Corruption deprives patients; of health care, reports TIB; Doctors neglect duty and concentrate on private practice. >> Bangladesh has strongly objected to the unprovoked firing on and killing of innocent Bangladeshis by India?s BSF at a home secretary-level meeting in New Delhi, and India has assured the secretary that its border guards would practise the highest degree of restraint. >> Uncertainty over Hajj by thousands of people took a turn for the worse yesterday with the state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines too now calling for the government to raise the cabinet-fixed Hajj fare from $950 to $1,250. >> Bankers spent a hectic day yesterday as drawing of cash by their clients rose sharply with Eid-ul-Fitr only a few days away. >> Lack of proper political leadership has driven the country's power sector into a messy situation, speakers said at a dialogue in the city yesterday. >> The Bangladesh branches of Roche and Novartis, two multinational companies, are now set to form a joint venture to produce the Tamiflu vaccine for treating human cases of bird flu in Bangladesh, although commercial production may take several months. >> Bangladesh, as next chairman of SAARC, plans to pursue substantial fund raising for implementing SAARC projects particularly on poverty alleviation in the member states.