• Govt owes a credible reply to lawmakers
  • Not quite an indicator of improved law and order
  • The latest North Korean denuclearisation deal
  • Avoid Pakistan tour, please
  • Security for all
  • A priority in climate change adaptation
  • Obama keeps friends and foes guessing
  • Lucky gets int’l honour as patron of children’s theatre
  • Kamruzzaman wins Best Award in Graphics
  • Syrian forces kill 21 ahead of Annan peace mission
  • Obama, Karzai note progress on long-term deal: White House
  • Credit flow falls slightly in January
  • India moves to crank up lending, cuts reserve ratio
  • PM moves to defuse tension
  • Dravid calls time on international career
  • Bowling to Gayle gives Mashrafee confidence
  • Occupied, damaged footpaths major reason for road accidents
  • Stop selling bad agro-inputs, demand greens
  • Bikalpadhara to join BNP rally

Rescue workers line up computer monitors and accessories recovered from the debris of a school damaged by cyclone Sidr.— New Age photo

Rescue workers line up computer monitors and accessories recovered from the debris of a school damaged by cyclone Sidr.— New Age photo

Anti-Syrian regime protesters chant slogans against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad during a demonstration after Friday prayers, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday.— AFP photo

Anti-Syrian regime protesters chant slogans against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad during a demonstration after Friday prayers, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday.— AFP photo

A file photo shows activities inside a branch of a private bank in the city. The credit growth in January in both public and private sector fell slightly with the central bank maintaining restriction on money flow to curb inflation. — New Age photo

A file photo shows activities inside a branch of a private bank in the city. The credit growth in January in both public and private sector fell slightly with the central bank maintaining restriction on money flow to curb inflation. — New Age photo

Bangladesh cricket team coach Stuart Law (L) speaks to opener Tamim Iqbal during a training session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday.— Sourav Loskar

Bangladesh cricket team coach Stuart Law (L) speaks to opener Tamim Iqbal during a training session at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Friday.— Sourav Loskar

People walk down the roads as footpaths remain occupied by vendors

People walk down the roads as footpaths remain occupied by vendors

Nagarik Sanghati forms a human chain in front of the Dhaka University fine arts faculty building on Friday, demanding an end to sales of adulterated fertiliser and counterfeit seeds.— New Age photo

Nagarik Sanghati forms a human chain in front of the Dhaka University fine arts faculty building on Friday, demanding an end to sales of adulterated fertiliser and counterfeit seeds.— New Age photo

Award winning artwork by artist Kamruzzaman.

Award winning artwork by artist Kamruzzaman.

This undated picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on March 4 shows Kim Jong-Un visiting Panmunjom, a village on the border between North and South Korea. The North’s foreign ministry said the North’s people were ‘full of hatred resentment’ at the South’s leader amid Seoul’s ongoing joint military exercises with the US, which it says are war games for an invasion.— AFP photo/ KCNA via KNS

This undated picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on March 4 shows Kim Jong-Un visiting Panmunjom, a village on the border between North and South Korea. The North’s foreign ministry said the North’s people were ‘full of hatred resentment’ at the South’s leader amid Seoul’s ongoing joint military exercises with the US, which it says are war games for an invasion.— AFP photo/ KCNA via KNS

A file photo shows bottled soya bean oil at a grocery in Dhaka. Both unpacked and bottled soya bean oil was retailing on the city kitchen markets at the rate much higher than government set rates over the past week. — New Age photo

A file photo shows bottled soya bean oil at a grocery in Dhaka. Both unpacked and bottled soya bean oil was retailing on the city kitchen markets at the rate much higher than government set rates over the past week. — New Age photo

RAB personnel check a bag of a man at the Kamalapur railway station in Dhaka on Friday as security has been heightened in view of the March 12 march towards Dhaka programme. — Sanaul Haque

RAB personnel check a bag of a man at the Kamalapur railway station in Dhaka on Friday as security has been heightened in view of the March 12 march towards Dhaka programme. — Sanaul Haque

The queen of South Asian pop Asha Bhosle performs a duet with Runa Laila in a concert at the Army Stadium in Dhaka on Friday. — Sanaul Haque

The queen of South Asian pop Asha Bhosle performs a duet with Runa Laila in a concert at the Army Stadium in Dhaka on Friday. — Sanaul Haque



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Govt owes a credible reply to lawmakers


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Lucky gets int’l honour as patron of children’s theatre


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Avoid Pakistan tour, please


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