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Metropolitan
 
Adopt measures to stop brain drain
President urges all concerned
President Iajuddin Ahmed yesterday urged all concerned to adopt appropriate measures in stopping country's brain drain in the wake of a growing trend among the students to stay abroad after taking higher
 
Campaign to save Mirpur park
As part of the ongoing movement to save a children's park at Mirpur in the city, Save the Environment Movement and local people organised a drawing competition, signature collection campaign and a cultural
 
Father poisons 5-month son to death, commits suicide in Ctg
A day labourer committed suicide after poisoning his five-month-old son to death in the port city in the early hours of yesterday.
 
Bus passengers robbed in Pabna
Armed robbers beat up the passengers of a bus and looted valuables, leaving 10 passengers injured, near Bonogram Bazar on Dhaka-Pabna highway early Thursday.
 
54th founding anniversary of RU today
Rajshahi University (RU) celebrates its 54th founding anniversary with a daylong colourful programme today.
 
Hotel staff shot in city
A staff of a residential hotel was shot wounded by a gang of miscreants at Chowdhurypara in Malibagh in the city yesterday.
 
'Bangladesh Road' in Ivory Coast
The people of Ivory Coast named a road in their country after Bangladesh in recognition of outstanding services of Bangladeshi peacekeepers.
 
Production in Zia Fertiliser Factory resumes
The production in Zia Fertiliser Factory that was suspended due to technical faults on June 29 resumed yesterday.
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A tree plantation festival with a difference
It was not an ordinary inaugural ceremony of tree plantation.
 
Road crashes kill two, injure 30
Two people were killed and 30 others were injured in separate road accidents in Dhaka and Tangail yesterday.
 
Indian clothes worth Tk 17 lakh seized
The members of BDR seized a truck loaded with Indian clothes worth about Tk 17 lakh at Vimpur in Panchbibi on Thursday.
 
Suranjit leaves for Canada
Awami League presidium member Suranjit Sengupta left for Canada yesterday to see his ailing son. His son Soumen Sengupta studies in Canada. The AL leader will stay there for three weeks.
 
TTT course for police held
A five-day-long 'Train the Trainers' (TTT) course for Bangladesh Police concluded in the city recently, says a press release.
 
Jagannath Rath Jatra July 16
The annual Jagannath Rath Jatra (chariot procession) will start from International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) temple at Swamibagh in the city on July 16, seeking divine blessings for universal
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Appeal for help
Mintu Paul Chowdhury, a student of Dhaka University, has appealed for financial assistance for his treatment as he has been suffering from lung cancer for the last one year.
 
Girl commits suicide in city
A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her house at Ghurni Hazipara at Khilkhet in the city early yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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