The Daily Star: Internet Edition Mon. February 26, 2007

Vol. 5 Num 975

Mon. February 26, 2007


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Noisy boats, poachers turn migratory birds away
Survey says 50pc birds did not visit Hakaluki Haor this year
The number of migratory birds in Hakaluki Haor fell by about 50 per cent this year compared to that of last year. However the total number of birds, mainly comprising local ones, went up.

Party in power came as a magic lamp for once poor Numan
Only a few years ago, Nurul Alam Numan and his family lived in Berir Chor slum in Moulvibazar town, his father pulling a rickshaw and mother working as a domestic help.

Teaching fishermen to 'stitch in time' for better catches
Indigenous fishes which were depleting fast are now increasing and fishermen around haors in greater Mymensingh are being benefited after introduction of Community Based Fisheries Management project.

Farmers block highway for urea
Farmers brought out a procession and blocked the Barisal-Dhaka highway at Barthi in Gournadi yesterday demanding fertiliser.

'Allocate more funds for Khulna'
Greater Khulna Development Coordination Action Committee, at a press conference held at Khulna Press Club on Saturday, demanded of the caretaker government to develop 'neglected Khulna' by allocatingadequate

Son's killers now threaten mother
A mother yesterday alleged that her son's killers are moving at large and threatening her, two years after the murder.

Japanese envoy opens two community centres in CHT
Japanese Ambassador in Bangla-desh Masayuki Inoue opened two United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) built multipurpose community centres in Rangamati and Khagrachhari in two separate functions held

2 Shibir men held in Rangpur
Police have arrested two leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir from Lalbag area in Rangpur town in connection with Friday's clashes on Carmichael College campus.