Indra Mohan Rajbonshi

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim gives a thumbs-up during the team’s training session at Mirpur on Monday. — New Age photo

A file photo shows labourers husking paddy at a village on the outskirts of Dhaka. The contribution of the agriculture sector to the growth of the country’s gross domestic product continued to decrease in the current fiscal year because of the drop in production. — New Age photo

A partial view of the BNP-led opposition alliance rally held at Naya Paltan in Dhaka on Monday. — Sanaul Haque

A photograph by Md Abdur Rob Dulal depicts Sonachanda Fort.

A photo taken on Monday shows different brands of powdered milk in a grocery shop in Dhaka. Powdered milk price continued to increase in the city markets in last one month with prices of some leading brands for baby milk marking a fresh increase last week. — New Age photo

Spaniard Rafael Nadal celebrates with the French Open trophy after defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in their men’s singles final at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday. — Reuters photo

British prime minister, David Cameron with his wife and daughter. — AFP photo

French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (C) reacts as English defender Joleon Lescott (R) scores during their Euro 2012 football match on Monday at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk. — AFP Photo

Argentine legend and Al-Wasl coach Diego Armando Maradona (R) is seen shell-shocked after his team lost to Bahrain’s Al-Muharraq in the final of the GCC Champions League match on penalties in Dubai on Sunday. — AFP photo

A man takes a newspaper from a kiosk in Alella of China on Sunday. The latest report from the OECD showed on Monday that there are signs that the economies of two of the world’s leading emerging powerhouses, India and China, are starting to falter. — Reuters photo

Croatia’s Mario Mandzukic (R) heads to score his first goal past Ireland’s John O’Shea (2nd-L) and Damien Duff (L) during their Euro 2012 match at the city stadium in Poznan, Poland on Sunday. — Reuters hoto

A tiger cub is fed drinks after the Rapid Action Battalion recovered three cubs from a house in the Dhaka city’s Shyamoli area on Monday.— Sony Ramany

Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta (L) leaves the field at the end of their Euro 2012 match against Italy at the Gdansk Arena on Sunday. — AFP photo

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MAIN NEWS

Tough movement after Eid if CG not restored: Khaleda

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Monday asked the government to accept the demand for a neutral election-time caretaker government by Ramadan and not to force the opposition to go for a ‘tougher’ course of action by ignoring the call. Full story

Position of 60 AL MPs shaky: PM

The prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on Monday expressed doubt about re-election of party lawmakers in 60 out of the 234 constituencies it holds, in the next polls scheduled for January 2014. Full story

People suffer amid forced suspension of transports

Thousands of people in Dhaka and those headed for Dhaka suffered because of the sudden dearth of transport both in the capital and elsewhere in the country on Monday when the opposition... Full story

BGB pushes back 300 Rohingyas fleeing riots

The Border Guard Bangladesh and coastguard personnel pushed back eight boats carrying more than 300 Rohingys fleeing sectarian violence in Myanmar. According to BGB and police officials on Monday, the BGB and... Full story

NATIONAL

Govt yet to approve the list of hazardous works for children

The government is yet to publicise the list of hazardous work for children although in its National Child Labour Elimination Policy 2010 it said it would eliminate the worst forms of child labour from Bangladesh by 2015. Full story

Defence, prosecution lawyers locked into blame game

METRO

Body formed to probe Ctg rail ticket scalping

The Bangladesh Railway (East) formed a three-member committee on Monday to probe the incident of tickets scalping in the name of the Bangladesh Air Force. Full story

Immediate arrest of killers demanded

BUSINESS

Agri sector contribution to GDP drops further

The contribution of the agriculture sector to the growth of the country’s gross domestic product continued to decrease in the current fiscal year because of the drop in production. According to the Bangladesh Economic Survey, contribution... Full story

Powdered milk price marks fresh rise

INTERNATIONAL

52 killed as Syrian troops pound rebels bastion

Helicopter gunships on Monday fired on rebel positions in central and northwestern Syria in a bid to snuff out the gunmen as violence killed 52 people across the country, a monitoring group said. Full story

Rio Summit seeks to help sick planet

SPORTS

Sakib’s absence a blessing: Mushfiq

The absence of all-rounder Sakib al Hasan could be a blessing in disguise for Bangladesh on the forthcoming Zimbabwe tour as it would give the team management a chance to try a different combination, skipper Mushfiqur Rahim said on Monday. Full story

Poland tight-lipped as Russia clash looms

EDITORIAL

An eye-opener

THE issue of transit/transhipment/corridor with regard to India, once... Full story

Let there be a JS discussion on power, law and order

OP-ED

TIMEOUT

Indra Mohan pays tribute to Tagore

Folk singer-researcher Indra Mohan Rajbonshi expresses his devotion for Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore by releasing two albums- one featuring Tagore songs another featuring his original songs dedicated to Tagore. Full story

Heritage, panoramic beauty of Bangladesh displayed

LETTERS

Ministering to traffic accidents

IN BANGLADESH, we have a really dedicated and devoted minister, as described in an article published in a local English-language daily on June 9. His loyalty seems to be pledged to his vote bank ... Full story