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Political will needed to solve indigenous people's problems
Speakers tell Bapa roundtable
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday called for political will to solve the problems of indigenous people including the problems prevailing in forest areas of the country.

Economic zone to be set up in Sylhet soon
Says foreign affairs adviser
Adviser to Foreign Affairs Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has said about one thousand acres of land would be acquired soon to set up an economic zone in Sylhet where expatriate Bangladeshis will be given

Take steps to preserve wetlands
Speakers urge govt
Speakers at a press briefing urged the government to take necessary steps to preserve wetlands and coastal areas of the country for the sake of ecology.

Five killed in road accidents
Five people, including two children, were killed and 36 others injured in separate road accidents in Faridpur, Sirajganj and Mymensingh in the last two days.

'A Golden Age' launched
'The novel to make spirit of liberation war stronger in minds of young generation'
Speakers at the launching ceremony of a novel titled 'A Golden Age' by Tahmima Anam yesterday said it is the first novel published in English internationally depicting our liberation war, which will reach

BRRI develops two new hybrid varieties of rice
Scientists of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) have developed two more hybrid varieties of rice suitable for Boro season.

1 gets life for rape
A man was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here on Thursday in a rape case.

Rape, teasing of teenaged girls condemned
Karmojibi Nari, a rights organisation, in statement yesterday condemned rape of a retarded adolescent girl in Akhaura and teasing of some derailed youths at Shyampur in the city that compels another teenaged

'Increase budget for people with disability'
Pratibandhi Kallayan Society (PKS) in a statement yesterday urged the government to increase budget allocation for development of the physically challenged people.

10 business establishments gutted in Habiganj
At least 10 business establishments were gutted by a devastating fire in Khoaimukh area of the district town in the early hours of yesterday.

Clash leaves 17 injured
At least 17 people were injured in a fierce clash between two rival groups over capturing a land at west Khuksia village in Kazipur upazila on Thursday.

Anti-smoking rally...

BBC Bangladesh Sanglap today
The 30th episode of the BBC Bangladesh Sanglap will be held at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city at 5:45pm today.

Four arrested with smuggled medicine
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), in a sudden drive, arrested four smugglers with huge Indian medicine from Ramchandrapur in frontier Panchbi upazila in the early hours of yesterday.

Uncovered drainage line...

Three fake examinees held in Netrakona
Three false examinees were arrested at Kendua and Mohongonj in the district yesterday while they were acting as proxy for their brothers at the Mathematics exam of SSC 2006 under Open University.

Criminal held with firearm, bombs
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a suspected criminal with a firearm, three improvised bombs, two bullets and Tk 2 lakh when he went to collect tolls from a medicine market near Mitford

Mason dies as brick falls on his head
A mason died when a brick fell on his head from the top floor of a six-storied under-construction building in the city yesterday.