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Diplomat murdered in city
A Saudi diplomat died at United Hospital early Tuesday after being shot at by unknown assailants near his residence in the city’s Gulshan. Gulshan police found Khalaf bin Mohammed Salem al-Ali, head of citizen affairs at Saudi embassy in Dhaka, lying in an unconscious state a few yards from his residence at about... Full story
Even foreigners are not safe: Khaleda
In the wake of the killing of a Saudi embassy staff, the BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, has said the government has failed to ensure the security of people both inside and outside their homes. ‘Even foreigners are not safe these days,’ she said referring to the murder of the Saudi embassy staff in the capital on Monday night. Full story
JP won’t join 14-party rally on Mar 14: Ershad
The Jatiya Party chairman, HM Ershad, has said his party will not join the ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance’s rally in the capital scheduled for March 14. ‘The Jatiya Party won’t join the March 14 rally convened by the 14-party alliance in the capital,’ he told reporters during his visit to the River Feni on Tuesday. Full story
HC asks BOU to sue 17 teachers
The High Court on Tuesday asked Bangladesh Open University authorities to sue, in 24 hours, 17 teachers, three of them of Dhaka University for mentioning in two BOU textbooks that Ziaur Rahman proclaimed independence of the country. Full story
Bangladesh on top in South Asia
Bangladesh has been on top in terms of gender equity in South Asia, according to the Gender Equity Index 2012 report. The Gender Equity Index 2012 was released by Social Watch, a Manila-based civil society network, ahead of International Women’s Day. Full story
METRO
Shops keep violating govt holiday schedule
Shops in different shopping malls and markets in the capital are violating staggered shopping schedule announced by the government in February 2010 with a view to reducing city tailbacks. Besides food and medicine stores, exempted from the schedule, many other shops including those of shoes, photocopy and... Full story
BUSINESS
Body formed to amend Bank Company Act
The government on Tuesday formed a seven–member committee to amend the Bank Companies Act 1991 to combat risk and ensure good governance in the banking sector, officials said. Former secretary AK Abdul Mubin will lead the committee that has been asked to examine... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Syrian forces pound towns held by rebels
Syrian forces on Tuesday pounded rebel-held towns and blasted a bridge used by refugees to escape to Lebanon, a monitoring group said, as fears grew for the safety of civilians caught in the crossfire. The violence comes amid a flurry of diplomatic initiatives launched separately by the Arab League, the United Nations, Russia and China ... Full story
SPORTS
Blatter gives Bangladesh high hopes
FIFA president Joseph Blatter during his visit to Bangladesh on Tuesday assured Bangladesh Football Federation of all out co-operation to regain football’s popularity in this country. Blatter made this assurance while speaking to a press conference after he had a courtesy... Full story
EDITORIAL
An affront to parliament, a sign of political bankruptcy
EXCHANGE of unsubstantiated accusations and obscene innuendos between the ruling and opposition camps in Bangladesh is an intractable ill that has afflicted national politics and political discourse for years. In a personality-dominated political culture, denigration... Full story
OP-ED
Real money for an imaginary war
AT THE height of the Occupy Wall Street evictions, it seemed as though some diminutive version of ‘shock and awe’ had stumbled from Baghdad, Iraq, to Oakland, California. American police forces had been ‘militarised’, many commentators worried, as though the firepower... Full story
TIMEOUT
Street theatre fest ends today
The National Street Theatre Festival 2012, organised by Bangladesh Pathonatya Parisad, will end today at the Mukta Mancha of Suhrawardi Udyan in Dhaka. On the concluding day seven troupes will stage their productions. Sanchalak (Munshiganj) will stage Tulu, Drishtipat Natyadal will... Full story
LETTERS
PM’s advisers are ‘India’s men’!
THIS pointed remark was stated by the Jatiya Party chairman in a public meeting, according to reports published in most national dailies on March 6. If this is the opinion of the head of the Awami League’s main ally, who can blame the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for shouting about it endlessly at every opportunity. Full story
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