A chorus presents Nazrul song at Chhayanaut on Friday. — New Age photo

A chorus presents Nazrul song at Chhayanaut on Friday. — New Age photo

Railways minister Majibul Hoque, primary education minister Absarul Amin Chowdhury and forest minister Hasan Mahmud inaugurate the DEMU service at Chittagong Railway Station on Saturday. — Focusbangla photo

Railways minister Majibul Hoque, primary education minister Absarul Amin Chowdhury and forest minister Hasan Mahmud inaugurate the DEMU service at Chittagong Railway Station on Saturday. — Focusbangla photo

Caption: Michael Moore’s films proved that documentaries could make money in theatres — AP photo

Caption: Michael Moore’s films proved that documentaries could make money in theatres — AP photo

Thirteen entrepreneurs who were rewarded by BRAC Bank hold crests at an SME entrepreneurs’ conference held in Dhaka on Saturday. Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman and BRAC Bank managing director Syed Mahbubur Rahman are also seen. — New Age photo

Thirteen entrepreneurs who were rewarded by BRAC Bank hold crests at an SME entrepreneurs’ conference held in Dhaka on Saturday. Bangladesh Bank governor Atiur Rahman and BRAC Bank managing director Syed Mahbubur Rahman are also seen. — New Age photo

Call it irony, if you will, or call it a nightmare, but Big Oil evidently has no qualms about making its next set of profits directly off melting the planet.

Call it irony, if you will, or call it a nightmare, but Big Oil evidently has no qualms about making its next set of profits directly off melting the planet.

Firemen extinguish a row of burning cars in the suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm on Thursday. — Reuters photo

Firemen extinguish a row of burning cars in the suburb of Rinkeby after youths rioted in several different suburbs around Stockholm on Thursday. — Reuters photo

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Asad Khan

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, addresses the inaugural ceremony of the programmes marking the 114th birth anniversary of the National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in the Osmani Memorial Hall auditorium in Dhaka on Saturday. — Focusbangla photo

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, addresses the inaugural ceremony of the programmes marking the 114th birth anniversary of the National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in the Osmani Memorial Hall auditorium in Dhaka on Saturday. — Focusbangla photo



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3 govts fail to formulate coal policy in 8 years


Three successive governments have failed to finalise the much talked-about coal policy in long in eight years because of a controversy over the method of coal extraction, particularly at Phulbari coal site. Full story

Incentives fail to revive ailing capital market


The government move to support the country’s ailing capital market by providing budgetary incentives has failed to make any difference as share prices on Dhaka bourse have continued to nosedive. Full story

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BCL men attack students on CU campus


Activists of the ruling AL-backed Chhatra League on Saturday attacked Chittagong University students who were laying siege to the administrative building on the campus in protest at their fellow being killed in a traffic accident. Full story

METRO

Ctg gets DEMU railcar service


Bangladesh Railway on Saturday pressed into service three DEMU railcars in Chittagong, two of them for the commuters in the port city. The third DEMU railcar would shuttle between the port city and Laksham, railway officials said. Full story

BUSINESS

Undue frequency allocation by BTRC causes Tk 840cr govt loss


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INTERNATIONAL

Syria rebels fight on as peace talks pressure mounts


Syrian rebels kept up resistance Saturday to a massive assault on a strategic central town as pressure grew on the opposition to attend a peace conference after the regime agreed to do so. Full story

SPORTS

New law to combat sports crime sought


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EDITORIAL

More reasons to stop Rampal power plant


It is indeed unfortunate that while the Indian state-owned National... Full story

OP-ED

Deaths of workers in building collapse


Every country needs cooperation of other countries to move forward in present age. Import and export of goods, services, technology and manpower are indispensable for a country that desires sustainable development and it needs foreign... Full story

TIMEOUT

Cultural organisations celebrate Nazrul’s birth anniv


Different cultural organisations celebrated Nazrul’s 114th birth anniversary in a festive manner on Saturday organising various programmes including musical shows and fairs. Nazrul Academy’s three-day Nazrul birth anniversary... Full story

LETTERS

Loss of arable land


A report based on a study carried out by Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI), was published in a local English language daily recently. It indicated a regular and increasingly declining trend of land available... Full story

THE YOUTH

Universities fail to support the visually impaired


Only four universities are allowing admissions for the visually impaired among the 104, public and private, universities existing in the country. These universities are Dhaka University, Chittagong University, Islamic University of Kushtia along with the... Full story

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