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No polls without electoral reforms
14-party leaders tell Bogra road march
The first day of district level road march programme of Awami League (AL)-led 14-party opposition combine passed off peacefully in the district headquarters yesterday amid unprecedented security measurers.

Uncongenial atmosphere for pry education prevails in CHT
Speakers tell seminar
The phantom of feudal anarchy is still haunting the hilly region and thus holds the indigenous children back from having compulsory primary education, said the speakers at a seminar in the city yesterday.

Four-party candidates to win with more votes than in '01
Grassroots leaders tell prime minister
Grassroots leaders yesterday told BNP Chairperson and Prime Minister Khaleda Zia that the reigning four-party alliance candidates for the next polls would win with more votes than they got in the last

7 killed in road accidents
At least seven people were killed in separate road accidents the city and Savar yesterday. Three people died in separate road accidents in the city and in the suburbs yesterday.

AL plots against polls
Minister says at Jubo Dal rally
Information Minister M Shamsul Islam yesterday said Awami League (AL) has been hatching conspiracy against the next general election sensing its defeat.

Former PS to Hasina alleges govt harassment
RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury, a government official who served as a personal secretary to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina during her tenure, yesterday said he tendered his resignation a year ago,

Khulna BNP factions hold separate rallies
Two factions of Khulna BNP held rallies separately in the city as part of the party's central programme protesting what it said the anarchy created by the Awami League-led 14-party opposition combineover

JS body asks edn ministry to implement govt assurances
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the government assurances at a meeting yesterday asked the Ministry of Education to take immediate measures for implementation of various government commitments.

25 more dengue patients hospitalised
With another 25 dengue-infected people admitted in different hospitals and clinics in the capital yesterday, the number of dengue patients reached to 1,125, said the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) sources.

Auto-rickshaw owners asked to renew route permit
Owners of CNG-run auto-rickshaws have been asked to renew the route permit of their vehicles up to 2007.

Criminals demand tolls from N'ganj minority family
Two people identifying themselves as members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) allegedly ransacked the house of a minority family and looted Tk 7,500 at Amlapara in Narayanganj on Wednesday night.

'Take steps to ensure votes of non-resident Bangladeshis'
Mayor of Tower Hamlets Shafiqul Haque urged the government, opposition parties and Election Commission to take measures so that the non-resident Bangladeshis can cast vote in the next general election.

Stolen car recovered in Ctg
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered a private car from Pahartali area in the port city yesterday.

Prof Faez new IU VC
Prof Faez Mohammad Serazul Hoque has been appointed as the vice-chancellor (VC) of Islamic University (IU) yesterday.

Six injured as BCL, Shibir men clash in Lalmonirhat
At least six were injured during a clash between Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) at Lalmonirhat Govt College here yesterday.

1,218 more held
Police arrested 1,218 people from across the country on various charges in the last 24 hours ending at 6:00am yesterday.

Obituary
Noted scientist and former director of the Institute of Food Science and Technology Dr Kazi AKM Nurul Haq died of kidney ailments at his Mirpur residence on August 8 at the age of 72.