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Future US-Bangla relations hinge on CG's success
Former US ambassador Milam tells seminar
Former US ambassador William Milam yesterday said Bangladesh's future relations with the United States hinge on whether the caretaker government (CG) is successful or the military takes over in future.

Road accidents kill 7, injure 56
At least seven people were killed and 56 injured in separate road accidents in Feni, Sylhet, Brahmanbaria and Pirojpur yesterday.

Possibility of inflation going down slim
Says Dr Akbar Ali
Former adviser Dr Akbar Ali Khan said people of fixed income group will continue to suffer in the coming days as possibility of decrease in inflation is slim.

Price Hike
Govt to assess medicine market soon: Health adviser
Government will inspect the medicine market soon to verify the prices, Health and Family Welfare Adviser Maj Gen (Retd) ASM Matiur Rahman said yesterday.

Tk 100cr another project for drought-prone Barind likely
The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has been supplying arsenic-free safe drinking water among the people of drought-prone Barind area for the last couple of years.

Social Investment Scheme
WB okays additional $8m interest-free credit
The World Bank approved an additional finance worth 8.0million US dollar in interest-free credit to sustain and expand the activities under the Social Investment Program Project (SIPP) in Bangladesh.

Press freedom can't exist in isolation from democracy
Mainul tells Dhaka Sub-Editors' Council meet
Law and Information Adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein yesterday said freedom of press cannot exist in isolation from democracy and fundamental rights.

Munshi Faiz new envoy to China
The government has appointed Munshi Faiz Ahmad, present Bangladesh envoy to Singapore, as Bangladesh Ambassador to China, said a Foreign Ministry release yesterday.

SI sent to jail for keeping phensidyl
A police sub-inspector of Bogra sadar police station was suspended and arrested yesterday on charge of possessing phnsidyl.

Three beams of sub-registrar office collapse
Three beams of the roof of the sub-registrar office collapsed at Shrinagar upazila in Munshiganj yesterday. No casualties were reported at the scene.

Compartment of goods train derails
A compartment of a goods train derailed after a CNG run three-wheeler auto-rickshaw hit the train at Tejgaon level crossing in the city yesterday.

Attack on Fine Arts Instt
Punishment to culprits demanded
Students of Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University (DU) demanded proper investigations into the atrocities of JCD activists and BNP-backed teachers on general students on May 29, 2005.

Bangladeshi shot dead by BSF in Satkhira
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) yesterday gunned down a Bangladeshi cattle trader at Gaborda, a bordering village in Swarupnagar police station in West Bengal, India, opposite to Baikari border insadar

Two Criminal Cases
Nanak, Azam, 15 others asked to appear in court on June 21
A Dhaka court yesterday directed Bangladesh Awami Jubo League chairman, its general secretary and 15 others to appear before it on June 21 in two criminal cases filed against them.

Training course for prison personnel ends in city
A two-day training course for prison personnel aiming at reducing crime, drug dependence and preventing the spread of HIV concluded in the city on Saturday, says a press release.

Illegal cable factories unearthed in Chittagong
A mobile court yesterday unearthed two factories that were manufacturing duplicate electric cables of Eastern Cables and BRB Cables at Askarabad area in the port city.

Tahmid, Ziaul new president, GS of DUDS
Tahmid Alam Amit and Ziaul Haque Sheikh have been elected as president and general secretary of Dhaka University Debating Society (DUDS) for the years 2007-2008, says a press release.

Body found in city
The body of an unidentified person was found at Jatrabari in the city yesterday.

Lions multiple dist secy
Cabinet Secretary of District 315 B-2 Ln ASE Delwar Jagloo has been elected multiple district secretary unanimously at the annual convention of Lions Multiple District 315 Bangladesh held at Bangladesh-China