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A photo shows a BAPEX drilling rig. Petrobangla has decided to start commercial oil production in Kailashtila gas-field from August next year. — New Age photo

(Front row L-R) Shahriar Nafees and Rajin Saleh are seen sharing their thoughts while Tapash Baisya looks on during the contract signing ceremony of the first-class players at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday. – New Age photo

Syrian refugees walk on July 22 to the Oncupinar refugee camp in Kilis near the Syrian border. The swelling numbers of refugees on Turkish soil are putting an enormous strain on Ankara, which is pushing for safe zones inside Syria to shelter them as it confronts security-related problems at home. — AFP photo

The health minister, Ruhal Haque, addresses a roundtable discussion on medial admission at the National Press Club in the capital city on Tuesday. — New Age photo

Shumona Haque, right, demonstrates her paintings to the distinguished guests at her solo exhibition at the Bangladesh Embassy in the USA.— New Age photo.

Bangladesh Green batsman Roqibul Hassan (R) cuts the ball against Bangladesh Red during their warm-up match ahead of ICC World Twenty20 at the National Cricket Academy ground on Tuesday. — New Age photo

A bus goes up in flames in the New Market area after agitated students set fire to it following the death of a Dhaka University student in a road accident in the capital on Tuesday. — Sanaul Haque

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Dhaka Theatre stages Dhaboman, Selim Al Deen's only play included in the festival, at the National Theatre Hall on Monday. — Snigdha Zaman.

Non-MPO Shikkhak Karmachari Oikya Jote organises a press conference at the National Press Club on Tuesday, demanding monthly pay order facilities. — New Age photo

A car drives past fallen trees in the aftermath of Typhoon Bolaven in Yeosu, about 320 kms south of Seoul, on Tuesday. — AFP photo

Southeast Bank managing director Mahbubul Alam inaugurates a new ATM booth of the bank at its Madhabdi branch in Narsingdi on Tuesday. — New Age photo

Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao scores from the penalty spot to complete his hat-trick against Athletic Bilbao during their La Liga match on Monday. — Internet photo

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UP chair, 2 others killed in Kushtia

Assailants on Tuesday killed Ambaria union council chairman Nurul Islam and two of his associates in the River Padma at Kumarkhali in Kushtia when there were returning from Pabna in a trawler along with more... Full story

Protesters run riot as DU student killed in road accident

Several hundred Dhaka University students took to the streets, damaging and torching vehicles at Shahbagh and in the areas adjacent to the campus after the death of a fellow student under the wheels of a bus in the capital Tuesday. The city traffic remained stuck in... Full story

Muhith snubs central bank

Finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday blasted the Bangladesh Bank’s officials for lapses, saying that they have failed to perform their duty of monitoring the commercial banks. Full story

Two people made CGA

The finance ministry and the Comptroller and Auditor General have given two different people the charge of the Controller General of Accounts, said CAG sources. The CAG office on Tuesday made Abul Kashem the... Full story

NATIONAL

Police foil rally against new medical admission system in Chittagong

The police on Tuesday, for the second consecutive day, foiled a rally of the medical college admission-seekers who want cancellation of the government’s decision to enrol students in medical and dental colleges on the basis of their results in... Full story

BUET Academic Council meeting deferred

METRO

Police attrocities on medical admission seekers slated

Politicians and journalists on Tuesday condemned police attack on medical admission seekers rallying at the Central Shaheed Minar to press for cancellation of the government decision to... Full story

DU marks ‘Black Day’

BUSINESS

Oil production in Kailashtila gas-field from next August

Petrobangla, the state-run oil, gas and mineral resources corporation, has decided to start commercial oil production in Kailashtila gas-field from August next year, said Mohammad Enamul Haque, state minister for power and energy, on Tuesday. Full story

Bhutan wants air transit through Dhaka, Ctg

INTERNATIONAL

Syrian refugee crisis worsens in Turkey

The swelling numbers of refugees on Turkish soil are putting an enormous strain on Ankara which is pushing for safe zones inside Syria to shelter them as it confronts security-related problems at home. More than 9,000 Syrians were waiting... Full story

Sonia slams opposition MPs over deadlock

SPORTS

Midnight decision breaks 15 hearts

In a dramatic change in policy, the Bangladesh Cricket Board dropped 15 players from the list of contracted first-class cricketers and replaced them with national players in a payroll structure that was announced on Tuesday. The BCB initially had planned to keep the national... Full story

Roqibul shines in T20 warm-up

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Confrontation between state organs

When on May 29 this year, the legislature and the judiciary, two... Full story

No respite from baton-happy police

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A question for Muhammad Yunus

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Bangla Academy observes Nazrul’s death anniversary

Bangla Academy organised a discussion session followed by a cultural programme to observe the 36th death anniversary of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on Monday evening at the academy’s auditorium. A good number of audience attended at the... Full story