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Frequent power cuts add to sufferings
Frequent power outages amid scorching heat have added to sufferings of people across the country for the past few days. Power distribution agencies are causing outages for four to six hours a day in urban areas while the situation is worse in rural areas as they keep facing outages... Full story
Titas faces resistance in different areas
Dismantling illegal gas distribution networks has slowed down in and around Dhaka city as the beneficiaries in many areas are creating obstacles to removing illegal distribution networks forcing the Titas officials to retreat, officials said. Titas officials have already faced severe resistance in Nandipara, Keraniganj, different... Full story
HC asks for report
The High Court on Wednesday asked for reports from the government and the garment owners association detailing compensations given to the workers injured and the families of the workers killed in a fire at Tazreen Fashions Limited at Ashilua of Savar. The bench of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and ... Full story
Lightning kills 11 people
AT least 11 people were killed and 14 others injured in separate lightning strikes in Dhaka and Chapainawabganj, Rajshahi and Sherpur on Wednesday. Two labourers were killed and eight others got burn injury as lightning struck them near the British High Commission office... Full story
Mayors-elect to wait 3-4 months to get charge: EC
Election commissioner Shah Nawaz on Wednesday said the mayors-elect of four cities would need to wait three to four months to take the charge due to ‘legal complications.’ Shah Nawaz, however, could not say when the Election Commission would publish in gazette notifications... Full story
METRO
Govt sits on single authority plan for drainage
The government is yet to decide over placing the drainage system of the Dhaka city under a single authority, a move initiated 10 years ago. The city corporations and the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority officials said the ministry concerned did not hold any meeting on the issue in 2013. Full story
BUSINESS
BTRC fined Robi only Tk 3 lakh instead of Tk 500cr: CAG audit
The government lost Tk 499.97 crore in revenue as the telecom regulator had charged only Tk 3 lakh fines on TM International Bangladesh Ltd in 2009, instead of Tk 500 crore, when it changed its name to Axiata Bangladesh Ltd (Robi) violating licensing agreement, finds a government audit recently. Full story
INTERNATIONAL
India monsoon floods leave 138 dead
Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies Wednesday to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India, killing at least 138 people, officials said. Thousands of people have already been evacuated after floods and landslides... Full story
SPORTS
BCB risks losing ICC membership
Bangladesh is in danger of losing its International Cricket Council membership as the Bangladesh Cricket Board failed to hold the election due to legal complications, BCB president Nazmul Hassan felt. Nazmul is set to face some unsavoury questions at the ICC annual general meeting, scheduled at Lords’ from... Full story
EDITORIAL
Incumbents need to back out of TICFA with US
THE way that the draft Trade and Investment Cooperation... Full story
OP-ED
Israel stirs the pot in Syria
FOR much of the past two years Israel stood sphinx-like on the sidelines of Syria’s civil war. Did it want Bashar al-Assad’s regime toppled? Did it favour military intervention to help opposition forces? And what did it think of the increasing visibility of Islamist groups in Syria? It was difficult to guess. Full story
TIMEOUT
Sufia Kamal’s birth anniv today
The 102nd anniversary of the birth of poet Sufia Kamal will be observed today. She was also a social reformer who upheld women’s empowerment throughout her life, works and career. On the eve of the occasion, New Age talked with some renowned poets, who were close to Sufia Kamal. Full story
LETTERS
Derogatory comments in JS
THE ongoing session of parliament has begun with Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, the first woman speaker ever, in the chair. People at large expected that the opposition’s participation would make the session vibrant. But, instead, we have seen that both the... Full story
