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NEWS in brief
Navy seizes banned fishing net
Staff Correspondent
Bangladesh Navy has siezed about 20 million meters of banned fishing net used to catch Jhatka fish (hilsa smaller than 23 centimetres) from costal areas and different rivers in the southern part of the country in last three months.
The length of the net, worth about Tk 44 crore, can be calculated as 19,440 kilometers, said a navy press release.
Navy along with coast guard started a drive to protect I lilsha fish on February 28. The net has been destroyed.
Man 'kills himself in capital
Staff Correspondent
A man allegedly killed himself by jumping off a four-storey hotel at Nazira Bazar in old Dhaka yesterday.
Md Sobhan, 27, of Chandpur, was suffering from mental illness and came to his brother Borhanuddin Manik, who works in the hotel and restaurant, 'One Star' two days ago for treatment, said Bangshal police.
He was declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital and his body was sent to the morgue for an autopsy.
Two children drown in Rangpur
Our Correspondent, Rangpur
Two children drowned in a canal in Amashu-Kukrul area in Rangpur city on Saturday afternoon.
The dead, Lambi, 6, daughter of Samsul Islam, and Shrishti, 7, daughter of Selim Mian, hailed from the same area.
Police said the girls went to the canal for bathing on Saturday afternoon but did not know swimming.
Russian Embassy celebrates National Day
Diplomatic Correspondent
Russian Embassy in Dhaka hosted a grand reception at its embassy in Gulshan on Saturday marking the National Day of the country.
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali attended the reception as the chief guest while Russian Ambassador Alexander A Nikolaev welcomed the guests.
The reception began with national anthems of Bangladesh and Russia and was followed by a beautiful musical soiree.
Trip for challenged children arranged
City Desk
The Concord Group arranged a free trip for 200 orphanages, underprivileged children and children with disabilities to their theme park Fantasy Kingdom on Saturday.
Concord started its journey in 1973 as a small engineering construction firm with the construction of bridges damaged during the Liberation War and intends to continue such kind of social activities to help the underprivileged people of the country'.
Coursefordefencefinance auditors starts
Staff correspondent
A month-long foundation course for the newly recruited auditors of the defence finance department was inaugurated yesterday, said a press release.
Controller General Defence Finance Mahtab Uddin chaired the session and the director general of Financial Management Academy spoke at the event held in the senior finance controller's (army) office in Dhaka Cantonment.