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Power cos to watch if shops follow shutdown time

Power authorities in the capital will mobilise their monitoring units to make sure that shops and business houses are closed by 8:00pm as the power demand has suddenly increased with the very onset of hot weather. Full story

19 brick kilns closed in two months

A total of 19 brick kilns in 11 districts across the country were forced to be shut down in January and February this year for violating environmental laws and excess emission of carbon gas, said a press release issued by the Department of Environment on Saturday. Full story

Experts for amendment to organ transplantation act

Guests attend a roundtable on kidney transplant at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Saturday. — New Age photo
Health experts on Saturday urged the government to amend the Bangladesh Organ Transplantation Act 1999 particularly to solve the donor crisis kidney patients often face. Full story

SUST female students in common room crisis

Female students at the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet face severe common room crisis and subsequently deprive of relaxation, study and socialising opportunities. Full story

DU students demand DUCSU polls

Shikkharthi Odhikar Mancha, a platform of Dhaka University students, on Saturday went on demonstration on the campus demanding the university authority hold election to the central students’ union. Full story

DU plans to set up Scandinavia studies centre

Dhaka University will soon make necessary arrangements for setting up a Scandinavian studies centre to promote studies on the region’s language, culture, teaching and media. Full story

3 suspected robbers held in Ctg

A total of three suspected robbers were held at Shahid Nagar in the port city of Chittagong in the early hours of Saturday. The arrested are Hasan, 42, Abdul Kader Zilani, 28, and Shahjahan, 25, Full story

Rain or thundershowers likely

Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at one or two places over the Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and the regions of Dhaka and Faridpur with moderately heavy falls at places over the Chittagong division. Full story


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