Postal stamp on birds Aug 31

Bangladesh poet office will release commemorative stamp on birds of Bangladesh on August 31. The stamp will be of Taka lour and six denomina Uon The post office will soon release a souvenir envelop of Taka 25 in this connection A first day cover of Taka five will also be released and a special canceller will be used reports BSS

2 bodies recovered

from Padma

MANIKGANJ. Aug 28 Bodies of two people who drowiyd in a boat capotoe in the Padma on Saturday were recovered today near Leshra ganj of Harirampur thana 71>e victims were Identified as Alamglr 28. of Bera thana and Mokhies 30 of Tallmnagar village of Sujanagar thana in Pabna district. Local people found the bodies near Leshraganj. three km away from the spot, where the machanised boat sank with 25 passengers on board Another two people were still missing reports UNB

H -2 rocket blasts off

TAN EGAS Hl MA Japan Aug 28. Japan's second H-2 rocket blasted off from the Tanegashima space centre to day and successfully placed a large satellite into a transfer orbit to mark a new milestone in Japanese technology The launch went off without a faUcti and came 10 days after a liftoff was aborted due to a faulty computer chip that failed to ignite the rockets two solid fuel boosters reports AFP.