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BUET protests continue
The BUET vice-chancellor, SM Nazrul Islam, on Tuesday said that he would hire teachers to take classes and conduct exams in reaction to the teachers’ threat of Monday that they would resign en masse unless their demands were not met by Saturday. Full story
Muhith terms people collecting money extortionists
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday came down heavily on certain quarters of Chhatra League—the student front of the ruling party—who started collecting donations for construction of the Padma... Full story
Several lakh people marooned in north
Several lakh people were marooned afresh as torrential rains triggered river heights rise worsening floods in northern districts on Tuesday. All major rivers crossed their danger marks at several points in the ... Full story
Three suspected robbers lynched
Local people allegedly killed three men suspecting them as robbers at a village in Narsingdi early Tuesday. Abdul Jalil, 32, Anwar Hossain, 28, and Noor Mohammad, 27, all natives of the... Full story
One killed in accident at Ctg ship-breaking yard
A worker was killed in an accident at a shipbreaking yard at Bhatiary in Chittagong on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Mohammed Khorshed, 20, son of Mohammed Alauddin of Kumira and a worker at the... Full story
METRO
5 injured as students clash in city
The authorities on Tuesday closed Dhaka City College till July 21 after students of the college clashed with students of the nearby Dhaka College over the rumour about the death of a student. Full story
BUSINESS
BB to announce yet another tight monetary policy today
Bangladesh Bank is likely to announce today yet another contractionary monetary policy for July-December 2012, trying to strike a balance between inflation control and increasing private sector credit for GDP growth... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Choppers strafe Damascus as fighting spreads in capital
Troops blasted Damascus neighbourhoods with helicopter gunships and tank fire on Tuesday, witnesses said, after rebels announced an escalation of their battle for control of the capital. Full story
SPORTS
Condition familiar, ground not
If you are a first-timer in Belfast, the most difficult task you may face is to find a cricket field. Even the seasoned taxi driver can’t really help. They hardly find a visitor asking to go to a cricket field that is otherwise... Full story
EDITORIAL
Not a question of embarrassment alone but existence as well
IT IS perhaps not quite surprising that the top leaders of the five leading... Full story
OP-ED
Reforming Bangladesh: challenges and opportunities
‘REFORMS’ are attributed to major shifts in policies which help to go beyond the ‘business-as-usual mode’. The Awami League-led ‘grand alliance’ government that took the helms of power on January 6, 2009 promised... Full story
TIMEOUT
Ataur Rahman directs three new plays
Celebrated theatre director Ataur Rahman is busy directing three new theatre productions, which are filled with many exciting features promising to allure theatre connoisseurs. Two of the plays are based on history while the third one is an adaptation... Full story
LETTERS
Railways laid low
OUR railways are in a total mess, as portrayed in your front-page headlines of July 15, and the self-evident photograph of the poor build-up of rail track soil that causes derailments every other day. Then comes... Full story
