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News in Brief
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Transport strike in Khulna starts
Our Correspondent, Khulna
Transport owners and workers started an indefinite strike on different routes in Khulna yesterday, demanding a ban on plying of locally made three-wheelers on highways.
Vehicular movement was halted on the Bagerhat, Pirojpur, Barisal and Jhalakathi routes from Khulna.
Rupsha-Khulna Bus-Minibus Owners' Association and Rupsha-Khulna Motor Workers' Union enforced the strike from 10:00am.
President of the association said people prefer to travel by the three-wheelers due to cheaper fares which was curtailing their business.
Ruet admission test on Nov 16
RU Correspondent
Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) will hold the admission test for the 2013-14 session on November 16.
Ruet has introduced two new departments -Architecture and Mechatronics Engineering - which have 30 seats each.
Further details will be available on the Ruet website: www.ruet.ac.bd.
Book fair begins in capital
DU Correspondent
With an aim to arouse people's interest in books, a six-day book fair was inaugurated in the capital yesterday.
Eleven publishers organised the fair titled "Boier Haat" which will remain open between 2:00pm and 9:00pm till September 14 on the Central Public Library premises.
DU Vice-Chanchellor Prof AAMS Arefin Siddique innaugurated the programme where convener of the fair Komol Kanti Das also spoke.
Car hijacked in capital
Staff Correspondent
A gang hijacked a car after stabbing the chauffeur in the hand in the capital's Uttara yesterday.
Mofizur Rahman was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Some four hijackers stabbed Rahman while he was cleaning the Corolla EX car in front of his owner's house at Sector-11 around 6:30am and snatched the key from him. Then they made off on the car, said police.
Australian education exposition today
City Desk
An Australian education exposition will be held at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the capital today.
Australian Education Agents Association of Bangladesh has organised it with support from Australian Trade Commission of the Australian High Commission in Dhaka.
Australian High Commissioner HE Greg Wilcock will inaugurate the exposition in the ballroom of the hotel.
Australian universities, and technical and vocational institutions will participate in the event which will continue till 5:00pm from 10:00am.
Boy drowns in pond in capital
Staff Correspondent
A two-year-old boy drowned in a lake in the capital's
Osmani Udyan yesterday morning.
The deceased was Md Raju.
Locals rushed him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead, said Shahbagh police.
His mother, Rahima, who survives by begging on the street, was taking food at a tea stall near the lake and did not realised that Raju was missing.