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Growing demand for electricity
Country needs 13m tons of coal a yr to generate additional power
Bangladesh would require 13 million tons of coal every year for the next 10 years to generate additional power to meet the growing demand for electricity, as the natural gas supplies would not be able

Constitutional recognition of indigenous people demanded
Speakers at a discussion at Chapainawabganj yesterday demanded constitutional recognition of the indigenous people, formation of a separate land commission and ministry for them and introduction of primary

Int'l Day Of The World's Indigenous People Celebrated
Safeguard indigenous people's right to mother tongue, culture
Speakers urge govt
With a call to safeguarding indigenous people's right to their mother tongue, culture and land and ensuring constitutional recognition, different indigenous people's forum and other social and cultural

Gender sensitive budget a must for women's empowerment
A gender sensitive budget is a must for women's empowerment, said the speakers at the concluding session of a workshop yesterday.

Enhance visit programme for mutual benefit
President tells Chinese military team
President Iajuddin Ahmed stressed the need for enhancing the visit, training and technical cooperation programmes concerning the armed forces of Bangladesh and China to the mutual benefit.

More donations for flood victims
Different government, non-government and international organisations continue to donate to the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund and distribute relief among the flood victims.

Reproductive Health Rights of Garment Workers
'Step up health and safety measures in factories'
Speakers at a dialogue yesterday stressed the need to strengthen health and safety measures in the garment factories to protect the reproductive health rights of workers.

Road accidents kill 7
At least seven people were killed and over 15 others injured in separate road accidents in Gazipur, Munshiganj and Pabna yesterday.

People's Jute Mills
Attack on CBA leader, 548 more workers get arrear wages
The general secretary of People's Jute Mills workers' union was injured in an attack by angry workers in front of the main gate of the mill at midday yesterday.

Assault on Journos
Ex-Shibir cadre arrested at RU
An employee of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall of Rajshahi University (RU), who was also a former cadre of Islamic Chhatra Shibir (ICS), was arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Wednesday

Announce 6th wage board immediately
Demands SSKOP
The Sangbadik Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SSKOP) yesterday called on the government to announce the Sixth Wage Board Award immediately taking its recommendations into account, a SSKOP press release

Schoolboy murdered over cricket match
A schoolboy was stabbed to death and three others were injured in a dispute over a cricket match at Shewrapara in the city yesterday.

Baby food for jute workers' families
Jano Uddog, a civil rights organisation, yesterday distributed baby food among the 300 families of retrenched workers of closed People's Jute Mills.

Victims' Support Centres to be set up at police stations
The police department will set up Victims' Support Centres (VSC) to enhance the capacity of the law enforcement agency men to better respond to the needs of the victims of crimes and provide securityto

IBA English debate contest begins today
A three-day national English debate competition organised by the Institute of Business Administration Communication Club (IBACC) of Dhaka University (DU) will begin at the IBA auditorium today.

UP chairman, his aide get 22 yrs each
A court in Chittagong yesterday sentenced a union parishad chairman and his accomplice to 22 years of imprisonment each in an arms case.

20 fall sick from food poisoning in Rajshahi
At least 20 apprentices of Rajshahi Female Cottage Industry and Agriculture Centre fell sick from food poisoning after they had their dinner at its dining hall on Wednesday night.

New DFID Country Representative due Aug 12
Chris Austin, UK's new Country Representative of the Department for International Development (DFID), will arrive in Dhaka on August 12, says a press release.

20 to receive Japanese scholarship
Like previous years, 20 more Bangladeshi citizens will go to Japan for study this year under the Japanese Grant Aid for Human Resource Development Scholarship project.

Students join street clean-up campaign
A three-day street cleaning campaign titled 'Stand up. Clean up' began at Dhanmondi in the city yesterday, says a press release.

BC English teaching programmes start Aug 28
The British Council Teaching Centre will organise English language programmes beginning from August 28, says a press release.

Hand grenade recovered
Police recovered a hand grenade from a mango orchard in Teligati area at Khanjahan Ali upazila in Khulna on Wednesday night. The mango orchard belongs to one Sheikh Omar Ali, a spice trader.