The Daily Star: Internet Edition Mon. June 25, 2007

Vol. 5 Num 1090

Mon. June 25, 2007


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Star City

High-rise Buildings
Rajuk starts door-to-door inspection to clean its own dirt
After being in the dark for years, Rajuk has finally started door-to-door inspection of the countless number of high-rise buildings in the city to verify their legitimacy.

Family planning at Dhaka zoo
Faced with a booming population, Dhaka zoo authorities have separated male and female animals as a part of their plan to introduce family planning.

Organised gangs control begging business at traffic lights
Physically challenged beggars of all ages, some with injuries and horrendous skin sores continue to create nuisance at almost every traffic signal of the city begging from commuters.

Khoka's Corner

Local Government
Still no sign of life
Local government activities in the 90 Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) wards of the capital city still remain virtually inactive.

Shabby underpass...

"city express"
The latest crop of quotes from the city's press -- words worth repeating, we feel, for their humour, insight or sheer outrageousness.