• Time for people to claim independence
  • Freedom is not class-neutral
  • Power woes deepen
  • Police suffer acute housing crisis
  • Drug admin adverts draw criticism
  • Ministry ‘concerned’ about corporal punishment
  • Khaleda to be exiled if continues harming country, says Hanif
  • Green activists call for reconstitution
  • DU holds convocation today
  • RUET suspends 10 students over Sajib killing
  • PM’s Ctg dev claims a farce: Khosru
  • Lack of transparency deepens water problem: TIB
  • RAB assault on DU teacher condemned
  • AL supporters foil Deshnetri Forum human chain
  • Call for awareness to realise minorities’ demands
  • Govt picking people’s pocket: BNP
  • Govt may not complete job by year-end
  • Youths for completing war crimes trial
  • People fed up with AL-BNP bickering: Ershad
  • BTRC initiates moves to stop mobile theft
  • Khaleda will have face justice for misdeeds: Quamrul
  • JL leader stabbed to death
  • Public health under threat
  • City corporation move to ease traffic jam yet to see light
  • BCC cuts down rare trees
  • Eight JU teachers, students get EC scholarship this year
  • Sheikh Sadi Khan wins best music director award
  • Nilu reelected jury for Ibsen Awards body
  • Bangladeshi docu selected at Aljazeera Film Fest
  • Redford: Documentaries have replaced journalism
  • Another outrageous hike in electricity price
  • No let-up in BSF atrocities
  • The conflict in Syria: settling scores, balancing accounts
  • An important lesson for teachers
  • ‘The power of opposition’
  • Mission Afghanistan
  • ‘Moral crime’ in the total state
  • The world is thirsty because we are hungry
  • Oceanic agriculture: food for next century
  • Syria fighting rages, Annan urges immediate ceasefire
  • Clashes as Palestinians mark Land Day
  • Mali’s isolated junta seeks help to stop Tuareg juggernaut
  • Thirteen dead in new Honduras prison fire
  • ‘Dhaka wants India cotton at any rates’
  • US-China trade disputes likely to rage
  • Prices of edible oil, egg, chicken still high
  • India may tax foreign institutional investors
  • Spain unveils huge cuts in budget
  • Police hunt two more Pakistanis
  • Abahani demand points


This August 23, 2011 photograph obtained courtesy of the Defence Video and Imagery Distribution System shows Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, left, at the National Training Centre in Fort Irwin, California, the US soldier who allegedly shot and killed 17 civilians in Afghanistan. Bales was formally charged on March 23 with 17 premeditated murders of civilians in an Afghanistan village, US forces said. — AFP photo

This August 23, 2011 photograph obtained courtesy of the Defence Video and Imagery Distribution System shows Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, left, at the National Training Centre in Fort Irwin, California, the US soldier who allegedly shot and killed 17 civilians in Afghanistan. Bales was formally charged on March 23 with 17 premeditated murders of civilians in an Afghanistan village, US forces said. — AFP photo

Syrian refugees and local residents take part in a demonstration against Syria’s president Bashar Al-Assad, after Friday prayers outside the Syrian embassy in Amman on Friday. — Reuters photo

Syrian refugees and local residents take part in a demonstration against Syria’s president Bashar Al-Assad, after Friday prayers outside the Syrian embassy in Amman on Friday. — Reuters photo

Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith speaks at the inaugural ceremony of the 11th SAARC Trade Fair and Tourism Mart 2012 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka on Friday. — New Age photo

Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith speaks at the inaugural ceremony of the 11th SAARC Trade Fair and Tourism Mart 2012 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka on Friday. — New Age photo

Policemen stay in poorly-lit, tn-shed barrack at the Gulsan police station in Dhaka in the absence of better housing facilities. The photograph was taken on Friday. — Sanaul Haque

Policemen stay in poorly-lit, tn-shed barrack at the Gulsan police station in Dhaka in the absence of better housing facilities. The photograph was taken on Friday. — Sanaul Haque

The Shyampur police use a Dhaka South City Corporation playground to keep seized vehicles in violation of a high court order to free the playground for people. The photograph was taken on Friday. — Sourav Lasker

The Shyampur police use a Dhaka South City Corporation playground to keep seized vehicles in violation of a high court order to free the playground for people. The photograph was taken on Friday. — Sourav Lasker

A scene from the documentary Faith.

A scene from the documentary Faith.

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on March 29, shows flames rising from reported shelling by Syrian government forces on a residential area in the flashpoint central city of Homs. President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to work to make a success of envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan, state news agency SANA said, as Arab leaders on March 29 urged dialogue to end Syria’s crackdown on dissent. — AFP photo

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on March 29, shows flames rising from reported shelling by Syrian government forces on a residential area in the flashpoint central city of Homs. President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to work to make a success of envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan, state news agency SANA said, as Arab leaders on March 29 urged dialogue to end Syria’s crackdown on dissent. — AFP photo

People hold placard reading ‘R.I.P. democracy’ during a demonstration in Madrid on Thursday on a national strike day. — AFP photo

People hold placard reading ‘R.I.P. democracy’ during a demonstration in Madrid on Thursday on a national strike day. — AFP photo

Freedom fighters sing the national anthem during the inauguration of a two-day recitation programme at Rabindra Sarobar in Dhaka on Friday. — New Age photo

Freedom fighters sing the national anthem during the inauguration of a two-day recitation programme at Rabindra Sarobar in Dhaka on Friday. — New Age photo

People of the Hindu community take holy bath in the Old Brahmaputra on the occasion of Astami Snan at Langalbandh in Naryanganj on Friday. — New Age photo

People of the Hindu community take holy bath in the Old Brahmaputra on the occasion of Astami Snan at Langalbandh in Naryanganj on Friday. — New Age photo

Freedom fighters sing the national anthem during the inauguration of a two-day recitation programme at Rabindra Sarobar in Dhaka on Friday. — New Age photo

Freedom fighters sing the national anthem during the inauguration of a two-day recitation programme at Rabindra Sarobar in Dhaka on Friday. — New Age photo



MAIN NEWS

Power woes deepen


Electricity consumers are forced to pay more and more although they are yet to get respite from frequent power outages. Full story

Police suffer acute housing crisis


Police working for the Dhaka Metropolitan Police are suffering an acute accommodation crisis with many officers having to live in barracks where they often have to interchange their beds from night to night. Full story

Drug admin adverts draw criticism


Multi-colour advertisements published by the directorate general of drug administration in different newspaper for three successive days seemed to favour some pharmaceutical companies including Opsonin Pharma Limited and Opso Saline Limited, experts said. Full story

Ministry ‘concerned’ about corporal punishment


The education ministry is concerned about the recent incidents of corporal punishment and warned that stern action would be taken against the accused teachers. Full story

NATIONAL

Call for awareness to realise minorities’ demands


Participants in a discussion on Friday stressed the need for raising awareness among the country’s minorities for the realisation of their demands and rights. Full story

METRO

Public health under threat


A significant number of butchers in the capital are still continuing with slaughtering birds in an unhygienic and unsafe way despite the government’s attempts to minimise the risk of bird flue spreading in the city’s bird markets. Full story

BUSINESS

Hassle-free visa system needed for SAARC business boost: Muhith


The finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, on Friday said ensuring hassle-free visa system was important to promote trade and tourism among the SAARC countries. Full story

INTERNATIONAL

Syria fighting rages, Annan urges immediate ceasefire


International envoy Kofi Annan urged Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to immediately implement a ceasefire, as fighting raged Friday even after the embattled leader said he had accepted the peace plan. Full story

SPORTS

Police hunt two more Pakistanis


The police have sought Interpol’s help in nabbing two more Pakistani nationals, involved in match-fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 tournament, a top officer of the detective branch said. Full story

EDITORIAL

Another outrageous hike in electricity price


THE frequency with which the Awami League-Jatiya Party government has been increasing power prices... Full story

OP-ED

Mission Afghanistan


THE Barack Obama administration is now on the horns of dilemma with regard to Afghanistan where 99,000 American soldiers are stationed. Full story

TIMEOUT

Sheikh Sadi Khan wins best music director award


Renowned music composer Sheikh Sadi Khan won National Film Award 2010 under the best music director category for composing title song of the movie Bhalobashlei Ghar Badha Jay Na... Full story

LETTERS

An important lesson for teachers


I AM among the majority of people who hoped, wished, and prayed that corporal punishment would end in schools when the High Court gave its landmark verdict over a year ago... Full story

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