• Grameen Bank row
  • No let-up in killing
  • Status of minorities: A tale of two neighbors
  • Women’s equal rights
  • The right age
  • The difference between capital and capitalism: the emergence of social capital
  • Beyond imperialism? Have we reached a new stage of capitalism? Part - I
  • Children shows ignored in Eid TV programmes
  • Leading band Miles passes a busy Eid
  • Egg, red lentil prices post fresh rise
  • G20 awaits September grain report before plans on food
  • Junior Tigers sign off with easy win
  • Bolt cruises, Blake storms to landmark 100m win
  • UN nuclear watchdog pushes Iran to open up military site
  • Norway mass killer gets 21 yrs in prison
  • Uncertainty lurks as BUET reopens today
  • Commission to look into NGO activities
  • Tributes paid to Ivy Rahman
  • 70,000 cases pending with Special Branch
  • AL in no hurry for dialogue over election-time govt
  • RAB steps up efforts in Sagar-Runi murder case

A scene from Mustafa Manwar's puppet show, which is one of the very few child entertaining programmes included in the Eid special programmes on different TV channels.

A scene from Mustafa Manwar's puppet show, which is one of the very few child entertaining programmes included in the Eid special programmes on different TV channels.

A customer inquires about the price of an item at a shop at the Plassey kitchen market in the capital on Friday. The prices of egg and red lentil rose and those of most of the other commodities remained high on the retail markets in the city over the week. — New Age photo

A customer inquires about the price of an item at a shop at the Plassey kitchen market in the capital on Friday. The prices of egg and red lentil rose and those of most of the other commodities remained high on the retail markets in the city over the week. — New Age photo

Members of band Miles.

Members of band Miles.

A file photo shows farmers bringing in the harvest with their combine harvester on a wheat field in the southern Russian Krasnodar region. — AFP photo

A file photo shows farmers bringing in the harvest with their combine harvester on a wheat field in the southern Russian Krasnodar region. — AFP photo

Jamaica’s Yohan Blake (L) and Usain Bolt celebrate their victory at the end of Diamond League Athletics meeting ‘Athletissima’ in Lausanne on Thursday. — AFP photo

Jamaica’s Yohan Blake (L) and Usain Bolt celebrate their victory at the end of Diamond League Athletics meeting ‘Athletissima’ in Lausanne on Thursday. — AFP photo

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, consoles the president, Zillur Rahman, at Bangabhaban on Friday after a prayer session for his wife late Ivy Rahman. — New Age photo

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, consoles the president, Zillur Rahman, at Bangabhaban on Friday after a prayer session for his wife late Ivy Rahman. — New Age photo

This series compiled on June 14, 2012 shows seven file pictures clockwise from top left taken in 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 of US cyclist Lance Armstrong posing on the podium on the Champs-Elysees in Paris after winning the Tour de France cylcing race. The 2005 frame showing seven fingers (meaning seven victories) was made during the 92nd Tour de France. — AFP photo

This series compiled on June 14, 2012 shows seven file pictures clockwise from top left taken in 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 of US cyclist Lance Armstrong posing on the podium on the Champs-Elysees in Paris after winning the Tour de France cylcing race. The 2005 frame showing seven fingers (meaning seven victories) was made during the 92nd Tour de France. — AFP photo

Novak Djokovic (R) of Serbia and Samantha Stosur (L) of Australia smile during the Draw Ceremony prior to the start of the 2012 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in the Flushing meadows in New York on Thursday. — AFP photo

Novak Djokovic (R) of Serbia and Samantha Stosur (L) of Australia smile during the Draw Ceremony prior to the start of the 2012 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in the Flushing meadows in New York on Thursday. — AFP photo

Smoke billows from a building in the Lebanese northern port city of Tripoli on Friday during clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian factions. A sniper killed Sunni Sheikh Khaled al-Baradei in Tripoli, sparking new fighting which brought to 12 the number of people killed over the past five days and stoked fears of a spillover of major violence from the conflict in neighbouring Syria. — AFP photo

Smoke billows from a building in the Lebanese northern port city of Tripoli on Friday during clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian factions. A sniper killed Sunni Sheikh Khaled al-Baradei in Tripoli, sparking new fighting which brought to 12 the number of people killed over the past five days and stoked fears of a spillover of major violence from the conflict in neighbouring Syria. — AFP photo

Passengers climb down from the roof of a bus at Gabtali terminal on Friday after it reached the city carrying Eid holidaymakers. — Sourav Lasker

Passengers climb down from the roof of a bus at Gabtali terminal on Friday after it reached the city carrying Eid holidaymakers. — Sourav Lasker

Rescue workers inspect a shoe factory razed to the ground by a fire at Kayet Tuli in the Old town of the capital on Friday.— Ali Hossain Mintu

Rescue workers inspect a shoe factory razed to the ground by a fire at Kayet Tuli in the Old town of the capital on Friday.— Ali Hossain Mintu

Real Madrid’s Argentine player Angel Di Maria scores past Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes during their Spanish Super Cup first-leg match at the Camp Nou on Thursday. — Internet photo

Real Madrid’s Argentine player Angel Di Maria scores past Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes during their Spanish Super Cup first-leg match at the Camp Nou on Thursday. — Internet photo



MAIN NEWS

Commission to look into NGO activities


The government has initiated a move to set up a commission to look into operations of non-governmental organisations in the wake of allegations that many of them are ‘involved in terror financing and... Full story

70,000 cases pending with Special Branch


About 70,000 applications for fresh Machine Readable Passports have been awaiting police verification report for a long time. Of the pending passports, 899 applicants have been waiting... Full story

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NATIONAL

Uncertainty lurks as BUET reopens today


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METRO

BUSINESS

Egg, red lentil prices post fresh rise


The prices of egg and red lentil rose on the retail markets in the city over the week ending Friday while the prices of most of the other commodities remained high in the period. Retailers said a supply shortage caused by long Eid vacation resulted... Full story

INTERNATIONAL

UN nuclear watchdog pushes Iran to open up military site


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Junior Tigers sign off with easy win


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EDITORIAL

Grameen Bank row


The government appears to have been determined to impose control... Full story

OP-ED

The difference between capital and capitalism: the emergence of social capital


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TIMEOUT

Children shows ignored in Eid TV programmes


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LETTERS

Women’s equal rights


According to a web portal, when people think of women’s rights they often think about feminism. It should be remembered that the issue of women’s rights is more than a movement and more than just a chapter in history. Full story

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