MAIN NEWS
No EVM in next general elections: CEC
The Election Commission on Sunday announced it would not use the much-discussed Electronic Voting Machine in the next general elections, saying the device requires ‘further improvement’ to... Full story
Malaysian consortium estimates cost at $3.2b
The construction cost of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge will cross $3.2 billion according to the proposal by a Malaysian consortium, said officials on Sunday. Malaysia’s special envoy to... Full story
‘Small cabinet’ offer a ploy: Khaleda
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Sunday said the opposition’s movement would continue until its key demand for election under a non-party neutral government was realised. Full story
Latest govt action threatens GB future: US
The United States on Sunday said that it was deeply concerned about recent action Bangladesh had taken to give authority to the Grameen Bank board chairman, appointed by the... Full story
Quantum Power wants to sell pricy electricity for 8 more years
The Quantum Power System, a sister concern of Otobi Ltd, has sought an extension of the power purchase agreements by eight years for each of its two rental power plants that are powered by fuel-oils, said officials. Full story
METRO
Many return empty-handed as most train tickets sell out
Most of the advance train tickets sold out on Sunday at the Kamalapur railway station in the capital within four hours the authorities started selling the tickets for journey before and after the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Many passengers did not get tickets for destinations like Chittagong and... Full story
BUSINESS
Inflation drops to 8pc in July
The overall point-to-point inflation declined further to 8.03 per cent in the first month of the new fiscal year in July from 8.56 per cent in June because of a drop in prices of rice and other food items, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday. Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Ramallah NAM meeting cancelled as Israel bars ministers
A key meeting of Non-Aligned Movement ministers which was to have taken place in the West Bank on Sunday was cancelled after Israel denied five of them entry, officials said. Full story
SPORTS
Britain in love with Jessica
Of the seven heptathlon events, her most favourite one is 100m hurdles so Jessica Ennis must have some ideas about China’s Liu Xiang, the poster boy in Beijing four years ago. It all had ended in agony for Liu, the first Asian man to take gold in an Olympics track event, winning the 110m... Full story
EDITORIAL
World Bank must leave its unethical practices
Given the government’s reluctance to disclose the... Full story
OP-ED
Al Jazeera and US Foreign Policy
“They [Al Jazeera] know they are under the microscope, and want to be taken seriously. Al Jazeera’s growing globalization will only increase the pressure upon them to adhere to international... Full story
TIMEOUT
Our man, Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is the greatest modern Bengali poet and the most brilliant creative genius produced by the sub-continent’s Renaissance. Rabindranath Tagore’s entire being belongs to Bengal because he was out and out a Bengali and had written in... Full story
LETTERS
Private bank director’s back scratching!
A front page news report published by a local financial daily on August 4, represented in reality the authenticity of the popular saying: “You scratch my back; I scratch yours.” As reported, this is happening... Full story
