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Nothing done to strengthen EC
The ruling Awami League appears to have done nothing to strengthen the Election Commission in its four years in government although it promised to reform electoral laws for the commission’s strengthening. Full story
BSF again kills 2 Bangladeshis
Indian Border Security Force shot dead two more Bangladeshi youths at Bibhishon frontier in Gomastapur upazila of Chapainawabganj early on Wednesday. Masud Rana Babu, 23, and Shahidul Islam, 28, were... Full story
Girl still severely traumatised
The 14-year-old gang-rape victim in Tangail, now being treated in Dhaka Medical College Hospital, still remains severely traumatised, physicians said. It is ‘very difficult to cure her,’ Bilkis Begu, the coordinator... Full story
HC halts Ashiyan City project activities
The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to stop immediately all activities, including selling plots, earth-filing and advertisement, of housing project Ashiyan City. The bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and... Full story
No report yet on BAU girl assault probe
The three-member committee investigating the proctor’s assaulting a female student at the Bangladesh Agricultural University on October 9, 2012 is yet to submit the report. The minister for education, Nurul Islam... Full story
METRO
Hatirjheel-Begunbari road opens to public
The Hatirjheel-Begunbari road opened to public on Wednesday after the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, inaugurated the Integrated Development Hatirjheel Area, Including Begunbari Khal, Project. Traffic on the road, however, was restricted to facilitate public viewing of the spectacular spot, the project officials said. Full story
BUSINESS
Another tight BB monetary policy in the offing
Bangladesh Bank is going to take another contractionary monetary policy for January-June of 2013 with a view to tackle inflation, said central bank officials. The BB is likely to announce the tight monetary... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Syria air raid kills 12 of one family
An air raid on a town partly held by rebels on the outskirts of Damascus on Wednesday killed at least 12 members of the same family, most of them children, a watchdog said. Regime warplanes bombed the town... Full story
SPORTS
Robiul, Anamul lift South
A late blitz by Robiul Islam helped Prime Bank South Zone reach a respectable 248 runs in the first innings on the first day of their second Bangladesh Cricket League match against Islami Bank East Zone at Mirpur on Wednesday. Half-centuries from Junaed Siddique and Farhad Hossain took Bangladesh Cricket Board North Zone to 281-5 against... Full story
EDITORIAL
More killings on the border
BY KILLING two more Bangladeshi cattle traders at Bujruk frontier in... Full story
OP-ED
Importance of maritime sector in national economy
THE sea plays a very important part in our life. Except for some limited trade with India and Myanmar, the bulk of our international trade is seaborne. The two seaports that we have are our great assets. We must develop them and utilise them to the... Full story
TIMEOUT
Kibria Print Fair begins
With the slogan ‘Print for All,’ Dhaka Art Centre’s Kibria Print Fair offers some exquisite prints created by the prominent and promising artists of the country. The six-day print fair began on Tuesday marking the 84th birth anniversary of artist Mohammad Kibria... Full story
LETTERS
Exemption of tax on education expenditure
IN THE last couple of decades after liberation, the government has been expanding educational institutions but facilities so far created have measurably failed to meet the growing need of the population. Full story
