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American forces will complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan by end 2016,
says President Barack Obama
Soldiers
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Nizam wanted to
teach Ekram a
good lesson
er of Ekram and plaintiff of the murder case, told the Dhaka Tribune that
Ekram was Nizams aide and they used
to deal almost all political issues together in the district.
Asked if he suspected Nizam, Jashim
evaded the question, saying: As they
used to do politics together and contacted each other very often, it is very
natural they were obviously aware of
each others good and bad aspects.
On May 20, a group of assailants waylaid Ekram on the Academy Road of Fulgazi in broad daylight and killed him.
Investigation also pretty clearly suggest that Nizam was aware of the incident beforehand.
Abid, one of the prime accused in the
case, in his confessional statement to
the court said: soon after the murder
he contacted Nizam and district Awami
League Joint Secretary Jahangir Adel
over mobile phone about the incident.
A source in the district unit of the
ruling party said Abid had given the
statement to the court as had been suggested by Nizam. Abids mother and
district Mohila Awami League Secretary Layla Jesmin Boromoni met Nizam
at his Masterpara residence for a couple
of times.
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NATO assumes
leadership of
ISAF operations
First round in
presidential vote
December
US-led military
campaign
begins with air
strikes in
Afghanistan
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October
40
2011
April 5, 2014
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November
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first democraticallyelected president
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of Afghanistan
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A free flyover does not mean free access for those travelling on the airport road in the capital. Vehicles, mostly buses, that should travel along the left lane block the way of those who
want to take the Mohakhali flyover
SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN
proper growth diagnostic and realistic about what target you set because
those targets will feed into the budget,
those targets will reflect revenue projections and those revenue projections
then affect expenditure, he said.
The growth target was 7.2% for the
last fiscal year, but the actual achievement was 6.0%.
Hassan said the US consumers paid
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EKRAM MURDER
Drives launched to
arrest 20 suspects n Mohammad Al-Masum Molla
from Munshiganj
n Mohammad Jamil Khan from Feni Issuing a note of warning to the gov-
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B1 | Business
8 | World
4 | News
6 | Nation
Spells of norwester
have killed three
people, injured about
50 and also destroyed
more than 400
houses in different districts across the country
yesterday.
7 | Juris
US soldiers on patrol
in Logar province,
Oct 2012
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No one is born a
criminal. Criminals are
products of the social,
economic and environmental conditions. It is
believed that if the criminals are educated and
trained, they can be made competent to behave
well in the society.
The British media maintained a blackout yesterday on a photograph showing the bare bottom
of Prince Williams wife Kate, despite the picture
being used in other countries.
11 | Op-Ed
12 | Entertainment
15 | Sport
n Tribune Report
The
Anti-Corruption
Commission
slammed the anti-graft watchdog
Transparency International Bangladesh yesterday for examining its financial transactions.
The Transparency International
Bangladesh [TIB] collects funds from
abroad to conduct its regular activities.
But what do they do with the money?
ACC Commissioner M Shahabuddin
questioned.
We are well aware of their transactions and the commission will certainly
look into the matter, he threatened.
The commissioner made the statement while addressing an award-giving
ceremony of the ACC at the Bangladesh
Shilpakala Academy in the capitals
Shegunbagicha.
Questioning the accuracy of the researches carried out by the TIB, he said
it publishes so-called research reports
by collecting money from abroad and
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News
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is touched, seeing the signature of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, her father, on the visitors' book
at Japan's National Press Club. The PM visited the press club yesterday
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Alam in Malaysia.
Preferring anonymity, an IRIS official
also said the problem had been resolved.
IRIS has been providing Bangladesh
with software solutions for passports
since the first MRP project was taken
on in 2010. It set up its central system
at the Department of Immigration and
Passports in the capitals Agargaon.
The Malaysia project is a pilot one
and upon successful completion, the
government plans to implement similar
projects in countries with migrant Bangladeshi workers. The Malaysia project
faced a setback at the outset as it could
not be started within the specified time.
The Malaysia project was contracted out to Dataedge on February 12 this
year on the condition that it would
begin issuing MRPs within a month
and the whole project would be implemented in 18 months.
It has, however, been almost four
months and Dataedge has yet to even
start the work. It was also assigned to
issue MRPs from 33 regional passport
offices but no progress has been made
so far in this regard either.
Earlier, the Dataedge director alleged that IRIS was not cooperating accordingly. IRIS Senior Manager Bahjat
Aman, however, denied the allegation
and said: We provided all the necessary support to Dataedge. l
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the incident and had reportedly updated the killers about Ekrams location.
Investigators have also found that a
senior AL leader of Feni was involved
in the murder, said the source, who is a
top official of Feni police.
When asked about the latest drives,
Rashedul Islam, officer-in-charge of
DB police in Feni, said raids were being
carried out in different areas of the district based on information collected by
the investigators.
Meanwhile, Feni police arrested
leader Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar was placed on a seven-day remand yesterday. Senior Magistrate
Mohammad Khairul Amin passed the
order after IO Azad placed Minar before
the court seeking a 10-day remand.
The court also granted a five-day
remand against AL leader Abdur Rauf
and Sojib, after the investigation officer sought a seven-day remand.
So far, 20 people have been arrested
in connection with the murder of Ekram
who was shot and burnt alive by a
group of armed assailants on May 20. l
and preventing corruption in Bangladesh. The report said: While the ACC
act clearly states that corruption shall be
the subject matter of investigation by the
commission alone, actual cases are rare.
During 2012, the commission submitted charge sheets in 588 cases but
only around 57 cases resulted in successful prosecutions in that year, the
n Tribune Report
State minister:
Both AL, BNP
involved in
Ekram murder
n Rabiul Islam
State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan said both the Awami League
and BNP were involved in the killing of
Ekramul Haque, chairman of Fulgazi
upazila in Feni.
The feud between the different vested quarters led to the killing, the junior
minister pointed out.
No matter which party they belong
to, they will be arrested and brought
to book, the state minister said while
talking to journalists at his office at the
Secretariat yesterday.
Ekram, also president of Fulgazi
Awami League unit, was shot and burnt
alive on May 20.
Asaduzzaman said the criminals had
no party. For their own interest they pretended to become affiliated with a party
to serve their purpose. None involved
in the murder will be spared, he said. l
We never used RAB for political purposes. We arrested militant Bangla Bhai
and Abdur Rahman alive and the forces
did not shoot at them.
Khaleda also demanded the release
of Mahtabuddin Minar, a Feni BNP
leader who was held in connection
with the killing of Phulgazi chairman
Ekramul Haque in Feni.
Terming the country a death valley,
Khaleda Zia said: I cannot say that I
am safe. People cannot say they are
safe. As long as the Awami League remains in the office, none can say they
are safe.
People have fallen victims to killings, abductions and forced disappearances since the ruling Awami League
assumed office this time.
The Awami League possesses
two qualities killing and abduction.
DHAKA TRIBUNE
News
JS body opposes
subsidies to TCB
n Kamran Reza Chowdhury
Relatives of Mehedi Hasan, a class five student of Gazipurs Boromi area who was murdered, cry during a human chain organised by a human rights body in front of the National Press
Club yesterday, protesting the killing
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screen, he said.
Imran said the Shahbagh-based
platform had become a major concern
for a quarter who were trying to reach
a compromise over the war crimes
trials. The sluggish trial process and a
part of the governments soft corner
for Jamaat and its financial institutions
made it obvious.
This is why many a scoundrels are
now working together against Gonojagoron Moncho, he said.
In reply to a query, Imran said creating division among the Moncho activists was a part of the conspiracy.
He also asked the government to
handle those who wanted to create anarchy with an iron fist.
Criticising the government for its re-
Two DU students
suspended for
abducting salesman
n DU Correspondent
Dhaka South City Corporation authority evicts illegal establishments on the footpath in front of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital
yesterday
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n Udisa Islam
The war crimes tribunal did not give
order yesterday on the contempt of
court matter brought against the daily Kaler Kantho since the prosecution
pleaded for more time.
During the proceedings, the prosecution said senior prosecutor Syed Haider
Ali would submit his points before the
order was given. But he could not appear before it because of his illness.
On May 22, the International Crimes
Tribunal 1 set yesterday for the passing
of the order. On that day, prosecutor
Mohammad Ali pleaded that Haider
would place some points on another
day as he had been ill. The tribunal
then granted the plea and said the
prosecution could submit arguments
on the day of the verdict.
On both occasions, Haider was staying in his office.
Prosecutor Ali filed the petition on
May 15 seeking a rule against the editor,
the publisher and a reporter of the Bangla
newspaper for contempt. A report published on May 11 termed the prosecution
inefficient and blamed the team for a delay in trials. Ali also said the newspaper
had published his comments partially.
The same tribunal adjourned proceedings in the case of ATM Azharul
Islam, an alleged al-Badr commander
from Rangpur during the 1971 Liberation War, yesterday, until Sunday, as the
15th prosecution witness did not testify.
The prosecution placed Md Ezab
Uddin of the Bangla Academy yesterday as their second seizure list witness in the case. But he could not give
his deposition as there was a petition
pending with the tribunal regarding
the seizure document.
Meanwhile, the defence of war
crimes suspect Syed Mohammad Qaisar
DHAKA TRIBUNE
News
The prevalence of tobacco use is increasing among young people in Southeast Asia, with nearly 15% of students
aged 13-15 years using some form of tobacco in the region.
The finding was disclosed in a press
release by the World Health Organisations (WHO) Southeast Asia Regional
Office (SEARO), which also stated that
the countries in SEARO are home to 25%
of the worlds smoking and 90% of the
worlds smokeless tobacco users.
Ahead of World No Tobacco Day
on May 31, the WHO urged countries
to raise taxes on tobacco products to
decrease its use, especially among the
young people.
Higher taxes on tobacco products are
proven to reduce the number of tobacco
users, especially the young people, re-
raped the victim in Narikeltola area under Bandar police station on March 20,
2005 when she had gone to the area in
search of wood for fuel.
The victims farther lodged a case
with Bandar police station in this regard.
Police also submitted a charge sheet
against the lone accused on May 3,
2005 and the charge was framed on
August 16, 2005.
The court announced the verdict
after five witnesses, including the victim, had testified. l
Jaywalkers cross the road at a green light disrupting smooth flow of traffic. Though a daily scenario, people often refrain from using the
footbridge, risking their lives. The photo was taken yesterday in the capitals Mohakhali intersection
SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN
DHAKA TRIBUNE
News
to 15 years.
On Tuesday, the government and
the CNG auto-rickshaw owners, however, made confusing statements about
the withdrawal of the strike.
The ministry and the BTRA held a
meeting at the ministry on Tuesday
evening with a section of leaders of the
Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik
Federation, in an effort to put an end to
the strike.
Following the meeting, BRTA Chairman Nazrul Islam told the Dhaka Tribune that the leaders of the auto-rickshaw owners assured them that they
would suspend the strike from Tuesday evening.
But when contacted, Barkat Ullah
Bhulu said none of their members were
present at the meeting and there would
be no withdrawal of their strike until
their demands were met.
The ministry did not contact us and
we had neither suspended nor withdrawn the strike, he said, adding, If
the government meets our demands,
we will withdraw the strike.
The government banned all twostroke auto-rickshaws in urban areas
in 2002 giving permission to run the
four-stroke CNG-run three-wheelers
instead.
The lifespan of the three wheelers
Auto-rickshaw drivers hold a rally in front of the National Press Club in the capital yesterday, protesting the ongoing strike of CNG-run
auto-rickshaw owners
MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU
was first set for nine years, but was later extended to 11 in compliance with a
strong demand from the auto-rickshaw
owners association.
Nearly 13,000 CNG-run three-wheelers are now operating in the city and the
economic lifespan of an auto-rickshaw
is currently eleven and a half years.
A circular issued by the Communi-
12 gold bars, 27
Fruits markets abound with chemically-treated mangoes
necklaces seized at
Sukumar Kundu, deputy director
to set an example by stern punishment Baneshor Bazar, told the Dhaka Trin Our Correspondent, Rajshahi
bune that he mixed medicines into his of Consumer Right Preservation Deagainst such corrupt people.
Shahjalal Airport
While talking to this correspondent, mangoes to give the fruit a better look. partment Rajshahi office, said they are
Almost all the fruit markets in and
When this correspondent wanted conducting drives to check the use of
around Rajshahi city are overflowing many fruit wholesalers confessed that
Kailash Sarkar
n
with chemically-treated mangoes, they were selling calcium carbide-rip- to know the name of the medicine, he chemicals and contaminants in food
Customs department officials at Hazrat
Shahjalal International Airport seized
12 gold bars and 27 gold necklaces
weighing around 1.5kg yesterday.
The gold, worth around Tk70 lakh,
was found in a courier delivery from
Singapore, said Quamrul Hasan, assistant commissioner of the customs department.
He also said they seized the gold bars
at 3:30pm after scanning a DHL envelope that had arrived in Dhaka around
12:30pm on a Tiger Airways flight that
came in from Singapore via Bangkok.
The officials found the gold bars and 27
gold necklaces in an envelope which was
addressed to an electronics shop named
New Khan Electronics in the capitals Baitul Mukarram Market, he said.
The filing of a case in this regard was
underway, the official added.
It is widely reported that airports in
Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet are being
used exclusively for smuggling gold,
currencies and various precious metals
and stones, in collaboration with a section of unscrupulous employees and
officials at the airports.
Intelligence sources said at least 60
rings are involved in this smuggling
business. The smuggling of gold centring the airports in Bangladesh has intensified since the Indian government
imposed some restrictions on the import of gold last year. l
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THUNDERSHOWER
WITH RAIN
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Khulna
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Esha
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products.
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI), the regulatory
body which monitors quality of foods,
emphasised creating mass awareness
about health hazards posed by chemically-treated fruits.
The BSTI conduct drives twice a
week against such malpractice, said
Rezaul Islam, deputy director in Rajshahi.
We do not even get magistrates in
time to conduct drives, he added.
When contacted, Mir Shahidul Islam, deputy inspector general of police
in Rajshahi, said necessary initiatives
will be taken in this regard.
Commanding Officer of Rapid Action Battalion 5 Kamrul Islam told the
Dhaka Tribune that the elite force is
trying its best to stop such illegal practice, but civic groups must come forward to help as well. l
Kidnapped college
student rescued
from Rajshahi
n Our Correspondent, Rajshahi
A college student, who was abducted
for ransom by miscreants from Dhaka
10 days ago, was rescued from Rajshahi
railway station area on Tuesday night.
The victim, Farhan Zaman Rilke, 18,
is a student of Bangladesh Taxes Engineering College.
In a press conference yesterday,
Deputy Commissioner (West) of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) Proloy Cisima handed Farhan over to his
family members.
The commissioner said the abductors had picked Farhan up from Roopnagar area of the capitals Mirpur on
May 17, when he was heading to his
college. His father Bazlur Rashid then
lodged a general diary with Roopnagar
police station regarding the incident.
Afterwards, the kidnappers called
Farhans father on his mobile phone
and demanded ransom in exchange for
his sons release. Bazlur informed the
police station immediately. l
Police hand over college student Farhan, who had been abducted from the capital 10 days ago, to his family yesterday after rescuing him
from Rajshahi on Tuesday night
DHAKA TRIBUNE
SC stays HC order
halting REHAB
election
n Nazmus Sakib
The Appellate Division yesterday
stayed a High Court order which had
stopped further proceedings of the
election of REHABs executive committee for three months.
Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, the
chamber judge, also referred the matter to the full bench of the top court for
settlement.
The order came following a petition
lodged by Akteruzzaman Manju, chairman of the REHAB (Real Estate and
Housing Association of Bangladesh)
election board.
Barrister Rafique-Ul Huq and Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, in his
personal capacity, contended for the
petitioner while Supreme Court lawyers AM Amin Uddin and Raghib Rauf
Chowdhury opposed the petition.
The election for the term of 2014-16
was scheduled for May 31.
Petitioners counsels said the High
Court stay order of May 26 became ineffective since, on May 24, the election
board declared the uncontested candidates to be the winners.
However, the opposing party said
the announcement of the final result
was scheduled to be made on June 7
and the handing over of responsibilities to the new committee was to be on
June 30. These were part of the election
process and the High Court put a stay
on the process.
They also said the election board
chairman was not an aggrieved party,
so the stay petition by Manju was not
maintainable.
The High Court gave the stay order
following a petition filed by Prof Abu
Yusuf Md Abdullah, chairman of Prashad Nirman Ltd. He alleged that his
name had been dropped from the list
of finally nominated candidates even
though he was a valid candidate. l
Human haulier
workers to go on
strike from Sunday
n Our Correspondent, Rajshahi
DHAKA TRIBUNE
Nation
n Tribune Report
Spells of norwester have killed three
people, injured about 50 and also destroyed more than 400 houses in different districts across the country yesterday.
A norwester hit Bakshiganj of Jamalpur yesterday morning left 30 people injured, three of whom later died.
Storms also destroyed 300 houses and
injured 20 in Tangail and damaged 40
mud houses in Sunamganj.
The severe norwester, which lasted
for nearly 15 minutes, hit Bakshiganj
around 10:30am and left at least 30
people injured and destroyed more
than 100 houses and numerous trees.
The injured were taken to Bakshiganj
Hospital, where three succumbed to
their injuries.
Officer-in-Charge of Bakshiganj police station Mostasinur Rahman said
Nesad Ali of Gopalpur village died at
noon on the way to Bakshiganj Hospital. Masum, 28, and Abul Kalam Salu,
50, who were critically injured, also
died before reaching the hospital.
The upazila experienced a power
outage because the storm had disconnected electric wires. Road communication between Bakshiganj and Sanandabari was also suspended.
Jamalpur Deputy Commissioner
Shahabuddin Khan visited the afflicted
areas and said the DC office would be
giving Tk25,000 to each of the families
of the deceased.
Those who received injuries would
be given Tk7,500 each and each of the
n Our Correspondent,
Gazipur
Locals roam around a damaged house after a storm swept over Bakshiganj village in
Jamalpur yesterday
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afflicted families would be given 30kg
of rice as well as supplying them with
materials to mend their houses.
More than 50 houses were destroyed
when the norwester struck several villages in Melandah and Sarishabari upazilas around the same time.
Masud Parvez Josna, chairman of
Pogoldiga union in Sarishabari upazila,
said the 30-minute storm destroyed
many houses and trees.
Lightning
strike kills 2
farmers
n Our Correspondent,
Madaripur
Lighting strike killed two
farmers while working in
a field at village Diapara of
Kunia union under Sadar
upazila in Madaripur yesterday morning.
The deceased are Abdul Hi Choukidar, 60, was
a tractor driver and son
of Kashem Choukidar of
village Diapara and Litan
Bepari, 42, son of Akubali
Bepari of the same village.
Locals said the two were
farming in a neighbouring
field while it started raining and they took shelter in
a nearby shallow machine
room.
They were struck by
lightning at that time leaving them dead on the spot.
Abdul was rushed to the
Madaripur Sadar Hospital
where the on-duty doctor
announced him dead, family sources said. l
CNG auto
rickshaw driver
killed
n Our Correspondent,
Brahmanbaria
Robbery committed;
house owner killed
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Juris
Juridical Insight
Double jeopardy in
criminal proceedings
n Mohammad Nayeem Firoz
are not legally binding, but nonetheless can have powerful soft law impact,
especially given their promotion by
the UN. Rule 58 is very important to
our discussion, which states that the
purpose and justification of a sentence of imprisonment is ultimately
to protect society against crime. This
end can only be achieved if the period
of imprisonment is used to ensure that
upon his return to society the offender
is not only willing but able to lead a law
abiding and self-supporting life.
Major challenges
The reformative or rehabilitative practice in prison is not working for several
factors. The existing legislations have
become outdated and the missing
provisions of counseling, capacity
building, etc are making the process a
complex one. Infrastructure problems,
overcrowding in prison, inordinate
delay in trial, prevalent corruption and
extortion, staff shortage, insufficient
prison programmes, etc are working
as barricades towards ensuring proper
rehabilitation process.
Moreover, Bangladesh made some
reservations and declarations to the
ICCPR to limit its application especially on the first part of paragraph 3
of Article 10 relating to reformation
and social rehabilitation of prisoners.
Bangladesh put herself away on account of financial constraints and for
lack of proper logistical support.
JURIS QUOTE
All reality hinges on moral foundations. In other
words, that this is a moral universe, and that there
are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the
physical laws.
Martin Luther King Jr.
(1929 - 1968)
American pastor, activist and leader
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Snowden: I worked
as a spy at all levels
n AFP, Washington
US fugitive intelligence leaker Edward
Snowden trained as a spy and worked
undercover overseas for intelligence
agencies, he told NBC News in excerpts
of an interview aired Tuesday.
In his first interview in US media,
Snowden hit back at claims that he was
merely a low-level contractor, saying he
worked at all levels from the bottom
on the ground, all the way to the top.
Snowden, who has been charged
in the United States with espionage,
was granted asylum by Russia in August 2013 after shaking the American
intelligence establishment to its core
with a series of leaks on mass surveillance in the United States and around
the world.
In the interview, taped last week and
aired in full on Wednesday, Snowden
defended himself against claims minimizing his intelligence experience
before he stole and leaked a trove of
classified documents revealing the
NSAs program of phone and Internet
surveillance.
I was trained as a spy in sort of the
traditional sense of the word in that I
lived and worked undercover overseas
pretending to work in a job that Im
not and even being assigned a name
that was not mine, he said.
He said he had worked covertly as a
technical expert for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National
Security Agency (NSA), as well as as
a trainer for the Defense Intelligence
Agency (DIA). l
American forces will complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan by end 2016,
says President Barack Obama
499
Soldiers killed
418
317
310
155
US soldiers on patrol
in Logar province,
Oct 2012
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2011
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Deployment history
Thousands
100
April 5, 2014
Oct 2001
NATO assumes
leadership of
ISAF operations
60
October
40
First round in
presidential vote
December
US-led military
campaign
begins with air
strikes in
Afghanistan
80
August
December
May
32,000
November
Karzai becomes
first democraticallyelected president
Hamid Karzai
becomes
20 interim leader
of Afghanistan
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Source : iCasualties/BrookingsAfghanistanIndex
n AFP, Ramallah
Israeli soldiers yesterday raided the offices of a Palestinian newspaper in the West
Bank city of Ramallah, managers said,
ordering them to stop printing publications by the Islamist movement Hamas.
Officers informed us that Israel
would not allow the printing and distribution of Falastin, Al-Resala, and
Al-Istiqlal, three Hamas newspapers,
the West Bank-based daily Al-Ayyam's
managers said in a statement.
Al-Ayyam has been printing the
three papers since April, when a sur-
n AFP, London
The British media maintained a blackout yesterday on a photograph showing the bare
bottom of Prince William's wife Kate, despite
the picture being used in other countries.
One of Rupert Murdoch's Australian
newspapers published the photograph
on Wednesday, saying it was refusing to
follow the ridiculous ban imposed by the
British press.
The Sydney Daily Telegraph published
the photograph the day after Germany's
biggest-selling newspaper, Bild, became
the first publication to use the image.
In Bild the photograph was accompa-
Egyptian soldiers guard an empty polling station in Cairo on May 28. Egypts presidential election entered into a third day yesterday after
polling was extended amid reports of low turnout
AFP
Syrians stream to
embassies to vote
in controversial poll n AFP, Cairo
Egypt extended voting into a third day
yesterday in a presidential election
n AFP, Beirut
seen as a plebiscite on the former army
Thousands of Syrians, thronging streets
around their embassy in Beirut, yesterday streamed to the polls for Syrias controversial presidential poll being staged
as civil war rages in the country.
For the early vote by expats, the
Yarzeh district of east Beirut was festooned with Syrian flags and portraits
of President Bashar al-Assad, who is
expected to cruise to victory in the
June 3 election. With security tight for
the vote, which the official media back
home hailed as a moral triumph for the
regime, the yellow flags of Lebanons
Shiite militant movement Hezbollah,
a staunch ally of Assads forces in their
brutal three-year showdown with rebels, were also prominent.
Of the estimated three million Syrians living abroad, including both refugees and peacetime residents, only
around 200,000 were entitled to vote
yesterday, in 38 embassies abroad, a foreign ministry source said in Damascus.
Its a relatively acceptable figure,
if we bear in mind the fact that France,
Germany and Belgium have banned
Syrian citizens from voting, along
with the United Arab Emirates, said AlWatan, a pro-regime Damascus daily.
The ministry says 40,000 citizens
are listed on the electoral register in
Lebanon. l
US troops in Afghanistan
Sisi, whose victory over his sole rival, leftist leader Hamdeen Sabbahi,
was never in doubt, had urged 40,
45 (million) or even more of Egypt's
53 million eligible voters to turn out
to give credibility to an election boycotted not only by Morsi's Muslim
Brotherhood but also by influential
secular groups.
After reports of a meagre numbers at
polling stations on the first day of voting Monday, Sisi's backers in the staterun media harangued people to go out
and vote.
An electoral official said polling had
been extended to give a chance to the
largest possible number of voters to
cast their ballots.
On Wednesday, several Cairo polling
stations visited by AFP were deserted in
the initial hours of voting. They didn't
get enough votes, so they extended
polling into a third day, complained
filmmaker Mohamed Ali Hagar, who
said he would stay away regardless.
However, the extension of polling
hours in a bid to boost turnout did little
to raise the credibility of the vote in the
eyes of Western governments whose
longstanding alliance with Cairo was
seriously compromised by last year's
overthrow of the elected president.
The regime had projected Sisi
in a certain way, but that facade
has been undermined... support for
Sisi was overstated, said Shadi Hamid, of the Brookings Institution's
Saban Centre. l
US unable to
confirm Nigerian
claim about
kidnapped girls
n Reuters, Washington
The United States said it does not have
information that would support Nigerias claim that it knows the whereabouts
of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls,
and US and European officials voiced
skepticism about the statement.
We dont have independent information from the United States to
support that statement, US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told
reporters on Tuesday. We, as a matter
of policy and for the girls safety and
wellbeing, would not discuss publicly
this sort of information regardless.
Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff Air
Marshal Alex Badeh said on Monday
that the countrys military knew the
location of the schoolgirls, abducted by
the Boko Haram Islamic militant group
on April 14.
Five US and European security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they had no credible information on the location of girls and
were skeptical that the Lagos government knows where they are.
The five officials said the United
States and some European allies had
provided technical intelligence, including information from spy aircraft
and satellites. l
DHAKA TRIBUNE
Pakistani Taliban
faction breaks away
n Reuters, Pakistan
World
Detentions silence
coup critics in
Thailand
n AFP, Bangkok
Their names read out on national television, politicians, activists, academics
and journalists are among scores of
influential people summoned by Thailands junta and arbitrarily held in secret locations.
Over 250 people have been called in
since the army seized power and took top
political figures into custody on Thursday during negotiations purporting to be
aimed at navigating a path through the
kingdoms debilitating political strife.
Dozens are still being held while 53
are in hiding, risking two years in prison for defying the military summons.
And while some people have been
freed, including former premiers Yingluck Shinawatra and Abhisit Vejjajiva,
the junta says more people will be called.
Military authorities have already cast
their net wide. Troops raided the house
of rights activist Sukanya Prueksakasemsuk, whose husband Somyot was jailed
for 11 years under the kingdoms strict
royal insult laws last year, briefly detaining her and her son in a move decried by
Human Rights Watch as disturbing.
Even academics and journalists traditionally thought to be close to the
army have been called in although
some have not been held.
After days of spiriting people into undisclosed military facilities, the junta on
Tuesday released footage of Red Shirt
protest leaders to show they were safe. l
A man check his facebook on his smart phone with a message reading error loading news
feed on the skytrain (bts) in Bangkok on May 28
AFP
protests against the military regime.
Despite warnings by the army of a
widening crackdown on dissent, protesters have been gathering in Bangkok
in small but vehement rallies against
the military takeover, while rival procoup rallies have also sprung up.
'Treated well'
Myanmar opposition
defies warning to push
charter change
n AFP, Yangon
People enjoy the sunset at Yangon jetty on May 27. Myanmars opposition party has launched a petition seeking changes to Myanmars military-drafted constitution despite warnings
from electoral officials, a party spokesman said yesterday
AFP
Crew: 10
CHINA 153
20 employees of Freescale
Semiconductor firm (US)
MALAYSIA 38
INDONESIA 7
AUSTRALIA 6
Sugianto Lo
and Vinny Chynthya,
couple
Friends on holiday,
Bob and
Catherine Lawton,
with Rodney and
Mary Burrows,
described by a
neighbour as
beautiful people
USA 3
CANADA 2
INDIA 5
Li Yuan and
Gu Naijun,
Sydney couple
reportedly returning
to China after their
petrol station
business was put
into administration
FRANCE 4
NEW ZEALAND 2
2
Joint youngest
passenger, 2
Muktesh Mukherjee,
Indian-born Canadian
working for US firm in
Beijing, heading home
with his wife Xiaomo Bai
after holidaying
UKRAINE 2
NETHERLANDS
RUSSIA
TAIWAN
1 each
Identified by Interpol as
Pouria Nourmohammadi, 18
and Seyed Mohammed
Reza Delavar, 29, Iranian illegal
immigrants travelling on stolen
Austrian and Italian passports
One of them was on his way
to Germany in order to
be with his mother, Interpol said
Source: AFP/Malaysia Airlines
MH370 relatives
accuse Malaysia of
withholding data
n AFP, Kuala Lumpur
Families of passengers aboard missing
flight MH370 yesterday accused Malaysia of withholding crucial satellite
data, saying a long-awaited report is incomplete and does not prove the plane
crashed in the Indian Ocean.
Authorities on Tuesday released a
47-page summary of communication
logs from the Malaysia Airlines plane
recorded by British satellite operator Inmarsat, information which relatives and
independent experts had demanded.
No wreckage from the jet, which disappeared on March 8 with 239 passengers and crew on board, has been found
despite a massive international search.
Many relatives are frustrated over
the lack of progress, and have little
faith in the complex process used to
form the theory that the plane veered
off course for reasons unknown after
losing contact, and then crashed into
the southern Indian Ocean.
Michael Exner, a US-based satellite
engineer and one of the most prominent independent experts to analyse
the findings, said Malaysia had failed
to provide crucial supporting details
together with the Inmarsat logs.
There is a little bit more new information that may help us. But there is
just a very large body of metadata that
is missing, he told AFP. They are not
being transparent. It may not be possible to draw any conclusions. Why dont
they just release all? Why do they hide
so much of it? l
Irom Chanu Sharmila (L) arrives to board a flight for New Delhi ahead of her court
appearance at the Patiala House Court, at the airport in Imphal
AFP
I will never stop my struggle until
this law is repealed completely. I have
many hopes from Mr Modi. I will try to
meet and ask him to help this cause,
she told AFP after yesterdays hearing.
Sharmila was arrested in Manipur
on the grounds of attempted suicide
three days after she began her hunger
strike in November 2000.
She has been in judicial custody in
hospital in the state since then.
The Delhi state government pressed
its own charges of attempted sui-
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A valuable friendship
Japans support
will encourage
other nations
to invest in the
country
Slum residents
deserve better
recognition of their
concerns
Be heard
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Lalon Shah
Its beyond me why arm-chair analysts always beat
about the bush. The message to the new Indian
government is clear, as it has been since Bangladeshs inception treat us as an equal partner. This
means resolving the following issues forthwith:
a) Equitable sharing of waters of common rivers
(Teesta et al); b) ratification of LBA; and c) stopping
bloodshed at the borders.
Bangladeshis will continue to remain suspicious
of India if the above are not addressed immediately.
Conversely, addressing these will send a clear
message that India is comfortable with the presence
of a sovereign nation to her eastern flank. Contrary
to the paranoia some Indian policymakers hold about
Bangladesh, Bangladeshis are a practical lot. They are
not prone to cooking up imaginary issues to harbour
misgivings about a neighbour with whom they share
deep-rooted ethnic, cultural and linguistic ties.
Mohammad Munshi
All Indian governments since 1947 have behaved
Shah
This article makes no sense whatsoever.
SUDOKU
How to solve: Fill in the blank spaces with the
numbers 1 9. Every row, column and 3 x 3 box must
contain all nine digits with no numberrepeating.
musavvir
How is this newsworthy? And why should the
good people of Bangladesh be concerned about
this?
Anon
musavvir: Im sure there are plenty of good people in Bangladesh wholl google her right now. Not
so much out of concern, as out of curiosity and
to satisfy certain natural appetites. Just calling a
spade a spade. No point being in denial about it!
vihan
Strange. Unicef recently congratulated the government with their progress regarding childrens
rights and education for all, especially concerning
girls. Progress??
Mehedi Hasan
Did Softex provide proper and lawful compensation to the workers? Or did they cheat/ commit
fraud with the workers in terms of payment while
the factory was closed?
SD
Bangladeshs tolerant and inclusive self image is a
myth. In reality, intolerance is the hallmark of Bangladeshis. Yes, they (Bangladeshis) are inclusive, so
long as the minorities agree to get included in their
(the majoritys) terms; otherwise they are not. If
political parties represent the hopes, aspirations
and will of the people, then the question of Bangladeshis level of tolerance will be clear.
In this connection, I would like to draw attention
to the TV talk shows, which seem to be the
latest business venture of electronic media. The
participants are undoubtedly the most elite and
enlightened section of our society and you will get
a clear idea of our intellectuals tolerance level. The
moulanas and hujurs of this country represent the
guardians of our religion and try to measure honestly
the level of their tolerance. Taslima Nasrin, a thirdrate writer of this country, was sent into lifelong exile
for holding opinions that did not conform to the
preference of this so-called tolerant society.
As a matter of fact we are very fond of myths
which we love to believe in and follow, such as 1)
Ours is a society of communal harmony; 2) We are
a most hospitable nation; 3) We love the religion
of peace; 4) We like to build our society based on
the spirit of the liberation war; and 5) We have
100 years of cultural tradition etc, all of which are
rubbish, according to the language of one our
well-known ministers.
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Former Iranian
leader (4)
5 Interior decoration (5)
8 Sea-robber (6)
9 Minute particle (4)
10 Male sheep (3)
12 Enigma (6)
13 Jubilant (6)
15 Seller (6)
18 Exploded mildly (6)
20 Flightless bird (3)
21 Chess piece (4)
23 English river (6)
24 Swarms (5)
25 Walk through
water (4)
DOWN
1 Gap (5)
2 Success (3)
3 Fragrance (5)
4 Poor actor (3)
5 Mocked (7)
6 Small rope (4)
7 Eternal city (4)
11 As well (4)
12 Returns to former
habit (7)
14 Machine for weaving (4)
16 Play (5)
17 Wash lightly (5)
18 Raw hide (4)
19 Unmixed (4)
21 Animals foot (3)
22 Marry (3)
Buddhist Architecture
What a tragic image portrayed in this article, but
it is good to share and let everyone think about
what the fall-out is of such vandalism.
YESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS
CODE-CRACKER
Life isnt getting better
May 23
nds
What is your suggestion to get rid of this crisis?
I find no way out other than to commit suicide
en masse.
CROSSWORD
Breadbitten
nds: The first step is admitting it.
PEANUTS
Ronnie
This is a tidy summary of the BNP chairpersons
comments today, all of which are completely
correct and with which I completely agree.
Vikram Khan
I demand the public execution of the
murderers!
SUDOKU
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Op-Ed
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BIGSTOCK
n Maneeza Hossain
he indisputable fact that
any keen observer of the
Bangladeshi scene will
establish, is that the big
story in Bangladesh over
the last 10 years is the irreversible
emergence of a robust middle class.
Gone are the days when our country
consisted of a thin layer of wealthy
families in control of the economy and
the politics, and the vast majority of
almost destitute, often illiterate masses. The Bangladeshis of today are well
educated and determined to climb up
a social ladder that they have built.
Bangladesh is a land of opportunities
and those deciding to take advantage
of those opportunities are no longer
the few. The new generation of Bangladeshis is set to transform this nation.
The government of Bangladesh
has taken considerable steps towards
empowering and enabling this transformation, not the least of it the Digital
Bangladesh initiative which recognises
that sustainable development in the
21st century requires a digital infrastructure to serve as a launch-pad for
the local talent into a global scene.
The government, as it should, is not
placing itself as the solution but as the
enabler of the solution. Ours is not the
age of the government as the parent,
but not the soil. The young entrepreneurs had their ideas conceived,
detailed, and planned. Carrying
these ideas to fruition requires an
ecosystem that includes an enabling
government as well as local capital that is willing to recognise the
dramatic potential for growth that
resides in this youth.
Administrative reform is a long
process that has been initiated in
Bangladesh, but will require everyones
renewed dedication to ensure that red
tape will not be the inhibitor of the
next generation. The wealth generated
through Bangladeshs industrial minds
ought to recognise that there is far
more to this society than affordable
labour and reliable production. This is a
society beaming with ideas, with young
people ready to compete with their
global counterparts. They are demanding attention and they will receive it.
It is neither charity nor magnificence that they see, but the realisation
on the part of their elders that they
are indeed relying on themselves and
trusting themselves first and foremost.
It is in everyone elses interest to follow
suit and to trust them. Trust the next
generation of Bangladeshis. l
Maneeza Hossain is a Director of Aegistex
and a determined supporter of the next
generation of entrepreneurs in Bangladesh.
Employment-generation programs
should guarantee jobs. Bangladesh has
been trying to expand the guaranteed
job days. The party in power can think
of passing a law in the parliament like
the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India. Modis government
has reiterated its commitment to rural
employment generation and is refocusing on the mentioned act put into
action in 2005. Efficiency and effectiveness of SSNPs should be increased.
At the same time we would like to see
diversity in the program architecture
as well. Allocation on SSNPs may be
increasing every year but with regard to
GDP it is decreasing.
Safety net programs should continue, and Bangladesh should be seen
as a real test case for development
through reducing poverty, and rural
employment generation, by its peers
and partners. Irrespective of party
affiliation, all public representatives
should get to see distribution economics working. Political accountability, integrated impact assessment,
and program quality assurance can
take this country on its next trajectory
in terms of growth. l
Mamun Rashid is a business professor and
financial sector entrepreneur.
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Entertainment
Tarkanta: Hitting
cinemas June 6
n Entertainment Desk
Tarkanta, a much anticipated film
featuring three leading stars Moushumi, Arefin Shuvo and Bidya Sinha
Mim, will hit the theatres on June 6.
The film will be screened in 90
cinema halls all over the country. It
was initially scheduled to be released
on May 23, but later the release was
pushed back.
Claiming the film as his dream
project, director M M Kamal Raj
said that the movie will feature humour, action, romance and drama
and is bound to hold the interest of
A popular RJ, Nawshin appeared onscreen through RTVs live talk show
Jege Acho Ki. Her photogenic looks,
charming voice and infectious smile
quickly gained her acclaim and popularity.
Today, the viewers will find her
starring opposite Farhan Nisho in a
telefilm tiled Bhalobasha Ek Polokei
which will be aired on Maasranga TV
at 7:50pm. Nawsheen enacts a double
role in the romantic and mysterious
story. Nisho plays an architect named
Arif who falls in love with a woman at
a bus station. He never gets the chance
to express his feelings marries to another woman named Kaya, chosen by
his family.
Kaya is a doppelganger of the
woman he saw at the bus station. Later, when he finds the woman of his
dreams once again, it creates serious
crises in his married life.
About her role, Nawsheen said: I
chose to work in the telefilm for the
twist that has been created by the
double role. I hope the audience will
enjoy the climax.
For the upcoming Eid, she is working in several single-episode plays
and telefilms. The versatile artiste
will soon fly off to Coxs Bazaar to anchor a Grameenphone event attended
TODAY IN DHAKA
Exhibition
Bornil Pandulipi
Time: 12pm 8pm
Gallery Shilpangon
Second Sight
Time: 12pm 8pm
The Daily Star Centre, 64-65
Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue
Dhaka
Mukh O Mukhosh 5
Time: 11am 8pm
Galleri Kaya, House no. 20
Road no. 16, Sector no. 4, Uttara
Theatre
n Shadma Malik
After a seven year hiatus, Shopnochura 4 is about to release tomorrow at
the Russian Cultural Centre. This time
around, the album will bring the tracks of
11 bands, all of which will be performed
at the launching ceremony. The coordinator of the album told Dhaka Tribune:
Shopnochura is my dream project. It has
got nothing to do with commercial gain.
The objective of the project is to promote
upcoming bands. I will consider it a success if we could introduce the music of
even one new band to the audience.
There is no specific genre in this
mixed album. All the bands will explore their own expertise.
About the new bands in the album,
Tony said: There are three senior
bands in Shopnochura 4. It adds value to the album if popular bands are
included. Along with many good composers and musicians, we short-listed
21 songs, among which we have selected 11 songs for the album. It is a collective decision to promote these bands.
About the launching ceremony, the
coordinator said: We are planning a
grand event for the launching of Shopnochura 4. We expect a large turnout
at the event. It will be the event for
music lovers and bands to celebrate
their passion for music.
The bands in the album include
Black, Yaatri, Project Neon, Aronno,
Xodiac, Sin, Somudro, 12 AM, Highway,
EF and Out Break. All the songs will be
available online.
Pompeii in Star
Cineplex
n Entertainment Desk
Pompeii (referred to as Pompeii in 3D) will start showcasing at
the citys Star Cineplex from May 30.
A 2014 German-Canadian historical disaster film produced and
directed by Paul W S Anderson, the film stars Kit Harington, Emily
Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica
Lucas, Jared Harris and Kiefer Sutherland. It premiered in France,
Belgium, and Russia on February 19 and was released over the
course in many major territories, including the United States,
Canada, India, and Australia.
Set in 79 AD, Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in
a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning),
the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out
of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent
Pompeii crumbles around him.
Freddie Mercury:
Back from the Dead
n Entertainment Desk
n Entertainment Desk
Shopnochura 4
out tomorrow
Sport
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Pochettino as
new manager
DAYS TO
GO
Judgment delay
worries Nazmul
It might take some more time for the
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) tribunal to pronounce its judgment on
the fixing scandal which ravaged the
second edition of Bangladesh Premier
League. Justice Khademul Islam, the
tribunal head and also a former Supreme Court judge, had earlier told the
media that the tribunal would take a
little more time due to complications
before passing its final judgment.
The lingering has made BCB president Nazmul Hasan tensed. After inaugurating the Metropolitan Womens
Cricket League 2014 at Dhanmondi
Cricket Stadium yesterday, he informed
the media of his intention to write a letter to the tribunal if it failed to dispose
of the pending case by May 30.
According to sources, the tribunal
members could not find time to sit
together because of a few members
other engagements. The last time the
tribunal had any public activity was on
February 26. The tribunal, in its short
judgment, acquitted six of the nine individuals charged with match-fixing.
However, it did not pass any judgment
on Mohammad Ashraful and the two
remaining individuals.
I am really worried with the proceedings because the ICC wanted to know the
reason of the delay in its last meeting and
I could say nothing, said Nazmul.
The tribunal assured me of giving its
Sk Jamals Haitian playmaker Sony Norde (L) celebrates one of his two goals while teammate Wedson Anselme runs in to join him during
their Bangladesh Premier Football League encounter against Sheikh Russel at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday COURTESY
India in Bangladesh
Left-handed batsman Suresh Raina
was on Wednesday picked to lead an
under-strength Indian team for a threematch one-day series in Bangladesh
next month.
Seven senior players skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit
Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami and
Shikhar Dhawan do not figure in the
new-look 15-man squad.
Varun Aaron, Stuart Binny, Amit Mishra, Pujara, Rahane and Ambati Rayudu
are the only players to be retained from
the squad that took part in the Asia Cup
Squad
Suresh Raina (capt), Robin Uthappa,
Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara,
Ambati Rayudu, Manoj Tiwary, Kedar
Jadhav, Wriddhiman Saha, Parvez Rasool,
Akshar Patel, Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav,
Stuart Binny, Mohit Sharma, Amit Mishra
two countries, has been squeezed in
between the end of Indias domestic
season on June 1 and the start of the
England tour on June 26. l
Narinda outclass
Mariner Club
Narinda Pragati Boys Club overpowered Dhaka Mariner Youngs Club by
40-16 goals in the Cute Premier Division
Handball League at the Shahid (Capt.)
M. Monsur Ali Handball Stadium yesterday. Narinda led the first half 22-4.
Indian players Hardev Singh and
Shamser Singh set the court ablaze
netting 13 and 10 goals respectively for
Narinda. Akteruzzaman of Mariners
scored six for his team.
In the other match of the day,
Prime Sporting Clubs prowess was too
much to handle for Old Ideal as Prime
thrashed Ideals by 50-10 goals. Imran
netted 14 goals for the victors. l
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Norde, Wedson
propel Jamal
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MCC
Sachin Tendulkar (IND, capt), Saeed Ajmal
(PAK), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WIS),
Rahul Dravid (IND), Aaron Finch (AUS),
Umar Gul (PAK), Brian Lara (WIS), Brett
Lee (AUS), Chris Read (ENG, wkt), Shaun
Tait (AUS), Daniel Vettori (NZL)
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Sport
Netherlands midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has been ruled out of the
World Cup after the experienced international picked up a calf injury at a
training camp in Portugal, the Dutch football association KNVB confirmed
on Wednesday. Capped 109 times for his country, the 31-year-old Hamburg
midfielder suffered the injury at a training camp for the Brazil tournament
on Tuesday with KNVB saying he was not expected to recover in time to
participate in the June 12-July 13 finals.
Reuters
Police confront native Brazilians to prevent them from marching towards the Mane Garrincha football stadium during a demonstration in Brasilia on Tuesday. Indigenous people from
different tribes protested against the governments Indian policy and the costs of the 2014 World Cup
REUTERS
cedes, one of the German Football Associations (DFB) main sponsors, when
the accident happened.
The by-stander was airlifted to hospital, while the course steward, named
only as Michael K., is also being treated
after flying through the windscreen of
the car driven by 19-year-old professional touring car driver Pascal Wehrlein.
Schalke centre-back Hoewedes is reported to have been Wehrleins passenger in the Mercedes involved in the accident, but the 26-year-old was unharmed.
Formula One driver Nico Rosberg,
who was driving the other Mercedes car
at the time of the crash, wrote on Twitter:
The accident shocked me, my thoughts
are with both victims, while Wehrlein is
said to be very upset by the incident.
In an interview with the Hamburger
France, US clinch
wins in friendlies
France, Japan and United States recorded solid victories on Tuesday as
the finalists continued their preparations with the start of the World Cup
just over two weeks away.
France winger Mathieu Valbuena
was in a class of his own as he set up
three goals in a 4-0 victory at home
to Norway to help his side start their
World Cup warm-up games in style.
Valbuena excelled in a one-sided
encounter, providing perfect crosses
for Paul Pogba and Olivier Giroud, who
netted twice, to get on the scoresheet
RESULTS
USA
Simeone, Xabi
Alonso hit with
Uefa charges
Uefa opened disciplinary proceedings
against Atletico Madrid boss Diego
Simeone and Real Madrid midfielder
Xabi Alonso on Tuesday following Saturdays Champions League final.
Simeone rushed on to the pitch to
angrily confront Real defender Raphael
Varane in the wake of Reals fourth goal
in Lisbon.
The Argentines furious reaction apparently came in response to Varane
kicking the ball in Simeones direction.
Meanwhile Alonso, who was suspended for the final, was also charged for
breaching the general codes of conduct.
In addition, both clubs were also
charged over the use of pyrotechnics
and for the inappropriate behaviour
of their players. Five Real players were
booked during the final while seven Atletico players were cautioned. l
Italy bans
co-ownership of
football players
France
Episode
Uruguay 2 Brazil 1
(1950)
Coach Jesus
staying at Benfica
Match-fix police
probe Nigeria,
Scotland game
4 0
2 0
Norway
Azerbaijan
Italys national footballers Andrea Pirlo (L) receives a tap from his teammate Mario
Balotelli as he eats a peach during a training session at Florence yesterday
REUTERS
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Sport
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QUICK BYTES
SCORECARD, ENG v SL
Sri Lanka
L Thirimanne c Buttler b Anderson
T Dilshan c Buttler b Anderson
K Sangakkara c Buttler b Jordan
M Jayawardene lbw b Tredwell
D Chandimal c Bell b Jordan
A Mathews c Buttler b Jordan
A Priyanjan run out (Bopara)
N Kulasekara c Tredwell b Jordan
S Senanayake c sub b Tredwell
R Herath not out
L Malinga lbw b Jordan
Extras (lb3, w4)
Total (all out, 24 overs)
Fall of wickets
1-4, 2-13, 3-32, 4-45, 5-58, 6-60, 7-65,
8-65, 9-65, 10-67
Bowling
Anderson 7-2-10-2; Gurney 6-1-23-0;
Jordan 8-0-29-5; Tredwell 3-1-2-2
England
AN Cook* not out
30
IR Bell
not out
41
Extras
(w 2)
2
Total (0 wickets; 12.1 overs)
73
Disappointing Schuster
to leave Malaga
Malaga coach Bernd Schuster is
leaving the Qatar-owned La Liga club
a year into a five-year contract after a
disappointing season when they flirted
with relegation. Malaga has informed
coach Bernd Schuster that he will no
longer be employed from June 30, the
club confirmed on their website (www.
malagacf.com) on Wednesday. Malaga
would like to thank Schuster and his
coaching team for their hard work
during what was a very difficult season,
they added. Schuster had already told a
news conference after the final game of
the season that he would be leaving the
club, having been informed his services
were no longer required.
Reuters
Powell appeals
doping ban
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell, the
former 100m world record holder, has
appealed to the Court of Arbitration
for Sport (CAS) against his 18-month
doping ban. Powell and training partner
Sherone Simpson tested positive for
banned stimulant oxilofrine after the
100m finals at the Jamaican nationals
on June 21, 2013. Powell, who blamed
his positive result on a nutritional supplement, was banned until December
28, 2014 by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission Disciplinary Panel.
The 2008 Olympic champion in the
4x100m relay has requested that CAS
cut the suspension to three months,
the international bodys secretary
general Matthieu Reeb told AFP on
Monday. The date of the hearing has
not yet been fixed.
AFP
Bowling
Kulasekara 3-0-14-0, Malinga 3-0-13-0,
3.1-0-29-0, Senanayake 1-0-8-0,
Priyanjan 2-0-9-0
Kolkata Knight Riders allrounder Shakib al Hasan celebrates the wicket of Rishi Dhawan of the Kings XI Punjab during the first qualifier at Eden Gardens yesterday
BRIEF SCORE
Kolkata 163/8 (20ov)
Uthappa 42, Karanveer 3 /40
Punjab 135/8 (20ov)
Saha 35, Yadav 3/13)
Kolkata won by 28 runs
behind the Duckworth-Lewis equation of 37 required from five overs. The
umpires, though, decided to continue
with the proceedings.
Manan Vohra smacked Shakib Al
Hasan for two consecutive sixes in the
next over to make the equation in KXIPs favour with the scoreboard reading
BCCI
USAs Serena Williams reacts after being defeated by Spains Garbine Muguruza at the end
of their French tennis Open second round match at the Roland Garros yesterday
AFP
Bagerhat, Army
win TT team events
DAYS WATCH
Star Sports 2
11:30PM
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Derbyshire v Northamptonshire
Sony Six
6:30AM
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Indiana v Miami- Live
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Bagerhat District Sports Association pose for a photograph after winning the boys event in
the Natl Junior TT at the Shahid Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium yesterday
COURTESY
put on 66 runs for the opening partnership before Imrul was sent back to
the dressing room for 32 to become
Brathwaites first victim. Bangladesh
16
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ing of April 14, 2001 to attend the traditional celebration of Pahela Baishakh
1408 the first day of Bangla year.
Chief of banned Islamist militant
outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al Islami (Huji)
Mufti Abdul Hannan and 13 of his associates are charged in the case. Five of
the accused are on the run and one is
on bail while the rest are in jail to face
the trial.
Soon after the blasts and the casualties, police filed two cases one for
murder and the other one for illegal
possession of explosives.
Six charge sheets were pressed in
the cases in which the trial began in
2009. The last charge sheet was submitted in 2008.
The prosecution says the cases progressed in sluggish pace during the
tenure of the previous BNP-Jamaat-led
government because all the accused
had strong connections with the then
government ranks. During the trial, the
accused also threatened the prosecutors with life several times in front of
the judge.
At the final stage of the trial, the prosecution found that they had not dis-
Kalyanpur
high-rise did not
tilt in explosion
n Tribune Report
Panic-stricken locals gather on the road in Kalyanpur yesterday after a 12-storey building was rocked by an explosion, forcing evacuation of the buildings residents
NASHIRUL ISLAM
Once the online system is up, taxpayers will be able to access all services related to income tax by registering
themselves on the projects website.
The seven divisional towns Dhaka,
Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal,
Sylhet and Rangpur will come under
the project.
Presently, the online tax return submission system is in place covering tax
zone 8 of Dhaka and about 23,000 taxpayers under the zone are submitting
their tax returns online.
The project will be implemented at a
cost of Tk78.98 crore of which the government will provide Tk12.68 crore and
the ADB will fund the remaining Tk66.3
crore.
As per the proposal, the NBR evaluation committee selected Vietnamese IT
firm FRT Information System Corporation for Tk51.31 crore.
A major portion of the allocation
Crack in tribunal
building raises
concern
n Udisa Islam
The registrar office of the International
Crimes Tribunal is likely to request the
Law Ministry to take necessary actions
because a huge crack has been detected in the tribunal building.
In early March, the chief prosecutor
requested that the ministry immediately shift his office (west block of the
tribunal building) from the old High
Court building, stating that the roof
was damp.
The prosecution then also warned
that the whole tribunal building was at
risk of collapse.
On Sunday, officials of the tribunal
detected a crack on a first floor wall
near the main staircase, and called engineers to check the wall.
A team of engineers visited the
spot on Tuesday and after primary inspection suspected that it might have
developed after the earthquake on
May 22.
Tribunal sources said the roof of the
building was also risky.
They had known it since 2012, when
a part of the false ceiling broke down on
Investigation Officer Helal Uddin, who
was conducting a case.
At that time, the false ceiling was
replaced but the roof had not been renovated.
During heavy rains, the walls and
the roof of the building become damp
and water seeps through the ceiling.
More than 100 people including
tribunal officials, employees, law enforcers, journalists and accused come
to the tribunal building every working
day and 20 prosecutors and around 40
other staff and researchers always visit
the chief prosecutors office.
The government set up the first tribunal in March 2010 and the second
tribunal in March 2012 in the eastern
block of the old High Court building. It
allotted the western block to the prosecution office.
The two-storey old High Court
building was originally designed as the
official residence of the governor of
East Bengal province when Assam
was created in 1905.
Documents say a new building
was erected on the north side in
60s and the High Court was shifted
there.
The government should take immediate steps as many experts have
warned that the building may collapse
at any time, said prosecutor Zead-alMalum.
Arunabha Chakrobharty, deputy registrar of the tribunal, admitted that the cracks were not normal
and that they were taking the matter
seriously.
He said: We observed the condition
of the cracks, and informed the engineers and the authorities concerned to
take measures. l
Faster broadband
on Moon than
rural UK!
n Tribune Report
The Moon is a better place to browse
Internet or download data than some
rural parts of the UK as users can get
broadband speed of a little less than
20mbps there.
MIT and Nasa have broken records
with its new broadband transmissions
speeds on Earths satellite, where
it is now possible to receive large
amounts of data and stream video and
audio.
A download speed of 19.44mbps
was achieved through a laser-powered communication uplink through
RF signals, along with an upload
speed of 622mbps, which is 4,800
times faster than the previous record, reports British daily The
Independent.
With the Moon being 284,633km
away from Earth, the connection is
dependent on its rotation around our
planet (laser telescopes beam the data
through columns of air which experience bending effects from the atmosphere).
Communicating at high data rates
from Earth to the moon with laser
beams is challenging because of the
400,000-kilometre distance spreading out the light beam, Mark Stevens of MIT Lincoln Laboratory told
Wired.
Its doubly difficult going through
the atmosphere, because turbulence
can bend light-causing rapid fading or
dropouts of the signal at the receiver,
he added. l
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care service
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DHAKA TRIBUNE
66,614,586
71,366
Traded Issues
293
Issue Gain
(Avg. Price Basis)
140
Issue Loss
(Avg. Price Basis)
146
2,275.21
27.58
220.67
Turnover (Volume)
3,212.05
Number of Contract
Company
Turnover
(Million Taka)
Turnover
(Volume)
5,799,844
Number of Contract
8,279
4430.98100
(+) 0.34%
Traded Issues
206
993.28119
(+) 0.79%
Issue Gain
(Avg. Price Basis)
95
1612.77381
(+) 0.65%
Issue Loss
(Avg. Price Basis)
105
13628.51240
(+) 0.33%
CSE - 30 Index :
11255.63150
(+) 0.35%
2,181.67
8492.80890
(+) 0.17%
26.44
GeminiSeaFood-Z
Midas Financing-Z
Rahima Food -Z
Eastern InsurA
CMC Kamal Tex. -A
Familytex (BD) Ltd.-A
Eastern Housing -A
Meghna PET Ind. -Z
-5.69
-5.26
-5.13
-4.31
-4.05
-3.72
-3.54
-3.23
Average (%
change)
-6.27
-6.25
-1.82
-4.37
-3.04
-3.34
0.89
-3.23
GSP Finance-A
Stylecraft -A
-3.16
-2.68
-2.47
-2.91
Company
Closing (%
change)
CSE LOSERS
Standard Insurance-A
Hakkani P& Paper -B
Islami Ins.BD-A
NLI 1st M F-A
Familytex (BD) Ltd.-A
National Housing Fin.-B
Delta Brac HFCL-A
Mercantile Bank -A
-8.31
-6.83
-4.90
-4.17
-3.70
-3.06
-3.01
-2.69
Average (%
change)
-8.94
-3.24
-4.90
-3.66
-3.12
-0.92
-3.01
-1.36
Daffodil Computers -Z
H.R. Textile -A
-2.54
-2.40
-2.29
-2.30
Company
Closing (%
change)
ANALYST
Closing
average
Closing
Bank
NBFI
Investment
Engineering
Food & Allied
Fuel & Power
Jute
Textile
Pharma & Chemical
Paper & Packaging
Service
Leather
Ceramic
Cement
Information Technology
General Insurance
Life Insurance
Telecom
Travel & Leisure
Miscellaneous
Debenture
DSE
Million Taka
244.77
82.38
48.11
370.75
242.80
273.36
1.14
351.63
382.47
0.56
133.99
30.40
8.53
623.53
11.85
34.17
62.03
230.96
15.41
62.98
0.26
Turnover
in million
Daily low
Latest
EPS
Latest
PE
125.52
18.00
58.70
35.49
23.93
26.35
61.30
6.00
126.00
18.00
57.30
35.50
23.70
25.90
59.90
6.00
129.50
18.00
61.00
35.60
24.70
27.10
64.00
6.10
124.90
18.00
56.60
34.00
22.90
25.70
56.00
6.00
0.182
0.018
3.082
0.215
23.827
60.981
129.387
0.051
-11.90
-6.91
-1.01
3.44
1.32
4.64
3.19
-1.33
-ve
-ve
-ve
10.3
18.1
5.7
19.2
-ve
18.55
1000.00
18.40
1000.00
19.10
1000.00
17.10
1000.00
1.954
0.100
1.56
47.83
Closing
average
Closing
MeghnaCement -A
Kohinoor Chem -A
ACI Limited- A
Al-Haj Textile -A
JMI Syringes MDL-A
Golden Harvest Agro-N
LafargeS Cement-Z
Premier Cement-A
AramitCementA
BSC-A
Closing (%
change)
7.57
6.39
6.14
4.75
4.51
4.47
4.39
4.07
4.02
3.80
CSE GAINERS
Company
Samata LeatheR -Z
Phoenix Insur -A
ACI Limited- A
BGIC -A
Premier Cement-A
Eastern Cables-A
LafargeS Cement-Z
ConfidenceCement A
MeghnaCement -A
BSC-A
Closing (%
change)
8.04
7.03
6.56
5.91
5.25
4.74
4.68
4.51
4.51
4.31
Average (%
change)
7.20
6.44
3.66
3.05
2.80
2.73
4.46
3.75
3.94
3.63
Average (%
change)
8.29
7.03
4.94
6.18
4.86
4.67
4.68
4.22
7.38
3.73
Closing
average
133.63
374.17
224.95
122.07
165.43
32.35
73.03
89.65
44.06
518.17
Closing
average
30.97
35.00
226.69
23.36
90.21
126.07
73.12
131.92
134.55
518.47
Closing
135.00
376.10
229.80
123.50
166.80
32.70
73.70
89.60
44.00
519.00
Closing
30.90
35.00
230.50
23.30
90.20
126.00
73.80
132.10
132.20
520.50
Daily high
137.90
378.00
235.40
124.20
168.80
32.90
74.40
91.50
44.80
525.25
Daily high
31.00
35.00
235.00
23.50
91.80
126.90
74.20
135.00
138.50
523.50
Daily low
127.90
350.00
200.00
106.20
161.30
28.20
71.30
85.00
38.50
501.25
Daily low
30.90
35.00
210.00
23.30
86.10
125.80
71.20
129.00
132.00
508.00
Turnover
in million
42.642
1.417
64.938
30.521
13.648
12.558
414.171
14.702
21.169
36.860
Turnover
in million
0.046
0.042
2.584
0.033
0.920
0.315
23.692
2.451
0.686
3.816
Latest
EPS
7.00
9.37
5.28
2.00
2.08
1.55
2.16
3.67
0.68
23.48
Latest
EPS
0.09
3.00
5.28
1.36
3.67
2.03
2.16
8.52
7.00
23.48
Latest
PE
19.1
39.9
42.6
61.0
79.5
20.9
33.8
24.4
64.8
22.1
Latest
PE
344.1
11.7
42.9
17.2
24.6
62.1
33.9
15.5
19.2
22.1
11.9
20.9
Daily high
Turnover
in million
Daily low
Latest
EPS
Latest
PE
31.76
28.35
23.30
9.20
26.37
28.92
64.50
18.16
32.00
27.30
23.30
9.20
26.00
28.50
64.50
18.10
32.00
28.90
23.30
9.20
27.20
30.00
64.50
18.40
31.50
27.30
23.30
9.20
25.80
28.30
64.50
16.80
0.031
0.057
0.012
0.009
8.595
0.564
0.032
2.397
2.88
0.28
1.92
1.36
4.64
2.32
5.05
1.16
11.0
101.3
12.1
6.8
5.7
12.5
12.8
15.7
11.50
28.50
11.50
28.50
11.50
28.50
11.50
28.50
0.063
0.057
0.68
1.62
16.9
17.6
Daily high
DSE GAINERS
Stock
% change
7.62
2.56
1.50
11.54
7.56
8.51
0.04
10.95
11.91
0.02
4.17
0.95
0.27
19.41
0.37
1.06
1.93
7.19
0.48
1.96
0.01
Million Taka
21.86
5.48
2.95
33.69
15.39
22.43
33.99
22.99
17.13
3.13
19.25
1.81
34.72
1.82
0.34
8.82
14.33
4.46
7.27
0.01
CSE
% change
8.04
2.02
1.08
12.39
5.66
8.25
0.00
12.50
8.46
6.30
1.15
7.08
0.67
12.77
0.67
0.12
3.25
5.27
1.64
2.68
0.00
Million Taka
266.64
87.86
51.06
404.44
258.19
295.80
1.14
385.63
405.46
17.69
137.13
49.65
10.34
658.25
13.67
34.51
70.85
245.29
19.86
70.25
0.27
Total
% change
7.65
2.52
1.47
11.61
7.41
8.49
0.03
11.07
11.64
0.51
3.94
1.43
0.30
18.89
0.39
0.99
2.03
7.04
0.57
2.02
0.01
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HeidelbergCement -A
ACI Limited- A
Familytex (BD) Ltd.-A
Appollo Ispat CL -N
Mercantile Bank -A
Beximco Pharma -A
Emerald Oil Ind. -N
BD Submarine Cable-A
CSE TURNOVER LEADERS
Company
LafargeS Cement-Z
BSRM Steels-A
Grameenphone-A
Appollo Ispat CL -N
Familytex (BD) Ltd.-A
Meghna Petroleum -A
Rupali Life Insur.-A
Square Pharma -A
Hwa Well Textiles-N
BD Submarine Cable-A
UNITED AIR-A
BSC-A
UCBL - A
Emerald Oil Ind. -N
AFC AgroBiotech-N
Volume
shares
5,671,500
682,200
2,110,880
1,397,454
358,415
425,404
265,131
130,500
288,681
2,314,500
2,089,800
3,016,937
1,249,386
993,500
262,091
Volume
shares
324,000
142,140
38,400
357,000
326,000
24,200
72,000
18,199
99,000
22,100
338,781
7,360
141,136
15,500
64,500
Value in
million
414.17
183.58
129.39
106.67
101.25
98.64
71.80
69.81
64.94
60.98
58.69
55.71
52.96
48.77
47.38
Value in
million
23.69
10.88
10.33
10.00
8.60
6.86
5.94
4.93
4.13
4.00
3.86
3.82
3.76
3.64
3.54
% of total
turnover
12.89
5.72
4.03
3.32
3.15
3.07
2.24
2.17
2.02
1.90
1.83
1.73
1.65
1.52
1.47
% of total
turnover
11.17
5.13
4.87
4.71
4.05
3.23
2.80
2.32
1.95
1.89
1.82
1.80
1.77
1.72
1.67
Daily
closing
73.70
269.80
59.90
76.20
284.50
235.30
271.40
531.80
229.80
25.90
27.90
18.50
39.90
49.20
180.00
Daily
closing
73.80
76.50
269.50
27.90
26.00
284.20
76.70
271.10
41.30
180.60
11.30
520.50
26.60
49.00
54.60
Price
change
4.39
1.43
-3.54
2.83
1.93
3.57
0.74
0.53
6.14
-3.72
Daily
opening
70.60
266.00
62.10
74.10
279.10
227.20
269.40
529.00
216.50
26.90
Daily
high
74.40
270.50
64.00
77.40
286.50
236.50
272.00
539.80
235.40
27.10
Daily
low
71.30
263.50
56.00
68.00
255.00
213.00
255.00
529.10
200.00
25.70
Daily
average
73.03
269.11
61.30
76.33
282.50
231.87
270.81
534.96
224.95
26.35
Price
change
Daily
opening
Daily
high
Daily
low
Daily
average
1.09
-0.54
0.00
2.29
-0.88
4.68
3.38
1.58
1.45
-3.70
1.36
-5.07
0.63
-1.43
-0.71
-0.88
4.31
0.00
-78.34
-1.27
27.60
18.60
39.90
48.10
181.60
70.50
74.00
265.30
27.50
27.00
280.40
80.80
269.40
41.90
181.90
11.40
499.00
26.60
226.20
55.30
28.40
18.70
43.50
49.50
183.30
74.20
77.60
270.70
28.20
27.20
291.50
83.20
271.90
42.30
182.50
11.60
523.50
26.90
49.40
55.50
27.70
16.80
37.00
48.70
164.10
71.20
74.80
266.00
27.50
25.80
280.70
76.00
268.00
41.10
180.00
10.30
508.00
24.00
48.50
54.00
28.08
18.46
42.39
49.09
180.76
73.12
76.55
269.02
28.01
26.37
283.46
82.53
270.74
41.71
181.05
11.38
518.47
26.62
234.87
54.88
DHAKA TRIBUNE
Business
B3
Farm worker Jose Luna holds a bundle of harvested cotton at Baxley & Baxley Farms in Minturn, South Carolina
of bales that needs to be shipped. As
long as warehouses stick to that minimum they are not breaking any rules.
We are trying to find a way either
through regulations or through market
channels to reward warehouses that
provide good service and provide disincentives for warehouses that might
sit on the cotton simply for revenue,
said association executive director Andrew Jordan.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture,
which oversees more than 350 warehouses across the country, is preparing
to step up monitoring next month in response to industry pressure, but critics
say more action is needed to speed the
cotton to market.
It is not clear just how much fiber is
stuck in queues, and market sources
would not identify sheds with the biggest wait times. Capacity at warehouse
sites can range from 1,000 bales to
more than 500,000 bales.
Several buyers said Louisiana,
which is near some of the countrys
major mills and shipping hubs, has
been a hot spot for logjams this year.
With mills buying on a just-in-time
basis, stocks running low and prices
volatile, dealers fear they will get
caught short and end up paying more
for alternative cotton supplies if their
bales are stuck in queues.
REUTERS
RBI chief
reiterates call for
global monetary
coordination
n Reuters, Mumbai
Reserve Bank of India chief Raghuram
Rajan reiterated yesterday what he said
is the need for global central banks to
be mindful of the impact of their unconventional monetary policy measures on other economies.
First Security Islami Bank Limited recently donated Ahsania Mission Cancer Detection
Centre & Hospital Tk1.97 crore for purchasing a digital X-Ray machine, ECHO machine and
establishment of 5-bed ICU. The banks MD, AAM Zakaria handed over the cheque to Kazi
Rafiqul Alam, president of Dhaka Ahsania Mission
KFC Bangladesh yesterday added a new tag for all KFC restaurants in the country. YUM
International the franchisor of KFC, a restaurant chain has launched the new tag-line, KFC
So good some while back. Akku Chowdhury, managing director and CEO of Transcom
Foods Ltd was present at the tag-line launching ceremony
bKash introduces
mobile balance top up
n Tribune Business Desk
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL) recently organised a day-long training programme on scientific
methods of crop cultivation and plant protection for around 50 farmers at Union Parisad
of Mohishasi Bazar in Dhamrai, Dhaka. Md Khurshed Alam, head of SME banking of EBL
inaugurated the training session at the presence of the banks head of small business,
Anwar Faruq Talukder
bKash, a mobile financial service provider has recently launched Buy Airtime service that will allow bKash
wallet users to top up mobile balance
of Banglalink, Robi and Airtel numbers
through bKash.
Any individual bKash wallet user
can recharge his/her own or someone elses Bangalink and Airtels both
prepaid and postpaid connection and
Robis prepaid connection through this
service, said a press release. l
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Footballs from Adidas, the worlds second largest sports apparel firm, are displayed before the company annual general meeting in the northern Bavarian town of Fuerth near
Nuremberg
REUTERS
and sell it, you would do nothing else.
Nike tries to do just that with a glitzy
ad featuring Ronaldo - and Shayk - in
which boys playing soccer in the local
park end up scoring a penalty in a huge
stadium against their heroes, including
others from the Repucom top 10 such
as Englands Wayne Rooney and Bra-
zils Neymar.
Adidas has retaliated with a new ad
launched last Saturday which shows
Messi dreaming about his rivals such
as Bastian Schweinsteiger of Germany,
Luis Suarez of Uruguay and Dani Alves
of Brazil, none of whom feature in the
Repucom ranking.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles during an European Council summit in Brussels
AFP
DILBERT
Britain tops
foreign investment
ranking, France lags
n Reuters, Paris
Britain and Germany topped an annual
ranking of foreign investment projects
in Europe while France lagged behind
though its numbers were on rise, a
study showed on Tuesday.
Retaining its top position, Britain
saw the number of foreign investment
projects in the country rise by 15% last
year to 799, according to Ernst and
Young.
Meanwhile, Germany, Europes biggest economy and industrial powerhouse, saw an increase of 12% to 701
foreign investments.
France appeared to have halted
some of its decline in recent years although the number of foreign investments grew more slowly than in Britain
or Germany.
With a nine percent increase last
year in investments to 514 projects,
Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg
seized on the study as a sign of the governments success in reviving French
firms competitiveness and improving
the countrys attractiveness.
In a move to improve competitiveness further, President Francois Hollande aims to phase out 30bn euros
($41bn) in payroll tax companies pay
over the next three years in exchange
for commitments to create jobs.
Ernst and Young said that the total
number of foreign investments in Europe rose five percent to a record 3,955
projects, creating 166,300 jobs which
was down from pre-crisis levels of
close to 200,000.
While intra-European investment
accounted for 54% of foreign investment, the United States was the single
biggest foreign investor followed by
Germany and Britain.
In one of the latest examples of US
investment in Europe, US conglomerate General Electric is seeking to buy
the energy assets of French group Alstom, once an icon of French industry.
However, it faces resistance from
the French government, which prefers
a European tie-up between Alstom and
German rival Siemens and which has
widened its control of foreign takeovers with a decree giving it powers to
veto deals. l