The Daily Star: Internet Edition Fri. June 15, 2007

Vol. 5 Num 1080

Fri. June 15, 2007


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'Provide budgetary allocation for indigenous people of plains'
Indigenous leaders demanded that the government provide budgetary allocation for advancement of the indigenous people of the plain lands and ensure their active participation in using the block allocation

Seven killed in road accidents
Seven people were killed and scores injured in separate road accidents across the country yesterday.

Narsingdi Killing
Four of the killer gang arrested
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four of a serial-killing gang, which was also involved in last month's killing of six members of a family in Narsingdi, from different parts of the country on Wednesday.

Art exhibition on children in politics
The National Children's Task Force (NCTF) opened a two-day art exhibition at the Shishu Academy in the city yesterday displaying children's artworks on involvement of children in political activities,

Foreign adviser meets speaker of Australian parliament
Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury met Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives David Hawker MP at the Australian Parliament in Canberra yesterday morning.

CNG-run autorickshaws
314 cases filed against owners, drivers in city
A mobile court in separate drives in the city over the last 21 days filed 314 cases against the owners and drivers of CNG-run auto-rickshaws for taking additional deposits and realising excess fares.

Shafi Ahmed made envoy to UK
The government has decided to appoint Shafi U Ahmed, now serving as the Bangladesh high commissioner to Malaysia, as the country's next high commissioner to the United Kingdom.