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Metropolitan
 
Lack of proper planning creates urban problems
Mainul tells WB workshop
Absence of proper planning is causing various problems like housing shortage, traffic congestion, inadequacy of basic services and degradation of environment in urban areas, especially in Dhaka and Chittagong,
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CA for media publicity about agri incentives, subsidies
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed suggested extensive publicity over mass media to make farmers aware about government incentives and subsidies for agriculture and application of viable technologies forcropping.
 
Physical and Mental Violence
'Create social awareness to protect girl children'
Only a high level of social awareness can protect girl children from physical and mental violence, said the speakers at a seminar yesterday.
 
Bring corrupt political leaders to book
Quarishi urges CG
Ferdous Ahmad Quarishi, chief convener of the proposed new political party, yesterday called for bringing all corrupt political leaders to book in the light of charges brought against them.
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'Introduce skill training programme for migrant workers'
Experts at a roundtable yesterday suggested introducing employable skill training for workers going abroad for jobs, saying that skilled workers send much more remittances than unskilled ones.
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President's Parade held
Give priority to national interest for corruption-free motherland
Navy Chief tells newly commissioned officers
Summer Graduation President Parade marking the commissioning of Midshipmen 2005 'B' batch of Bangladesh Navy was held at the Bangladesh Naval Academy parade ground in Chittagong on Wednesday, says anISPR
 
Home ministry to finalise citizens' charter
A coordination meeting of the home ministry yesterday decided to finalise the citizens' charter aiming at providing quick service to the people.
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The Daily Star VDC debate contest begins
The Daily Star Viqarunnisa Noon Debating Club 3rd Children's, 6th Inter-School and 6th Inter-Club Debate Championship 2007 was inaugurated on Viqarunnisa Noon School and College campus in the city yesterday.
 
Road accidents kill 4
At least four people were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka and Tangail yesterday.
 
Bldg Design Forgery
Dom-inno MD, two others arrested
The army-led joint forces yesterday arrested the managing director and two other top officials of Dom-inno Development Limited, a property developing company, for forgery in constructing buildings.
 
Kazi Awal made law secretary
The government yesterday appointed Kazi Habibul Awal as acting law secretary after consultation with the Supreme Court.
 
ACC secretary to join BCS Admin Academy
Delwar Hossain, secretary of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), left his post yesterday to join as director general of Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy following an administrative reshuffle
 
Rajshahi militant suspect sent to Dhaka for quizzing
A suspected militant arrested in connection with planting bombs on the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) campus was sent to Dhaka yesterday for quizzing by a taskforce interrogation
 
Bangladeshi girl shot by BSF
A Bangladeshi girl was shot by Border Security Force (BSF) of India in the bordering area of Roumari upazila on Wednesday night.
 
Dr Kamal leaves for London
Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday left for London en route to the Hague to attend a meeting of an international arbitral tribunal, says a press release.
 
10 business firms fined Tk 3 lakh
A mobile court in a drive in the last two days here fined ten business firms Tk 3 lakh for encroaching a large drain and ordered the firms to clean the drain immediately on their own.
 
Baby burnt alive in Khulna
A one-year-old baby was burnt alive in a fire at Haji Mohsin Road in Khulna Sadar on Wednesday. The victim was identified as Siam Munshi, son of Nurul Islam Munshi, a tea stall owner.
 
Hoarded rice seized, 1 held
Detective branch of Khulna Metropolitan Police recovered 6,228 kilograms of rice allocated for 'Food-for-Works Programme' from Khan Brothers at Barho Bazar in the district and arrested its proprietoryesterday
 

 
   
 
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