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Independence Day today
The 42nd Independence and National Day will be celebrated today with a fresh vow to institutionalise democracy and complete the trial of crimes against humanity committed during the war for independence in 1971. Full story
Income inequality unchanged
Bangladesh has remained a country with substantial income inequality with all its manifestations even 41years after independence due to wrong policies pursued by successive governments, economists said. Full story
BNP calls off March 29 strike
The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance on Sunday called off its nationwide general strike scheduled for March 29 as a religious festival of the Hindu community falls on the day. Full story
Criminal excesses overshadow RAB success
Any successes that the Rapid Action Battalion might have achieved in its eight years of existence have been wholly overshadowed by the hundreds of extra-judicial killings that it has carried out and the suspicion... Full story
Violence at Ishwardi EPZ over demand for wage hike
A fierce clash between agitating workers of a knitting factory and police at Ishwardi EPZ on Sunday left more than 100 people, including 20 policemen, injured, police said. Full story
METRO
Chittagong people face hours-long power cuts
People in the Chittagong city suffer from hours-long power cuts even after 12-hour-power-suspension in medium and heavy industries daily in the region since March 20. Full story
BUSINESS
1 bank to coordinate funding for SMEs in each district
Bangladesh Bank has asked the commercial banks to coordinate funding for SME activities by one particular bank in one district to spur the growth of small and medium enterprises across the country. Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Blasts shake Homs, Syria rebels hit back
Blasts rocked the flashpoint city of Homs on Sunday as Syria’s regime pressed its assault on protest hubs, while rebels attacked a military base in Damascus province, activists and monitors said. Full story
SPORTS
Mushfiq steers Jamal with fourth ton
Mushfiqur Rahim slammed 114, his fourth century in the Dhaka Premier League, as Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club defeated title-contenders Victoria Sporting Club by nine runs in their first match of the super league on Sunday. Full story
EDITORIAL
Basic rights need to be made legally enforceable duties of the state
FOLLOWED by a series of political and cultural movements for the right to autonomy and self-determination, Bangladesh emerged as an independent state through a people’s war in 1971. It was those social... Full story
OP-ED
The seductions of violence in Iraq
SOME of the uprisings in the Arab world in 2011 demonstrated the appeal and the power of non-violent protest. Others, however, bore witness to the enduring appeal of violence, both for embattled regimes and for those trying to unseat them. For the former, violence... Full story
TIMEOUT
Recalling artists’ contribution to independence war
Although artists played a notable role during the country’s war of independence in 1971, they are afforded little recognition. Some artists participated directly in the front line against the... Full story
LETTERS
Parliamentary misconduct
IN BANGLADESH, parliamentary misconduct has become so routine an affair that it might appear to be a waste of effort even to discuss the whys and wherefores of it. Forget the daily adjournments and walkouts... Full story
