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http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/05/19/d7051901033.htm   Few Interns Return to Work 5 more patients die at RMCH Five more patients died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) yesterday amid virtual work abstention of the intern doctors. Earlier, in absence of treatment facilities due to the strike that intern doctors called following a clash with patients' attendants on Wednesday afternoon, four patients died and many others left the hospital without treatment. The five patients who died yesterday include two children and an elderly person from Bogra, a RMCH official told reporters last night. Only a very few interns joined the work at some emergency wards following the RMCH director's notice, witnesses and RMCH sources said. At a press conference yesterday evening, where some 60 interns of a total of 150 working at the hospital attended, the interns said they temporarily withdrew the strike till Saturday. That day they will sit with the RMCH director

http://www.thedailystar.net/2007/05/18/d7051801044.htm     Four die at RMCH without treatment Four die at RMCH without treatment Interns enforce indefinite strike after clash with attendants of patients Four patients died without treatment at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) yesterday as interns refused to attend patients after they clashed with attendants of patients and beat one up severely over accusations of neglect. The row between the interns and the attendants of patients started Wednesday afternoon at around 5:00pm when an attendant and husband of a patient allegedly misbehaved with a female intern--Dr Matuara Sharmin, said sources. The patient, Sima, 22, was admitted in Ward 16 earlier in the morning on Wednesday with encephalitis and pneumonia complications and the doctors on duty had been neglectful in treating her, claimed her relatives and witnesses. Sima's husband Shahabul Islam, a prison guard at Chapainawabganj district jail, along with

  http://www.newagebd.com/front.html#8 New Age: Tasneem Khalil, an editorial assistant at The Daily Star, picked up by plainclothesmen claiming to be members of the army-led joint forces from his Central Road residence early Friday, was released at about 11:00pm, his family said.    The reasons for his brief detention were not explained by the authorities.    Tasneem is also a consultant for New York-based Human Rights Watch and a stringer for several international news organisations, including the Cable News Network. He also maintains a blog on which he posts news and views.    Tasneem's wife, Sharmin Afsana Suchi, earlier told New Age, 'Four men in plain clothes identifying themselves as members of the joint forces stormed into our apartment after midnight'.    'They used abusive language and searched the entire apartment. The men seized Tasneem's passport, mobile phones, two computers and all documents, notepads, compact discs—everything,' sh

Staff Correspondent, Rajshahi   The key accused in Rajshahi University professor Mohammad Yunus murder case and JMB leader Shahidullah alias Mahbub was sent to Rajshahi central jail last evening.   Criminal Investigation Department (CID) that is investigating into the case now produced Shahidullah before a metropolitan magistrate court in Rajshahi seeking him on 10 day police remand.   The court did not hear on the CID's remand petition following a full court reference over death of a lawyer and ordered his jail custody.   The court also fixed May 6 for hearing. Shahidullah, also husband of executed JMB kingpin Bangla Bhai's niece was held in Bogra on Wednesday.   Shahidullah confessed to be one of the planners of Prof Yunus murder.   In March, 2006, a government press briefing in Dhaka revealed for the first time that JMB chief Shayakh Abdur Rahman confessed Yunus's killing.   CID informed a Rajshahi court that JMB's Rajshahi zonal commander Shafiullah T