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Establish special platform to save rivers
Experts tell Bapa seminar
Establish a special platform with the authorities concerned to save the rivers, said the environmentalists and urban experts at a seminar yesterday.
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Introduce 3-yr course on midwifery
Speakers tell roundtable
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday underscored the need to formulate a national midwifery policy with a view to ensuring quality education for midwives and recognising their work by introducing a separate
 
Three killed in road accidents
Three people, including a lawyer, were killed in separate road accidents in Magura, Chandpur and Kishoreganj yesterday and on Friday.
 
Yunus embarks on 19-day visit to US, Germany, Venezuela today
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus leaves Dhaka today on a 19-day visit to the United States, Germany and Venezuela.
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Ensure accountability of varsities for quality edn
Young academics tell The Daily Star roundtable
Young academics at a roundtable yesterday underscored the need to ensure accountability and greater autonomy of both public and private universities in order to improve the quality of higher education.
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Haor Development
Call for bigger budget allocation
Environmentalists at a press conference yesterday urged the caretaker government to allocate bigger chunks from the national exchequer to ensure development of haor region of the country.
 
CMP to rehabilitate evicted hawkers at 7 city spots
Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) has selected primarily seven places in a humanitarian move to rehabilitate the hawkers and mobile vendors who were evicted from different footpaths of the city inrecent
 
Bodies of four students recovered from Padma
The bodies of four students who met watery grave in the river Padma on Friday were recovered yesterday.
 
Madrasa edn needs to be upgraded
Speakers tell training session
Speakers at a training session said Madrasa education should be upgraded so that it can meet the national demand, says a press release.
 
Jadid al-Qaeda Suspect
Al Amin out of touch with his family for last couple of years
Says father
The Jadid al-Qaeda militant suspect, apprehended by Sylhet Kotwali police on May 2 for his presumed links with the Sylhet Railway Station bombing on May 1, had been out of touch with his family for the
 
Security of NGOs discussed
Rajshahi Metropolitan Police yesterday discussed the issue of security with the local representatives of different non-government organisations (NGOs) at DIG's conference room here.
 
Warehouse of perfume factory gutted in city
The warehouse of a perfume factory at Uttara in the city was gutted in a fire yesterday evening.
 
Show cause on 7 students of 4 RU women's halls
Rajshahi University (RU) Proctor Office yesterday issued show cause notice on seven residential students of four women's halls for alleged violation of hall rules.
 
Depression over Bay crosses Myanmar coast
The depression over the east central Bay and its adjoining area moved northeastwards and crossed Myanmar coast yesterday noon.
 
Body to probe DMCH incident
A four-member committee has been formed yesterday to investigate into the Thursday's incident at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
 
17 Indians await HC clearance to return home
Seventeen Indian nationals, including a woman, who have completed the term of punishment in Comilla Jail are awaiting clearance of the Indian High Commission to return home.
 
Journalist Beating
3 DU students temporarily expelled
Dhaka University (DU) authorities yesterday temporarily expelled three students, also activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), for beating up another student, also a journalist, on the universitycampus
 
Sylhet Bomb Blast
No progress in probe yet
There has been no progress in investigation into the May 1 bomb blast at the Sylhet Railway Station despite passing of five days after the incidence.
 

 
   
 
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