Biswas returns today

President Abdur Rahman Biswas returns to Dhaka this morning after performing Hajj. The President is accompanied by his wife Begum Biswas. He left for Jeddah on May 26. reports BSS.

Khaleda greets Senegalese PM

Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia yesterday felicitated Habib Thalm on his assumption of the office of Prime Minister of the Republic of Senegal. In a message she said "During your tenure of office the existing relations between our two countries would be further strengthened to our mutual benefit". reports BSS.

11 burnt alive in Karnataka

NEW DELHI. June 5: Three children among 11 people were burned alive in a fire which swept though a village in the south Indian state of Karnataka today Police told the 1*71 that the flames razed three huts in a hamlet near the town of Belgau. killing the Inhabitants. They said the cause of the fire was not yet known, reports AFP.

19 hurt as rival groups clash

SIRAJGANJ. June 5: At least IB people were Injured, three of them seriously, tn a clash be tween two groups of people over possession of trees at Pa tag ram village in Kazipur thana of the district today (Saturday) Villagers said, the clash began when Shahjahan Master and his uncle former UP member Haji Atahar AH tried to collect some trunks of trees. Both groups used lethal weapons during the clash. Seriously injured Shahjahan Master (50). Torry (25) and Rafiqul (24) were admitted to the Kazipur Health Complex. reports UNB