MAIN NEWS
Extortion rampant on waterways
Extortion from launches and other river vessels has reached a stage in the absence of effective steps by law enforcers that it has become impossible for vessels to ply without paying such money, owners... Full story
City people ignorant of rent controllers
Tenants in the capital are unaware of the existence of rent controllers assigned to deal with arbitrary increase in house rents and the eviction of tenants by landlords at their whims. Full story
Teachers, students fear delay in studies
Teachers and students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology feared that the current movement against the vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor could delay the... Full story
EC at snail’s pace to hold polls
The election commission was planning to hold polls for about 1,500 posts reserved for women in the Upazila Parishads by this year with a view to completing formation of the local government bodies more... Full story
Poor catches of Hilsa frustrates fishermen
Poor catches of Hilsa, considered by Bangladeshis to be the most delicious all fishes, during the current peak season has deeply disappointed the fishermen of the country’s south-eastern region, causing... Full story
METRO
Pavements perpetuate pedestrians’ misery
Narrow, battered and occupied pavements in the capital city continue to pester the commuters with hardly any effort by the agencies concerned to improve the situation despite repeated orders by the Supreme Court. Except a few well-paved footpaths with... Full story
BUSINESS
SCBs keep borrowing from call money market
The state-owned commercial banks continued to borrow from the call money market in the first seven months of the current year though liquidity pressure in the market eased. An official of the debt management... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Syria rebels brace for Aleppo assault
Syrian rebels were bracing Friday for the ‘mother of all battles’ in Aleppo, with European powers fearing a ‘slaughter’ was imminent and calling for maximum pressure to prevent it. Full story
SPORTS
Feel it the Federer way
Even by his lofty standard it was big. On his way to 17 grand slam wins, Roger Federer has attended many press conferences, handled umpteenth media sessions, but perhaps he has never seen so much enthusiasm about him. Around 500 journalists... Full story
EDITORIAL
The national watchdogs need adequate authority and resources
After the chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission had publicly... Full story
OP-ED
Washington’s Plan B for Syria
Replacing independent governments with pro-Western puppets is official US policy. So is war on Islam. After Soviet Russia dissolved, Muslims replaced communists as public enemy number one. Full story
TIMEOUT
Composers evaluate Humayun Ahmed as lyricist
Maqsud Jamil Mintoo, who composed most of Humayun Ahmed’s lyrics, observes that the depth of Ahmed’s lyrics is comparable to that of the mystic poets like Radharamon, Shah Abdul Karim and Hason Raja. Full story
LETTERS
An independent country versus a person
It is really shameful when an independent country like ours continuously blames an individual for giving rise to cold relations with other countries, especially when the blamed person is a citizen of the country. Full story
