A handout picture released by Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation show Taiwanese women displaying pictures of confort women during a protest in front of the offices of Interchange Association of Japan, in Taipei on Wednesday. — AFP photo

Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan and new spin coach Saqlain Mushtaq (R) of Pakistan shakes hands during a training session at Mirpur on Wednesday. — Sourav Loskar

Shoppers look at punjabi collections in a shop in the Barisal city on Wednesday. — New Age photo

Clockwise, a man jumps onto a launch from another one and some passengers are at risk of being sandwiched by two launches at the Sadarghat launch terminal, passengers head home on the roof of a train and a woman pushes her baby into a train through the window at the Airport railway station and passengers climb up a bus to go to outlying areas to celebrate Eid. — Sanaul Haque, Indrajit Ghosh, Ali Hossain Mintu and Sony Ramany.

A file photo shows a grocer arranging commodities at his shop in Dhaka. Growth in the country’s import bill payment continued with a declining trend in July, the first month of the current 2012-13 fiscal year, due mainly to lower import of food products, said Bangladesh Bank officials. — New Age photo

A covered-van overturns on the road divider on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Rayerbagh in Dhaka on Wednesday. — New Age photo

A file photo shows people looking at adverts posted in the window of a recruitment agency in London. — Reuters photo

Lionel Messi (L) and Cristiano Ronaldo (R) are Inarguably two of the greatest footballers in the world right now. Though Barcelona and Real Madrid are fuelled with a bunch of stars still they will heavily rely on the individual brilliance of Messi and Ronaldo to propel them to mount Olympus of the Spanish League this season.— AFP photos

MAIN NEWS

People rush out of capital to celebrate Eid

Thousands of people on Wednesday huddled at bus, railway and launch terminals in the capital to head home in outlying areas to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr, to fall on either August 19 or August 20. Passengers crowded Gabtali, Sayedabad and Mohakhali inter-district bus terminals, Kamalapur... Full story

Police fail to find RAB link to Limon shooting

The police secretly submitted the final report in the case against the Rapid Action Battalion lodged by the mother of Limon Hossain, a college student whose leg had to be amputated after being shot. Full story

Govt decides not to appoint WB nominee lacking expertise

The Power Division has decided not to appoint a World Bank recommended candidate as a consultant to assist the government in the safe disposal and recycling of Compact... Full story

WB disburses $350m

The World Bank has disbursed $350 million for installation of a 335 megawatt power plant after the government awarded a contract to a company ‘favoured’ by it to set up the plant though the... Full story

NATIONAL

Ctg city unit AL apparently ends factional feud

The leaders of two rival factions of the city unit of Awami League, which have been organising different programmes separately for long, announced on Wednesday that they would accelerate party activities by united effort. Full story

Fakhrul calls for restoration of caretaker govt system

METRO

Eid sales dull in Barisal

Barisal businessmen are not yet happy with Eid sales while the Eid shoppers, though happy with security, have expressed their dissatisfaction with prices. Price hike of essential commodities and inclement weather have kept the shoppers from visiting the... Full story

Eid shoppers go for fashion accessories

BUSINESS

Mutual funds perform poorly

The performance of mutual funds in the just concluded fiscal year witnessed significant fall as majority of those failed to declare dividend or announced lower dividends than last year. A mutual fund is a type of professionally-managed scheme that... Full story

Income tax revenue exceeds NBR target in July

INTERNATIONAL

China, South Korea demand Japan face up to war past

China and South Korea on Wednesday pressed Japan to face up to its wartime past, as festering territorial disputes flared and Asia marked the anniversary of Tokyo’s Second World War surrender. Both countries demanded Japan do more to atone for... Full story

‘Israel ready for 30-day war after Iran strike’

SPORTS

Sakib wants to learn from Saqlain

Bangladesh’s ace all-rounder and leading left-arm spinner Sakib al Hasan is looking forward to making plans with the new spin bowling coach Saqlain Mushtaq regarding some areas of his bowling that he wants to develop. ‘I have some thoughts... Full story

Football transfer window opens today

EDITORIAL

Shameful, indeed

It is indeed a shame that Dhaka is the worst liveable city in the world... Full story

A pointer to ruling quarters’ apathy to public healthcare

OP-ED

US notes and minutes on the Aug 15, 1975 coup

1. The events of the first twenty-four hours give promise that the coup which began at 0515 local time on august 15 will not be challenged. The oaths of fealty to the new government sworn by the service chiefs, the heads of the paramilitary Bangladesh... Full story

TIMEOUT

Eid movies yet to be fixed

Movie lovers still need to wait to get the final list of the Eid movies as several background calculations are going on among the producers and exhibitors, sources said. The Bangladesh Film Producers and Distributors Association has given clearance... Full story

Mixed albums dominate Eid market

LETTERS

An appeal to University Press

This letter refers to the Book Review published by the weekly 'Holiday' on August 10. I am quite sure that many readers are keen to read the English edition of the highly informative book "The Unfinished Memories" by... Full story