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Local and Indian artists along with the distinguished guests pose at the inauguration ceremony of the art camp organised as part of the Sultan Utsab. — New Age photo

A file photo shows a foreign-funded WASA project work going on on Green Road in Dhaka. International lenders and development partners disbursed $ 210.98 million in loans and grants in the first month of FY 2012-2013, up $155.03 million from the same period of last year. — New Age photo

A Syrian man carries a wounded girl into a hospital in Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, on Tuesday. — AFP photo

Bangladesh national cricket team coach Richard Pybus (L) speaks at a press conference at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday. — New Age photo

Wastes remain scattered on a road at Wireless Gate of Moghbazar as in many other places in the capital, causing nuisance to the city dwellers. — New Age photo

England captain Andrew Strauss attends a news conference where he announced his retirement from professional cricket at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on Wednesday. — Reuters photo

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and wife Ann wave to the crowd at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday during the Republican National Convention. — AFP photo

Medical admission seekers rally on the Dhaka University campus on Wednesday against the government decision of cancelling medical and dental college admission test. — New Age photo

Janata Bank chairman Abul Barkat presides over the 5th annual general meeting of the bank in the board room of the bank in Dhaka on Tuesday. — New Age photo

US tennis star Serena Williams returns to her compatriot Coco Vandeweghe during their US Open 2012 women’s singles match in Flushing Meadows, New York on Tuesday. — Reuters photo

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Enforced disappearance goes unabated

Enforced disappearance keeps taking place, with 67 cases reported in Bangladesh after the assumption of office by the Awami League-led government. International Day of the Disappeared will be observed... Full story

BERC to split household power billing into 7 slabs

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday decided to put in place seven slabs for electric billing for household consumers, the commission’s member Salim Mahmud said. Full story

US, Japan, India backing Bangladesh: Mozena

As the hectic behind-the-scenes negotiation to revive the World Bank’s loan for the Padma Bridge through the mediation of the US, Japan and India reached a crucial stage, US ambassador Dan Mozena... Full story

Sonali not to suspend 29 officials by BB deadline

The Sonali Bank board on Wednesday said that it would not suspend the 29 officials alleged to have been involved in the illegal lending of Tk 3,547 crore to little-known Hallmark Group and five other... Full story

NATIONAL

SC declines to stay HC injunction on Hallmark’s industrial park

The Appellate Division on Wednesday declined to issue stay on a High Court’s injunction on the environment and forest ministry clearance allowing Hallmark Group to set up an industrial park at Savar by filling up... Full story

Witness says his brother was killed by Kamaruzzaman

METRO

Wastes on roads continue to vex city people

Municipal wastes littered here and there on different roads and wastes spilling out of waste containers at some places continue to cause nuisance to the city dwellers. Pedestrians and local people have complained that they face difficulty in crossing some roads stretches because... Full story

Battery-run rickshaws in Sylhet demand approval

BUSINESS

$210.98m foreign loan, grants received in July

International lenders and development partners disbursed $ 210.98 million in loans and grants in the first month of FY 2012-2013, up $ 155.03 million from the same period of last year, Economic Relations Division said on Wednesday. In July 2012-2013... Full story

DSE to sell 5 new memberships at Tk 32.2cr each

INTERNATIONAL

More time needed to win battle: Assad

The president, Bashar al-Assad, said his regime needs more time to win the battle for Syria and scoffed at the idea of creating buffer zones for displaced people, as fighting raged across his country on Wednesday. Assad’s statements, in an... Full story

India politician guilty of murder in Gujarat riots

SPORTS

Pybus backs Tigers for T20 success

Bangladesh will go into the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka next month with full of confidence as they have played good cricket over the past few months, coach Richard Pybus said at a news conference on Wednesday. Bangladesh, the beaten finalists in Asia Cup one-day tournament in March, spent the last few months in preparing... Full story

Pybus lodges complaint against powerful BCB director

EDITORIAL

Time to address the issue effectively

The death of Tawhid, a second-year student of Dhaka University, who... Full story

Govt had better correct its course on Yunus

OP-ED

The amazing story of our own Kacha Lota Dhan (Kasalath)

There is no doubt that the IRRI authors must be congratulated for this discovery. At the same time, we must ponder where we are heading in science and technology when our own treasure is unknown to us and others are stepping in and claiming them. Full story

Governments busy developing infrastructure for ‘rich’ car users

TIMEOUT

Four-day Sultan Utsab begins

The four-day ‘Sultan Utsab’ began simultaneously in Sultan Mancha at the Narail Government Victoria College and Shishu Swarga at the legendary artist’s residence, in Narail on Wednesday marking SM Sultan’s 88th birth anniversary, which falls... Full story

Manush, The Distant Near to be staged in Hong Kong

LETTERS

Open private universities for all

The education system in Bangladesh originated during the British-India era, designed in such a way that allowed formal education for the affluent and middle class. Although officially, there is no bar to enrol a financially... Full story