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Road accidents kill six
At least six people were killed in separate road accidents in Tangail, Rangpur, Patuakhali and Sirajganj yesterday and on Monday night.

Jalil's release demanded
Different political parties yesterday protested arrest of Awami League (AL) General Secretary Abdul Jalil by the joint forces and demanded his immediate release.

2 held for torturing domestic helps
Police rescued two domestic helps and arrested two people for allegedly torturing them at Dhanmondi in the city yesterday.

Global warming a threat to country's existence
Speakers tell seminar
Climate change is not a 'far-off topic' any more, and the global warming is not only a 'hot topic' for a country like Bangladesh, but also a question of existence, said the speakers at a seminar yesterday.

Progress made in Indo-Pak peace process
Says Dr Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema
Internationally reputed Pakistani scholar Dr Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema yesterday observed that there has been much progress in the peace process between India and Pakistan and that the economic issues arenow

Model Demonstrated on DU Campus
Harnessing solar energy for supply to grid
Department of Applied Physics, Electronics and Communication Engineering of Dhaka University yesterday demonstrated a model to harness solar power and supply it to the grid.

Disaster Management
Training of hospital, fire service men stressed
Experts at a workshop yesterday underscored the need for proper training of hospital and fire service personnel about disaster preparedness and management.

Reinstate Valerie Taylor as CRP coordinator
Shishu Bikash Network urges govt
Shishu Bikash Network, a team of physicians, psychologists, therapists, social workers and special educators, yesterday called on the government to bring back Valerie A Taylor, founder of the Centre for

Concern over control of culture by fanatic groups in South Asia
South Asian Human Rights (SAHR) has expressed its concern over the cultural control exercised by fanatic groups in some countries of the region.

UN Peacekeepers Day observed
The fifth International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers was observed in the city yesterday with due solemnity as elsewhere across the world.

Red Cross partnership meet begins in city
A two-day Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Partners meeting began in the city yesterday.

Reflect convention held in Cox's Bazar
A two-day 'Reflect Convention 2007' jointly organised by the Reflect development unit of ActionAid Bangladesh, the Society for Participatory and Development (SPED) and the Reflect Practitioners Forumof

Powerful bomb recovered at Benapole
Police recovered a powerful bomb from a pond adjacent to a primary school at Gazipur village under Benapole Port Police Station yesterday. None could be arrested in this respect.

Top criminal arrested in Tangail
Tangail police arrested Munna, a top criminal of Mohammadpur area in Dhaka, from Mirzapur in Tangail yesterday.

Body recovered in city
Police recovered the body of a youth from a ditch at Shyampur in the city in the early hours of yesterday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Mohsin, 25.

Two criminals arrested with pistol, 129 bullets
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two criminals with a foreign-made pistol and 129 rounds of bullets at Sutrapur in the city yesterday.

UPDF leader arrested in Khagrachhari
Milton Chakma, coordinator of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF), Naniarchar wing, was arrested from Chengipur area of Khagrachhari district yesterday.

Chittagong urea factory shut down due to technical glitch
Urea production at Chittagong Urea Fertiliser Limited (CUFL) came to a halt yesterday morning due to a technical glitch developed in the compressor of its ammonium plant.

Siddhirganj Plant
Russia keen to be associated with 2nd phase
Russia is eager to be associated with the energy sector of Bangladesh, particularly the second phase of Siddhirganj Power Plant.

Toll collection policy soon
The government will formulate an integrated toll collection policy to easily collect toll from vehicles plying various roads and bridges.

Abed awarded honorary doctorate from Yale University
Yale University has conferred an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree on Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of Brac, for his pioneering work in alleviating poverty and human suffering, says