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6 killed in road crashes
At least six people including a woman were killed in separate road accidents across the country yesterday.

Lightning kills two in Gaibandha
Two farmers died and five others were injured by lightning in the district yesterday.

Dhaka Strategic Transport Plan needs amendment
Experts tell meeting
Experts at a view exchange meeting yesterday called for amending the proposed Dhaka Strategic Transport Plan (STP).

Govt working for social change: Iftekhar
Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has said the caretaker government is working to make a tolerant and clean society by taking various reform measures.

'Maintain quality of pharmaceutical products'
Health and Family Welfare Adviser Major General (retd) Dr ASM Matiur Rahman yesterday underlined the need for maintaining proper quality of pharmaceutical products to expand foreign markets for enhancing

WB approves $100m credit to improve quality of secondary education
The World Bank on Thursday approved a US$100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the government's efforts to deepen and sustain reforms in the education sector.

Teen defies early marriage
A 16-year-old girl, whose parents wanted to marry off her against her will, has managed to foil their plan with the help of the local ward commissioner and the police in the port city.

Kidney stone of 2-yr-old boy removed by PCNL method
Stone has been removed from the kidney of a two-year-old boy by applying Perceutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) method for the first time in the country, said a press release of The Barakah Kidney Hospital

Palassey Day today
Today is historic Palassey Day. On this day in 1757, the glorious sun of national independence set in Palassey on the bank of the Bhagirathi.

Housewife electrocuted in Pabna
A housewife was electrocuted in the district on Thursday night. She was identified as Aleya Khatun, a housewife of Batuan village under Bhangura upazila.

Seminar on biotechnology
Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Brac University held the first of a series of seminars on Biotechnology at the department on Thursday, says a press release.

Four held with fake driving licences
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four persons with fake driving licences and materials used for them from South Badda of the city Thursday night.

Woman found dead in diagnostic centre in city
Police recovered the decomposed body of a woman from a diagnostic centre and clinic in the city in the early hours of yesterday.

Depression crosses Andhra
The deep depression over the Bay crossed north Andhra coast near Machilipatnam at noon yesterday and lay centred as a land depression over Andhra Pradesh.

Drishti fruit festival held
Drishti, a cultural organisation, organised a fruit festival at the cafeteria of Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) on Dhaka University campus yesterday with a view to upholding the culture and heritage ofthe

Father, son electrocuted
A man and his son died and three others of the family injured when they came into contact with a live electric wire in Kharkhori area under Boalia Police Station in the city on Thursday night.

HSC examinee dies in rooftop fall in Ctg
An HSC examinee died after falling from a rooftop water tank in the port city yesterday.

Int'l Public Service Day today
The International Public Service Day will be observed across the country today in a befitting manner as elsewhere in the world. This year the theme is "Building trust in government".