• The big boys’ show!
  • DWASA signs deal on Padma water treatment
  • CMCSU poll on Oct 11
  • Sonali Bank won’t file cases against Hallmark swindlers
  • WB, ADB, JICA missions due next month
  • BGB-BSF talks begin today amid continued border killings
  • Santos threatens to quit if not awarded Kutubdia gas field
  • New minister sets new deadline to nab killers
  • Editor Mahmudur seeks removal of Justice Shamsuddin
  • Mushfiq feels privileged to play alongside Sakib

Fruit juice of different brands are seen at a shop in a city market. The photo was snapped on Tuesday. Bhutan has imposed abnormally high duty on imports of agro-processed products from Bangladesh. — New Age photo

Fruit juice of different brands are seen at a shop in a city market. The photo was snapped on Tuesday. Bhutan has imposed abnormally high duty on imports of agro-processed products from Bangladesh. — New Age photo

A family moves away as floodwater engulfs their house at Jatrapur union of Kurigram. The photo was taken from village Char Parbatipur on Tuesday. — New Age photo.

A family moves away as floodwater engulfs their house at Jatrapur union of Kurigram. The photo was taken from village Char Parbatipur on Tuesday. — New Age photo.

Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan (R) raises his bat after scoring a half century as captain Mushfiqur Rahim (L) applauds during their ICC World Twenty20 match against Pakistan at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. — AFP photo

Bangladesh all-rounder Sakib al Hasan (R) raises his bat after scoring a half century as captain Mushfiqur Rahim (L) applauds during their ICC World Twenty20 match against Pakistan at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. — AFP photo

Sri Lankan cricketers Tillakaratne Dilshan (C) and Lasith Malinga (L) check their bats as team-mate Kumar Sangakkara (R) looks during a training session two days before their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match against New Zealand at Asgiriya cricket stadium in Kandy on Tuesday. — AFP photo

Sri Lankan cricketers Tillakaratne Dilshan (C) and Lasith Malinga (L) check their bats as team-mate Kumar Sangakkara (R) looks during a training session two days before their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match against New Zealand at Asgiriya cricket stadium in Kandy on Tuesday. — AFP photo

Anushilon Natyadal  stages Bhut on Monday at the Rajshahi 
University's Shaheed Minar.

Anushilon Natyadal stages Bhut on Monday at the Rajshahi University's Shaheed Minar.

A scene from Heroine.

A scene from Heroine.

Two Taiwan fishing boats (front) are blocked by a Japan Coast Guard, left, vessel as they try to sail toward the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands in territorial waters in the East China Sea on Tuesday. — AFP photo

Two Taiwan fishing boats (front) are blocked by a Japan Coast Guard, left, vessel as they try to sail toward the disputed Diaoyu / Senkaku islands in territorial waters in the East China Sea on Tuesday. — AFP photo

A visitor poses with the waxwork figures of Barcelona’s Argentine superstar Lionel Messi (L) and Real Madrid’s Portuguese star forward Cristiano Ronaldo (R) at Madame Tussauds in central London on Monday. — AFP photo

A visitor poses with the waxwork figures of Barcelona’s Argentine superstar Lionel Messi (L) and Real Madrid’s Portuguese star forward Cristiano Ronaldo (R) at Madame Tussauds in central London on Monday. — AFP photo

SIBL managing director Muhammed Ali and United Bank UK chief executive officer Mansoor M Khan are seen along with others at an agreement signing ceremony in London recently. — New Age photo

SIBL managing director Muhammed Ali and United Bank UK chief executive officer Mansoor M Khan are seen along with others at an agreement signing ceremony in London recently. — New Age photo



MAIN NEWS

Sonali Bank won’t file cases against Hallmark swindlers


Sonali Bank’s managing director Pradip Kumar Dutta on Tuesday said his bank would not file any criminal cases against some of its officials and Hallmark Group’s MD and chairman in connection... Full story

WB, ADB, JICA missions due next month


A World Bank mission is likely to arrive early next month to figure out a mechanism on how to vivify the project and hasten the construction of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge that got a new lease of... Full story

BGB-BSF talks begin today amid continued border killings


Dhaka will again register its protest against continued killing, torture and abduction of Bangladeshis on borders by BSF and Indian nationals as the director general-level conference between the... Full story

Santos threatens to quit if not awarded Kutubdia gas field


Santos Sangu Fields Limited has given a three-month ultimatum to leave Bangladesh if the government does not award the company Kutubdia hydrocarbon area, including a gas field discovered... Full story

NATIONAL

Floods engulf new areas in 3 northern districts


At least a child drowned and several lakh people remained marooned for days in Kurigram, Sirajganj and Jamalpur as the floods aggravated in the three northern districts due to rainfall and onrush of water from across the border. Fresh flash floods engulfed... Full story

METRO

DWASA signs deal on Padma water treatment


The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority on Tuesday signed a deal with a Chinese company on implementing the Padma Water Treatment Plant Project with a view to mitigating water crisis in the capital. Full story

BUSINESS

Bhutan imposes high duty on Bangladeshi agro-based items


Bhutan has imposed abnormally high duty on imports of agro-processed products from Bangladesh ‘violating’ the bilateral trade agreement between the two countries, exporters and commerce ministry officials said. Bangladeshi agro-processed... Full story

INTERNATIONAL

Fighting rages as world leaders meet at UN


Fierce fighting raged in key Syrian cities on Tuesday ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting, as international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said he saw no end in sight to the brutal 18-month old conflict. Full story

SPORTS

Mushfiq feels privileged to play alongside Sakib


Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim hailed Sakib al Hasan as the best cricketer the country has ever produced and felt privileged to be able to play alongside him. Mushfiq showered the praise on Sakib seeing him play yet another sparkling innings, this time in the ICC World... Full story

EDITORIAL

Home minister’s disturbing statement


Home affairs ministers of Bangladesh must have been cursed with... Full story

TIMEOUT

Nat’l Photography Fest continues


National Photography Festival 2012, organised by Dhaka University Photography Society, has started today at TSC at the university following a four-day display at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The six-day exhibition features some... Full story

LETTERS

Plight of the weak


We braved the rain, reached the village tackling muddy path, amidst ourselves criticizing the politicians who did nothing to mitigate the villagers’ sufferings. After a long deliberation, the village court brought... Full story

    Wednesday, September 26, 2012

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