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Vietnam keen to improve economic ties
BSS, Dhaka
Vietnam is keen to improve political and economic relations with Bangladesh in the coming days, newly appointed Vietnamese Ambassador to Bangladesh Nguyen QuangThug said yesterday.
He was speaking to President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban after presenting his credentials to the latter.
Welcoming the new envoy at Bangabhaban, the president said excellent bilateral relations that exist between Bangladesh and Vietnam was time-tested and rooted in the rich common heritage and cultural affinity.
The president said the Bangladesh government is committed to further develop and strengthen the existing bonds of friendship and cooperation with Vietnam.
The envoy said his country is keen to import more Bangladeshi pharmaceuticals, jute and jute goods and ceramics considering their worldstandard quality.
Schoolboy killed by lightning
Staff Correspondent
A schoolboy died after being struck by lightning at Mughda in the capital yesterday.
Sazidul Haque Niloy, 14, son of Sirajul Haque, was a student of class VIII of Maniknagar High School in the area.
He was struck by lightning while taking bath on the roof of their five-storey building during rain around 1:00pm, his father told journalists at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
Niloy was initially rushed to a local hospital and later taken to DMCH where doctors declared him dead around 3:30pm.
Woman dies in Khulna road crash
A Correspondent, Khulna
A woman was killed as a bus ran her over on Khulna-Jessore highway in Gilatala area in Khulna city yesterday.
The victim was identified as Ramicha Begum, 40, wife of Iqbal Hossain, a resident of Khanjahan Ali Police Station area in the city.
Police said the bus crushed Ramicha from behind when she fell onto the road from a motorbike, ridden by her husband, around
Eight houses burnt in Ctg
Staff Correspondent, ctg
Eight houses were gutted in a fire in Hathazari upazila of Chittagong yesterday.
Mannan Patwari, station officer of Hathazari Fire Service and Civil Defence Station, said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in the house of one Md Ramjan Ali of No 2 Dhalai union council around 12:00 noon.
It instantaneously engulfed the adjacent seven tin-shed houses and completely gutted them, he said.
A fire fighting unit from the station rushed to the spot around 12:40pm and doused the flame around
New Korean volunteers in Dhaka
Diplomatic Correspondent
An eight-member team of Korean Overseas Volunteers (KOVs) arrived in Dhaka on Sunday to share their knowledge and experience with Bangladeshi citizens.
The team members are experts in computer education, nursing, social welfare, health and Korean language, said a press release.
Among the new KOVs, seven volunteers will be staying in Bangladesh for the next two years while another for the next one year.
The KOVs will undergo in-country training for the first two months in which they are expected to gain