• The killing of BNP leader raises unpleasant questions
  • A legitimate demand
  • The language we teach!
  • Danger behind bipartisan agreement on Lankan parliament’s supremacy
  • Inching towards doom
  • Babu talks about Feedback
  • Film director Ruhul Amin dies
  • Opposition, West reject Assad ‘peace plan’
  • Syria refugees in Jordan do deals in desert
  • Dutch coaches promise high
  • Ctg Kings, Duranto at loggerheads over Tait
  • DU students charged extra fees
  • Sylhet trader stabbed to death
  • Govt H1 borrowing from scheduled banks soars
  • Import slump sends reserve to record $13b
  • Govt’s parting gesture to save rivers
  • NBR on the prowl
  • ACC to seize Bridges Division documents
  • Water board submits feasibility report
  • Non-MPO teachers begin sit-in
  • Protest continues against rapes

The main lawyer for the impeached Sri Lankan chief justice, Shirani Bandaranayake, Kandiah Neelakamdan, centre, walks with his legal team at the Supreme Court Complex in Colombo on January 3, after a Supreme Court decision that virtually struck down a move by the ruling party to impeach the chief justice. — AFP photo

The main lawyer for the impeached Sri Lankan chief justice, Shirani Bandaranayake, Kandiah Neelakamdan, centre, walks with his legal team at the Supreme Court Complex in Colombo on January 3, after a Supreme Court decision that virtually struck down a move by the ruling party to impeach the chief justice. — AFP photo

Foad Naser Babu

Foad Naser Babu

Bangladesh’s proposed Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif (R) and his assistant Rene Koster (2nd-R) are seen after their arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday. — Sourav Loskar

Bangladesh’s proposed Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif (R) and his assistant Rene Koster (2nd-R) are seen after their arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday. — Sourav Loskar

People encroach on the River Buriganga dumping garbage and rubbish in the river at Kamrangirchar in Dhaka on Monday. — Indrajit Ghosh

People encroach on the River Buriganga dumping garbage and rubbish in the river at Kamrangirchar in Dhaka on Monday. — Indrajit Ghosh

Teachers and employees of educational institutions, not enlisted for the monthly pay order, block Purana Paltan intersection in Dhaka on Monday, demanding their enlistment. — New Age photo

Teachers and employees of educational institutions, not enlisted for the monthly pay order, block Purana Paltan intersection in Dhaka on Monday, demanding their enlistment. — New Age photo

A picture taken on January 3, shows a Syrian refugee man selling beans at the Zaatari refugee camp home to more than 55,000 Syrians, located close to the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. In the seven-square-kilometre Zaatari camp, many of the more than 62,000 Syrian refugees, who live on charity handouts and meagre savings, have turned their tents into restaurants, bakeries, groceries and barber shops. — AFP photo

A picture taken on January 3, shows a Syrian refugee man selling beans at the Zaatari refugee camp home to more than 55,000 Syrians, located close to the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria. In the seven-square-kilometre Zaatari camp, many of the more than 62,000 Syrian refugees, who live on charity handouts and meagre savings, have turned their tents into restaurants, bakeries, groceries and barber shops. — AFP photo

Ethic Theatre stages Chandidas on Sunday at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. — Ali Hossain Mintu

Ethic Theatre stages Chandidas on Sunday at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. — Ali Hossain Mintu

A file photo shows Honda motorcycles. — Reuters photo

A file photo shows Honda motorcycles. — Reuters photo

Dhaka Gladiators players and officials pose with the new team jersey during the franchise’s logo unveiling ceremony at a city hotel on Monday. — New Age photo

Dhaka Gladiators players and officials pose with the new team jersey during the franchise’s logo unveiling ceremony at a city hotel on Monday. — New Age photo

Guests exchange views at a programme organised by the Forum of Environmental Journalists, Bangladesh at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Monday. — New Age photo

Guests exchange views at a programme organised by the Forum of Environmental Journalists, Bangladesh at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Monday. — New Age photo

Shop owners and employees of Bangabazar and adjacent markets at Fulbaria in Dhaka observe shutdown and hold a rally on Monday, protesting at the killing of BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Majumdar in Kushtia. — Indrajit Ghosh

Shop owners and employees of Bangabazar and adjacent markets at Fulbaria in Dhaka observe shutdown and hold a rally on Monday, protesting at the killing of BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Majumdar in Kushtia. — Indrajit Ghosh

The Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, inspects the burnt remains of the Dunally school in southeast Tasmania on Monday after wildfires destroyed more than 100 homes on the southern island of Tasmania over the weekend with police still hunting for some 100 people still unaccounted for. — AFP photo

The Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, inspects the burnt remains of the Dunally school in southeast Tasmania on Monday after wildfires destroyed more than 100 homes on the southern island of Tasmania over the weekend with police still hunting for some 100 people still unaccounted for. — AFP photo

Real Madrid’s star forward Cristiano Ronaldo (L) scores his first goal against Real Sociedad during their La Liga match at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.— Reuters photo

Real Madrid’s star forward Cristiano Ronaldo (L) scores his first goal against Real Sociedad during their La Liga match at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.— Reuters photo

Shanties go up in flames at a slum in the Rasulbagh area at Mahakhali in Dhaka on Monday evening. About two hundred shanties were burnt in the fire. — Sanaul Haque

Shanties go up in flames at a slum in the Rasulbagh area at Mahakhali in Dhaka on Monday evening. About two hundred shanties were burnt in the fire. — Sanaul Haque



MAIN NEWS

Govt’s parting gesture to save rivers


The cabinet on Monday gave its final approval to the draft ‘National River Protection Commission Bill, 2013’ with an aim to save the country’s rivers from pollution and encroachment. The shipping ministry placed the draft at the weekly cabinet meeting with the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, in the chair at the secretariat. Full story

NBR on the prowl


The National Board of Revenue has started a door-to-door survey to detect tax evading house and apartment owners across the country, particularly in the metropolitan cities, and bring them under tax net. Full story

ACC to seize Bridges Division documents


An Anti-Corruption Commission investigation team would soon raid the Bridges Division office to seize Padma Bridge project documents, an official told New Age on Monday. He said that Bridge Division secretary Khandker Anwarul... Full story

Water board submits feasibility report


Bangladesh Water Development Board on Monday submitted to the Planning Commission the final feasibility report on the proposed ‘Ganges Barrage project’ in Rajbari district having an estimated implementation cost... Full story

NATIONAL

Non-MPO teachers begin sit-in


Non-government teachers and employees on Monday started indefinite sit-in in front of the National Press Club pressing for inclusion of their educational institutions in the Monthly Pay Order programme. Non-MPO Shikkha Pratishthan Shikkhak-Karmachari... Full story

METRO

DU students charged extra fees


The authorities of newly constructed Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall and Santosh Chandra Bhaban of Jagannath Hall are charging extra fees from the students attached to the dormitories, students have alleged. Full story

BUSINESS

Govt H1 borrowing from scheduled banks soars


The government borrowing from the commercial banks soared in the first half of the current fiscal year, although the overall borrowing decreased compared with that of the same period of the last fiscal year on a decreased borrowing from the... Full story

INTERNATIONAL

Opposition, West reject Assad ‘peace plan’


A defiant speech by President Bashar al-Assad calling for peace in Syria on his terms has met rejection by the opposition and internationally, with only his ally Iran on Monday backing his stance. Full story

SPORTS

Dutch coaches promise high


Bangladesh’s proposed Dutch national coach Lodewijk de Kruif promised to take Bangladesh to 100 to 120 in the FIFA rankings if he is given the job as planned for one year. Lodewijk and his assistant Rene Koster arrived in Dhaka on Monday to asses the facilities and are expected to sign a one-year contract if everything appears satisfactory to them. Full story

EDITORIAL

The killing of BNP leader raises unpleasant questions


THE killing of a ward-level leader of the main opposition Bangladesh... Full story

OP-ED

Danger behind bipartisan agreement on Lankan parliament’s supremacy


In addition, the appearance of a bipartisan consensus between the government and UNP in refusing to appear before the courts on the issue of the impeachment of the chief justice may be a tactical one on the part of the opposition party. It is significant... Full story

TIMEOUT

Babu talks about Feedback


Eminent composer Foad Naser Babu is the bandleader and keyboardist of Feedback, a pioneering band in the country that got huge popularity during the 1980s.In its journey of over 35 years, the band has produced 10 albums including ‘Feedback’... Full story

LETTERS

The language we teach!


A new Age report on Sunday states that several thousand former and current students blocked roads in Shahbagh demanding increase in the age limit for seeking government jobs. They demanded the bar must... Full story

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