• Minority communities must get due constitutional recognition
  • An affront to independence war heroes
  • Shia Alawites endanger Syrian Shunni’s survival
  • Beyond the Arab Spring
  • A teachers’ tools in the classroom
  • Doraemon, others dominate child entertainment
  • LRB to rock in Milan
  • Jute growers face problems for scarcity of retting water
  • Taxpayers to receive refund of excess payment at home
  • ‘Nice girl’ Felix third time lucky
  • A friend forever
  • Libya council hands over power to new assembly
  • Nagasaki marks bomb with nuclear-free Japan call
  • Dressmakers up to their ears in work
  • Advance train tickets sold out at Kamalapur
  • Tough contest for admission seekers
  • Metro railway project hits snag
  • Lack of coordination between agencies may cost govt Tk 150cr
  • RMG workers hold protests for wages, allowance
  • Bapex to drill exploration well at Sunetra
  • Investigation by CID demanded

A worker throws a bundle of jute to another on a truck at a wholesale jute market in Jamalpur last week. Jute growers in many areas of the country have been facing problems for scarcity of water for retting jute which is resulting in delay of harvest and increasing the production cost. — Focusbangla photo

A worker throws a bundle of jute to another on a truck at a wholesale jute market in Jamalpur last week. Jute growers in many areas of the country have been facing problems for scarcity of water for retting jute which is resulting in delay of harvest and increasing the production cost. — Focusbangla photo

Allyson Felix of the US celebrates after winning the women’s 200m final with third place finisher and compatriot Carmelita Jeter (R) during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London on Wednesday. — Reuters photo

Allyson Felix of the US celebrates after winning the women’s 200m final with third place finisher and compatriot Carmelita Jeter (R) during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London on Wednesday. — Reuters photo

Libya’s National Transitional Council’s chief Mustafa Abdel, 3rd left and the Libyan prime minister, Abdel Rahim Al-keeb, 4th left, attend the transfer of authority ceremony in Tripoli on Wednesday. — AFP photo

Libya’s National Transitional Council’s chief Mustafa Abdel, 3rd left and the Libyan prime minister, Abdel Rahim Al-keeb, 4th left, attend the transfer of authority ceremony in Tripoli on Wednesday. — AFP photo

A recent photo shows a tailor taking measurements for clothes in a shop in the capital. Because of huge pressure, the tailors are now rejecting new orders.— Sourav Lasker

A recent photo shows a tailor taking measurements for clothes in a shop in the capital. Because of huge pressure, the tailors are now rejecting new orders.— Sourav Lasker

Workers of Tuba Garments block Pargati Sarani at Merul Badda in Dhaka on Thursday, demanding payment of their outstanding wages.— New Age photo

Workers of Tuba Garments block Pargati Sarani at Merul Badda in Dhaka on Thursday, demanding payment of their outstanding wages.— New Age photo

South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius reacts while competing in the men’s 4X400m relay heats at the athletics event during the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on Thursday. — AFP photo

South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius reacts while competing in the men’s 4X400m relay heats at the athletics event during the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on Thursday. — AFP photo

National minority youths perform in a programme at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Thursday observing International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. — Indrajit Ghosh

National minority youths perform in a programme at the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on Thursday observing International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. — Indrajit Ghosh

Russia’s Svetlana Romashina, Anzhelika Timanina, Daria Korobova, Elvira Khasyanova and Anastasia Davydova, Maria Gromova, Russia’s Natalia Ishchenko (not in picture) compete in the team technical routine during the synchronised swimming competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on Thursday. — AFP photo

Russia’s Svetlana Romashina, Anzhelika Timanina, Daria Korobova, Elvira Khasyanova and Anastasia Davydova, Maria Gromova, Russia’s Natalia Ishchenko (not in picture) compete in the team technical routine during the synchronised swimming competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on Thursday. — AFP photo

An employee inspects the spinning wheel to roll power wires at the Kei Industries, one of India’s leading electrical equipment manufacturers at the industrial estate of Bhiwadi, in Rajasthan on Monday. — Reuters photo

An employee inspects the spinning wheel to roll power wires at the Kei Industries, one of India’s leading electrical equipment manufacturers at the industrial estate of Bhiwadi, in Rajasthan on Monday. — Reuters photo

The Nasirabad Express train lies by the railway after it had derailed colliding with a truck laden with cement in a level crossing at Faujderhat in Chittagong on Thursday.— New Age photo

The Nasirabad Express train lies by the railway after it had derailed colliding with a truck laden with cement in a level crossing at Faujderhat in Chittagong on Thursday.— New Age photo

USA’ Aries Merritt (L) competes in the men’s 110m hurdles final at the athletics event of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on Wednesday. — AFP photo

USA’ Aries Merritt (L) competes in the men’s 110m hurdles final at the athletics event of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on Wednesday. — AFP photo



MAIN NEWS

Tough contest for admission seekers


About 26,400 students, who had scored the highest grade point average of 5 in this year’s higher secondary certificate and equivalent examinations, will not get seats in the reputed public universities and medical and dental colleges. Full story

Metro railway project hits snag


The proposed elevated metro railway project in the capital with Japanese financial assistance has hit a snag as the communications ministry is yet to get approval for it from the ministry of planning, officials said. Full story

Lack of coordination between agencies may cost govt Tk 150cr


Lack of coordination between government organisations is likely to cost the government about Tk 150 crore as it wants to speed up the laying out of a gas transmission line by six months to feed gas to... Full story

RMG workers hold protests for wages, allowance


Labour unrest continued in different apparel factories in Dhaka, Gazipur and Narayanganj on Thursday to push for the payment of their outstanding wages and festival allowance before Eid-ul-Fitr. Full story

NATIONAL

Bapex to drill exploration well at Sunetra


Bapex, the state-run petroleum exploration and production company, will today start drilling the first exploration well in the Sunetra structure which has been identified as the most potential structure for gas reserve... Full story

METRO

Dressmakers up to their ears in work


Dressmakers have stopped taking any more orders for delivery before Eid as they are already overburdened with orders and working 18 hours a day. Tailors in different city dress making shops said they were not taking orders after 10th Ramadan as yolks and... Full story

BUSINESS

Jute growers face problems for scarcity of retting water


Jute growers in many areas of the country have been facing problems for scarcity of water for retting jute which is resulting in delay of harvest and increasing the production cost. Retting water scarcity occurred in parts of the country due to inadequate... Full story

INTERNATIONAL

Libya council hands over power to new assembly


Libya’s National Transitional Council on Wednesday handed power to a new assembly, in a symbolic move marking a peaceful transition following the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi’s 40-year dictatorship. ‘I hand over the constitutional prerogatives... Full story

SPORTS

‘Nice girl’ Felix third time lucky


She was accused of being too relaxed in Beijing. Coming as overwhelming favourite, with two world championship titles to her name, Allyson Felix had expected it to be an easy walk in the park. One of her key aim was to be a role model and for... Full story

EDITORIAL

Minority communities must get due constitutional recognition


The Bengali ruling class/es, now organised mainly under different... Full story

OP-ED

Beyond the Arab Spring


As the Arab spring continues to unfold, each event is being analyzed closely by politicians, journalists, and intellectuals both in the west and the east. The developments which commenced with the events in Tunisia, and later gripped the entire region... Full story

TIMEOUT

Doraemon, others dominate child entertainment


Lack of entertainment programmes on the local TV channels is forcing millions of children to watch animated series aired by foreign TV channels portraying violence and ‘unethical’ activities. These series, mostly dubbed in Hindi, are not only... Full story

LETTERS

Shia Alawites endanger Syrian Shunni’s survival


I am writing with reference to Op-Ed: "Great power berserk, fair is foul, foul is fair," by Saeed Naqvi (Aug. 4). Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi (Aug. 4). Saeed Naqvi has written a highly... Full story

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