• Morshedul Islam recalls Tareque on his first death anniv
  • Revealing Tareque Masud as a lyricist
  • Highways fit for traffic?
  • Hide and seek with minister’s resignation
  • Indictment of incumbents’ indifference to price spiral arrest
  • Schooltorture, or schoolteacher?
  • Burma: Why did the 8888 generation fall into the army’s trap?
  • Aleppo battle rages as both sides report atrocities
  • Romney, Ryan stump together in N Carolina
  • Blake to carry Bolt legacy
  • Jamaica smash relay record
  • Committee meets to fix land prices tomorrow
  • No broker, m-banker to waive margin loan interest by Aug 14 deadline
  • Eid shopping spree at peak in Chittagong
  • Rupayan Group fined Tk 40 lakh for river pollution
  • Supreme Court to hear EC’s plea on October 11
  • JS panel pulls up Biman board for the losses incurred by the airlines
  • ACC finds Suranjit’s APS, rly GM involved in graft
  • Yunus not telling truth: Muhith
  • Govt, Summit take opposite stands
  • CGA turns into den of graft: TIB

Tareque Masud

Tareque Masud

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (top-L), Yohan Blake (bottom-L), Nesta Carter (top-R) and Michael Frater pose next to their new world record of 36.84 seconds after winning the men’s 4x100m relay final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London on Saturday. — Reuters photo

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (top-L), Yohan Blake (bottom-L), Nesta Carter (top-R) and Michael Frater pose next to their new world record of 36.84 seconds after winning the men’s 4x100m relay final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in London on Saturday. — Reuters photo

A file photo shows investors staging street protest in front of the Dhaka Stock Exchange. Almost all of the merchant banks and brokerage firms will not waive margin loan interest of the small-scale investors within Tuesday deadline set by the SEC. — New Age photo

A file photo shows investors staging street protest in front of the Dhaka Stock Exchange. Almost all of the merchant banks and brokerage firms will not waive margin loan interest of the small-scale investors within Tuesday deadline set by the SEC. — New Age photo

A file photo shows people queuing up on a road for banking in a private bank in Dhaka. Banks on Sunday witnessed a heavy rush for money transaction as a huge number of clients withdrew cash only few days ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. — New Age photo

A file photo shows people queuing up on a road for banking in a private bank in Dhaka. Banks on Sunday witnessed a heavy rush for money transaction as a huge number of clients withdrew cash only few days ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. — New Age photo

Bangladesh national cricket team coach Richard Pybus (R) gives some advices to vice-captain Mahmudullah during the Tigers first training session at Mirpur on Sunday. — New Age photo

Bangladesh national cricket team coach Richard Pybus (R) gives some advices to vice-captain Mahmudullah during the Tigers first training session at Mirpur on Sunday. — New Age photo

Commuters manoeuvring through floodwaters in Calumpit town, 50 kilometres north of Manila on Saturday.

Commuters manoeuvring through floodwaters in Calumpit town, 50 kilometres north of Manila on Saturday.

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, attends a ‘Race Against Hunger’ meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on Sunday. — AFP photo

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, attends a ‘Race Against Hunger’ meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on Sunday. — AFP photo

Convict mutineers, after hearing verdicts, come out of the special court of Border Guard Bangladesh at Durbar Hall in BGB headquarters in Dhaka on Sunday. — Indrajit Ghosh

Convict mutineers, after hearing verdicts, come out of the special court of Border Guard Bangladesh at Durbar Hall in BGB headquarters in Dhaka on Sunday. — Indrajit Ghosh



MAIN NEWS

ACC finds Suranjit’s APS, rly GM involved in graft


The Anti-Corruption Commission has found involvement of former railway minister Suranjit Sengupta’s sacked assistant personal secretary Omar Faruq Talukder and suspended railway department general... Full story

Yunus not telling truth: Muhith


The finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, on Sunday said that Muhammad Yunus was not telling the truth when he said that the government was out to grab Grameen Bank with its various activities... Full story

Govt, Summit take opposite stands


Uncertainty looms large over the project implementation of the 341MW combined cycle power plant at Bibiyana in Habiganj as the Power Division and project sponsor Summit Power have taken... Full story

CGA turns into den of graft: TIB


The office of the Controller General of Accounts has become a den of corruption as each service provided by the office has ‘specific spread of bribe’, a report of Transparency International, Bangladesh... Full story

NATIONAL

Supreme Court to hear EC’s plea on October 11


The Election Commission on Sunday filed a petition with the Appellate Division to vacate the stay order that the High Court had passed on April 16 on the mayoral elections of the newly created Dhaka South... Full story

METRO

Eid shopping spree at peak in Chittagong


Shopping spree reached at its peak at the Chittagong city markets and malls on Sunday, one week ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr. Shopping centres, including Sanmar Ocean City, New Market, Amin... Full story

BUSINESS

Committee meets to fix land prices tomorrow


A committee which has been assigned the responsibility of leasing the unused lands of the state-owned enterprises is scheduled to hold a meeting tomorrow to fix the prices of the lands. Full story

INTERNATIONAL

Aleppo battle rages as both sides report atrocities


The Syrian army pressed its assault on rebels in commercial capital Aleppo on Sunday, while both sides reported atrocities and Arab foreign ministers postponed a planned meeting on the 17-month conflict. Full story

SPORTS

Blake to carry Bolt legacy


In the run-up to the London Olympics Glen Mills faced one sweet problem on whether to pursue Usain Bolt for further glory or prepare Yohan Blake to break the final barrier. Now the Games is over and Mills, the coach of Racers... Full story

EDITORIAL

Hide and seek with minister’s resignation


The government of the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, appears to have serious problems as regards accepting resignations of ministers, no matter whether the resignation is given... Full story

OP-ED

Schooltorture, or schoolteacher?


The holy season of Ramadan brings great joy, high expectations and hope to most people, uplifting the spirit and hearts of Muslim and non-Muslim alike and a time of celebration. While the season is Islamic, anything... Full story

TIMEOUT

Morshedul Islam recalls Tareque on his first death anniv


Today is the 1st death anniversary of iconic filmmaker Tareque Masud, who died at the age of 54 last year in a tragic road accident on Dhaka Manikganj highway, along with four others, while returning from the location of his unfinished movie Kagojer Phul. Full story

LETTERS

Highways fit for traffic?


On August 09, most dailies published the Communication Minister's claim that "All highways are fit for traffic!" Firstly, nothing was mentioned about pot holes, pools of rain water flooding... Full story

    Monday, August 13, 2012

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