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Declare ship breaking an industry
Speakers urge govt
Speakers at a view exchange meeting in the port city yesterday demanded the caretaker government should declare ship breaking an industry and formulate a policy in this regard.

7 killed in road crashes
Seven people were killed and 29 others injured in separate road accidents in Magura, Satkhira, Netrakona and Faridpur yesterday.

Exhibition of clothes designed by Chakmas begins
With a view to promoting designs of Chakma community, Nogordola, a concern of Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM), is organising a month-long exhibition of clothes suitable for rainy season in the city.

CA inaugurates indigenous fish preservation campaign
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday formally inaugurated a countrywide campaign to preserve indigenous fishes, many of which are becoming extinct due to destruction of their natural habitats andunplanned

Release of Hasina demanded
Different organisations at home and abroad condemned the arrest of former prime minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina and demanded her immediate release.

'Initiate master plan to save jute industry'
Speakers at a press conference yesterday called for immediate initiation of a master plan to save the country's jute industry from destruction.

Dropout rate at primary level still alarming
The dropout rate at the primary level is still alarming although several initiatives like the second primary education development programme (PEDP-II) have been taken, Directorate of Primary Education

32 girl students fall unconscious at Savar school
At least 32 girl students and a teacher fell unconscious in classes of Polashbari Hajee Joyenuddin High School in a mysterious disease yesterday.

Outlawed party leader arrested in Khulna
The police arrested a leader of outlawed New Biplobi Communist Party (NBCP) from Dumuria upazila parishad compound in Khulna yesterday morning.

Buddha's hair relic to be handed over tomorrow
Most of the members of the Sri Lankan delegation including Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama and five other senior ministers are likely to arrive here in the port city today to collect hair relics of

Death Anniversary of Shamsur Rahman
Police prevent journos from holding memorial meeting
The police did not allow journalists to hold a meeting in memory of slain journalist Shamsur Rahman at the IDEB auditorium in Jessore yesterday.

Appeal for help
Syed Rahadh Amin, a patient of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), has appealed for financial assistance to save his life.

Photo exhibition of Bangladeshi Diaspora in UK
A photo exhibition of Bangladeshi Diaspora in the United Kingdom began at British Council in the city yesterday.

Rath Jatra celebrated
Hindu devotees yesterday celebrated the annual Jagannath Rath Jatra (chariot procession), one of their major religious festivals, across the country amid festivity and religious fervour.

Iajuddin undergoes medical checkup
President Iajuddin Ahmed underwent a medical check-up at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore yesterday.