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OIC activities must evolve around dev issues
Iftekhar tells OIC foreign ministers
Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has said development issues must be at the centre of activities of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC).

Shaptahik 2000 Turns 10
Pledge to promote honest journalism
Shaptahik 2000 stepped into its tenth year yesterday with due festivity and commitment to honest journalism.

Six killed in road accidents
At least six people were killed and 15 others injured in separate road accidents in Sylhet, Comilla, Tangail, Khulna and Jhenidah yesterday.

Appoint national ombudsman to ensure good governance
Speakers tell seminar
Civil society members at a seminar yesterday underscored the need to appoint national as well as sector-wise ombudsmen in order to ensure good governance and accountability at every level of public life.

Water Saving Technology
Farmers to produce more rice using less water in near future
With the commencement of 'water saving technology', farmers will be able to produce more rice using less water in near future, hoped the researchers at a seminar yesterday.

Momin Murder
Family rejects charge sheet as CID drops name of OC Rafiq
Family members of murdered Kamrul Islam Momin yesterday rejected the charge sheet of the case as police dropped names of prime suspect OC AKM Rafiqul Islam and 20 others, who were accused in the first

Ctg Mayor Mohiuddin sent to BSMMU for better treatment
Chittagong city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury was sent to Dhaka for better treatment at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).

Newborn found abandoned on DU campus
A newborn was found abandoned near Shahidullah Hall of Dhaka University yesterday afternoon.

'Protect rights of people with disability'
Speakers at a discussion yesterday urged the government to adopt a national action plan in the light of UN Convention on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities.

Assault on Journos
Probe body recommends removal of TEB chairman, secy
The one-member body formed by the education ministry to probe Monday's incident of assault on journalists at Technical Education Board (TEB) in Agargaon submitted its report yesterday with recommendation

161 weapons seized in last 30 days
Says report
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), police, army and BDR recovered 161 illegal weapons, 71 hand grenades, 38 cocktails, 1515 bullets and 136 cartridges, a rocket launcher shell, five electronic detonators and

3 foreign ministry officials promotedto addl secretary
Three foreign ministry officials were promoted to additional secretary.

One killed in gas cylinder explosion
A CNG filling station worker was killed and three others were injured as a gas cylinder of a CNG-run bus exploded at Chandra in Kaliakoir upazila in the early hours of yesterday.