SAARC lawccnfce in city from Dec 27

The three day Fifth SAARC Law Conference begins in the city Dec 27. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina la expected to Inaugurate the conference at the International Conference Cen tre Chief justices of the SAARC region. Judges Iswyers. «r« demiclans and international legal experts from home and abroad will attend the confer ence. reports BSS

Zamir made

envoy to Italy

The government has appointed Muhammad Zamir at Cesent Additional Foreign cretary in the Ministry ol Foreign Affairs the Ambas sador of Bangladesh lo the Re pubtic of Italy. It was officially announced yesterday reports

Dr Gill new

Indian CEO

NEW DELHI Dec 11 Efectkxi Commissioner Dr M S Gill was today appointed the Chief Efe tion Commissioner (CECI, it was officially announced here Dr Gill a former agriculture secretary would replace T N Se-shan who retires today Dr Gill was appointed election com misstoner on September 30 1993 along with GVG Krishna murty to broad-base the constitutional authority, reports PTI

JS team calls on

Lok Sabha Speaker

NEW DELHI Dec 11 A high powered team of Bangladesh members of Parliament and senior officials fed by Suranjit Sengupta. MP. called on Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma. here today, reports PTI.

Wan en held with heroin in city

Pobce arrested a woman and recovered 90 grams of heroin from her house at Atish Di pankar Road in Subujbagh thana tn the city yesterday Act Ing on a tip-off. DB police raided the house at 35 Atish Dipankar Road and nabbed Hens Begum alias Mina (351 and seized the contraband Police said Mina was a ring leader of an organised group of heroin traders, reports UNB

Promotion

Acting Secretary of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs M Akmal Hossain has been promoted as Secretary of the same Ministry said an offi cial^handout yesterday reports