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CNG-run auto-rickshaw owners go on 3-day strike in capital today
Staff Correspondent
Dhaka City CNG-run Auto-rickshaw Owners' Association yesterday called a three-day strike in the city from 6:00am today protesting what it said, nonimplementation of the vehicles' increased government approved life span.
ATM Najmul Hasan, general secretary of the association, told The Daily Star that the government had increased the life span of the auto-rickshaws to 15 years from 11 years.
BRTA issued a gazette notification on May 19 in this regard, he said.
But due to bureaucratic red tape, it is yet to be implemented, he added.
Cop held with Yaba in capital
Staff correspondent
Detective Branch (north) of police arrested a police constable with 320 Yaba tablets from Rampura area in Dhaka yesterday, says a report of DMP online news portal.
Hailing from Chapainawabganj, Masafuddoula Al Masud has been posted at the protection division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
He was taken on a two-day remand, said court sources.
A case has been filed with Rampura Police Station in this connection.
German envoy Conze to leave Dhaka for Bamako
Diplomatic Correspondent
German Ambassador to
Bangladesh Dr Albrecht Conze is leaving Dhaka on a very short notice to take up a new diplomatic assignment at the newly established European civilian mission in Mali.
"I am expected to move to Bamako within weeks, and therefore have to leave Bangladesh on the 1st of June," said Conze at a farewell lunch yesterday.
The Bangladesh German Chamber of Commerce and Industries (BGCCI) organised the farewell lunch for the outgoing German ambassador.
Conze, who had taken up his post as Germany's ambassador to Bangladesh in August 2012, has been appointed the head of EUCAP Sahel Mali, the newly established European civilian mission for the stabilisation of Mali.
Bangladesh awarded for peacekeeping efforts
Diplomatic Correspondent
The United Nations Association-USA and Better World Campaign have awarded Bangladesh for its contribution to UN Peacekeeping operations worldwide.
In a reception on May 21 in Washington, under a banner of "Thank a Peacekeeper", Bangladesh along with seven other countries was acknowledged for its contribution to the peacekeeping operations, said a press release of Bangladesh embassy in the US yesterday.
The reception was held ahead of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on May 29.
Fair & Lovely Foundation gives scholarship to school students
City desk
Fair & Lovely Foundation, a social initiative of Unilever Bangladesh Ltd, organised a countrywide scholarship programme for the family members of its distributor's sales force.
Around 56 Primary School Certificate (PSC) candidates and 43 Junior School Certificate (JSC) candidates received the scholarship based on their merit.
Candidates from Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) will also be brought under this program, says a press release.