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Immediate interventions needed to stop unsafe abortion
A 19-year-old girl was brought to Dhaka Medical College Hospital with high fever and profuse bleeding. She came from a remote village of Shariatpur and was 16 weeks pregnant.

World's second tallest man in city with message of love and peace
Two Nepalese youths, one being the second tallest person in the world and the other a cyclist with a limped-leg, who were once victims of social stigma for their distinct biological features, are nowin

Panic should not be created in name of war on corruption
Civil society members tell seminar
Expressing all-out support to the ongoing war against corruption, civil society members yesterday demanded exemplary punishment to corrupt people, but said panic should not be created in the name of combating

60 pc people calorie poor: Survey
Speakers at a seminar yesterday said about 60 percent of the total population, 58.7 percent male and 59.5 percent female, is calorie poor despite rise in the average income level.

Gopal's memoirs bear vital issues of DU
Gopal Chandra Das, a valiant freedom fighter, a collector and photographer of Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) collection centre, has written a book documenting his experiences on theuniversity

71pc Vaccination Coverage
EPI saves 4m children from premature death a year
Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) achieved 71 percent vaccination coverage in 2006. This was revealed at a dissemination function on EPI Coverage Evaluation Survey (CES)'06 at a city hotel yesterday.

Comprehensive policy a must for rehabilitation of the poor
Speakers tell seminar
Speakers at a seminar yesterday urged the government to formulate a comprehensive policy for the rehabilitation of urban and rural poor who contribute to national economy mostly through informal sector.

'Protect coastal areas from adverse impacts of climate change'
The Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust yesterday called for taking immediate mitigation and adaptation measures to protect coastal areas of the country from the jaws of adverse impacts

Update vested property law
Speakers urge caretaker govt
Speakers at a seminar yesterday called on the caretaker government to update the vested property law, saying that the law is inconsistent with human rights principles and the spirit of the constitution

700 trucks stranded at Daulotdia, Paturia ghats
Traffic jam at Daulotdia-Paturia river ghats continued yesterday due to shortage of ferries.

Money Laundering
8 held in city
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested eight people raiding different parts of the city on charges of money laundering and doing business with fake banknotes and drugs.

Miscreants hurl bombs at cops
A junior police officer was injured as miscreants had hurled bombs at a police patrol team yesterday that had challenged them in Mirpur.

Former generals hail upgrading ranks of three chiefs
Former military top brasses, including ex-army chief Lt Gen (Retd) Mahbubur Rahman yesterday hailed the elevation of ranks of the three chiefs of the Armed Forces.

'Tata's revised proposal export-oriented'
Terming the Indian conglomerate Tata's revised three-billion-dollar investment proposal 'export-oriented', speakers at a seminar yesterday once again warned that the proposal is surely a threat to the