organisations attended, says a press release.

Death condoled
Vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University (RU) Prof Altaf Hossain and Pro-VC Prof Mamnunul Keramat in separate statement yesterday expressed deep shock at the death of Prof Aftab.

Dr Kamrul IPPNW South Asia region vice-president
Dr Kamrul Hasan Khan of Bangladesh has been elected as a vice-president of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) South Asia region.