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TIB-CUDS Debate Competition Opens
Help free country from corruption
ACC chief urges youths
Chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Lt General (retd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury has called upon the young generation to play a significant role in freeing the country from corruption.

CG activities not producing fair results for people
Justice Rabbani tells press confce
The activities of the caretaker government are not producing fair results for the people of the country in many ways, said Justice Ghulam Rabbani at a press conference yesterday.

Int'l Nurses Day observed
International Nurses Day (IND) was observed across the country as elsewhere in the world yesterday marking the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale.

Remove misconceptions about cancer
Speakers tell roundtable
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday underscored the need for cancer awareness programme at grassroots level to remove misconceptions about the disease.

Boat Procession in Chittagong
'Protect Halda river from pollution'
Environmental activists organised a unique boat procession in Chittagong yesterday with a view to protecting the Halda river, the lone natural breeding water-body for fish, from pollution and other acts

Hasina pays last respect to Ridoy
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday paid her last respect to Ridoy Kumar Saha, an office assistant of her party.

Yunus awarded Nichols Chancellor's Medal
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus has called on Vanderbilt University students to help create a world where museums have exhibits on poverty because it is a thing of the past.

Four Journos Get ASF Media Award
'Launch social movement against acid violence'
Speakers at an award giving ceremony yesterday underscored the need to raise mass awareness to prevent acid violence against women and children.

Int'l Mother's Day today
International Mother's Day will be observed today as elsewhere in the world. The country has been celebrating the day on the second Sunday of May every year for the last few years.

Doctors clash at BSMMU: Two injured
Two doctors of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) were injured following clashes between the pro-Awami League (AL) and pro-BNP doctors yesterday.

Criminal arrested with arms
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a criminal with a foreign-made revolver, one-shooter gun, two bullets and a sharp knife from Kotwali Police Station area in the city yesterday.

Book on history of railway launched
Speakers at a discussion yesterday urged the government to take immediate steps to restore past glory of railway department.

'Walk the World' to end child hunger today
In response to UN food agency WFP's global advocacy event 'Walk the World' to end child hunger, a walkathon, will be staged in the city today.

Two killed in Satkhira road accident
Two youths were killed as a bus rammed into a motorbike at Hadipur Kulpukur in Devhata upazila on Satkhira-Munshiganj road yesterday.

Decorator staff murdered in city
A decorator employee was murdered at Khilgaon in the city yesterday.

7 clinics, labs fined in Khulna
Seven clinics and diagnostic centres in Khulna have been fined Tk two lakh for unhygienic condition and inexperienced staffs.

Health adviser leaves for Geneva
Health Adviser Major General (Retd) Dr ASM Matiur Rahman left Dhaka for Geneva yesterday.

Odhikar Report
89 killed by law enforcers in 4 months
A total of 89 people were killed allegedly by law enforcement agencies in the last four months since January 12, according to a report of Odhikar, a human rights organisation.

Outlaw arrested in Rajshahi
Police arrested an activist of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (Lal Pataka) at Ramrama village in Bagmara upazila early yesterday.

East West University convocation tomorrow
The sixth convocation of East West University will be held at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city tomorrow, says a press release.