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News in Brief
US visa applicants urged to refrain from giving false info
Diplomatic Correspondent
The US Embassy in Dhaka urged visa applicants to refrain from providing any false information and fake documents to get visa.
"False stories and fake documents will often end with a refusal and a permanent mark against the applicant," said US Embassy Consul General Jamie Fouss while speaking at a press event at the American centre yesterday.
Fouss warned applicants against brokers and agents, saying they cannot get anyone a visa and may do more harm than good. He suggested students willing to study in the US to go to EducationUSA instead of brokers.
Fire at N'ganj election office guts 400 ballot boxes
Staff Correspondent
Around 400 ballot boxes were gutted in a fire at Narayanganj sadar upazila election office early yesterday.
The fire, which broke out around 3:00am, was doused after 40 minutes, said Takdir Ahmed, the upazila election officer. "We are investigating the incident. But the reason behind the fire could not be known immediately," he told The Daily Star.
Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz said this will not cause any problem in holding the election because the Election Commission (EC) has arranged some additional number of ballot boxes.
30km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg road
UNB, Camilla
Thousands of passengers got stranded on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway yesterday morning as a 30km long tailback was created due to huge traffic flow.
Police said vehicular movement came to a halt from Paduar Bazar in Sadar South upazila to Madhaiya in Chandina upazila on the highway from 3:00am due to pressure of several thousand vehicles
The rise in number of vehicles on the highway after four days of hartal and reckless driving caused the tailback, police also said.
Dhaka re-elected member of
Unesco executive board
Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh has been re-elected as a member of the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) for six years, says an education ministry press release.
The country got 152 votes to secure membership of the 58-member board in an election held at the Unesco headquarters in Paris on Wednesday.
Bangladesh along with China, Japan, Nepal, Turkmenistan and Vanuatu was made members of the electoral group-4 under the board.
Bangladesh team discusses Rooppur power plant with Russia
Staff Correspondent
A Bangladeshi delegation yesterday held discussions with their Russian counterparts on the proposed third contract for the preparatory phase of Bangladesh's Rooppur nuclear power plant, in Belorussia.
Bangladesh was represented by officials and experts from Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology while Russia was represented by a delegation from "NIAEP"-"ASE," sister concern of Russian state atomic energy corporation -ROSATOM, says a press release..
Man's genital cut off over extramarital affair
Staff Correspondent
Unknown miscreants chopped off the genital of a man, who is pursuing his post-graduate degree in medicine, after abducting him from the capital's Paribagh yesterday.
Police said the husband of a woman with whom the victim, 35, had an extra-marital affair hired the goons. The doctor was released later and is fighting for life in hospital.