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Top opposition leaders sent to jail after surrender
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent to jail 33 senior leaders of the BNP-led opposition alliance, including the acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Violence broke out in the capital and elsewhere after metropolitan speedy trial court magistrate... Full story
Teacher beaten by police dies from injuries
Non-government primary schoolteacher Mohammad Abdul Aziz, who was beaten up by the police at demonstrations of teachers at Shahbagh on Tuesday, died from his injuries early Wednesday. The teachers on demonstrations on Wednesday, however, vowed to continue with their... Full story
Govt appoints commission to scan Grameen activities
The government on Wednesday appointed a four-member commission, headed by retired secretary Mamunur Rashid, to look into the activities of Grameen Bank and its 54 sister concerns... Full story
US bid winner doesn’t meet tender requirements
The small US company that won a $10 million consultancy contract to assist in the launch of Bangladesh’s first space satellite, Bangabandhu-1, beating some of the largest satellite... Full story
Apparel worker killed as bus plunges into ditch at Ashulia
An apparel worker died and more than 50 became injured as a bus carrying the workers plunged into a roadside ditch at Moragang of Ashulia on the outskirt of the capital on Wednesday morning. The police said that the deceased was Saiful Islam Babul, 35, a sewing... Full story
METRO
Fire razes city slum
At least 500 shanties were burnt in a fire at a slum behind Shyamali Kazi Office at Shyamoli while a Bata showroom was damaged in another fire at Farmgate on Wednesday. Six fire fighters and nine slum dwellers including two minor boys were injured in the incidents of fire... Full story
BUSINESS
Trade deficit soars to $6.58b in 9 months as exports fall
The country’s trade deficit soared to $6.58 billion in the first nine months of the current financial year because of a rapid decline in export. The trade deficit in July-March of this financial year was 13.04 per cent higher than that of the same period of the... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Syria accused of fresh ‘massacre’
Syrian forces were accused Wednesday of having ‘executed’ 15 civilians, as the office of envoy Kofi Annan said members of a UN observer team were evacuated a day after a bomb blast hit their convoy. Full story
SPORTS
Endless wait for Sraboni
It looks like an endless wait for Sraboni Biswas, Bangladesh’s taekwondo queen, who is training day in and day out to realise her Olympics dream, but still facing some kind of uncertainty. Full story
EDITORIAL
Not quite a mark of respect for schoolteachers
IT IS indeed good news that assistant teachers of government... Full story
OP-ED
‘Bad impression’ about govt’s use of funds needs to be dispelled
THE government needs to take steps to dispel the bad impression foreign nations and organisations have about use of funds, says Professor ASM Atiqur Rahman of the Institute of Social Work and Research at Dhaka University. Full story
TIMEOUT
Mohaiemen’s historical docu screened
Naeem Mohaiemen’s latest venture ‘United Red Army’, a 67-minute documentary based on a historical incident, provided a unique experience to the houseful audience at Dhaka art Centre on Tuesday. Through the story of an airplane... Full story
LETTERS
Price spiral of eggs, chickens
POULTRY farms, breeders and traders have been virtually extorting consumers of poultry birds and eggs for more than four months now. Their associations claim through electronic and print media that the... Full story
