Dhaka to pressure Delhi to end border killing

From New Age
Dhaka is expected to lodge a strong protest against the killing and torture of Bangladeshis by India’s Border Security Force in the two-day home ministers’ talks scheduled for February 24–25 in New Delhi.
The home minister, Sahara Khatun, is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Delhi on February 23 leading a 12-member delegation to the bilateral talks with her counterpart P Chidambaram on issues relating to, among others, border management, security cooperation and implementation of the land boundary protocol, a senior official said.

Bangla Academy Literary Award announced

From New Age
Bangla Academy, the organiser of month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair, on Saturday announced Bangla Academy Literary Award 2011 at the fair ground.
tor general, Shamsuzzaman Khan, at a discussion and cultural session on the academy premises in the afternoon announced the name of ten authors who won the award.