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Open deptts in hospitals for elderly people
Speakers urge govt at seminar
Speakers at a seminar yesterday urged the caretaker government to introduce ageing registration system and provide additional opportunities in health and transport sectors for elderly people.

DU Rokeya Hall Suicide Incidents
Counselling begins after 18 months
Against the backdrop of four incidents of suicide by female students at Rokeya Hall of Dhaka University (DU) in one and a half years, the authorities have taken up special counselling measures at thedormitory

BSF assures BDR of maintaining peace
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) yesterday assured Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) of all possible cooperation for maintaining peace along the common frontiers.

SMF-BTEB coordination a must to produce skilled medical technologists
Speakers tell seminar
Speakers at a seminar yesterday called for coordination between State Medical Faculty (SMF) and Bangladesh Technical Education Board (BTEB) to produce skilled medical technologists.

No headway in Jessore BNP leader murder case
There has been no breakthrough in the investigation into Jessore BNP leader Abdar Faruque murder case.

42 Bangladeshis win Erasmus Mundus scholarship
Forty-two Bangladeshi graduates have won Erasmus Mundus scholarship for the years 2007-2008, says a press release. Erasmus Mundus is an exchange and scholarship programme run by the European Commission.

RU Chhatra Dal cadre arrested
Police arrested a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) cadre of Rajshahi University (RU) in Kajla area near the university campus yesterday.

Raisul Islam gets Novera Memorial Scholarship
Novera Deepita Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Md Raisul Islam, a student of mass communication and journalism department of Dhaka University, at a programme marking the first death anniversary of

BUET to celebrate 60 years of engineering edn in Bangladesh
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) has chalked out a series of programmes to celebrate 60 years of engineering education in Bangladesh beginning from today.

World Cyber Games
Bangladesh championship begins
The three-day World Cyber Games (WCG) 2007 Bangladesh Championship, the biggest computer gaming tournament in Bangladesh, kicked off at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city yesterday.

Final round of Mutual Trust Bank-Daily Star Debate today
The final round and prize giving ceremony of the 'Mutual Trust Bank-The Daily Star Debate Contest '07' will be held in Chittagong today.

Need for water quality monitoring stressed
A seminar on the 'Medium-term Operational Plan for Strengthening Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance System in Bangladesh' was held in the city recently, says a press release.

Robbery at house in Narsingdi
Armed robbers looted cash and valuables from a house at Raipura in Narsingdi after injuring 10 people in the early hours of yesterday.

2 youths found slaughtered in Gazipur
Police recovered bodies of two youths from Bhabanipur area in Gazipur yesterday.

BBC Bangladesh Sanglap today
The BBC World Service kicks off the third series of the 'BBC Bangladesh Sanglap' at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city at 5:45pm today.

Dr Wazed shifted to Square Hospital
Ailing nuclear scientist Dr Wazed Miah, husband of Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, was shifted to Square Hospital in the city from Bangladesh Medical College Hospital on Thursday night.

Buet team develops four robots to contest Robocon 2007
Bangladesh-made robots are set to vie with robots from other Asia-Pacific countries in Robocon 2007 competition beginning in Hanoi, Vietnam, on August 26.

Boy killed as house collapses in Comilla
A boy was killed and his brother and sister were critically injured as a thatched house collapsed on them at Sithilpur village in Burichang upazila during heavy rain on Thursday night.