• Half-day general strike underway in Rangpur division
  • Garment workers demonstrate in Ashulia

A woman winnows paddy on the outskirts of Dhaka on Sunday. Growth in the agriculture sector has hit an 11-year low in the current fiscal year. — Sony Ramany

A woman winnows paddy on the outskirts of Dhaka on Sunday. Growth in the agriculture sector has hit an 11-year low in the current fiscal year. — Sony Ramany

In this photograph taken on February 20, 1999, then prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, left, receives his then Indian counterpart Atal Behari Vajpayee, right, at the Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan after the first regular bus service between the two countries. — AFP photo/Saeed Khan

In this photograph taken on February 20, 1999, then prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, left, receives his then Indian counterpart Atal Behari Vajpayee, right, at the Wagah border crossing between India and Pakistan after the first regular bus service between the two countries. — AFP photo/Saeed Khan

Cultural affairs secretary Ronjit Bishwas hands over award to a winner of Tagore competition on Saturday at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

Cultural affairs secretary Ronjit Bishwas hands over award to a winner of Tagore competition on Saturday at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

Pakistani women display their identity cards during the re-poll of voters in the constituency known as NA-250 in Karachi on Sunday. — AFP photo

Pakistani women display their identity cards during the re-poll of voters in the constituency known as NA-250 in Karachi on Sunday. — AFP photo

The EU head of delegation to Bangladesh and three foreign envoys working in Dhaka meet the BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, in her office at Gulshan in Dhaka on Sunday. — New Age photo

The EU head of delegation to Bangladesh and three foreign envoys working in Dhaka meet the BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, in her office at Gulshan in Dhaka on Sunday. — New Age photo

The European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, left, and Iran’s chief negotiator, Saeed Jalili, pose for the media before their meeting in Baghdad on May 23, 2012. — Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani

The European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, left, and Iran’s chief negotiator, Saeed Jalili, pose for the media before their meeting in Baghdad on May 23, 2012. — Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani

Philippines women’s football team, who are currently in Dhaka for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers, train at the Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club on Sunday. — New Age photo

Philippines women’s football team, who are currently in Dhaka for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers, train at the Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club on Sunday. — New Age photo

Professor Borhan Uddin Khan Jahangir hands over Hamidur Rahman Award to eminent artist Rafiqun Nabi on Saturday.

Professor Borhan Uddin Khan Jahangir hands over Hamidur Rahman Award to eminent artist Rafiqun Nabi on Saturday.

A file photo shows Honda motorcycles. Motorcycle assembling in Bangladesh by a joint initiative of Honda Motor Company and the Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation is going to begin in September, said officials. — Reuters photo

A file photo shows Honda motorcycles. Motorcycle assembling in Bangladesh by a joint initiative of Honda Motor Company and the Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation is going to begin in September, said officials. — Reuters photo

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, meets her South Korean counterpart Chung Hong-won at the Mandarin Oriental conference room at Chiang Mai in Thailand on Sunday. — PID photo

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, meets her South Korean counterpart Chung Hong-won at the Mandarin Oriental conference room at Chiang Mai in Thailand on Sunday. — PID photo

The EU head of delegation to Bangladesh and three foreign envoys working in Dhaka meet the BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, in her office at Gulshan in Dhaka on Sunday. — New Age photo

The EU head of delegation to Bangladesh and three foreign envoys working in Dhaka meet the BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, in her office at Gulshan in Dhaka on Sunday. — New Age photo

English midfielder David Beckham is thrown in the air by teammates after a French Ligue 1 football match between Paris Saint Germain and Brest on Saturday at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. —  AFP photo

English midfielder David Beckham is thrown in the air by teammates after a French Ligue 1 football match between Paris Saint Germain and Brest on Saturday at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. — AFP photo

Students come out from classrooms at Adharchandra High School at Savar on Sunday. The school reopened after 24 days of closure for the rescue operation of the Rana Plaza collapse. — Indrajit Ghosh

Students come out from classrooms at Adharchandra High School at Savar on Sunday. The school reopened after 24 days of closure for the rescue operation of the Rana Plaza collapse. — Indrajit Ghosh



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No rallies, processions for a month: ministers


The government in a harsh move has banned all forms of political gathering and procession in the country for one month with effect from Sunday, drawing protests from opposition parties and groups. Ruling Awami League general secretary Syed Ashfarul Islam... Full story

Tazreen owner barred from leaving country


The High Court on Sunday directed the government and the police to explain why they should not be asked to arrest Tazreen Fashions managing director Delwar Hossain by prosecuting him for committing homicides by the November 24, 2012 factory fire that left at... Full story

Over Tk 150cr spent on 3,605 OSDs in 9yrs


Three thousand, six hundred and five bureaucrats were made officers on special duty in nine years beginning in 2004 and the government spent Tk 150.91 crore on salaries and other benefits for them. The public administration ministry on Sunday said this in its report submitted... Full story

Govt to simplify power connection process before polls


The government is planning to simplify the process of providing new power connections keeping elections in the view and also to accelerate electrification across the country. Asked by the power ministry the Rural Electrification Board... Full story

NATIONAL

ACC team leaves for Canada to gather evidence


An Anti-Corruption Commission team on Sunday left Dhaka for Canada as part of the ongoing investigation into the Padma Bridge project corruption conspiracy case. ‘The two-member team led by ACC legal adviser Anisul Haque... Full story

METRO

Resumption of waterbus service misses deadline


Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation has failed to put six waterbuses in operation on the Dhaka circular waterway from May 15 according to its earlier plan. BIWTC officials said that the launching of the waterbuses has been delayed as the... Full story

BUSINESS

Agricultural growth hits 11-year low


Growth in the agriculture sector has hit an 11-year low in the current fiscal year as farmers, disheartened by low prices of rice, reduced cultivation of the major crop, agriculturists and economists said. The sector that included sub-sectors like crops and horticulture, animal farming and forest, grew... Full story

INTERNATIONAL

Assad, Hezbollah forces enter Syria rebel town


Syrian troops backed by fighters from Lebanon’s Hezbollah attacked and entered the strategic rebel stronghold of Qusayr on Sunday, a day after president Bashar al-Assad insisted he would not quit. Full story

SPORTS

No TV deal until BCB election


The long overdue deal of the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s next TV broadcast and marketing rights is unlikely to be completed before the next board election, officials said on Sunday. The BCB faces a race against time to ink their television broadcast and marketing rights deal before the... Full story

EDITORIAL

The dark side of overseas employment


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OP-ED

Ten emerging challenges and way forward


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TIMEOUT

Safiuddin Ahmed’s 1st death anniversary today


Today is the first death anniversary of painter Painter Safiuddin Ahmed (1922-2012), one of the pioneers of modern art movement in Bangladesh. Bengal Foundation has organised a commemoration programme marking the occasion. Full story

LETTERS

Relocating garment factories in garment pallis


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