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Brutality unprecedentedn Mohammad Jamil Khan

These are probably the worst times to live and grow up as a child in Bangladesh.

In March, police recovered the dead bod-ies of two little girls in Chapainawabganj and later found that the hearts were missing from the corpses.

In June 2010, six-year-old Shamiul was killed by his mother and her lover and his body was kept inside a refrigerator in Dhaka.

Those who thought after these incidents that humanity could not stoop any lower, the more recent cases of Rajon, Rakib and the unnamed dead boy stu� ed inside a suitcase should give them more reasons to feel ashamed.

Nearly a month have passed, but investiga-tors have yet to press charges for the murder of 12-year-old Rajon which was committed in broad daylight in the outskirts of Sylhet city.

On July 8 morning, claiming that the little boy was a thief, a group of � ve to six people tied Rajon to a pole and beat him up brutally, leading to his death. In a display of unfath-omable audacity, the killers also recorded the incident on a mobile phone camera.

In the following days, police arrested most of the culprits – all of whom have confessed – but have not managed to press charges until yesterday because one of the prime accused, who � ed to Saudi Arabia after the incident, could not be repatriated.

The more recent murder of another 12-year-old working child named Rakib in Khulna seems to be straight out of the pages of a psycho thriller.

On Monday, just because the kid had tak-

en a job in another motor garage, his former employer and two other men killed the boy by injecting air through his rectum using a pipe.

In a separate incident one day later in Dha-ka, the dead body of an unidenti� ed boy was recovered from an abandoned suitcase in

Shahbagh. Police said the boy, aged around 10, was probably a domestic aid. Post mor-tem reports said there were injury marks all over his body and he was probably sexually assaulted before being killed.

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BSF will consider retrial of Felani murder casen Mohammad Jamil Khan

India’s Border Security Force chief DK Pathak yesterday said that they would consider hold-ing a fresh trial in Felani Khatun murder case if her family is aggrieved with the lower court verdict that acquitted the self-confessed killer.

The BSF director general mentioned that they were yet to approve the verdict handed down on July 3 by a special court in Cooch Behar of West Bengal. He said that the court could be reconstituted if the family wanted.

In response, Border Guard Bangladesh chief Maj Gen Aziz Ahmed said that they

would provide all possible assistance in the fresh trial after talking to Felani’s parents. The BGB would talk to her parents and ask them whether they want retrial in a new court.

Pathak made the comment after the end of director general-level talks between the two border forces in New Delhi yesterday. Mo-hosin Reza, public relation o� cer of the BGB, con� rmed about the discussion.

The Felani issue was not on the agenda, but the BGB side raised the matter.

The same special court on September 6, 2013 acquitted Constable Amiya Ghosh,

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Broad takes eight to bowl Australia out for 60n AFP

Stuart Broad took eight wickets as Australia collapsed to a scarcely credible 60 all out on the � rst day of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge yesterday. England were 274 for four, a lead of 214 runs, at stumps.

Joe Root was unbeaten 124 to put England in a strong position on the � rst day of the fourth Test.

Alastair Cook scored 43 while Jonny Bair-stow made 74 at more than � ve runs per

over with Root. Cloudy overhead condi-tions o� ered some assistance to swingand seam bowlers and doubtlessprompted England captain Alastair Cook’s decision to � eld � rst. But they were not “un-playable.”

Well though Broad, on his Nottingham-shire home ground, bowled in taking a Test-best eight for 15 in 9.3 overs, this innings ce-mented the reputation of Australia’s batsmen as “� at-track bullies.”

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‘Police could have prevented Sumaiya’s torture-death’n Ibrahim Rony, Chandpur

Sumaiya’s life might have been spared if po-lice had immediately arrested her demented parents when they � rst learnt about their bar-baric torture on the child.

The three-year-old was brutally beaten for six days by her parents in Shahrasti upazila, Chandpur before she succumbed to death on early Tuesday morning. The couple, Emran Hossain, 40, and Amena Begum, 35, had tried to prove they had supernatural powers and attempted to exorcise the in� uence of jinns on Sumaiya.

Locals are now saying police should have put Sumaiya in protective custody and arrest-ed her parents right away when they � rst got wind of what was happening.

If they had done so, or even the local gov-ernment representatives had taken steps to stop the torture, Sumaiya might be alive to-day, the locals opined.

This correspondent spoke to two local journalists yesterday who had informed po-lice when they visited Sumaiya’s residence after learning about the exorcism.

Requesting anonymity due to security concerns, the journalists said the family was very poor, with Emran the sole earning mem-ber with his carpentry job. Sumaiya was their third child among four.

The couple had large debt and staged the act of possessing supernatural powers in or-der to make money by performing exorcism.

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This beautiful little girl, Sumaiya, was killed by her exorcist parents on Tuesday. At one point when they were torturing her, the little girl was rescued by neighbours for a little while DHAKA TRIBUNE

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Brutality unprecedentedYesterday, a man named Miraj confessed be-fore a magistrate court in Barguna that he had beaten a 11-year-old boy named Rabiul. Police recovered the little boy’s body from the banks of a canal in Amkhola village of Taltali upazila in the district on Monday. Rabiul was killed because he allegedly stole Miraj’s � sh.

Last month, newborn Magura girl Suraiya proved wrong the old saying that a mother’s womb is the safest place for a child. Not anymore because the infant, who still had more than a month to be born, was hit by a bullet when polit-ical criminals shot her pregnant mother.

In a rare breakthrough, a court in Rangpur yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing a schoolboy in December 2013. Convict Bande Ali, 50, killed his employer’s tenth grader son Ratan Chandra Roy because the boy had seen him stealing their cattle and for that he lost his job.

Yesterday, police in Munshijanj arreted a man named Abul Hossain, 45, for the killing of his 15-year-old daughter Sumaiya just because she had an a� air with a young man from their village. Six months ago, the girl’s skeleton was found inside a sack in Sholoani village in Gazaria upazila of the district. Abul confessed during in-terrogation that he had killed his daughter.

These two incidents are only exceptions and therefore should not give the idea that law enforcers solve child murder cases everyday.

Data compiled by Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) and Terre des Hommes Nether-lands (TdH-NL) shows that as many as 968 chil-dren were killed in the last three and a half years across the country. Among them, 191 child were killed only in the � rst seven months of this year.

In fact, apart from the Rangpur verdict, none of the other 967 cases have seen trials completed, let alone anyone getting punished.

Even police have said that recent spike in brutality against children is unprecedented.

Farida Yeasmin, deputy commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s women protec-tion wing, told the Dhaka Tribune: “At pres-ent, we are witnessing more brutality against children than ever before probably because people have lost their respect for law.”

The data compiled by police headquarters also shows that there has been an overall rise in child repression. A total of 10,324 cases has been registered under the woman and child repres-sion act in the last six months across the country.

BSAF Director AS Mahmood said: “There are economic and social reasons behind such brutalities. In most cases, the poor and the weak are the worst su� erers. In almost all the cases, the abusers turn out to be the one with the muscles and nothing happen to them even if their crimes are obvious. Many are brutalising children just for pleasure.”

According to data provided by rights body Manusher Jonno Foundation, as many as 201 children were killed and 70 raped in the � rst six month of this year.

Prof Zia Rahman, chairman of Dhaka Uni-versity’s criminology department, explains: “People are now entering the era of globalisa-tion. Newer styles and techniques of brutalis-ing children are being applied along with the process of rapid urbanisation.

“If authorities cannot ensure exemplary punishment for the accused, soon things will

be di� cult to control,” he warned.Monirul Islam, chief of police’s Detective

Branch (DB), thinks that only punishing the culprits will not be enough.

“This is not just a question of punishment. Social and family values have to be highlighted through awareness raising programmes. Peo-ple must be encouraged to come forward in helping their neighbours at times of distress.”

Unicef’s statementIn a statement issued yesterday, the United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) expressed alarm at the recent spike in violence against children in Bangladesh.

“UNICEF strongly believes that the Govern-ment of Bangladesh will do everything within its power to bring perpetrators to justice and help to end such violence against children.

“It is important to note that due to the pervasive and proactive media coverage on child rights issues, incidences of child abuse, beating and even killing are now coming un-der sharp focus,” said Unicef representative Edouard Beigbeder.

JS body’s suggestions The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Women and Children A� airs Ministry yester-day suggested the government to ensure ex-emplary punishment for the culprits of the re-cent incidents of child repressions and killings.

At its 15th meeting at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, the committee also suggested the ministry concerned to taken stern actions against the oppressors and rapists. l

‘Police could have prevented Sumaiya’s torture-death’In order to prove their claim, they started beat-ing Sumaiya saying she was under the in� u-ence of a jinn and the beating would expel it.

“When we � rst went to their house in Tara-pur Kamarbari village on Monday, we found Amena standing over the child with two sticks in her hands. They kept ignoring our request to stop the beating; in fact, they tried to scare us o� with jinn stories,” they said.

The journalists informed Shahrasti police station, and Sub-Inspector Nizamuddin with four constables were sent to investigate. They rescued Sumaiya and took her to Baniachou Ba-zar for treatment with her uncle’s help.

However, instead of taking her into custody,

police put Sumaiya under the care of her ma-ternal grandmother. They also did not arrest the o� ending parentsat the request of some lo-cals who said they poverty-stricken couple was only trying to make money.

After police left, Amena arranged for Su-maiya to be brought home, who arrived around 3pm. Around 3am on Tuesday, Amena and Emran resumed the exorcism.

Enduring the barbaric treatment from her parents for so long, little Sumaiya � nally gave up – she died around 4:30am.

Her death sparked outrage among the lo-cals who gave a good beating to the culprit parents. Later, police recovered Sumaiya’s

body from her residence in the morning and arrested Amena and Emran.

The Dhaka Tribune tried to contact Shah-rasti police OC Mizanur Rahman to ask if po-lice could have played a more proactive role in the case, but could not reach him.

However, this correspondent was able to reach Chandpur Superintendent of Police Shamsun Nahar.

“The case is being investigated and the criminals will be brought to justice,” she said. When asked about police’s apparent negli-gence in protecting Sumaiya, she said: “I have yet to receive any such information. If that is the case, we will take action accordingly.” l

Broad takes eight to bowl Australia out for 60They again proved unable to come to terms with the moving ball in a match they have to at least draw to stop England taking an unbeata-ble 3-1 lead in the � ve-match Ashes series.

Broad � nished the innings by having Na-than Lyon caught in the slips. Eight Australia batsmen were caught in the cordon – all o� Broad – and one by wicket-keeper Jos Buttler, with Peter Nevill bowled by Steven Finn.

Mitchell Johnson (13) and Australia captain Michael Clarke (10) were the only batsmen to make double-� gure scores in an innings that was wrapped up in just 18.3 overs – the quick-est any team has ever been bowled out in the � rst innings of a Test – during a stunning 94 minutes’ play in Nottingham.

Australia’s total – with extras the top score on 14 – was the lowest by either side in an Ash-es innings since England were dismissed for 52 at The Oval in 1948.

“Unbelievable”“It’s pretty unbelievable. It’s not sunk in,” Broad told Sky Sports after drawing level with England great Fred Trueman’s career tally of 307 Test wickets.

“We knew Trent Bridge would o� er us something but we had to bowl well and take our catches.”

Broad, leading the attack in the absence of the injured James Anderson – England’s all-time leading wicket-taker – needed just three balls on his Nottinghamshire home ground to take his 300th Test wicket when opener Chris Rogers, on nought, edged to Cook at � rst slip.

It was the � rst duck of Rogers’ 46-innings career in Test cricket.

Four balls after becoming just the � fth Eng-land bowler after Anderson, Ian Botham, Bob Willis and Trueman to take 300 Test wickets, Broad struck again when Steven Smith, aiming

legside, was held by Joe Root at third slip for six. Durham quick Mark Wood, in for Ander-

son, needed just two balls to take his lone wicket of the innings.

Wood had David Warner, Rogers’s fellow left-handed opener, caught behind by wick-et-keeper Jos Buttler o� the inside edge.

Rogers and Wood became the � rst Austral-ia openers to both fall for ducks in an Ashes Test innings since Arthur Morris and Jack Mo-roney at Brisbane in 1950.

Top-order batsman Shaun Marsh, brought in to replace dropped younger brother Mitch-ell, then fell for a duck when he was caught in the slips by Ian Bell o� Broad.

And the 29-year-old Broad then had Adam Voges (one) brilliantly caught one-handed by diving � fth slip Ben Stokes to leave Australia 21 for � ve in the � fth over.

Clarke’s desperate run of form contin-

ued when, driving loosely outside o� stump against Broad, he was well caught by a leaping Cook at � rst slip to leave Australia 29 for six.

The 34-year-old Clarke’s exit meant one of the best batsmen of his generation had now managed just 104 runs in seven innings this series.

It also left Clarke contemplating the pros-pect of becoming the � rst Australian in over a century to be on the losing side in four succes-sive Ashes series in England.

By taking � ve wickets in 19 balls, Broad surpassed Vernon Philander’s � ve in 25 balls for South Africa against New Zealand at Cape Town in 2013 as the quickest ‘� ve for’ at the start of a Test innings.

It also threatened to be another match-win-ning Ashes spell from Broad to match those he had produced at The Oval in 209 and Chester-le-Street in 2013. l

BSF will considerdrawing massive criticism. Felani’s parents rejected the verdicts terming those injustice.

In the meantime, rights group Amnesty India on July 13 submitted a petition with the Supreme Court of India alleging that human rights were violated in the murder case.

Moreover, West Bengal-based rights body MASUM has decided to move the Indian top court challenging the verdict together with Dha-ka’s Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK). They already con-tacted with Felani’s father and took his consent.

Another petition � led by Felani’s father and Salma Ali, the executive director of Bang-ladesh National Woman Lawyers Association, against the � rst verdict is pending with the Indian Supreme Court for disposal.

Constable Amiya Ghosh was acquitted for “inconclusive and insu� cient evidence,” the court said. It is the � rst-ever trial of any BSF member for border killing.

Felani, a 15-year-old girl, was shot dead while returning home in Bangladesh along with her fa-ther and maternal uncle on January 7, 2011. She used to work as a housemaid in New Delhi.

Though Felani’s father and uncle had crossed the barbed-wire fence using a ladder, the teenager was shot when her clothes got entangled in the wire.

Her body was left dangling on the barbed wire fence for nearly � ve hours. It is alleged that she had been alive for at least four hours after being shot.

Rights group ASK states that at least 23 Bangladeshis were killed and 38 others injured by the BSF along the border between January and June this year.

During this time, the BSF personnel abduct-ed at least 49 people.

Even yesterday, the body of a Bangladeshi cattle trader was recovered from the border. He was tortured to death at a BSF camp near Naogaon border on Wednesday night.

According to a BGB statement, the two forces discussed about border killings, cattle, arms and drugs smuggling, poppy cultivation at border points and human tra� cking issues during the conference that began on August 3.

The event ended yesterday with the singing of a joint statement of discussions.

Before his return to the country tomorrow, the BGB chief is scheduled to take salute dur-ing the passing out parade of BSF’s sub-in-spector training at its academy at Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh today. It is the � rst time for any BGB chief to enjoy the privilege. l

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Sheikh Kamal Krira Complex to open new sports horizonsn Adil Sakhawat

Abahani, one of the leading sports club in the country, is set to steer the country’s sports arena into a modern era by building a sports complex fully equipped with modern facili-ties on its Dhanmondi � eld.

Named after the club’s founder, the Sheikh Kamal Krira Complex will look to bring health, sports, and social recreation under the same umbrella, and provide sports enthusiasts a one-stop destination for all their needs.

“The construction work for the complex will start at full pace within the shortest pos-sible time,” said Abahani Limited Chairman Salman F Rahman.

The international standard sports complex is expected to be built and ready for use by the end of 2017, he further told the Dhaka Tribune.

On August 5, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasi-na said the sports complex, once completed, would change the lives of Dhanmondi resi-dents as well as all Dhaka dwellers.

She made the comments while speaking as the chief guest at a discussion commemorat-ing the 66th birth anniversary of Sheikh Ka-mal, the premier’s younger brother who was killed alongside his family on August 15, 1975.

Currently, the Abahani � eld in Dhanmondi is used by the club players as a practice venue. The locals also use the � eld to exercise and play di� erent sports throughout the day.

Asked about whether the � eld would be open for public use once the sports complex is built, Abahani Chairman Salman F Rahman said: “The residents of the capital including Dhanmondi locals can use the � eld in a se-cured way as the � eld will remain open to all. The children and young aspiring players can use the � eld like they do now. The only thing they would need to do is register free of cost to ensure the security of the � eld.”

Kazi Nabil Ahmed, director of the Abaha-ni Limited, also said the cricket and football practising grounds will remain out of the con-struction area.

Similar to the famous international clubs, an age-based academy at the new complex would nurse aspiring players and act as a pipeline for seeking out fresh sports talents, said Nabil, also a ruling party lawmaker.

The academy will search for talents across the country and work to make them star play-ers, he added.

The Abahani club already has a glorious space in the country’s sports history. Since being founded 43 years ago by Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of Father Of the Nation Bangab-andhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Abahani club has so far won 15 football titles, 17 cricket silverwares, and 16 hockey trophies.

“Sheikh Kamal always wanted to see Aba-hani to be di� erent from others; and since its inception, Abahani has been di� erent with its outlook. Now the time has arrived to give it a more modern look and we want to built the sports complex in such a way that people for the next � fty years can say ‘Wow, this Abaha-ni Club is beautiful indeed,’” said Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hasan Papon.

According to the club’s plan, the Sheikh Kamal Krira Complex will be divided in � ve sections, built on the total 25 bighas of land owned by the Abahani club.

The 726,665 square-feet complex will in-clude a 69,223 sq-ft area set aside for the Aba-hani Club, an exclusive members-only health

club covering 140,357 sq-ft, a convention cen-tre covering 155,585 sq-ft, and a car parking area of 361,500 sq-ft, according to previous media reports.

“By building this complex, the standard of sports in the country can meet international standards, which will also pave way to gain sound health and sports facilities and social recreation at one place. Not only in cricket and football, the Abahani club wants to meet the international standard in every game by building this world-class sports complex,” Salman F Rahman told the Dhaka Tribune.

Sports complex facilitiesThe section dedicated to the Abahani club would include world-class cricket and foot-ball grounds, an air-conditioned basketball court, a state-of-the-art bowling alley, and a four-lane indoor cricket practising facility with video analysis equipment. There will be separate dorms for boys and girls, a � ve-star players’ room with modern gymnasium, and equipment for aerobic and yoga.

The members-only Abahani Health Club will have separate gyms for men and wom-

en, luxurious steam bath and sauna facilities, chiropractic services, and sports massages. Under the health club, there will be also be multi-layer tennis and badminton courts, sep-arate swimming pools for men and women, and all kinds of indoor games.

The sports complex would also have the Sheikh Kamal Convention Centre – capable of hosting 4,000 people at a time. In this sec-tion, there will also be a museum showcasing Abahani jerseys and memorabilia, a massive library, and an art gallery featuring modern artworks. The convention centre would also have an Asian style dining restaurant catering Asian and European cuisine.

The Sheikh Kamal Academy, one of the key components of the complex, would work on nurturing talents from across the country. It would have modern residential facilities, while skilled trainers would monitor age-based train-ing in the academy throughout the day.

The complex would also have a long walk-way where the locals will be able to exercise or jog. The walkway would be of an interna-tional standard and would have changing room facilities. l

Left, Abahani Limited Chairman Salman F Rahman hands over a crest to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during an event commemorating the 66th birth anniversary of Sheikh Kamal on Wednesday. Top, young cricketers gear up for practice at Dhanmondi’s Abahani � eld yesterday as preparation goes on behind them for the construction of the Sheikh Kamal Krira Complex DHAKA TRIBUNE/MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU

Domestic help raped in Pallabin DMCH Correspondent

A 12-year-old domestic help was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital in critical condition after being raped, allegedly by two people. She was found in Section 7 of Pallabi behind the Purobi Cinema Hall.

The girl alleged that she was raped by two people including a driver of the house she worked in. Police is yet to track down the house.

The accused driver is one Sagor who for-cibly took her to the guard room of the resi-dential building she worked in and raped her along with another man.

Pallabi police station SI Rokonuzzaman said police recovered the girl from the area in blood-stained condition around 11:30am.

Quoting pedestrian there, the SI said they saw her get down from a rickshaw and take shelter at a garage. Later they informed the po-lice. He said SI Rasel took the victim to DMCH.

As the house the girl worked in was not found, the accused could not be arrested im-mediately, the police o� cial said.

According to the One-stop Crisis Centre (OCC) at the DMCH, the girl was in critical condition and her clothes were drenched in her blood. To save her an operation was need-ed and she was admitted to Ward 212 of the hospital. After her primary treatment the OCC will receive her on Saturday.

Rape has increased at an alarming rate as at least six incidents of rape were reported in the city in the past week. l

Rakib murder accused placed under remandn Our Correspondent, Khulna

A Khulna court has granted a three-day re-mand against Beauty Begum – one of the ac-cused in the killing of 12-year-old Rakib who died after his former employers pumped air through his rectum.

Khulna Metropolitan Magistrate Faruk Iqbal granted the remand after the investigation of-� cer, Sub-Inspector Kazi Mostaque Ahmed, placed Beauty before his court with a 10-day remand plea. Following the court order, the police brought 50-year-old Beauty to the Khul-na sadar police station for questioning.

On August 3, Md Rakibul Islam was vi-ciously killed by three adults in the city’s Tut-para area because he had left employment at their garage and taken up a job elsewhere.

Following his death, outraged locals broke into the garage and beat up its owner Md Sha-rif, Mintu Miah, and Sharif’s mother Beauty. Later, police arrested the three and sent Mintu and Sharif to the prison cell of Khuna Medical College Hospital, where they are still being treated for their injuries.

On August 4, Rakib’s father Nurul Alam � led a murder case with Sadar police station against the three. l

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Falu secures bail following surrendern Md Sanaul Islam Tipu

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s Adviser Mosaddek Ali Falu after his surrender in a sabotage case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahriar Mahmud Adnan passed the order when Falu surrendered to his court.

The court at � rst rejected Falu’s bail plea and sent him to jail. When he suddenly fell sick in the dock after hearing the order, his counsel instantly � led another plea to recon-sider the decision mentioning that his client deserved bail as the other accused of the case were already on bail.

Finally, the court granted him bail till the next hearing on August 24.

On February 3, the case was � led against Falu and some 60 BNP-Jamaat leaders on charge of torching vehicle and creating obsta-cle in discharging police duty. l

HC bail in nine cases against Rizvi, Dudu reinstatedn Tribune Report

The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the High Court’s decision of granting bail to BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and its senior leader Shamsuzzaman Dudu in nine cases of ten.

A four-member appellate division bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday heard ten cases, six against Rizvi and four against Dudu, and made the order. Besides, the bench refused the Rizvi’s bail order ensured by the HC while Dudu secured bail in his four lawsuits.

Lawyers Jainul Adedin, Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Sagir Hossain Leon stood for the BNP leaders while Additional Attorney General

Md Momtaz Uddin Fakir argued on behalf of the state seeking bail rejection order on the cases.

The HC gave interim bail Rizvi in eight cas-es and Dudu in seven cases on July 7 and the state moved to the Appellate Division against the order.

Of them, two were � led with Jatrabari po-lice station, three with Khilgaon, Mirpur and Mohammdpur and three with Paltan police station. Bail in the case booked with Khilgaon police station against Rizvi was stayed.

Dudu secured bail in six cases launched with Paltan police station and one with Mir-pur station.

Rizvi and Dudu have been staying in jail af-ter being arrested on January 31 and January 12 respectively. l

JU student sued for remarks on prime ministern JU Correspondent

In response to a complaint submitted by Chhatra League leaders, the Jahangirna-gar University authorities have � led a case against a � nal-year student for making derog-atory comments about the prime minister on Facebook.

The case was � led against government and politics department student Shamsul Alam, also a resident student of Maulana Bhashani Hall, with Ashulia police on Wednesday night under the Information and Communication Technology Act.

JU unit Chhatra League Vice-President Al Amin Setu had written an article on Bangab-andhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s “Oshomapto Attmojinoni” in a national daily while Organ-ising Secretary Murshedur shared a link of the article on his Facebook timeline on Wednes-day.

On that post, Shamsul commented using

a fake account with the name of Md Kabir Mamu in Bangla. He wrote: “Well written brother. I have read the book. But the problem is [Prime Minister] Sheikh Hasina is not such a good person that God’s message will come to her.”

Chhatra League leaders of Maulana Bhashani Hall sat in a meeting over the mat-ter the same evening and found that the fake account belonged to Shamsul. Setu and Mur-shedur then caught Shamsul and handed him over to the university authorities along with a complaint.

Pro-VC Prof Abul Hossain told reporters yesterday that the case had been � led in re-sponse to a complaint submitted by as some students.

While contacted, Murshedur told the Dha-ka Tribune: “We are promised to resist any conspiracy against our beloved leader Bang-abandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his daughter Sheikh Hasina.” l

Man arrested for killing his � rst wifen Kamrul Hasan

Dhaka Metropolitan Police have arrested a man for his alleged involvement in killing his � rst wife.

Police arrested the accused Jewel Bishwas alias Imon, 30, from a house in Dhanmondi early Wednesday, more than a month after the murder in Kamrangirchar area.

On June 30, police recovered a half decom-posed body of a woman from a second-� oor room of a house in West Rasulpur.

Police found the woman’s arms tied with a piece of rope behind her back. Police instantly failed to � nd her and her husband’s identities.

Later, she was identi� ed as Nasima Akhter, 25, who had been married to Jewel some six years back. They had a child too.

At one stage of their probe they held Jewel.According to the police, Nasima came in con-tact with Jewel when the latter used to go to

Nasima’s place to paint her house. They grad-ually fell for each other and got married with-out informing their families.

Three years into the marriage he again tied the knot with Sumi Akhter. This time the mar-riage was arranged by his family in Gopalganj.

Within two years of his second marriage he con� ded to his second wife that he had a wife but she had died. He also told her about his child, Dipu, from his � rst marriage. He fa-thered a boy from his second marriage too.

After his confession to his second wife he want-ed to make his story a true one and planned to kill his � rst wife. He took her to Dhaka six months back to execute his plan but he failed to do it.

Finally he succeeded on the night of June 30 when his son was asleep.

DMP Deputy Commissioner (Lalbagh Zone) Mo� juddin Ahmed in a press brie� ng at the DMP Media Centre said Jewel confessed to his crime during the interrogation.

He said Jewel � rst tied Nasima’s hands with rope telling her that they were going to enjoy some funny moments and then he strangled her.

He � ed the house after locking it from out-side and went straight back to Gopalganj.

Police recovered the body after being in-formed by his neighbours. Owner Anwar Hos-sain told the police that he rented out the house to the couple on June 27 for Tk2000 a month.

From one of the neighbours police came to know that Nasima came from Jessore and found a picture of Imon from the room. Lat-er, they collected his cell phone number from Nasima’s parents.

After tracking the number police was con-� rmed that Jewel and Imon are the same per-son and arrested him early Wednesday.

Senior ASP of police (Lalbagh Zone) RM Foyzur Rahman said a case was � led with Kamrangirchar police station in connection with the murder. l

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Khaleda attends doa mah� l for Tarique’s father-in-lawn Tribune Report

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia attended a doa mah� l held for her elder son Tarique Rah-man’s father-in-law former navy chief Mah-bub Ali Khan’s 31st death anniversary.

The former premier went to Mahbub’s residence in the city’s Dhanmondi area and attended the event, organised by the family members.

Senior BNP leaders, eminent lawyer Ra� q-ul Huq and former navy o� cials attended the programme as well.

Tarique and his wife Zobaida Rahman were absent in the doa as they are in London, living there since 2008.

Khaleda spent some time with the family members before leaving for her Gulshan res-idence. l

BSF tortures Bangladeshi cattle trader to deathn Our Correspondent, Naogaon

A Bangladeshi cattle trader was tortured to death by India’s Border Security Force at Nit-pur border in Porsha upazila early yesterday.

Jaria Marmu, 35, was the son of Samu Mar-mu of Manaharpur village in the upazila.

Border Guard Bangladesh’s Naogaon 14 Commanding O� cer Lt Col Ra� qul Hasan said Jaria was among 10-12 people who crossed the border and went to India to bring cattle on Tuesday night.

“A BSF patrol team chased them as they were returning to Bangladesh with cattle ear-ly in the morning on Thursday. Others man-aged to � ee but Jaria was captured and later tortured by the border police,” he said.

Jaria’s travelling companions found him in a critical condition near the border and were taking him home but he died on the way around 6am. l

Community policing starts at Dasiar Chharan Our Correspondent, Kurigram

Just about a week ago, these little patches of land – comprising one or several sleepy villag-es and a few hundred poor residents – used to be strange places from all aspects.

These were technically Indian lands – known as chhitmahals or exclaves – but com-pletely surrounded by Bangladesh. So, Indian security forces could not come here and en-sure law and order; neither could Bangladeshi forces because these were foreign lands.

That made these chhitmahals hotbeds of local crime and nobody had any security at all.

But when the clock hit 12 on the night of July 31, these exclaves were all added to Bang-ladesh’s territory, thanks to the implementa-tion of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) between India and Bangladesh.

Soon, Bangladesh police set up tempo-rary camps at the exclaves. Yesterday, under the supervision of local administration and police, community policing services were kicked o� in Dasiar Chhara.

A meeting was held at Kalir Hat Bazar in Da-siar Chhara yesterday noon between locals and police. Kurigram district police chief Md Tabar-ak Ullah attended the meeting among others. l

DU admission test appeal hearing Aug 16n Tribune Report

The Supreme Court has set August 16 for the hearing on an appeal � led by the parents of 26 admission seekers against a High Court ruling that upheld the once-only admission test pol-icy of Dhaka University.

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha set the date yesterday, after the parents recently � led the petition seeking the court’s order to allow the students to appear in the test for the second time.

The appellants said the university author-ities had not issued any prior notice before introducing the new policy last year that vio-lated the students’ fundamental rights. l

Dhaka, KL to address together irregular movement of peoplen UNB

Bangladesh and Malaysia have agreed to closely work together for a permanent solu-tion to the protracted problem of irregular movement of people.

Both countries have discussed in details the root cause of the irregular movement of people due to the continuous persecution of Rohingya ethnic minority people being car-ried out in the Rakhaine state of Myanmar.

The issue came up for discussion at a meet-ing between Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and his Malaysian counterpart Dato’ Ani-fah Haji Aman at Kuala Lumpur on Wednes-day, the Foreign Ministry here said yesterday.

The foreign minister is on a two-day visit

to Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur in con-nection with the 22nd Asean Regional Forum (ARF) Foreign Ministers’ meeting.

Mahmood Ali also met the foreign minister of Norway, state ministers for foreign a� airs of Japan and India, and discussed various bi-lateral and regional issues on Wednesday.

The Malaysian foreign minister expressed his deep satisfaction at the existing friendly bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Malaysia, and hoped that the relations would further be strengthened in the years to come.

The Bangladesh foreign minister thanked his Malaysian counterpart for his help and assistance for the repatriation of the irregular migrants of Bangladesh.

Dato’ Anifah Haji Aman also thanked

Mahmood Ali for taking quick action on tak-ing back its Bangladeshi nationals.

The two also discussed the status of re-cruitment of Bangladeshi workers on both G2G and B2B bases, and felt the need for tak-ing more positive measures to smoothen the process.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende highly praised economic development and social progress of Bangladesh, especially at-taining the MDG goals under the able and dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Brende showed keen interest in Bangla-desh’s relations with its neighbours and the role of Bangladesh in bringing shared prosper-ity within the region. l

Private university students meet president for VAT withdrawaln Tribune Report

Students from private universities have met President Abdul Hamid and submitted a memorandum seeking withdrawal of the 7.5% value-added tax (VAT) on private tertiary ed-ucation.

The three-member delegation, under the banner of “No VAT on Education,” a student platform, submitted the memorandum to the president at Bangabhaban yesterday after-noon.

In the memorandum, they demanded im-mediate intervention from the president to resolve the issue, claiming that they would go for tough movement if their demand was not met by the next � ve days, said a press release issued by the platform.

The students also demanded formulation of a policy for all private universities, medical colleges and engineering colleges.

Prior to the meeting with the president, students held a gathering in front of National Press Club.

When they headed towards Bangabhaban, police barred them from advancing in Kadam Phowara area in Dhaka University. Students then sat down on the streets, and three stu-dents among them went to Bangabhaban to give the memorandum to the president.

Students from several private universities took part in yesterday’s gathering, including Green University Bangladesh, State Universi-ty of Bangladesh, IBAIS University, Stamford University of Bangladesh, University of Liber-al Arts Bangladesh, East West University, Brac University, North South University, United International University, University of Asia Paci� c, Anwar Khan Modern Medical College, World University and Gana Bishwabidyalay.

The government imposed a 7.5% VAT on private universities and medical and engi-

neering colleges during the budget of the 2015-16 � scal year

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has already served notices to the private tertiary education institutions to immediately regis-ter as VAT-paying entities and pay the VAT to the government exchequer.

This is the � rst time the government has implemented the VAT on the institutions, imposed on the fees and to be collected from students.

Before in 2010, the government moved to impose indirect tax on private tertiary educa-tion, but had to pull out in the face of student protests.

According to the University Grants Com-mission (UGC) and Bangladesh Private Med-ical College Association, there are currently around 461,000 students enrolled in 83 pri-vate universities and over 20,000 students in 64 private medical colleges. l

Garo Student Union Bangladesh protests in front of National Press Club yesterday demanding immediate arrest of the person who raped a 10-year-old Garo girl in the capital on Monday MEHEDI HASAN

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AL factional clashes rising alarmingly in Maguran Our Correspondent, Magura

It has been � ve months since council of Magura district unit Awami League, but a full-� edged committee is yet to be formed much to create tension among leaders and activists over establishing supremacy in the locality.

The council was held on March 7 at Magu-ra Nomani Moidan. Prof MS Akbar and Pankaj Kundu were elected president and general secretary respectively.

State Minister for Youth and Sports Sree Bi-ren Shikder and Abu Nashir Bablu have been elected senior vice-president and vice-presi-dent of the committee respectively.

But the newly elected president of the committee died on March 9. Since then, Sree Biren Shikder has been working as acting president of the committee.

Dedicated leaders and workers of Magura AL are waiting for full � edged district com-mittee for about 5 months.

In this situation, factional clash of Magu-ra AL is rising alarmingly. Two people were killed in separate clashes in the district.

On July 24, a clash took place at Rupdah village under Magura Sadar upazila between the supporters of local AL leader Salam Hazi and Nannu Sheikh .

Supporters of Salam made an attack on Nannu with sharp weapons and Nannu died on the spot.

On the same day, a clash took place be-tween the supporters of local Jubo League leader Kamrul Bhuiyan and local Jubo League leader Ajibar Hossen in Dohar Par area of Magura town over establishing supremacy.

Supporters of Ajibar made an attack on the house of Kamrul. During the clash, a sev-en-month expecting mother, Nazma Begum, 30, among three people su� ered bullet inju-ries as she was caught in the line of � re during a clash between two groups of Jubo League activists over establishing supremacy at Doar-para in Sadar upazila in the evening of July 24.

Nazma was taken to Sadar Hospital where she gave birth to a baby through caesarean section on that night. It was found after the birth that the newborn also su� ered bullet wounds while in the womb.

Later, the baby was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on July 25 while the mother was undergoing treatment at Magura Sadar Hospital. Kamrul’s uncle Abdul Momin also scummed to his bullet injuries at Magura Sadar Hospital on July 26.

When contacted, former president of Magura district unit Chhatra League Abu Reza Nantu said: “We are crying for a full-� edged committee of district unit AL for about � ve months. In want of a full � edged committee factional clash of AL is rising day by day.”

There is no alternative to form a full � edged committee of Magura district unit AL to bring back peace and discipline among leaders and workers, he said.

On contact Magura district unit AL general secretary Pankaj Kundu said they had faced two bi-elections recently. One is parliamenta-ry election on May 30 while another upazila election on July 21.

“We were busy with elections. For this, we could not form full � edged committee. The full � edged committee of the district unit AL will be formed within very short time,” he also said. l

Elderly man killed in train accident in Kishoreganj n Our Correspondent, Kishoreganj

An unidenti� ed elderly man was killed in Sadar upazila under the wheels of a train on Wednesday night.

Md Saidul Islam, o� cer-in-charge of Bhair-ab GRP station, said the man, aged about 60,

died on the spot when the Titas Express, a passenger train coming from Dhaka hit him around 9pm. On information, police recov-ered the body and sent it to Kishoreganj Mod-ern Hospital morgue.

An unnatural death case was � led with Bhair-ab GRP police station in this connection. l

BCC mayor, 43 others sued for briberyn Our Correspondent, Barisal

A case was � led against Mayor of Barisal City Corporation Ahsan Habib Kamal and 43 oth-ers for demanding bribe.

Mosharef Hosen, a lawyers, � led the case with special judge court of Barisal on Wednes-day afternoon.

Other accused of the case include Ranjeet Kumar Roy, chief executive o� cer of the BCC, Shahidul Alam, engineer and Md Farid, per-sonal assistant of the mayor.

According to the case statement, the BCC conducted an eviction drive in Nabagram Choumatha area of the city on August 4 and demolished 16 structures from the spot with-out any prior notice. 

The complainant is one of the a� ected businessman whose structure has been de-molished during the drive.

He complained that the BCC only demolished structures of those people who did not provide bribe money to the mayor, o� cials and em-ployees. Judge of the tribunal Anwarul Haque ordered to send the allegation to the Anti- Cor-ruption Commission for investigation . l

Robber lynched n Our Correspondent,

Gazipur

An alleged ringleader of an inter-district robber gang was killed in a mob attack at Nami-la village in Kapasia upazila of the district early yesterday.

Police said a gang of armed robbers stormed into three houses at the village around 2:30am.

They looted cash, gold or-naments and other valuables from the houses. At one stage, local people surrounded the robbers while they were try-ing to � ee the scene.

After a hot chase, they caught Shamim, 42, son of Gias Uddin, a resident of Panchahar village in Ga-forgoan upazila of Mymens-ingh district while others of the gang, managed to � ee, said Husn-e-Ara, the local UP member and local AL leader; her house was also attacked by the robbers. The villag-ers beat Shamim mercilessly, leaving him dead on the spot, she said. l

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‘Three-wheelers to get two-hour window to access highways’n Our Correspondent, Comilla

CNG run auto-rickshaws will be allowed to access CNG � lling stations along highways across the country for two hours, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader.

The minister said this while talking to of-� cials of the four-lane highway project after a visit in Chowddagram, Comilla yesterday afternoon. Comilla Roads and Highways De-partment (RHD) Executive Engineer Muham-ma Saif Uddin accompanied the minister dur-ing the visit.

Obaidul Quader said the auto-rickshaws cannot carry any passengers when on the highways, and added that they would only be allowed to go to the � lling stations from 6am to 8am, adjacent to highways if there are no other such stations in the area. This rule will be e� ective for the 3,500 kilometres highways across the country.

All three-wheelers have been banned from plying on the highways of the country since August 1 as they have been causing a number

of highway accidents. Since then drivers and owners of such three-wheelers have been pro-testing for removal of the ban.

The drivers-owners claim most of the CNG � lling stations are adjacent to highways and asked how would they get the CNG for au-to-rickshaws if they are not allowed on high-ways. After hearing these claims, the minister made this new decision.

Earlier, the minister at a programme in Chittagong city on Wednesday said the gov-ernment would not compromise over deci-sion of three-wheeler ban on highways.

He then said: “We have imposed ban on plying of three wheelers on only 3,000 kilo-metres highways across the country while the vehicles can run rest of 250,000 kilometres roads in the country. We will construct sep-arate by-lanes for three wheelers and small vehicles in future.”

Amid sharp rise in road fatalities, the gov-ernment clamped a ban on the movement of three-wheelers, auto-rickshaws and non-mo-torised vehicles on highways across the coun-try with e� ect from August 1.

Protesting the decision, three wheelers owner-drivers called dawn-to-dusk strike in Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Rangamati, Bandar-ban, Khagrachhari, Luxmipur, Noakhali and Feni districts on August 13.

Over 600 such vehicles have been � ned and cases � led against 52 vehicles across the country from August 1 to 3 for plying on the highways, according to highway police.

Meanwhile, the Sylhet District Auto-rick-shaw Shramik Union gave eight days ultima-tum to the government to withdraw the ban.

The organisation made the announcement at a press conference in Sylhet Press Club yes-terday afternoon.

President of the association Mohammad Jakaria in a written statement said if the government did not withdraw the ban, they would take to the street wearing shrouds.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a com-muters’ association, found that 8,589 people had died in road accidents across the country in 2014, according to a study. The study said that road accidents caused nearly a death in an hour last year. l

Policeman held for killing wife over dowry n Our Correspondent, Barisal

A policeman was suspended and arrested yesterday for allegedly killing wife over at Ka-wnia in Barisal city.

Md Shahidullah Chowdhury, commanding o� cer Barisal Range Reserve Force, acknowl-edged the suspension and arrest of constable Imam Hassan. The victim was identi� ed as Su-chana Aktar, 18, a Higher Secondary student at Shaheed Abdur Rob Serniabad College.

Ali Hossain, father of the victim, lodged a murder case against six people, including Imam, with Kawnia police station.

Inspector Selim Reza, investigation o� cer of the case, said police recovered the body of Suchana on Wednesday night and sent it to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College for au-topsy.

According to the case statement, Imam used to torture Suchana demanding dowry and local elites tried to resolve the matter sev-

eral times through arbitration. Suchana started living with her paternal

family since the day after Eid to avoid torture. On Wednesday night, she went to Imam’s

house as he promised her that he would not torture her again.

After an hour, her parents rushed to the house and found the body of Suchana.

The body bore several injury marks. Her family said she had been hanged to death by her husband.

CUTA protests eighth pay scalen Tribune Report

Chittagong University Teachers Association (CUTA) is going to observe work abstention on the campus on Sunday protesting the Eighth National Pay Scale what they said it’s discriminatory for the university’s teachers.

A press release signed by Professor Khusrul Alam Quddusi, general secretary of the CUTA, said demanding the reversal of proposal and individual pay scale for the university teachers, CUTA will observe a full-o� ce time work abstention on Sunday on the campus. l

Warehouse collapse kills worker n CU Correspondent

A worker was killed and two others were injured when the rooftop of a building col-lapsed in Bangladesh Industrial and Techni-cal Assistance (Bitac) area under Sagarika in the city yesterday evening.

Azizur Rahman, o� cer-in-charge of Pa-hartali police station, said the rooftop of the building, built during the British period, col-lapsed on Moju Mia, 55, leaving him dead on the spot and two others injured.

Filled with potholes, this road in Kamrangirchar Rosulpur area takes a worse shape following rainfall, creating immense su� erings for locals. The photo was taken yesterday MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU

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Bomb attack on mosque for Saudi forces kills 15n AFP, Riyadh

A blast probably triggered by a suicide bomb-er killed 15 people yesterday at a mosque in-side a special forces headquarters in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen.

An interior ministry spokesman said the “terrorist” attack took place during noon prayers in the city of Abha, in the southern province of Asir.

Twelve of those killed were members of a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit, while the other three were workers at the compound, o� cials said. Seven people were also wounded.

There was no immediate claim of respon-sibility. Yesterday’s bombing was the deadli-est in a series in recent weeks against Saudi security forces, who have been targeted in attacks blamed on the Islamic State group.

“The terrorist attack struck worshippers during prayer,” the spokesman said, giving an

initial toll of 10 policemen and three workers killed and nine people wounded.

El-Ikhbariya state television later said that two policemen wounded in the “heinous” attack had died, bringing the death toll to 15.

The interior ministry spokesman said the attack was likely carried out by a suicide bomber, saying that “body parts found at the scene” indicated the use of explosive vests.

The governor of Asir province, Prince Fais-al bin Khaled bin Abdel Aziz, visited the site of the attack and the wounded in hospital, condemning the bombing.

“The attack is aimed at destabilising the country and sowing fear among citizens,” he said, according to the o� cial Saudi Press agency. An interior ministry spokesman told AFP it was too early to say who may have car-ried out the attack.

On July 16 a car bomb exploded at a security checkpoint near a prison in the capital Riyadh. It killed the driver and wounded two policemen.

IS claimed responsibility for that attack, saying it was a message to jihadists held at Al-Hair high security prison that they had not been forgotten.

Two days later, Saudi Arabia said it had broken up an IS-linked network and arrested more than 430 suspects involved in attacks and plots, including suicide bombings of Shi-ite mosques.

The interior minister said the suspects had plotted attacks on an unidenti� ed diplomatic mission and mosques, including one used by security forces in Riyadh.

Saudi Arabia and its Sunni Gulf neighbours last year joined a US-led military coalition bombing IS in Syria, raising concerns about possible retaliation in the kingdom.

The Sunni-ruled kingdom also leads a coalition that has launched air strikes since March against Shiite rebels who have overrun much of neighbouring Yemen and forced the government into exile. l

Sisi inaugurates ‘new Suez Canal’n AFP, Ismailiya

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi staged a lavish ceremony yesterday to un-veil a “new” Suez Canal, seeking to boost the country’s economy and international stand-ing by expanding the vital waterway.

Sisi, sporting ceremonial military uniform, arrived on board an historic yacht leading a naval � otilla as � ghter planes and helicopters � ew overhead.

The event in the port city of Ismailiya at-tended by several heads of state, including

French President Francois Hollande, comes two years after then army chief Sisi overthrew his Islamist predecessor.

Mohamed Morsi’s ouster unleashed a deadly crackdown on Islamists, and a jihadist insurgency has since killed hundreds of sol-diers east of the Suez Canal.

Sisi, elected last year on a promise to strengthen security and revive a dilapidated economy, broke ground on the canal project last August.

Initial estimates suggested the new route would take up to three years to build, but Sisi

set an ambitious target of 12 months.It has been touted as a landmark achieve-

ment, rivalling the digging of the original 192-kilometre (119-mile) canal, which opened in 1869 after almost a decade of work.

The new section, built at a cost of $9 bil-lion (7.9 billion euros) and funded entirely by Egyptian investors, runs part of the way alongside the existing canal connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.

O� cials hope the new waterway will more than double Suez earnings from $5.3bn ex-pected at the end of 2015 to $13.2bn in 2023. l

Gaza explosion kills four, wounds 30n Reuters, Gaza

An explosion killed four Palestinians and wounded 30 yesterday in the southern Gaza town of Rafah along the Egyptian border, medical o� cials and local residents said.

Media outlets of the Hamas Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip blamed the blast on an unexploded Israeli missile from last year’s war.

The Interior Ministry said it was checking the cause of the explosion, which destroyed the home of Ayman Abu Nqeira, a Hamas member. He was wounded in the explosion and his son and three other relatives were killed, witnesses said. l

Remains of two Japanese climbers found in Alps after half centuryn AFP, Geneva

The remains of two Japanese climbers who disappeared in the Swiss Alps in 1970 have been found after emerging from melting ice, police said yesterday.

Human skeletal remains were discovered at the foot of the Matterhorn glacier, at an al-titude of 2,800 metres (9,190 feet), last Sep-tember, and DNA tests have recently shown them to belong to two climbers who vanished 45 years ago, the Valais regional police said in a statement.

The two climbers, identi� ed by the Jap-anese consulate in Geneva as 22-year-old Michio Oikawa and 21-year-old Masayuki Kobayashi, were reported missing on August 18, 1970, it said.

As Alpine glaciers melt due to global warm-ing, the remains of long-lost climbers have in-creasingly been emerging from the shrinking mountain ice. l

A girl carries a national � ag while riding in a car as people gather in Tahrir square to celebrate an extension of the Suez Canal, in Cairo, Egypt yesterday. Egypt opened an expansion to the Suez Canal to great fanfare yesterday, the centrepiece of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s plans to revitalise the country’s economy after years of damaging political turmoil REUTERS

Protesters leave as Taiwan readies for year’s biggest typhoonn AFP, Taipei

Students who have been camping outside Tai-wan’s education ministry for almost a week to protest curriculum changes said yesterday they were packing up, as the country braced for the biggest typhoon of the year.

The students and supporters, who say the new curriculum favours China’s view of the island’s history, announced they were dis-banding the camp for safety reasons as Ty-phoon Soudelor barrelled closer.

Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau predict-ed the storm would make landfall sometime between late Friday and early Saturday. It has already forced the evacuation of more than 2,000 people from outlying islands popular with tourists.

The protesters had previously pledged to stay despite the typhoon, with one student insisting that “winds and rains cannot stop us, we’ll stay on until our appeal is accepted.” l

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Hiroshima marks atomic bombing, worries about steps toward warn Reuters, Hiroshima

Bells tolled and thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima yesterday at ceremo-nies marking the 70th anniversary of the world’s � rst atomic bombing while survivors warned about Japan’s moves away from its paci� st constitution.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his govern-ment are pushing security bills through par-liament that could send Japanese troops into con� ict for the � rst time since World War Two, sparking massive protests around the country.

Many with memories of the war and its af-termath are scathing about Abe’s steps away from Japan’s paci� st constitution in pursuit of a more robust security stance, and survi-vors of the bombing lambasted Abe at a meet-ing after the commemoration ceremony.

“These bills will bring the tragedy of war to our nation once again,” said Yukio Yoshioka, 86. “They must be withdrawn.”

Abe, who in a speech at the ceremony called for abolishing nuclear weapons, re-plied by repeating his view that the legisla-tion was essential to ensure Japan’s safety.

At 8:15 am (2315 GMT), the exact time the bomb exploded on August 6, 1945, the crowd stood for a moment of silence in the heavy summer heat while cicadas shrilled, the Peace Bell rang and hundreds of doves were released into the sky.

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui urged that nuclear weapons be abolished and de-manded the creation of security systems that do not rely on military might.

“Working with patience and persever-ance to achieve these systems will be vital and will require that we promote through-out the world the path to true peace re-vealed by the paci� sm of the Japanese

constitution,” he said in a speech.Many of those gathered for the ceremony

renewed their calls for peace.“My grandfather died here at that time

and I keep wondering what he felt then,” said Tomiyo Sota. “He was still 21 years old and it pains me to think he died so young.”

The Hiroshima bombing, which killed

140,000 by the end of the year, was followed by the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, which killed about 40,000 instantly. The war ended on August 15. l

Kerry slams China over South China Sea ‘restrictions’n Reuters, Kuala Lumpur

US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday accused China of restricting navigation and over� ights in the disputed South China Sea.

Addressing a regional meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Kerry said China’s construction of fa-cilities for “military purposes” on man-made islands was raising tensions and risked “mili-tarisation” by other claimant states.

“Freedom of navigation and over� ight are among the essential pillars of international mar-itime law,” Kerry told the East Asia Summit.

“Despite assurances that these freedoms would be respected, we have seen warnings issued and restrictions attempted in recent months,” Kerry said.

“Let me be clear: The United States will not accept restrictions on freedom of navi-gation and over� ight, or other lawful uses of the sea.”

There was no immediate reaction from Chinese o� cials to Kerry’s criticism, some of his strongest yet over the issue. l

Malaysia: Wing part is from missing � ight MH370n Reuters, Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia said yesterday paint colour and maintenance-record matches proved that a piece of wing found on the shore of an Indian Ocean island was part of the wreckage of Ma-laysian Airlines � ight MH370, which vanished without trace last year.

Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said in-vestigators on the French island of Reunion had collected more aircraft debris but there was no con� rmation they were from MH370.

Earlier, Prime Minister Najib Razak con-� rmed that the piece of debris was from the Boeing 777 airliner that was bound for Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 passengers and crew on board when it went missing.

“Today, 515 days since the plane disap-peared, it is with a heavy heart that I must tell you that an international team of experts have conclusively con� rmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed from MH370,” Najib said in a televised ad-

dress. The airline described the � nd as “a ma-jor breakthrough.”

The � rst piece of direct evidence that the plane crashed in the sea closed a chapter in one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history.

But exactly what happened remains un-known and Najib’s announcement did not appear to represent any kind of resolution for the families of those on board, most of whom were Chinese.

Despite the Malaysian con� rmation, pros-ecutors in France stopped short of declaring they were certain, saying only that there was a “very strong presumption.”

A group of families from China said French investigators and Boeing must also say de� ni-tively the wing piece was from the plane.

“We are not living in denial ... but we owe it to our loved ones not to declare them lost with-out 100 percent certainty!” the families said.

China’s foreign ministry urged Malaysia to keep investigating and to “safeguard the legitimate rights and interests” of relatives. l

An atomic cloud billows above Hiroshima city following the explosion of the � rst atomic bomb to be used in warfare, in this handout photo taken by the US Army on August 6, 1945, and distributed by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. The words written on the photo are from the source REUTERS

Want to contest village elections? Get a toilet, says Biharn Reuters, Patna

Authorities in Bihar have made it mandatory for candidates contesting village elections to have a toilet in their home as part of a move to improve sanitation in the country.

The Bihar state assembly on Wednesday passed an act stating that candidates must con-� rm that they have a toilet inside their home in order to be nominated for the 2016 polls.

“Our objective is to improve sanitary condi-tions at the micro level and end the disgusting practice of open defecation which is the root cause of many ills,” Binod Prasad Yadav, Bi-har’s Panchayati Raj (village governance) Min-ister, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Bihar, ruled by the opposition Janata Dal United party, is the second state after Gujarat to have passed such legislation ahead of next year’s village and district council elections.

Less than a third of India’s 1.2 billion peo-ple have access to toilets. l

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UN set to vote on Syria chemical weapons proben AFP, United Nations

The UN Security Council is expected to adopt on Friday a draft resolution that would set up a panel to determine who is responsible for dead-ly chlorine gas attacks in Syria, diplomats said.

A vote at the 15-member council was sched-uled after US Secretary of State John Kerry won backing from Russia for the measure, in a rare sign of cooperation from the Damascus ally over how to address the con� ict in Syria.

Under discussion for months, the US-draft-ed resolution would set up a team of experts tasked with identifying the perpetrators of the chemical weapons attacks, paving the way for possible sanctions.

The resolution mandates the panel joint-ly set up with the OPCW chemical weapons watchdog to “identify to the greatest extent feasible individuals, entities, groups, or gov-ernments who were perpetrators, organisers, sponsors or otherwise involved in the use of chemicals as weapons including chlorine or any other toxic chemical” in Syria.

The United States and its allies have re-

peatedly accused President Bashar al-Assad’s forces of carrying out chlorine gas attacks with barrel bombs thrown from helicopters.

The three countries argue that only the Syr-ian regime has helicopters, but Russia main-tains there is no solid proof that Damascus is behind the attacks.

“So what we are try-ing to do is to get beyond the mere � nding of the fact that it may have been used, and actually � nd out who used it, and designate accountability for its use,” Kerry told reporters in Malaysia earlier.

Kerry said he agreed with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the measure during a meeting on Wednesday.

The measure would task UN Secre-tary-General Ban Ki-moon to set up the team within 20 days, working with the Hague-

based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

The panel would present its � rst � ndings to the council 90 days after it begins its work.

Pressure has been mounting on the deep-ly-divided Security Council to take action in Syria, where the war is now in its � fth year and has claimed more than 230,000 lives.

A veto-wielding mem-ber of the council, Russia last year blocked a key resolution on referring Syria to the International Criminal Court for war crimes but it later backed a measure on boosting humanitarian aid.

Russian support for the chlorine gas probe is seen by some western diplomats as a shift from Moscow, which has shielded the Assad regime at the United Nations.

“There is a change of tone,” a Security

Council diplomat said this week, but he cau-tioned: “I don’t want to overstate it.”

Security Council diplomats are separately working on a statement backing a new push for peace talks in Geneva that could yield a plan for a Syrian transition that western pow-ers insist should happen without Assad.

Discussions are also inching forward on a new tougher UN measure on banning the use of barrel bombs, building on resolutions that have condemned the practice.

In 2013, Syria agreed to a US-Russia plan to dismantle its chemical weapons network and join an international treaty banning their use in what was then hailed as a � rst sign that Moscow was ready to turn up the pressure on Assad.

But human rights groups and Syrian doc-tors have since come forward with videos and accounts of dozens of chlorine gas attacks that have in particular targeted the north-western Idlib province.

Earlier this year, council members heard graphic accounts from Syrian doctors of chlo-rine gas attacks in March on the village of Sarmin that left six dead including three children. l

Human rights groups and Syrian doctors have come forward with videos and accounts of dozens of chlorine gas attacks

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TEDITORIALFRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015

INSIDE

We welcome the Bangladesh Bank’s support for the launch of the Integrated Association of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of Bangladesh.

The new body promises to make it easier for entrepreneurs to develop and grow small and medium-sized enterprises, through the provision of advice on business plans and access to loans.

Sustainably creating new opportunities for the 2 million young people entering the workforce each year is the biggest challenge facing the economy. Getting it right can not only put the economy on the path to the higher rates of GDP growth which our population needs to bene� t from increasing prosperity, but also help reduce the problems associated with illegal migration.

SMEs are an important provider of new jobs and can be critical to helping diversify the economy into new sectors and in creating new higher-value jobs.

The demographic dividend means there is no shortage of talent to draw upon. Our highly entrepreneurial population is not lacking in creativity. It is the hard work of ordinary people and common desire to improve living standards which has allowed Bangladesh to achieve the growth we have seen in the last two decades.

Comparative international surveys show that public opinion here is more supportive of open trade and foreign investment than most other nations as a means to generate new jobs Over 80% of Bangladeshis express support for a free-market, trade-oriented system for the economy, a � gure only topped in Asia by people in Vietnam.

For our economy to match its potential, the government should do more to free entrepreneurs from the bureaucracy and corruption which holds back many businesses. It should also support new initiatives to improve education and skills development.

Everyone can bene� t from building new platforms to help entrepreneurs grow new businesses and jobs

Government should do more to free entrepreneurs from the bureaucracy and corruption which holds back many businesses

Unleash the potential of new entrepreneurs

Are we the only ones corrupt?

Teesta: A pawn on Mamata’s chess-boardNew Delhi feels that delivering the Teesta deal at this time would not bring India any political advantage, since there are many -- in all probability, the majority of Bangladesh -- who would consider it a gesture to please the AL

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Why not football as well?I think an enhanced awareness of and respect for football, and other games like basketball, would help make our sporting and entertainment scenes more diverse

I am not preaching in favour of corruption, but only trying to say that it exists across the globe, and that Bangladesh should not be singled out for graft as an obstacle for investment

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n M Serajul Islam

Lest readers have forgotten, New Delhi was prepared to give Dhaka the Teesta deal during Indian Prime Minister Manmohon Singh’s visit to

Dhaka on September 6-8, 2011. That is one month short of four years. That deal would have given Bangladesh a 50% share of the Teesta water in the dry season after keeping 20% of the water for the river’s navigability. That deal was generous because, in all prior negotiations, New Delhi had never agreed to more than 28% of the share for Bangladesh.

That deal fell through because, at the 11th hour, Mamata Banerjee refused to agree to New Delhi’s generous o� er. Instead, she used the Teesta deal as a bargaining chip to extract more out of New Delhi for West Bengal’s own interests.

She had the power to demand and get anything from New Delhi at that period because the 19 Trinamool Congress seats in Lok Sabha were crucial for the Congress-led UPA government to survive. Dhaka, as a consequence, withdrew the land transit deal that was ready for delivery.

If the deals had come through, Bangladesh-India relations would have achieved the paradigm shift Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wanted, and for which she had made the � rst move upon coming to power in January 2009 by promising and ensuring India total security co-operation.

For the next three years, the Congress-led government, till it was voted out of power in May 2014, kept on promising Dhaka that the Teesta deal would be delivered “soon.” Congress was embarrassed because its inability to deliver Teesta was criticised by many Indians as a betrayal to Bangladesh.

The BJP, upon coming to power in May 2014, also did not show any great interest in resolving the Teesta deal. Meanwhile, BJP’s massive electoral victory took away from Mamata Banerjee her handle over New Delhi. The April/May 2014 election changed her position vis-à-vis New Delhi, from a dominant to a subservient one.

Mamata Banerjee was thus forced to make a u-turn on Teesta as well as the land boundary agreement as soon as the BJP humiliated Congress in the April/May 2014 elections. She told Sheikh Hasina, on a visit to Dhaka in February 2015, that she no longer had any objections to New Delhi giving Dhaka the two deals.

She even o� ered her services to help Dhaka and New Delhi tide over other irritant issues in their bilateral relations. It was a matter of great surprise that Dhaka seemed to have forgotten the fact that she had single-handedly derailed Bangladesh-India relations from being launched to a new level by blatantly pursuing West Bengal’s interests.

Mamata kept half her promise. She supported New Delhi on the LBA, although BJP did not really need Trinamool’s support because it already had the number to ratify the agreement. The � rst signs that Bangladesh had made a mistake in believing Mamata was apparent when she came with Narendra Modi to Dhaka in June, but only after she was assured that the Indian prime minister would not discuss the Teesta deal on

his Dhaka visit. In recent times, she has gone further in

disowning what she had promised in Dhaka in February. She has said that she is not even thinking of the Teesta deal at the moment, let alone delivering it to Bangladesh any time “soon.”

There is no doubt Dhaka repeated the mistake it had made in 2011 when it had believed New Delhi would be able to deliver the Teesta deal. If the Bangladesh mission in New Delhi had co-ordinated with the DHC in Kolkata, Dhaka would have known weeks before the Indian PM’s visit that Mamata was in no mood to let New Delhi deliver the deals, because she was determined to use both to force New Delhi to further West Bengal and Trinamool’s interests, as well as satisfy West Bengal voters who had been jaded over the deals being delivered to Bangladesh.

This time, Mamata Banerjee has again taken Dhaka for a ride. She would be facing Assembly elections in 2016. Teesta water will be a major election issue and, in general, West Bengal does not have the friendliest

feelings for Bangladesh for a number of reasons.

Therefore, there is no reason for her to hand to Bangladesh the Teesta deal on a silver platter when her state’s voters would be against it. The Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi and the Deputy High Commission in Kolkata should know this because it is not a secret. Unfortunately, the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi has not pointed this out.

Instead, the High Commission has defended the delay as being normal in any negotiating process, forgetting that the process of negotiations over the Teesta deal had been completed four years ago!

The role of the BJP-led government on the delay in delivering the Teesta deal is surprising though, and raises serious questions. It has both the constitutional right as well as political power to sideline Mamata Banerjee and give Bangladesh the Teesta deal.

In fact, BJP could very well forget the existence of Mamata Banerjee and the West

Bengal government and deliver the Teesta deal if it is ready to muster the political will to do so. The impoverished state of West Bengal is now powerless in national politics and is literally at the mercy of the centre for � nancial support, without which it would simply go bankrupt.

That raises the di� cult question: Why is BJP not delivering? One reason could be that New Delhi is well aware of the current nature of politics in Bangladesh and India’s standing with its people.

New Delhi feels that delivering the Teesta deal at this time would not bring India any political advantage, since there are many -- in all probability, the majority of the people of Bangladesh -- who would consider it a gesture to please the AL. Therefore, New Delhi would perhaps like to wait for a change of politics in Bangladesh to deliver the Teesta deal to satisfy the majority of the people of the country.

A more dangerous reason could be embedded in India’s plans for interlinking the rivers that � ow into Bangladesh. An accord on the Teesta would create the ground for the sharing of other common rivers that would go against the Indian plan for interlinking cross-boundary rivers.

The strong reaction from our prime minister against the planned interlinking also explains New Delhi’s lukewarm interest in delivering Bangladesh the Teesta deal. It seems that, between Mamata Banerjee and New Delhi, Bangladesh’s hopes of receiving the Teesta deal is fast disappearing into the realms of serious uncertainty, as it becomes a pawn in India’s domestic politics. l

M Serajul Islam is a retired Ambassador.

Teesta: A pawn on Mamata’s chess-board

New Delhi feels that delivering the Teesta deal at this time would not bring India any political advantage, since there are many -- in all probability, the majority of Bangladesh -- who would consider it a gesture to please the AL

Mamata Banerjee seems to have no interest in handing the Teesta deal to us on a silver platter REUTERS

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TFRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015

n Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddique

Bangladesh should really think about playing more of the sports which can be played all year round. Not just us, but every country in our tropical

region, where sporting events are frequently disrupted by unfavourable conditions like rain, should consider this.

We have seen how the last two Test matches were ruined due to incessant rain, which are not really unexpected given the season. Such weather conditions arise frequently due to the geographical location of countries like Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka.

Cricket is a big sport in this sub-continent, and a lot of emotions are wrapped up in the game, not to mention a lot of economic signi� cance. Cricket has given Bangladesh a lot -- an enhanced a� nity to other nations in the globe, and a boost to our economy and the nation’s con� dence. The great game has graced the country and taught the ideals of

competitiveness, but has also enabled a more harmonious society to grow.

However, there always remains the chance to look for alternatives, particularly in the case of a game like cricket, which has consid-erable vulnerabilities to natural conditions, and is subject to big arrangements that lead to questions of a� ordability.

All this becomes even more crucial in the wake of circumstances like the rain, or in the backdrop of mass poverty. These often make it di� cult to consume or to be a part of the sport. Football, which people can play anywhere, at any time, in any condition, can be considered an alternative. In fact, it was a major game in Bangladesh until some years back. A game which people can easily play, and almost everybody can a� ord to watch.

Children from impoverished backgrounds can’t a� ord all the equipment needed to play the modern version of cricket. Even well-o� people � nd it beyond their capacity to organise a proper game of cricket. The � rst thing you need is an open and vast � eld. You need a lot of cricketing paraphernalia, which is quite expensive.

The reason cricket outdoes football in Bangladesh is, despite the latter’s obvious advantages, South Asian nations tend to perform better at cricket in the global sphere, which is why we have so many cricketing stars. All this inspires more young people than football ever did.

Other reasons may be that football as a sport is more prone to injuries, compared to cricket. On the pitch, to the audience, the advantage that cricket has is that it has necessitated the learning of its own elaborate set of rules. The people have thus grown more respectful of its intricacies. Football has

remained a simple sport of scoring goals. Coming back to the topic of injuries,

village children and young people who play football are quite vulnerable to them. In my childhood, I had seen many get badly injured while playing football.

I think an enhanced awareness of and respect for football, and other games like basketball, would help make our sporting and entertainment scenes more diverse. Too much dependence on cricket leaves a high chance of us getting frustrated with the game’s rituals, and the battering it gives to our wallets.

We need to improve in football -- it is the most popular sport in the world for a reason. One thing to be considered, in particular, is that great footballers can come from any setting. What we need to do is keep alive the love of the game.

If people become a little more respectful towards the art that is football, the chance of injuries and other vulnerabilities associated with the game might also be reduced.

Bangladesh will one day be able to build the necessary infrastructure to combat natural occurrences like the weather. We can build huge indoor stadiums where cricket matches can take place in the midst of heavy rainfall outside.

I believe the level of involvement we now have with cricket through institutions is something we can also get from football. We just need our schools and academies to help develop young talents. We can do this, at least, for the sake of all the good memories this country has of the sport of football. l

Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddique is a Sta� Writer at Dhaka Tribune.

Why not football as well?

I think an enhanced awareness of and respect for football, and other games like basketball, would help make our sporting and entertainment scenes more diverse

Will we ever have our own world-class football heroes? REUTERS

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n Nadeem Qadir

In the world of corruption, it appears that no country is spared. Even those who give us sermons are in trouble or always have been in trouble.

In the British government’s trade guide of July 23, I noticed we have lot of positives, but unfortunately, the media has overlooked them and focused on the corruption factor.

It left me some space to write about my grievances.

Almost 100 British businesses, including GSK, HSBC, and Unilever, operate in Bangladesh and the trade guide has identi� ed some negatives and positives which go against Bangladesh’s Vision 2021. But � rst, here are the positives:

• UK-Bangladesh trade: Over 119% growth in bilateral trade in goods and services between 2007 and 2012. Exports from the UK amounted to 450m pounds in 2013.

• The current electricity generation is 10,000MW, and as per the Bangladesh Power Development Board, it will reach 12,000MW by 2016.

• GDP grew by fi scal 2013. 6.7% growth has been forecast for 2016.

However, the problem is corruption, which stands in the way of more British investment as “speed money” is required in some cases.

As per Transparency International, corrup-tion has gone down in Bangladesh, but really, which country isn’t corrupt to some degree?

The Independent in London reported: “Britain re-opens its door to dirty money.” The government, it said, was reviewing the Bribery Act after business leaders had

claimed that it was making it di� cult for Brit-ish � rms to export goods. Business Secretary Sajid Javid is looking into the claims.

Those in favour of reviewing the Bribery Act say they were losing out in business due to the law. While those opposed to it say that allowing British companies to pay “illegal” speed money encourages corruption in the countries at the receiving end.

According to Transparency International, “corporate lobbying appeared to be the basis for the review rather than evidence. 89% of companies in the government’s own research reported that the act had no impact on their ability to export.”

So why review the act? And, isn’t bribing as big a crime as asking for it?

TI further says: “Paying small bribes feeds a culture of corruption which creates an un-stable operating environment for companies. Small bribes are part of a cycle of bribery that corrodes public and business standards and provides a climate for much larger public sector bribery and state theft.”

The 2010 Bribery Act made it an o� ence to bribe or to be bribed, and includes a speci� c ban on bribing foreign o� cials. The punishment -- a 10-year jail term plus other punitive measures.

These laws are made as a result of prob-lems arising from corruption, and this means corruption has existed and still exists in many parts of the developed world, includ-

ing Britain. It is only possible to reduce and restrict it, but is it possible to eradicate it totally in countries like Bangladesh or, for that matter, in any other country?

In the Guardian, columnist Simon Jenkins wrote recently that British Prime Minister David Cameron thought corruption was a bad thing, and wished Britain to set a global example of virtue. “He is worried that his capital city, London, might become a ‘safe haven for corrupt money from around the world’ for plundered and laundered cash.”

Jenkins continues, saying that the TI study reveals that a “tenth of the properties in Westminster alone are now owned o� shore

and anonymously. Streets and apartment blocks across the West End, Kensington, and Chelsea are lying empty and silent. It is obscene.”

Jenkins makes an interesting comment which is the crux of this article. He writes: “As for corruption, Britain really should shut up” as that country’s prime minister had gone to Kazakhstan, which held “the Olympic gold for corruption.”

“The truth is that hypocrisy is the occupational disease of British leaders. They lecture Africans and Asians on the venality of their politics while blatantly selling seats in their own parliament for cash.”

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is known for her honesty, and she too is pursuing zero-tolerance as far as corruption is concerned in every area of public or private sectors. But is the task to weed out corruption easy?

I am not preaching in favour of corruption, but only trying to say that it exists across the globe, and that Bangladesh should not be singled out for graft as an obstacle for investment.

The same trade report says the Bangladeshi industry grew by 9%, and in� ation slowed down to 6.41% in 2015 from 7.35% the previous � scal year.

So, are we doing too bad? Not at all. We are � ghting as a nation to move forward, focus-ing on the positive side of things. Some, how-ever, will continue to focus on the negative. l

Nadeem Qadir, a senior journalist, is a UNCA Dag Hammarskjold Scholar in journalism. He is Press Minister to London. The views expressed here are those of the author, and not of the government.

Are we the only ones corrupt?

I am not preaching in favour of corruption, but only trying to say that it exists across the globe, and that Bangladesh should not be singled out for graft as an obstacle for investment

Corruption exists across the globe BIGSTOCK

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Bhutan gets duty-free access for boulder export to Bangladesh

17 Stocks inch down with dive in turnover19

Tofail: RMG Palli will be built in port city to reach export target

16IMF sta� urges no rush to add China yuan to currency basket

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NBR: VAT on aeronautical charges a mustn Ishtiaq Husain and

Syed Samiul Basher Anik

Despite hectic e� orts, Civil Aviation Authori-ty of Bangladesh (CAAB) would not be able to skip payment of 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) on di� erent aeronautical charges collected from di� erent airline operators.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yes-terday made it clear that CAAB, the aviation regulator, would have to pay the VAT as it was bound to pay it as per the existing law.

Customs, Excise and VAT commissioner-ate, Dhaka (North) held a meeting at its o� ce to resolve the crisis over realising the unpaid revenue from CAAB.

During the meeting, revenue authorities in-formed the CAAB o� cials that they have to pay 15% VAT, including the unpaid VAT for the last � ve years as CAAB was responsible to pay it.

According to a demand notice issued by the NBR � eld o� ce in February this year, the aviation regulator have to pay the unpaid VAT of around Tk221 crore on various aeronautical charges during a period of 2009-14.

Usually, CAAB collects a number of aero-nautical charges from airways including land-ing, parking, housing of aircrafts, boarding bridge, and embarkation charges.

The NBR has recently undertaken a des-perate move to realise VAT from various sec-tor as part of expansion of its revenue base.

The revenue authorities is assigned to mo-bilise Tk1,76,370 crore revenue for the � scal

year 2015-16. To meet the gigantic target, which is

around 30% higher from the just concluded � scal, the NBR is becoming desperate to � nd out potential sectors and introduction of new strategies to meet the target.

Although the NBR has been demanding the VAT for long from the aviation regulator, the CAAB was opposing to pay it just repeatedly saying: “It needs to amend the Civil Aviation rules-1984 for making this into e� ect.”

“CAAB collects a number of charges from the airline operators which are not exempted from VAT payment. As it did not collect the mandatory VAT over the charges, the NBR has asked the CAAB o� cials to comply with the VAT law,” said an NBR high o� cial.

Attending the meeting, CAAB opposed to pay the unpaid VAT of Tk221 crore as it claimed there would be new complexities in collecting the due VAT from the airliners. But, they cannot avoid their responsibilities just uttering some irresponsible words, said the NBR o� cial.

The aviation regulator, however, agreed to collect the VAT from the airliners from the current � scal year.

Asked why the demand notice was not is-sued for unpaid VAT before 2009, he also said: “The NBR has the authority to ask for the un-paid VAT anytime”

As contacted, a top CAAB o� cial on con-dition anonymity stated that they werenot in a position to make any comment, as the issue was still a debatable one.

As per the regulation, from now on, CAAB will collect VAT from the airways companies and will deposit it to the government excheq-uer, he added.

As the NBR is all set to enforce the VAT, passengers will have to spend more for trav-eling through airways, airline operators told the Dhaka Tribune.

As the airline operators are not going to pay the VAT from their own pocket, it will have to be collected from the passengers through in-creasing the fares, they added.

“We are already counting huge losses in busi-ness. We do not have the ability to pay the huge amount of previous VAT,” said a CAAB o� cial.

He also said: “We will appeal to the govern-ment seeking exemption of the unpaid VAT,” Regent Airways Chief Operating O� cer Ash-ish R Choudhury told the Dhaka Tribune.

“If the government impos-es VAT on aeronotical charges, we have to comply with that. It will not be a pressure as the money will be collected from the passengers pockets,” said United Airways Deputy Gener-al Manager (marketing) Kam-rul Islam.

However, he denied to make any comment on the is-sue of unpaid VAT before the company receives any o� cial notice from the authorities concerned. l

Import rises slightly in Junen Tribune Report

The country’s import expenditure in terms of LC (letter of credit) settlement rose slightly by 0.43% in June compared to the same month of the last year, according to the Bangladesh Bank data released yesterday.

The LC value stood at $3.12bn in June com-pared to $3.11bn in the same month last year.

Import growth of year-on-year basis was negative 6.29% in May and 1.23% in April, ac-cording to the central bank data.

Bangladesh Bank in its recent monetary policy expected 14% growth in imports and 7.5% in exports.

At the end of the last � scal year 2015, the current account de� cit stood at $1.63bn while the nation enjoyed surpluses over the � scal years of 2013 through 2014.

It indicates the growing demand for capacity building and more productivity in the econo-my since more than 65% of country’s imports comprise capital machinery, intermediate goods and raw materials, the central bank ex-plained in its monetary policy for the � rst half of � scal year 2015-16.

The recent sustained pickup in investment and consumption imports will ease apprecia-tion pressures on taka, enhancing its export competitiveness, Bangladesh Bank forecasts.

The foreign reserves are projected to keep rising to reach $26bn in FY16 from $25bn in FY15, but the import coverage will margin-ally fall from 6.2 to 5.7 months. Around six months of import

coverage are generally deemed safe and comfortable for an emerging country like Bangladesh, said the central bank in its mon-etary policy. l

Digital e� orts to boost state banks’ case management systemn Asif Showkat Kallol

The government has decided to digitalise the case management system of the state-owned banks and � nancial institutions so they can speed up resolving of pending cases � led with courts.

The digitalisation process will be complet-ed in next six months, according to the deci-sion taken by Bank and Financial Institutions Division at a meeting on Wednesday.

“Many cases remain unattended by bank o� cials and lawyers concerned, which is lin-gering the results. The new system is expect-ed to be able to boost the case administration works in the state banks and FIs,” M Aslam Alam, who presided over the meeting, told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday.

Janata Bank’s computer department o� -cials, who are tasked with developing a da-ta-base and software for the digital system, also attended the meeting held at the Finance

Division o� ce in Dhaka.O� cial data shows that the state banks and

FIs have over 4,000 pending cases with High Court in default loans mainly due to writ peti-tions � led by the defaulters. But lack of e� orts from the banks and FIs to deal with the peti-tions have kept the cases unresolved for a long time, making the recovery of over Tk45,000 crore related with the cases almost impossible.

Earlier, the Bank and Financial Institutions Division expressed concerns over the huge volume of pending cases of state-owned banks and FIs. Ine� ciency of lawyers was blamed for the long-time unresolved cases.

Under the digital management, the cas-

es will be put into � ve priority categories in the data-base, said Aslam Alam, adding the o� cials and lawyers concerned will get three kinds of alert – green, orange and red – when there will be an update about the cases.

When there is a hearing in court on a case, the o� cials will receive green alert through mobile phone text message before a week, orange alert before three days and red alert before 24 hours time.

As per the priority rule, if there is any con-tempt case against the Bank and Financial In-stitutions Division, this will be in � rst priority while if the Division is defendant in other law-suits, the case will get second priority treatment.

When banks or FIs are defendant, the case will be prioritised in third place. Fourth prior-ity cases are those � led by the state banks and Fis against any person or organisation. If a pri-vate bank sues Bank Division or Bangladesh Bank, the case will be placed in the category of � fth priority. l

The digitalisation process will be completed in next six months

Import growth of year-on-year basis was negative 6.29% in May and 1.23% in April, according to the central bank data

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Bucking the global trend, South Koreans pile into goldn Reuters, Seoul

South Koreans are on course to buy a record amount of gold in 2015, worried that a melt-down in China’s stock markets will destabilise South Korean equities and keen to replenish a traditional store of value in an era of low in-terest rates.

In contrast to the weak demand in top gold buyers China and India, South Koreans are on target to buy 1tn won ($860m) in bullion for the � rst time this year, based on � rst-half sales through Korea Gold Exchange 3M Co Ltd, the country’s largest gold merchant.

South Korea accounted for just 17 tonnes of gold demand in 2014, according to the World Gold Council, a far cry from the 974 and 811 tonnes in China and India respectively, so the revival in buying will do little for global bul-lion, but it could add to the depression on the domestic stock market.

Song Jong-gil, general director for sales at Korea Gold Exchange 3M, said that of the more than 500bn won of gold sales the com-pany made in the � rst half of 2015, more than 20 percent went to � nancial investors in the form of thin cards and bars ranging in weight from 1 gram to 1 kg.

“Low interest rates are the biggest reason. And gold is preferred to stocks and real estate thanks to high liquidity,” Song said, adding sales picked up as bullion dropped below $1,100 an ounce.

Volume hit 27.76 kg on the Korea Exchange bourse on July 20, the second-highest daily volume since trading started there in March last year, as retail investors hunted bargains.

Global bullion hit $1,077 an ounce last

month, a 5-1/2-year low, and was at $1,084 on Tuesday, depressed by the prospect of higher US interest rates and weak demand in major markets.

Koreans have long seen gold as a store of value and a safe haven and are estimated to hold around 800 tonnes in households and private vaults.

During the 1997/98 Asian � nancial crisis, the authorities launched a campaign to buy gold from patriotic individuals, selling it on to get dollars to bolster foreign reserves.

“Lots of people sold gold during the Asian

� nancial crisis. Then prices surged and many were unable to buy back,” Song said. “Now people are buying gold rings and small bars, thinking prices have fallen a lot and it’s a good time to buy.”

The country’s largest gold wholesale and retail markets centred in the Jongno district of Seoul are doing good business.

“Some individuals are buying a lot of gold at Jongno - some about 40m won a day as prices have been falling. They resell in black markets without paying taxes,” said Ohn Hyun-sung, head of Wolgok Jewelry Research Center. l

Gold rings are seen on display for customers at the Korea Gold Exchange in Seoul REUTERS

Tofail: RMG Palli will be built in port city to reach export target n Ibrahim Hossain Ovi, from Chittagong

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said the government would build a garment industrial village in Chittagong to help the country at-tain $50bn export target by 2021.

The minister came up with the announce-ment at the inauguration of the three-day Bangladesh Apparel and Safety Expo at the Radisson Hotel in the port city.

He, however, didn’t say when the new RMG Palli would be set up.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association organised the expo to raise awareness among RMG factory owners in Chittagong about the workers’ safety and present a roadmap towards achieving $50bn export target.

The garment village in Chittagong will be similar to that being constructed at Bausia in Munshiganj district.

Tofail Ahmed urged the global retailers to pay more to buy Bangladesh’s RMG products as the manufacturers here receive one of the lowest prices in the world.

BGMEA First Vice-President Nasiruddin Ahmed Chowdhury said it is not possible to

achieve the export target keeping the port city out of development.

“Chittagong is considered as the gateway in the country’s external trade. More than 90% of the trade is handled through this port,” he cited.

BGMEA President Atiqul Islam stressed the need of supplying adequate gas and electric-ity to the factories, developing infrastructure and improving access to � nancing at compet-itive costs.

“These are the prerequisites for invest-ment in any sector,” he said.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Ber-nicat said the US wanted to continue the part-nership and help the BGMEA reach its goal in exports.

About the $50bn target, she said: “This is an ambitious, but very possible goal. But we also know that certain things must occur for it to happen.”

She admitted that a lot of progress in safety and working environment in Bangladesh gar-ment sector had been made over the past two years.

“But now the really hard work remains to be done, in particular in the area of labour

rights. Worldwide, the garment industry is a highly competitive business and you RMG manufacturers know better than any of us the need to evolve rapidly in order to remain via-ble,” Bernicat added.

She said the US would work with two Bang-ladeshi banks to fund a $22m credit guarantee to facilitate loans for safety improvements.

Pierre Mayaudon, ambassador and the head of delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh, said Bangladesh needed to dou-ble the export to achieve target in six years.

For this the country should improve tech-nology intensive production, foreign direct investment situation, be aware about climate change, focus more on consumer-oriented products and o� er a better future to the work-ers, said Pierre Mayaudon.

Sajjad Karim, chair the European Parliament of Trade Monitoring Group for South Asia, said: “The EU-Bangladesh relation is very important to us. I must work with Bangladesh industrial-ists jointly to address some problems.

“We will be able to o� er Bangladesh the GSP plus status when the country will come out from the least developed country status in 2021,” he added. l

3-day Apparel and Safety Expo kicks o� in Chittagong n Ibrahim Hossain Ovi, from Chittagong

A seminar on “Branding Bangladesh” was held yesterday in the port city, in a bid to re-build the tarnished image of RMG sector fol-lowing repeated factory disasters.

As part of the three-day Bangladesh Appar-el and Safety Expo taking place in Chittagong, the programme brought in a host of speakers – all stressing productivity, innovation and im-provement of safety standards to restore the glory of apparel sector.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) organised the seminar.

In her address, US Ambassador to Bangla-desh Marcia Stephens Bloom Barnicat called upon the apparel makers to produce competi-tive and unique products.

“RMG manufacturers have to ensure that products are made in line with internation-al standards and concentrate on innovation, productivity and introduction of technology to brand Bangladesh,” she said.

Barnicat emphasised inclusive develop-ment in a democratic society, where everyone can raise their voice.

Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Bang-ladesh is moving towards economic develop-ment and all the indicators are performing well.

“We have good reserves and sound remit-tance, plus higher export, which would be a positive sign for the country’s image.”

Bangladesh has to come out of the vicious circle of cheapest producers of RMG products and cheap labour, said Amir Khasru Mahmud Choudhury, former commerce minister.

“We have already increased workers’ wag-es, but why is now the question of cheap la-bour,” he posed a query.

Colorado University Professor Jenifer Bair stressed the need for investment in training, machinery and engineering to increase pro-ductivity and diversify market and products to brand Bangladesh.

She suggested developing capacity to sup-ply higher value apparel products and ensur-ing worker-friendly workplace.

A stable environment is necessary for equi-table growth, Prof Jenifer adds.

Commenting on the $50bn export target, Roger Hubert, the country head of Swed-ish retail giant H&M said: “It is possible to achieve, but di� cult.”

On paying higher prices, Hubert said Bang-ladesh needs to increase e� ciency, produc-tion of high-end garment items and keep promises to the retailers for achieving the target.

Rubana Huq, managing director of Mo-hammadi Group, moderated the discussion in which Syed Ferhat Anwar, professor of Insti-tute of Business Administration of the Univer-sity of Dhaka, presented the keynote paper. l

‘We have good reserves and sound remittance, plus higher export, which would be a positive sign for the country’s image’

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TFRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015

Bangladesh to import 4 lakh tones of urea from Qatarn Tribune Desk

Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) has signed an agreement (G to G) with Munajat, Qatar to import two lakh tonnes of granular urea fertiliser and two lakh tones of prilled urea from Qatar.

The agreement was signed in Qatar on Au-gust 3, according to a press release issued here yesterday.

The country’s urea stock would then be su� cient against the demand for the current � scal year, it said.

A six-member delegation of Bangladesh, led by Industries Secretary Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan is now visiting Qatar to sign the deal. The team visited fertilizer factories of Qatar and its port facilities. l

Cricketer Sabbir made new brand ambassador of GPn Tribune Report

The country’s leading telecom operator Grameenphone has named Bangladesh na-tional cricket team player Mohammad Sabbir Rahman as their newest brand ambassador.

Sabbir is the sixth member of the national cricket team signed as the brand ambassador of Grameenphone.

Mush� qur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Nasir Hos-sain, Taskin Ahmed and Anamul Haque Bi-joy are other � ve brand ambassadors, said a Grameenphone statement released yesterday.

Sabbir Rahman is one of the � nest discov-eries of Bangladesh Cricket who made his in-ternational debut in November 2014 against Zimbabwe and he has already become one of the youth icons in Bangladesh with his con-sistent performance.

After becoming a brand ambassador of GP, SabbirRahman said, “Grameenphone is synonymous to reliability all throughout the country. And this is something I can relate to, as the whole nation has put their faith in me. I thank GP for also placing their trust.”

“Sabbir is one of the most consistent per-former of Bangladesh cricket and he inspires the whole nation. Similarly, Grameenphone has vowed to provide its customers with the most seamless services. This, we believe, is going to be a great union,” said Nehal Ahmed, director of Grameenphone marketing.

“The young cricketers are inspiration to millions of people in this country. Support of all the six cricketers of Bangladesh will certainly encourage the youth to use the services of Grameenphone,” reads the GP statement. l

Remittance in� ow drops 7% in � rst month of FY2015-16n Tribune Report

Remittance in� ow dropped by 7% in the � rst month of the current � scal year 2015-16, ac-cording to the Bangladesh Bank data released yesterday.

The country received US$1.38bn during the month of Eid festival in July compared to $1.43bn in the same month of the previous � scal year.

Bangladesh Bank, however, projected 10% growth in remittances for the current � scal year in its recent monetary policy for � rst half of � scal year 2015-16.

The foreign reserves are also projected to keep rising to reach $26bn in the FY16 from $25bn in the FY15.

The country received $1.43bn remittances in June, which was second highest in a single month. Earlier, in July last year, the country re-ceived highest $1.49bn remittances in a month.

Expatriates sent comparatively more re-mittance home in June on the occasion of the Eid festival, said a senior executive of Bangla-desh Bank.

Remittance in� ow rose in the recent months due to the lifting ban on manpower export in the largest labour market Saudi Ara-bia, he also added.

Of the remittance received in July, $413m came through state-owned banks, $17.43m through specialised banks, $940m through private banks while $15m through foreign banks, according to the Bangladesh Bank data.

The in� ow of remittance in the country hit record $15bn in the � scal year 2014-15. The amount was 7.60% higher compared to $14bn in the � scal year 2013-14. l

Bhutan gets duty-free access for boulder export to Bangladeshn Syed Samiul Basher Anik

The government has provided duty-free mar-ket access to Bhutan on export of boulder to Bangladesh.

From now on, importers will not have to pay any duties on import of boulder, com-monly used in major construction, from neighbouring Bhutan.

Following repeated requests to get du-ty-free access of the product over the last few years, the government has agreed to it recent-ly, o� cials said.

The National Board of Revenue on June 24 issued an SRO (Statutory Regulatory Order)

with e� ect from June 24, withdrawing all du-ties on the product.

Bhutan supplied boulder to Bangladesh during the construction of Bangabandhu Bridge over Jamuna River and also o� ered to supply boulders to Bangladesh for the Padma Bridge project.

Currently, importers pay a total of 54% duty on import of the item that includes 25% customs duty, 15% Value Added Tax (VAT), 4% Advance Trade VAT (ATV) and 4% regula-tory duty.

NBR sources said the government provid-ed the bene� t after Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed assured the neighbouring country last

year of complying with its request.At present, Bhutan enjoys duty-free mar-

ket access to Bangladesh for its 18 products under a bilateral agreement while Bangladesh also gets such facility for 90 products in ex-port to the country.

As there was no scope of extending the ex-isting list, Bhutan requested the board of rev-enues to withdraw the bene� t for timber and wood, and allow the facility for boulder, said the sources.

The Bangladeshi importers, however, will be charged with regular duty rates, ranging from 10% to 31.07% for import of timber and wood from Bhutan. l

Oil bulls’ hope for quick price dip dimmed by 2020 crude under $70n Reuters, Houston

As oil prices entered a second steep slide a few weeks ago, bullish traders and analysts had hoped for a repeat of the sharp but short dip that occurred early in the year - a specu-lative slide below $50 a barrel followed by a quick recovery.

Some are now reconsidering that view, as long-term oil prices take the lead in the mar-ket’s latest dive, swaying sentiment toward a lengthier slump that would mean prolonged pain for big producers, from Exxon Mobil Corp to Saudi Arabia.

While immediate delivery benchmark global Brent crude oil futures at $50 a barrel are still about $4 higher than they were at their lowest point in January, prices for delivery in December 2020 LCOZ0 are nearly $8 lower than the start of this year, trading at a contract low of less than $67 on Tuesday. A year ago the contract hovered at around $100 a barrel.

The reason for the deterioration of the for-ward curve and decline in “long-dated” fu-tures is a subject of debate.

But even some who disagree with the fun-damental logic of lower long-dated prices are coming round to the scenario that prices will be lower for longer. l

The gold sale goes on at reduced price. The picture was taken from the city’s Bailtul Mukarram market yesterday RAJIB DHAR

BUSINESS18DT

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015

SECTORAL TURNOVER SUMMARY

Sector DSE CSE TotalMillion Taka % change Million Taka % change Million Taka % change

Bank 633.63 9.20 30.14 5.54 663.77 8.93NBFI 183.09 2.66 13.25 2.44 196.34 2.64Investment 107.21 1.56 4.09 0.75 111.30 1.50Engineering 1175.89 17.08 107.04 19.67 1282.93 17.27Food & Allied 367.40 5.34 17.04 3.13 384.44 5.17Fuel & Power 1090.39 15.84 123.46 22.69 1213.86 16.34Jute 11.75 0.17 0.00 11.75 0.16Textile 712.02 10.34 44.83 8.24 756.85 10.19Pharma & Chemical 1020.48 14.82 71.34 13.11 1091.82 14.70Paper & Packaging 14.66 0.21 1.01 0.19 15.67 0.21Service 184.99 2.69 15.65 2.88 200.64 2.70Leather 68.10 0.99 1.80 0.33 69.90 0.94Ceramic 62.74 0.91 5.72 1.05 68.46 0.92Cement 299.35 4.35 24.49 4.50 323.84 4.36Information Technology 45.68 0.66 5.16 0.95 50.84 0.68General Insurance 46.21 0.67 1.41 0.26 47.62 0.64Life Insurance 176.08 2.56 16.22 2.98 192.31 2.59Telecom 164.69 2.39 10.95 2.01 175.64 2.36Travel & Leisure 235.20 3.42 26.43 4.86 261.63 3.52Miscellaneous 285.74 4.15 24.03 4.42 309.77 4.17Debenture 0.13 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.15 0.00

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News, analysis and recent disclosuresGRAMEEN1: The Trustee Board of Grameen Mutual Fund One have informed that they will place before the Unitholders the Conversion proposal submitted by AIMS of Bangladesh Ltd., the Asset Manager of Grameen Mu-tual Fund One in consideration of the interest of the Unitholders from closed end to open ended. In view of the above the Trade Suspension date will be 29 Octo-ber, 2015 and the E� ective date will be 01 November, 2015.GSPFINANCE: Emerging Credit Rating Limited (ECRL) has assigned the surveillance rating of the Company as “A-” in the long term and “ECRL-3” in the short term along with a stable outlook to the Company based on audited � nancials of the Company up to December 31, 2014, unaudited � nancials up to March 31, 2015 and other relevant quantitative as well as qualitative information up to the date of rating declaration.PRIMETEX: National Credit Ratings Limited (NCR) has announced the surveillance rating of the Company as ‘A+’ in the long term based on audited � nancial statements of the com-pany as on June 30, 2014.ICBSONALI1, IFILISLMF1, IC-B3RDNRB, PF1STMF, PRIME-1ICBA, ICBEPMF1S1, ICBAMCL-2ND, ICB2NDNRB, ICB1STNRB: As per Regulation 19(1) of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (Listing) Regulations, 2015, the Trustee of the Funds has informed that a meeting of the Trustee of the Fund will be held on August 12, 2015 at 3:30 PM to consider, among others, audited � nancial

statements of the Fund for the year ended on June 30, 2015.Dividend/AGM8THICB: 140% cash. 7THICB: 150% cash 6THICB: 120% cash 5THICB: 250% cash. 4THICB: 300% cash. 3RDICB: 300% cash. 2NDICB: 450% cash. 1STICB: 1,000% cash. Record date: 12.08.2015. BERGERPBL: 100% interim cash dividend. Record date for entitlement of interim cash dividend: 20.08.2015.PRAGATILIF: 17% cash and 5% stock dividend AGM: 29.09.2015,. Record Date: 20.08.2015.SHASHADNIM: 10% interim cash dividend for 2015, Record date for entitlement of interim cash dividend: 20.08.2015.NAVANACNG: 15% cash general shareholders (excluding Sponsors), AGM: 16.09.2015, Record Date: 18.08.2015. SUNLIFEINS: 6% stock, AGM: 15.09.2015, Record Date: 18.08.2015.APEXSPINN: 20% cash AGM: 30.09.2015, Record date: 18.08.2015.RECKITTBEN: 500% interim cash dividend, Record date for entitlement of interim dividend: 05.08.2015.LINDEBD: 200% interim cash dividend, Record date for entitlement of interim dividend: 03.08.2015.GP: Interim cash dividend 80%, Record date for entitlement of interim dividend: 29.07.2015.SQURPHARMA: 30% cash and 12.50% stock dividend, AGM: 16.09.2015, Record Date: 13.08.2015.

CSE GAINER

Company Closing (% Change)

Aver-age (%

Change)

Closin-gAvg. Closing DHIGH DLOW Turnover

in MillionLatest

EPSLatest

PE

GreenDeltaInsu -A 10.00 11.96 55.81 56.10 56.10 54.50 0.362 1.80 31.0Anwar Galvanizing-B 9.96 9.60 50.67 50.80 50.80 48.00 1.033 0.68 74.5Eastern InsurA 9.78 9.78 24.70 24.70 24.70 24.70 0.002 2.76 8.9Anlima Yarn -A 9.48 3.64 22.19 23.10 23.20 21.30 1.444 0.83 26.7Rangpur Foundry -A 9.19 9.14 110.49 110.50 111.30 106.00 0.790 3.42 32.3Aramit -A 8.64 8.64 281.66 281.70 281.90 279.00 0.154 14.86 19.0Rahima Food -Z 8.54 10.05 39.21 39.40 39.90 38.00 0.842 -0.47 -veAmbee Pharma -A 7.82 5.82 275.09 277.10 279.40 263.00 1.358 3.44 80.0Deshbandhu Polymer-A 7.69 6.08 15.18 15.40 15.50 14.30 8.172 0.13 116.8Orion Infusions -A 7.45 7.41 49.70 50.50 51.40 47.40 7.669 1.73 28.7

DSE GAINER

Company Closing (% Change)

Aver-age (%

Change)

Closin-gAvg. Closing DHIGH DLOW Turnover

in MillionLatest

EPSLatest

PE

Rahima Food -Z 9.92 8.03 39.15 39.90 39.90 36.50 5.994 -0.47 -veAnlima Yarn -A 9.05 4.71 22.24 22.90 23.10 21.10 12.015 0.83 26.8GreenDeltaInsu -A 8.92 8.58 56.95 57.40 57.90 50.90 19.069 1.80 31.6Eastern Lubricants -A 8.73 7.23 382.35 387.30 387.30 366.30 1.677 2.48 154.2Anwar Galvanizing-B 8.63 7.18 50.48 51.60 52.20 48.00 14.596 0.68 74.2GeminiSeaFood-B 8.63 8.99 389.06 403.00 403.00 363.10 6.681 11.77 33.1Monno Ceramic -B 8.54 8.33 35.38 35.60 36.00 33.10 8.620 0.16 221.1Deshbandhu Polymer-A 7.69 6.58 15.22 15.40 15.50 14.30 32.788 0.13 117.1Delta Life Insu. -A 7.60 4.64 111.90 114.70 116.00 106.70 123.032 2.92 38.3Orion Infusions -A 7.49 6.73 49.64 50.20 51.10 47.20 123.796 1.73 28.7

CSE LOSER

Company Closing (% Change)

Aver-age (%

Change)

Closin-gAvg. Closing DHIGH DLOW Turnover

in MillionLatest

EPSLatest

PE

National Life I -A -8.24 -7.92 182.60 182.60 182.60 182.60 0.005 12.46 14.7H.R. Textile -A -6.85 -6.99 20.37 20.40 21.50 20.00 0.006 0.85 24.0Berger Paints-A -4.96 -4.96 1,991.00 1,991.00 1,991.00 1,991.00 0.002 69.64 28.6Aziz PipesZ -4.76 -4.95 19.96 20.00 20.00 18.90 0.010 -2.12 -vePeoples Insur -A -4.73 -4.17 16.10 16.10 16.10 16.10 0.002 2.20 7.3B I F C -A -4.35 -3.72 8.81 8.80 9.00 8.80 0.170 -0.84 -veGrameen M F One-A -3.85 -3.58 25.07 25.00 25.20 24.80 0.590 1.50 16.7Bata Shoe Ltd. -A -3.61 -3.52 1,330.00 1,330.00 1,330.00 1,330.00 0.005 40.26 33.0Eastland Insur -A -3.11 -3.20 21.78 21.80 22.00 21.50 0.055 2.44 8.9Mercantile Bank -A -2.80 -3.68 10.47 10.40 10.60 10.30 0.233 1.00 10.5

DSE LOSER

Company Closing (% Change)

Aver-age (%

Change)

Closin-gAvg. Closing DHIGH DLOW Turnover

in MillionLatest

EPSLatest

PE

LR Global BD MF1-A -6.00 -2.85 4.78 4.70 5.00 4.70 5.023 0.40 12.01st ICB M F -A -5.14 -4.24 1467.99 1455.00 1500.00 1450.00 1.697 142.00 10.3I P D C -A -5.05 -2.97 18.94 18.80 19.80 18.50 3.149 1.32 14.3R. N. Spinning-Z -4.82 -0.65 24.63 23.70 26.90 22.90 13.232 0.48 51.3Stylecraft -A -4.49 -4.46 1108.01 1109.50 1140.00 1100.00 0.595 62.57 17.7Savar Refractories-Z -4.17 -4.17 46.00 46.00 46.00 46.00 0.007 -0.64 -vePopular Life 1st M.F.-A -3.77 -4.43 5.18 5.10 5.40 5.10 7.641 0.63 8.2Meghna PET Ind. -Z -3.45 -1.23 5.60 5.60 5.60 5.60 0.020 -0.53 -veICB Emp. PMF-A -3.33 -2.18 5.84 5.80 6.00 5.70 1.361 0.61 9.6CMC Kamal Tex. -A -2.98 -2.76 16.53 16.30 17.00 16.20 17.310 1.24 13.3

DSE key features August 6, 2015Turnover (Million Taka)

6,885.43

Turnover (Volume)

173,724,391

Number of Contract

151,132

Traded Issues 322

Issue Gain (Avg. Price Basis)

131

Issue Loss (Avg. Price Basis)

185

Unchanged Issue (Avg. Price Basis)

6

Market Capital Equity (Billion. Tk.)

2,738.35

Market Capital Equity (Billion US$)

33.19

CSE key features August 6, 2015Turnover (Million Taka)

544.10

Turnover (Volume)

14,922,199

Number of Contract

21,666

Traded Issues 265

Issue Gain (Avg. Price Basis)

106

Issue Loss (Avg. Price Basis)

154

Unchanged Issue (Avg. Price Basis)

5

Market Capital Equity (Billion. Tk.)

2,626.54

Market Capital Equity (Billion US$)

31.84

BUSINESS 19D

TFRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015

Stocks inch down with dive in turnovern Tribune Report

Stocks � nished marginal-ly lower on pro� t booking amid persistent volatility yesterday with a sharp fall in volume of trade.

The market moved be-tween red and green in � rst session, but remained with-in the negative territory throughout the rest of the session.

The DSEX fell slightly over 9 points to 4,864 from its more than seven-month high in previous session.

The Shariah index, DSES, was down around 6 points or 0.5% to 1,197.

The blue chip comprising index DS30 lost 3 points or 0.2% to 1,886.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange Selective Catego-ry Index CSCX declined 23 points to 9,079.

The volume of trade on DSE went down about 25% to Tk688 crore from more than Tk900 crore in previ-ous session.

United Power Generation and Distribution Company Limited (UPGDCL) contin-ued to dominate the trading for the straight session.

Its turnover stood at around Tk37.3 crore, steep fall from its previous ses-sion’s Tk100.

However, its share prices

inched down. The compa-ny’s lock-in-share for insti-tutional investors became saleable two days back.

Almost all sectors experi-enced correction.

Non-banking � nancial institutions went through a hefty correction at 1.7% and banks 0.4%. Moderate pro� t booking also took place on pharmaceuticals, cement, power and food and allied.

However, the market bell-wether telecommunication ended in green marginally, halting losses in previous session. Life insurance and non-life insurance sectors saw robust gain of 3% and 2% respectively, riding on Del-ta Life Insurance and Green Delta Insurance that surged 7.6% and 8.9% respectively.

The gainers took a mar-ginal lead over the losers as out of 321 issues traded, 134 closed red, 144 positive and 43 remained unchanged.

IDLC Investments said as investors remained in look-out for undervalued scrips to bid up and whether the growth stocks are priced properly.

After UPGDCL, other top turnover leaders were Is-lami Bank, Lafarge Surma Cement, United Airways, Bengal Windsor and Ther-moplastics, and Square Pharmaceuticals. l

As investors remained in lookout for undervalued scrips to bid up and whether the growth stocks are priced properly

ANALYST

Daily capital market highlightsDSE Broad Index : 12436.43440 (-) 0.20% ▼

DSE - 30 Index : 1886.83329 (-) 0.15% ▼

CSE All Share Index: 14909.78160 (-) 0.27% ▼

CSE - 30 Index : 12436.43440 (-) 0.27% ▼

CSE Selected Index : 9079.96380 (-) 0.25% ▼

CSE TURNOVER LEADERS

Company Volume-Shares

Value in Million

% of Total-Turnover ClosingP Change % ClosingY DHIGH DLOW AvgPrice

United Power-N 405,019 70.43 12.94 170.50 0.12 170.30 179.00 168.10 173.89UNITED AIR-A 2,240,968 25.48 4.68 11.20 0.00 11.20 11.70 11.10 11.37BEXIMCO Ltd. -A 478,670 16.21 2.98 33.80 -0.59 34.00 34.20 33.70 33.85BSRM Ltd. -A 148,759 15.91 2.92 108.50 6.90 101.50 109.40 102.00 106.97Olympic Accessories -N 249,422 15.82 2.91 63.00 -0.32 63.20 64.30 62.90 63.45Khulna Power-A 190,142 14.16 2.60 73.60 -1.47 74.70 76.00 73.30 74.47LafargeS Cement-A 114,641 14.15 2.60 123.00 -0.49 123.60 125.20 122.70 123.39Square Pharma -A 48,803 12.96 2.38 265.20 -0.93 267.70 267.90 264.50 265.55Delta Life Insu. -A 111,537 12.47 2.29 114.80 6.89 107.40 116.90 107.00 111.77SAIF Powertec-N 146,622 12.42 2.28 84.40 1.08 83.50 85.70 83.00 84.72Keya Cosmetics -A 574,940 11.53 2.12 20.00 -1.48 20.30 20.40 19.90 20.06BSRM Steels-A 125,724 11.26 2.07 89.80 2.39 87.70 90.40 87.60 89.52Beximco Pharma -A 145,649 10.10 1.86 68.90 -1.57 70.00 70.20 68.60 69.36Bengal Windsor-A 121,796 9.19 1.69 76.60 5.08 72.90 77.00 71.00 75.43Deshbandhu Polymer-A 538,480 8.17 1.50 15.40 7.69 14.30 15.50 14.30 15.18Appollo Ispat CL -N 524,632 12.03 1.72 22.60 -2.59 23.20 23.30 22.50 22.93Summit Power -A 272,278 10.99 1.57 40.60 3.57 39.20 40.90 39.00 40.36

DSE TURNOVER LEADERS

Company Volume-Shares

Value in Million

% of Total-Turnover ClosingP Change

% ClosingY DHIGH DLOW Avg-Price

United Power-N 2,128,977 372.59 5.41 172.10 -0.06 172.20 179.50 170.00 175.01Islami Bank BD - A 8,655,577 242.06 3.52 27.70 -1.42 28.10 28.20 27.20 27.97LafargeS Cement-A 1,678,397 207.61 3.02 123.30 -0.80 124.30 125.00 122.60 123.70UNITED AIR-A 18,032,132 205.50 2.98 11.20 0.00 11.20 11.80 11.10 11.40Bengal Windsor-A 2,327,339 174.97 2.54 77.00 5.34 73.10 77.80 73.00 75.18Olympic Ind. -A 571,007 159.81 2.32 279.30 -1.20 282.70 282.70 277.70 279.87Square Pharma -A 568,882 151.18 2.20 265.80 -0.82 268.00 268.00 264.80 265.75Beximco Pharma -A 2,018,255 139.74 2.03 68.90 -1.85 70.20 70.90 68.60 69.24BEXIMCO Ltd. -A 3,977,051 134.87 1.96 33.90 -0.59 34.10 34.20 33.70 33.91FAR Chemical-N 2,556,594 132.40 1.92 52.30 3.16 50.70 52.90 50.00 51.79Orion Infusions -A 2,493,673 123.80 1.80 50.20 7.49 46.70 51.10 47.20 49.64Delta Life Insu. -A 1,099,520 123.03 1.79 114.70 7.60 106.60 116.00 106.70 111.90SAIF Powertec-N 1,411,025 119.66 1.74 84.70 1.32 83.60 86.00 83.70 84.81BSRM Ltd. -A 1,058,446 113.08 1.64 108.90 7.40 101.40 109.50 102.80 106.83Grameenphone-A 348,245 112.84 1.64 323.80 -0.06 324.00 326.50 323.00 324.01Bengal Windsor-A 2,024,625 144.54 1.56 72.00 6.19 67.80 74.00 68.40 71.39Summit Power -A 3,568,579 144.03 1.55 40.40 3.32 39.10 41.00 39.00 40.36

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NCC Bank Limited has recently re-elected its director, ASM Mainuddin Monem as chairperson of risk management committee of the bank’s board of directors. Monem is also deputy managing director of Abdul Monem Limited and MD of Abdul Monem Economic Zone Limited

IMF sta� urges no rush to add China yuan to currency basketn Reuters, Washington

The International Monetary Fund should put o� any move to add the yuan to its bench-mark currency basket until after September 2016, IMF sta� said in a report which showed a mixed performance of the renminbi on meeting key � nancial norms.

The report, published on Tuesday, comes after Beijing launched a major diplomatic push for the yuan to be added to the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights basket as part of its long-term strategic goal of reducing depend-ence on the dollar.

The IMF board is scheduled to make a de-cision in November on whether to include the yuan in a basket of currencies comprising dol-lars, euros, pounds and yen, although the de-cision could be pushed back if policymakers decide they need more information.

Delaying any change in the basket for nine months through September 2016 would avoid disrupting � nancial market trading on the � rst day of the new year, the sta� report said. A senior IMF o� cial said reserve asset man-agers would need about six months notice to adjust to a change.

The yuan, also known as the renminbi, meets the requirements as a signi� cant currency in terms of international trade, but also has to be judged to be “freely usable”, or widely used to make international payments and readily traded on foreign exchange markets.

The report shows a mixed performance on � nancial criteria. Although the currency is in-creasingly used in cross-border transactions and heavily traded in Asia, it is only thinly traded in North America and is not commonly used in international debt securities. Data was missing for some variables, the report said.

The senior IMF o� cial said there was no set checklist of indicators to guide the deci-sion and no “o� -on” switch on whether the yuan would make the grade at the planned

review.But he said politics would play no role in

the decision, which will govern the mix of currencies that countries like Greece receive

as part of disbursements from the IMF.“They should be able to use it directly or

they should be able to sell it immediately,” the o� cial said.

Different viewsAnalysts interpreted the IMF delay di� erent-ly, with some inferring the IMF wanted to see a more freely traded yuan before including it as a reserve currency. Others said the delay seemed technical, aimed at giving the market more time to prepare.

“The IMF article implies a large likelihood of SDR inclusion – otherwise the technical preparation would not be necessary,” UBS economist Wang Tao said in a note to clients.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has said adding the yuan to the basket is a “question of when”.

European members of the Group of Seven major industrialized economies - Germany, Britain, France and Italy - favor adding the yuan to the basket quickly. Japan, like the United States, is more cautious, o� cials have said.

The yuan has made huge strides since Beijing’s last push for more formal international recognition of the currency, as global � nancial leaders were struggling to deal with the fallout of the sub-prime and banking crisis.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in March asked Lagarde to push for inclusion, saying Beijing would speed up the convertibility of the yuan on the capital account and open domestic in-dividual cross-border investment and foreign institutional investment in China’s capital market.

Earlier this year, frustrated by the refusal of the US Congress to pass reforms to increase the voting rights of emerging markets in the IMF, Beijing announced it would set up its own investment bank, the Asian Infrastruc-ture Investment Bank.

Despite pressure from Washington, which along with Tokyo, has declined to join the AIIB, most U.S. allies in Europe have signed up for the Chinese-led initiative, seen as a ri-val to the World Bank and Japan-based Asian Development Bank. l

International Monetary Fund Director Christine Lagarde (left) talks with Siddharth Tiwari (right), now the IMF’s Director of Strategy, Policy and Review Department outside IMF headquarters REUTERS

Raising interest rates with zero in� ation is a hard selln Reuters, London

Americans and Britons bracing for their � rst interest rate rises in almost a decade are puzzled: why are rates about to go up when there’s no in� ation?

Both the Federal Reserve and Bank of Eng-land are proclaiming that they are on the cusp of raising interest rates for the � rst time in al-most a decade. It may take a few months, but the message they are sending still heavily-in-debted households either side of the Atlantic is clear: ‘be warned’.

It’s not hard to see why near-zero interest rates should be ‘normalised’ when you do a quick economic health check.

After years in the post-credit crisis dol-drums, both economies are now growing at brisk annual clips of between 2 and 3 percent. Jobless rates are near long-term averages of less than 6 percent. Real estate and � nancial asset prices have raced higher over the past couple of years.

The problem is that annual consumer price in� ation rates are zero in Britain and just 0.1 percent stateside, far below the 2% consumer price growth targets both have committed to in one form or another as a policy guide.

Even the Fed’s favoured in� ation measure - the index of personal consumption expendi-tures (PCE) - is running as low as an annual 0.3%.

The policy mantra for much of the year has been that headline in� ation was arti� cially depressed by the collapse of energy and raw materials prices in late 2014. Once these stabi-lised - as they did through the spring - then the assumption was these base e� ects would wash out of CPI indexes and reveal far livelier ‘core’, largely domestically driven, price rises push-ing headline in� ation back toward its target.

In other words, central banks would face down what they saw as a temporary drop in headline in� ation, focus on core price devel-opments and pull the interest rate trigger an-yhow.

The ‘core’ PCE for the United States is in-deed punchier. But, at just 1.3%, it’s still well below target rates. ‘Core’ UK in� ation also re-mains less than 1 percent.

It’s further complicated this summer, not least because the bursting of a stock bubble in Shanghai has stoked intense anxiety about the slowing Chinese economy.

The result has been another tailspin in commodity prices. Oil has lost a further 20% since the start of July and the Commodity Re-search Bureau’s broad index of raw materials prices has fallen to its lowest in 12 years - be-low even its level at the trough of the Great Recession of 2008/2009.

The upshot is headline in� ation rates are likely to remain depressed for far longer.

While that may not be a disaster, the econ-omy is � irting with an equally destabilising bout of de� ation that could feed on itself by delaying consumer purchases, weighing down nominal wage settlements and compli-cating long-term debt servicing. l

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Angaar: A taste of India

n Baizid Haque Joarder and N Anita Amreen

This week, we decided to go against the grain, away from the hot spots and into a pleasant surprise of Indian cuisine. Read on to � nd more about the food Angaar laid out for T-junction.

Beef Sheesh kababAA: Unlike the regular chunky sized beef sheesh kababs, these are like a mashed, tapered version. While they had me fooled with the looks alone, taste wise, they did slightly better. Extremely soft, the kababs melted in a buttery pool before leaving a slight spicy after taste. Not one of my favourites, but de� nitely palatable.

BHJ: If you think you know about beef sheesh kabab (like I did), your name has to be Jon Snow. Complete break away from the traditional beef sheesh kabab’s texture, Angaar made it a point to not overdo the meat and achieved great softness in the middle. Makes a great team with the mint chutney they provide with the kababs.

Chicken Sheesh KababAA: Similar to the beef sheesh kabab, the chicken triumphs over the beef, as its slightly more � avourful. It’s best to pair this with their mustard dip or their tomato chutney to give it that extra kick of spice.

BHJ: The chicken sheesh was again on point, being as soft as a baby’s tush. Be it with a plain butter naan or a garlic butter naan, this kabab is set to give you a foodgasm, nonetheless.

Chicken TandooriAA: This isn’t just any other run of the mill chicken tandoori. This one’s so baby soft, so utterly tender, every piece feels like a leg piece. It’s � avoured right and makes for the perfect accompaniment to the garlic naan.

BHJ: By the time you’ve reached the third kabab on the table-top grill, you’re probably wondering on how di� erent the Indian chefs interpret their kababs. As you take a bite, you know the meat has been marinated well enough to bring out the tandoori taste. Tastes even better with the mustard dip.

Chicken WingsAA: If you’re looking for a slightly spicier, more � avourful version of the chicken tandoori (like that’s even possible), the wings are your best bet. It’s ideal as an appetiser before you delve into the bu� et.

BHJ: To be fair, the chicken wings seemed like it would be the one to let us down but as we dug in, the meat comes o� the bone like a charm. Spice lovers might prefer this one over the tandoori.

Chicken Chandi KaliaAA: These are probably the softest kababs to have ever been made. For a while you’ll wonder why these aren’t called Makhmali kababs since they taste just like creamy, heaven-sent makhmal! This wonder kabab needs to be tried to be believed. Undoubtedly, the absolute best kabab in the series.

BHJ: The crown jewel, the star of the lot. The Chandi Kalia literally melted in our mouths

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and packed quite a punch in terms of flavour. You don’t even need breads to devour the Chandi Kalia, dip them in the chutneys provided and you’ll feel like Harry Potter on his Firebolt making rounds of India. A must try, this one.

Chicken makhmaliAA: Quite similar to the Chandi Kalia, the chicken Makhmali is like Chandi Kalia’s younger, less attractive sister. Had we not tried the Chandikalia, the Makhmali surely would have bowled us over completely. But alas, it was hard to forget our affair with the Chandi Kalia.

BHJ: Again, the softness of the Makhmali reminded us about the chef’s technique of cooking the meat, just about right. However, this one is a close second to none other than the infamous Chandi Kalia.

Chicken HaryaliAA: A common favourite for most people,

again, the chicken was extremely tender like all their other kababs, but taste wise perhaps they could’ve done better. Despite being an easy favourite for kabab lovers, this kabab doesn’t pack a mighty punch like the others. It has as much colour as it lacks seasoning.

BHJ: The Haryali had the right amount of smokiness but a bit more punch of the pudding would have been appreciated. Although, don’t let that stop you from trying it yourself.

Chicken biryani with raitaAA: Arriving in one of their signature copper thalis, the chicken itself doesn’t share the tender softness of the other kababs, but does have a few redeeming qualities of its own. The basmaati is fragrant and the flavours itself quite fresh. The raita, however, just takes the dish to a whole new level.

BHJ: When it comes to biriyani, T-junction’s standards are as high as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. On the first take, Angaar’s biriyani looked impressive in terms of colour. Delving in, the rice was flavoursome with meaty chicken within. Probably not as rich and oily as some would like it to be but if you’re health conscious, you might want to give this one a try.Oh, and the raita provided was originally meant to accompany the biriyani, but it ended up being a great companion to all the other items that we tried.

LassiAA: Creamy, thick and just the right mix of sweetness, the lassi is again, a stellar drink.

BHJ: This lassi has got to better tasting than the Butterbeer from Hogsmeade. The fact that Angaar has its own farm for their dairy produce is Commendable, and it shows in all their dairy made items. l

AngaarHouse 10, Rd No 2, Dhaka 1212

01729-261111

The verdictFor Tk1438 (inclusive of VAT and service charge), they offer a grand dinner buffet spread that not only includes their signature kababs, but also includes paapad with chutney, two kinds of soups, naan (garlic, butter and plain), an assortment of salad and raita, Ajwaini paneer tikka, beef kofte kabab, Navratan mixed vegetables, maach masala, palak paneer, crispy bhindi, beef achari, beef kadai mirch, chicken dhaniya adraki, chicken nowraji, jeera rice and plain rice. To top it all off, they’ve got their house special firni, gulab jamun, cream caramel and jello. If you’re looking for a quality buffet at a reasonable rate, Angaar is the way to go.

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Doze Internet extends installation o� er

Doze Internet has extended their free installation o� er till August 10 2015. Anyone can enjoy this free installation o� er worth Tk8,000 by paying usage bill of two months in advance through online top up panel, using VISA or MasterCard. In this o� er, the bill will be Tk6,900 (inclusive of VAT) for the 100 GB package of 10 MBPS speed and Tk11,500 (inclusive of VAT) for the 300 GB package of 25 MBPS. Payments can be

made online using their VISA or MasterCard and the user will get 24 hours call center support.

To know more about this package, please call 09612363693 or visit www.dozeinternet.com l

Akij Group appoints Tariq Anam Khan as marketing advisor

Mr Tariq Anam Khan, a distinguished marketing specialist, has recently joined

Akij Group as their marketing advisor.

Khan will oversee and advise the various enterprises of the group in the areas of brand development, marketing communication, sales and distribution, and so forth. He will also work as the spokesperson of Akij Group as well as endorse various communication materials directed towards consumers and trade. In

1985, Khan started his marketing career by establishing an advertising agency “Adshop” and worked with many well-known brands of leading multinationals and local clients. Over the past thirty years, he has made substantial contribution in the � elds of brand development and marketing communication in Bangladesh. Many popular campaigns directed by him gained attention of the marketing professionals of the country. Akij Group enterprises and their respective brands wishes to take advantage of his valuable marketing knowledge and expertise. l

Blissful Spirits organises art-therapy with autistic childrenn Tribune Desk

Youth volunteers on Wednesday came together for the second session of art-therapy work with children with autism at Society for the Welfare of the Intellectually Disabled (SWID), Lalmatia.

The event was part of a seven-day “Make A Change” campaign by youth organisation Blissful Spirits for raising awareness on autism in Bangladesh.

“It is a small e� ort with a lasting impact which will hopefully make people understand that intellectually disabled kids are not di� erent from us,” says Arnab Banik,

one of the founders of Blissful Spirits. “We believe that every child has a unique talent.”

The event on Wednesday had about 20 volunteers from di� erent schools and 20 children with autism. Their activities included singing, painting, and performing dances for those attending.

“This was my � rst time being involved in such an activity and I learned a lot,” Rubaiyat Jahan Renease, an A-Level student from Maple Leaf International School, said.

“These children want to have fun just like us, and want to laugh just like us,” she added.

However, volunteers – new and old – feel

that a lot more needs to be done. “Although Bangladesh has made

immense improvements in its treatment of children with disabilities, a lot more has to be done,” Taslima Khan, who has a 43-year-old daughter with autism, told us.

“There are many parents who do not put in enough e� ort. They get angry easily, and that shouldn’t happen,” she continued.

Taslima, an ex-headmistress, has been working on children with disabilities since 1982. She advocates for a proper trust to be built, wherein children with autism and other mental disabilities can live with proper support, nursing and care.

Sageena Afroze, another volunteer and A-Level student, voiced similar thoughts: “They have the same needs and rights. An event will give them peace only for a day, but we need an institution, like a school that would provide them with facilities all year long.”

There is potential for such a conversation in the Blissful Conference on Intellectual Disability, which will take place today at Da� odil University. It will include a panel of members of the press, NGOs and other stakeholders who work on this issue. The Dhaka Tribune is a media partner for this event. l

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Argentine Angel di Maria has joined PSG from Premier League giants

Manchester United, the French club announced on Twitter on Thursday. He joins the French Ligue 1 side for

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60 Australia’s score in the � rst innings, their seventh-lowest score in Test

history, and their second-lowest in the last 79 years. The only time they were bowled out for less in this period was against South Africa - 47, in Cape Town, 2011.

25 Number of balls (or 4.1 overs) it took Australia to lose their � rst � ve

wickets, the quickest any team has lost � ve wickets since 2002.

111 Number of balls (or 18.3 overs) Aus-tralia lasted. It was their third-short-

est Test innings. Their shortest lasted 99 balls (or 12.3 eight-ball overs), in Brisbane in 1936. Thirteen out of Australia’s 14 shortest Test innings have come against England.

2 Wickets taken by Stuart Broad in the � rst over of the match. There have only

been two previous instances, since 2002, of a bowler taking two or more wickets in the � rst over of a Test match - Irfan Pathan against Pakistan (2006) and Chris Cairns against England (2002).

0 Chris Rogers made the � rst duck of his Test career, in his 46th innings. If Rogers

had not scored a duck during this Ashes series, after which he is set to retire, he would have had thelongest Test career without a single duck, a record currently held by Austra-lia’s Jim Burke (44 innings).

5 Number of England bowlers who have tak-en 300-plus Test wickets. Broad became the

� fth bowler to join the list during his seven-wicket haul in the � rst innings. The other four bowlers are James Anderson (413), Ian Botham (383), Bob Willis (325) and Fred Trueman (307).

6.1 Overs bowled by England when Stuart Broad picked up his � fth wick-

et. Since 2002 (prior to which ball-by-data is not available), no bowler before Broad had picked up more than three wickets in the � rst 6.1 overs of an innings.

8-15 Broad’s � gures in the � rst innings of this Test, the best of

his career. He has two previous seven-wicket hauls, against New Zealand (2013) and West Indies (2012), both at Lord’s.

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Bangladesh Test captain Mush� qur Rahim distributed toys to children at Dhaka’s Shishu Hospital yesterday. Mush� q is part of the ‘Toys-R-Urs’ campaign that distributes old toys to the underprivileged children DHAKA TRIBUNE

BCB security team to visit Pakistann Mazhar Uddin

Bangladesh Cricket Board is mulling sending a two-member security delegation to Paki-stan next week in order to inspect the venues ahead of the women’s national team’s pro-posed tour later this year, informed BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury yesterday.

“Our security team will visit Pakistan. We have already informed the Pakistan Cricket Board and the matter is in process. The exact date of the visit will be con� rmed within the next one or two days and the series is likely to take place this October,” said Nizamuddin.

PCB chairman Shahryar Khan had earlier presented the proposal to his BCB counterpart when he visited Bangladesh last year. BCB president Nazmul Hasan later said the security inspection is the second step of the process.

It was learned that a letter was sent by the BCB to the Bangladesh High Commission in Pakistan where the board asked about the lat-est security condition of the country.

“They (PCB) has sent us a proposal. Our women’s team are getting restless to play abroad. Pakistan has given us an o� er, we are thinking about it. If everything is okay and the women’s team agree to go then the tour will take place. But still, there are a lot of fac-tors involved. It is still quite far away (from being � nalised),” said Nazmul. l

Farashganj ban gives birth to confusionn Shishir Hoque

The decision of the Bangladesh Football Fed-eration’s disciplinary committee regarding the suspension of Farashganj SC has created a lot of confusion as it contradicts the rules and regulations of the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier League.

According to the regulations of the top-� ight, if a club withdraw or refuse to continue to play or leave the stadium before the end of the match, the participating club shall be con-sidered to have “withdrawn from the compe-tition” (clause 20.3.1) and “have all its match-es cancelled and considered null and void (all points, goals scored and goals against will not be counted and taken into consideration when deciding the ranking)” (clause 20.3.2).

The disciplinary committee however, paid no heed to that and last Wednesday meted out a strong punishment to Farashganj after they boy-cotted last Monday’s encounter against Sheikh Russel. Farashganj were subsequently barred from taking part in the remainder of this league campaign and also the next edition of the top-tier. The Old Dhaka out� t were also � ned Tk0.5m and asked to return the participation money of Tk1.3m that was earlier distributed by the BFF.

“The BFF’s disciplinary committee fol-lowed the disciplinary code and it is not as same as it is written in the by-laws. Last Wednesday’s decision is still the � nal one,” BFF general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag informed the media yesterday.

Meanwhile, it is not mentioned anywhere in the rules and regulations of the league and disciplinary code that the participating club’s points and results would be unchanged before the incident took place and that automatic three points should be awarded to the opponents. l

Moni, from an umpire to a potential managern Minhaz Uddin Khan

Former national cricketer Enamul Haque Moni is likely to relinquish his career as an international umpire to take up the post of manager of the Bangladesh team.

Former national captain and Bangladesh Cricket Board director Khaled Mahmud has been performing the role since the 2015 ICC World Cup earlier this year. Mahmud in-formed Dhaka Tribune yesterday that his run-ning contract with the BCB ended following the conclusion of the bilateral home series against South Africa.

“My contract came to an end after the South Africa series. There has been no discus-sion with the board with regards to any ex-tension. I have also heard of Moni being con-sidered for the role. The board will pick the right person for the job I believe,” Mahmud told Dhaka Tribune yesterday.

It is understood that Mahmud had shown reluctance to continue with the job and made the BCB’s cricket operations committee look for someone else. At the same time, the board is also looking to appoint a national manager on a long-term basis, as opposed to the tem-porary roles performed by Mahmud.

According to sources, Moni is at the top of the BCB’s preference list for the manag-er’s job. BCB cricket operations committee chairman Naimur Rahman Durjoy has noti-� ed Moni of their intention to appoint him as manager.

“I have heard that the BCB is thinking

of me, as far as the new manager’s post is concerned, but I am yet to have a formal discussion with anyone regarding this issue. The media will be informed accordingly if there is any progress,” Moni told Dhaka Tribune yesterday.

If Moni were to take the job, it will bring the curtains down on his career as an interna-tional umpire. Following his retirement as an international cricketer, Moni made his debut as an umpire in December, 2006. Since then, the 49-year old has o� ciated in one Test, 53 ODIs and six Twenty20 internationals.

It was learned that Moni was apparent-ly upset with his slow development as an international umpire and was mulling a ca-reer-switch. Moni, who was a left-arm spin-ner and a lower-order batsman in his playing days, is likely to be appointed for the Austral-

ia Tests this October. “I am working with the BCB as an umpire

so taking up the manager’s role will mean I will have to leave the umpire’s job. I cannot work at two places at the same time but I still have not decided anything. Durjoy has uno� -cially told me that they are thinking of me for the post. A few directors are also keen. I will � rst have to talk with the BCB’s cricket opera-tions committee formally, and in details. Only then can I make a decision,” explained Moni.

The BCB’s umpires committee manager Sharif Mahmud informed that they are yet to be noti� ed regarding the matter.

“We did not get any such message. I learnt about this from the newspaper, and certain quarters, but we are yet to get anything o� cial, both from the board and Moni bhai,” said Sharif.

Sharif stated that Moni would be able to re-turn as an umpire if he wishes but will, how-ever, lose his place in the BCB’s nominated umpires list that has to be submitted to the International Cricket Council.

“He will be able to come back. We will keep him in the highest level among the Bangladesh umpires, given his experience as an international umpire and as a former Test cricketer. But, he will lose his nomination. In order to reclaim his nomination, he would have to compete with the top seven Bangladesh umpires. If his performance is good and if he is able to � nish among the best three, only then can he recover his previous status,” Sharif elaborated. l

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Cissokho returns to Porto on loanFrench international left-back Aly Cissokho has returned to former club FC Porto on loan from Aston Villa, the Portuguese side announced on their website on Wednesday. Aston Villa added on Twitter that the 27-year-old had moved to the Estadio do Dragao on a season-long loan. Cissokho � rst made his name at Porto before being sold to Lyon in 2009. He has since played for Valencia and had a spell on loan at Liverpool before joining Villa last year.

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Free agent Osvaldo joins Porto in yet another moveItalian striker Pablo Dani Osvaldo has joined Porto in the latest bid to revive his contro-versial and faltering career. The 29-year-old Argentine-born forward, who is a free agent after being released by Southampton halfway through his four-year contract in July, has switched clubs for the � fth transfer window in succession.

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Hairline fracture for Arsenal’s WilshereArsenal mid� elder Jack Wilshere will be side-lined for several weeks after manager Arsene Wenger revealed on Thursday that he has sustained a hairline fracture of his left leg. The England mid� elder, 23, was hurt in a collision with a team-mate in training and Wenger said he would be out of action for “a few weeks”.

–AFP

Murray stunned in US Open tune-upBritish top seed Andy Murray su� ered a stun-ning defeat in his � rst hardcourt warm-up match for the US Open, losing Wednesday to Teymuraz Gabashvili at the ATP and WTA Washington Open. The 53rd-ranked Russian outlasted third-ranked Murray 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7/4) over two hours and 42 minutes to reach the third round at the ATP and WTA Washington Open.

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Spieth tops Firestone billing, no Rory or TigerMasters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth, the world number two, will command the spot-light at this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational where Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods are both conspicuous absentees. Top-ranked McIlroy won last year’s tournament at Firestone Country Club by two shots but is unable to defend his title after rupturing a ligament in his left ankle while playing soccer with friends early last month.

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Sporting Lisbon pull out of Boateng dealSporting Lisbon have pulled out of a deal to sign Kevin Prince-Boateng following a disagree-ment about the Ghana international’s image rights, the Portuguese club announced on Wednesday. Sporting said that “after negoti-ations with Kevin-Prince Boateng, it was not possible to reach an agreement relating to his image rights.”

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England’s Stuart Broad (2L) acknowledges the crowd’s applause after taking eight Australia wickets for 15 runs during day one of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham yesterday AP

Warne, Ponting shocked by Australian collapsen Reuters, Nottingham

Australian great Shane Warne and former captain Ricky Ponting lamented technical failings and mental approach as their coun-trymen were shot out for a humiliating 60 by England on the � rst morning of the fourth Ashes Test on Thursday.

“When was the last time there was a real � ve-day test match that went down to the wire when the batters hung in there and tried to tough it out?” Warne said on Sky Sports.

“It all seems to be happening in fast for-ward too many times. It happened to England at Lord’s as well, bowled out in 30 overs.”

Warne, who took 708 Test wickets and scored more than 3,000 runs, gave credit to England for their bowling and catching in “a

perfect session” before lunch at Trent Bridge.“They exposed a couple of bad tech-

niques,” he said.“Test cricket is all about technique, the ba-

sics. And all about � ghting. Credit to Broad, he forced a lot of those errors but I still think Australia could have been a little bit more de-fensive and (shown) better technique.

“Technique is a teal issue on these sort of pitches. Play it as late as possible or leave it. It’s about getting an ugly score, hanging in there, not giving your wicket away. As a batsman you’ve got to have a real plan. It looked like they were a bit shocked. There was no real plan and they should have learnt from the last Test match.”

Ponting questioned why the Australians had talked before the series about how posi-tive they were going to be. l

Sk Jamal come from behind to eke out winn Shishir Hoque

Newly-crowned champions Sheikh Jamal Dh-anmondi Club registered their seventh suc-cessive victory in the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier League when they came from behind to beat Muktijoddha SKC 2-1 at Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.

Senegalese striker Camara Sarba gave Muktijoddha the lead in the � rst half before Nigerian forward Emeka Darlington brought parity at the hour mark. Gambian mid� elder Landing Darboe sealed the victory in the 89th minute.

Sheikh Jamal now have 48 points from 18 matches and sit comfortably at the top of the 11-team points table while Muktijoddha re-mained at sixth place with 25 points from the same number of outings. l

An action during the Manyavar Bangladesh Premier League match between Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club (yellow) and Muktijoddha at Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday MAINOOR ISLAM MANIK

1ST DAY, AT TEAAUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS R BC. Rogers c Cook b Broad 0 3D. Warner c Buttler b Wood 0 2S. Smith c Root b Broad 6 3S. Marsh c Bell b Broad 0 4M. Clarke c Cook b Broad 10 15A. Voges c Stokes b Broad 1 4P. Nevill b Finn 2 15M. Johnson c Root b Broad 13 25M. Starc c Root b Broad 1 8J. Hazlewood not out 4 15N. Lyon c Stokes b Broad 9 20Extras (lb11, nb3) 14Total (all out, 18.3 overs, 94 mins) 60

Fall of wickets1-4 (Rogers), 2-10 (Smith), 3-10 (Warner), 4-15 (Marsh), 5-21 (Voges), 6-29 (Clarke), 7-33 (Nev-ill), 8-46 (Starc), 9-47 (Johnson), 10-60 (Lyon)BowlingBroad 9.3-5-15-8; Wood 3-0-13-1 (2nb); Finn 6-0-21-1 (1nb)ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS R BA. Lyth c Nevill b Starc 14 28A. Cook lbw b Starc 43 87I. Bell lbw b Starc 1 6J. Root not out 33 52J. Bairstow not out 2 5Extras (b1, lb1, nb4) 6Total (3 wkts, 29 overs, 132 mins) 99

Fall of wickets1-32 (Lyth), 2-34 (Bell), 3-96 (Cook)BowlingStarc 9-0-33-3 (1nb); Hazlewood 10-2-26-0 (3nb); Johnson 7-1-30-0; Lyon 3-1-8-0

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Belgium move ahead of Germany in rankingsn Reuters

Belgium moved ahead of Germany into sec-ond place in the updated FIFA rankings re-leased on Thursday. Argentina still top the rankings ahead of the European duo, with Chile, who beat Gerardo Martino’s side in the Copa � nal, moving back into the top 10. l

Lewandowski seals Audi Cup for Bayernn AFP, Munich

A late goal from Polish international Robert Lewandowski sealed a 1-0 victory for German champions Bayern Munich over Spanish gi-ants Real Madrid in the � nal of the pre-season Audi Cup tournament in their home stadium on Wednesday.

Bayern and Real recorded impressive wins over AC Milan and Tottenham respectively at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday, but it was the hosts who came out on top thanks to Le-wandowski’s goal two minutes from time. It handed titleholders Bayern their third Audi Cup triumph since 2009.

Earlier, Nacer Chadli and Tom Carroll scored in either half in a 2-0 victory for Pre-mier League side Tottenham against Italian giants AC Milan in the third-place play-o� . l

Messi headbutt as tempers � are in Barca winn AFP, Barcelona

Lionel Messi was at the centre of a headbut-ting controversy on Wednesday as Barcelona cruised to a 3-0 victory over Serie A side Roma in a pre-season friendly at the Camp Nou.

The Argentinian superstar, renowned for rarely losing his cool despite regularly being the target of brutal tackling, reacted angrily during a confrontation with Roma’s French international Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa.

Footage of the � rst half incident showed Messi aiming a headbutt at Yanga-Mbiwa’s after the Roma defender appeared to nod his head in the direction of the diminutive South American star.

A furious Messi grabbed Yanga-Mbiwa by the throat after clashing with the defender before other players rushed over to intervene.

Messi escaped a red card for the incident

however, receiving only a caution from ref-eree Javier Estrada Fernandez. Yanga-Mbiwa was also booked.

The � ashpoint represented a rare loss of cool for Messi. The Argentine has never been sent o� for Barcelona and has only ever been red-carded once - on his international debut as a teenager in 2005.

Messi’s anger soon subsided however as moments after the incident, he doubled Barcelona’s lead, making it 2-0 following a superb � owing move involving Luis Suarez, Dani Alves and Neymar, who had scored Bar-ca’s � rst.

Ivan Rakitic made it 3-0 in the second half with a long range strike as Barcelona complet-ed a routine win.

Barcelona kick o� the defence of their Spanish league crown against Athletic Bilbao on August 23. l

Pellegrini ‘absolutely sure’ City will win Premier Leaguen Reuters

Manchester City are brimming with optimism with coach Manuel Pellegrini “absolutely sure” of winning the Premier League title back this season and mid� elder David Silva eyeing Champions League glory.

City, who conceded four goals in both their defeats against Real Madrid and Stuttgart in pre-season friendlies, � nished eight points behind champions Chelsea in the Premier League last season.

“I am absolutely sure that we are going to have a very successful season. We must bring back the title here to our fans,” the 61-year-

old was quoted as saying by Sky Sports.“We are sure, as I have just said, that we

are going to bring it back. We had a good pre-season.”

With the sale of Stefan Jovetic to Inter Milan and Edin Dzeko being strongly linked with a move to Roma, City is poised to start the season with only two frontline strikers in Sergio Aguero and Wilfried Bony.

“We have Kelechi (Iheanacho), that is a young player who I think must � nd a place here in our squad,” the Chilean manager added.

“(Raheem) Sterling can also play in front. I think we are going to bring in other players but not in that position.”

City, who won the Premier League title in a close � nish in 2013-14, kick o� their campaign with a trip to West Bromwich Albion on Mon-day night.

Spain international David Silva feels City have earned respect with their success in England in the past few years and with the recent additions to the squad the Manchester club can target European glory.

“We are just missing that step of winning the Champions League, but doing that will help us grow even more,” the 29-year-old mid� elder, told the Daily Telegraph.

“I would see it as a failure (if I don’t win the Champions League at City). It is the one thing

I want and one day I hope to win it.”City crashed out in the last 16 stage of the

Champions League in the past two seasons after being paired against Barcelona.

“It’s di� cult playing against big teams like Barcelona, Bayern. But why? I cannot tell you,” added Silva, who has one World Cup and two European Championship winners’ medals with the national team.

“But with good, new players, for sure we will have an opportunity to be there � ghting and maybe able to do it.”

Silva, who joined City in 2010 from Valen-cia, has set a personal target of scoring more goals this season. l

Bayern Munich players celebrate after winning their pre-season Audi Cup tournament � nal against Real Madrid in Munich on Wednesday REUTERS

FIFA RANKINGSPoints Position Change1. Argentina 1,425 -2. Belgium 1,244 +13. Germany 1,226 -14. Colombia 1,218 --5. Brazil 1,186 +16. Portugal 1,177 +17. Romania 1,166 +18. England 1,157 +19. Wales 1,155 +110. Chile 1,124 +1

RESULTSFinal

Bayern Munich 1-0 Real MadridLewandowski 88

Third-place play-o�

Tottenham 2-0 AC MilanChadli 8, Carroll 71

AS Roma’s Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (L) is touched by Barcelona’s Lionel Messi during the 50th Joan Gamper Trophy match at Camp Nou in Barcelona on Wednesday AFP

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RESULTRiver Plate 3-0 UANL TigresAlario 45, Sanchez 75-P, Mori 79

(First leg 0-0; River win 3-0 on aggregrate)

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DAY’S WATCH

RESULTSAstana (KAZ) 4-3 HJK HelsinkiTwumasi 44, Canas 47-P, Jallow 4, Shomko 56, Postnikov 90+3 Baah 42, Zeneli 86-P

Astana win 4-3 on aggregate

Qarabag (AZE) 0-0 Celtic (SCO)Celtic win 1-0 on aggregate

Sparta Prague (CZE) 2-3 CSKA Moscow (RUS)Krejci 6, Fatai 16 Musa 34, 51, Dzagoev 76

CSKA Moscow win 5-4 on aggregate

BATE (BLR) 1-0 Videoton (HUN)Nikolic 82

BATE win 2-1 on aggregate

Basel (SUI) 1-0 Lech Poznan (POL)Bjarnason 90+1

Basel win 4-1 on aggregate

P Belgrade (SRB) 4-2 S Bucharest (ROM)Babovic 8, Jevtovic 60, Muniru 11, A Zivkovic 69, Trujic 90+1 Hamroun 33

Partizan win 5-3 on aggregate

Malmo (SWE) 3-0 Salzburg (AUT)Djurdic 7, Rosenberg 14, Rodic 42

Malmo win 3-2 on aggregate

Club Brugge (BEL) 3-0 Panathinaikos (GRE)Cools 53, Vazquez 58, Oulare 82

Club Brugge win 4-2 on aggregate

Viktoria Pilsen (CZE) 0-2 Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) Zahavi 76-P, 83

Maccabi Tel Aviv win 3-2 on aggregate

Donetsk (UKR) 3-0 Fenerbahce (TUR)Gladkiy 25, Srna 65-P, Alex Teixeira 68

Shakhtar Donetsk win 3-0 on aggregate

Skenderbeu (ALB) 2-0 Milsami Orhei (MDA)Salihi 16, Progni 55

Skenderbeu win 4-0 on aggregate

Partizan, CSKA through on night of dramatic comebacksn Reuters, Berne

Partizan Belgrade, Astana, Malmo and CSKA Moscow all pulled o� impressive comebacks to reach the playo� round of the Champions League quali� ers on Wednesday.

Skenderbeu also quali� ed, putting them-selves within two matches of becoming the � rst Albanian side to reach the group stage, after beating Milsami in another of the third round, second leg ties.

Former European champions Celtic went

through after grinding out a 0-0 draw against Qarabag in the sweltering heat of Azerbaijan.

CSKA hit back from two goals behind at Sparta Prague to win 3-2 and qualify 5-4 on ag-gregate against the demoralised Czechs, who had only needed a goalless draw to progress.

Russian international Alan Dzagoev scored the winner in the 76th minute after two goals from Ahmed Musa had hauled the Russians back into the match.

Astana, having drawn 0-0 in the � rst leg away to Helsinki, also fell two goals behind at

home but hit back to lead 3-2 before Patrick Twumasi, one of their goalscorers, was sent o� in the 70th minute.

Erfan Zeneli converted an 86th-minute penalty to level at 3-3 and put the Finns ahead on away goals, only for Evgeniy Postnikov to score a stoppage-time winner for the Kazakh champions.

Serbian champions Partizan went through after a roller-coaster 4-2 home win over 10-man Steaua Bucharest gave them a 5-3 aggregate win over the 1986 European Cup winners. l

River beat Tigres 3-0, win Libertadores Cupn Reuters, Buenos Aires

Argentina’s River Plate completed the most remarkable transformation in the team’s his-tory on Wednesday when they beat Mexican club Tigres 3-0 to guarantee their third Liber-tadores Cup triumph.

The win came four years after the Buenos Aires club were relegated for the � rst time in over a century and means that under the stewardship of Marcelo Gallardo they now hold both of South America’s top club competitions, having won the Copa Sudamericana in December.

“The history of this club is about � ghting for these kind of competitions,” said mid� elder Leonardo Ponzio. “Today is the greatest that you can achieve as a club and we did it.”l

Players of Argentina’s River Plate celebrate with the trophy after they defeated Mexico’s Tigres in the second leg of their Copa Libertadores � nal at Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires yesterday REUTERS

Shakhtar Donetsk’s Teixeira (C ) scores a goal past Fenerbahce goalkeeper Volkan Demirel (R) and Sener Ozbayrakli during their UEFA Champions League third-round qualifying match in Lviv on Wednesday

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DOWN 1 Fuel (3) 2 Dodged (6) 3 Not any (4)4 Disencumber (3) 5 A� rms with con� dence (5) 6 Perfect score (3)7 Stable (6)10 Tree (4)13 Monkey (3) 14 Oily fruit (6)16 Biblical vessel (3) 17 Arachnid (6)18 Otherwise (4)20 Burial place (5)23 Repose (4)25 Vehicle (3)26 Was ahead (3)28 Pinch (3)

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WHAT TO WATCH

n Showtime Desk

Black Money, a romantic action flick star-ring Keya, Moushumi Hamid and Symon Sadik in lead, is all set to release today in more than 90 cinemas nationwide.

Directed by Safi Uddin Safi and written by Abdullah Jahir Babu, the film has been produced and distributed by Movie Planet Multimedia. With an original and exiting plot, along with several melodious songs which is shot in various exotic locations (home and abroad), the film’s producers hope Black Money will do very well in the box office. The story of the film is centered on 100 crores of black currency, and all the charac-ters desperately pursue the money. Keya, the charming face of Dhallywood

who has returned to the big screen after a year sabbatical, expressed her view about her role in the film saying, “In the film, I have presented myself in a different way that the audience would cherish my role for a long time. I am grateful to the entire Black Money team.”

On the other hand, Lux-Superstar famed Mousumi Hamid is going to make her big screen debut. She expressed her excitement saying, “I have tried my best to portray my character according to the director’s demand. And now, I am waiting for the audience’s judgement.”

Misha Sawdagar and Rubel have donned two major roles in the film as well. All songs of the film have been penned by Kabir Bakul, while Shawkat Ali Emon has composed the film’s music. l

n Showtime Desk

Forbes published their first global list of actors ranging from Hollywood, Hong Kong to Bollywood. Unsurprisingly, turns out that Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar have made it to the list of the top ten highest paid actors.

As far as Bollywood stars are concerned, Amitabh and Salman shared the seventh place with estimated earnings of $33.5 million in the last year alone. Following suit was Akshay Kumar in ninth, earning $32.5 million. And even with a net worth of over $400 million (higher than any other B-wood star), Shah Rukh Khan landed in 18th with an estimated earnings of $26 million. Ranbir Kapoor rounded up at 30 with a $15 million earning.

Forbes also stated that the legendary Bachchan continues to get top rupee for his roles after 150 movies in his career, spanning over 50 years. The younger yet very much experienced Salman Khan has

appeared in about 80 films, while Akshay Kumar boasts 150 movies from his debut in 1992.

The Badhshah of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, was labeled as India’s Leonardo DiCaprio in the report. His net worth is accumulated not only by the � lms he makes but also from very lucrative endorsements, like Pan Masala. The younger superstar Ranbir Kapoor has established himself as a legitimate actor, as he makes this prestigious list for the � rst time in his career. Not only can he act in award winning performances but carries himself quite well in the box o� ce, garnering both the fan base and critics alike.

Across the pond, Robert Downey Jr topped the list, earning an impressive $80 million from his Iron Man franchise. While Jackie Chan came in a surprising second position with a $50 million pay packet. Age hasn’t stopped the veteran actor, and there seems to be no slowing down for him either.

The rest of the top ten looks like this:

Vin Diesel (3), Bradley Cooper (4), Adam Sandler (5), Tom Cruise (6), and Mark Wahlberg (10). The 34 stars on Forbes’ list earned a combined $941 million before taxes and fees between June 2014 and June 2015. A separate list of highest-paid

Forbes: Salman, Amitabh and Akshay among worlds highest paid actors

Black Money hits cinemas today

158th production of Meraj Fokirer Ma to celebrate Abdullah al-Mamun’s birthdayn Showtime Desk

Popular drama group, Theatre is set to celebrate the 73rd birthday of legendary theatre activist Abdullah al-Mamun be-latedly with a production of Meraj Fokirer Ma. The show is scheduled to be held at the Jatiyo Natyashala in Segunbagicha, on August 7 at 7pm after a discussion on Abdullah al-Mamun’s works at 4:30pm, the same day. This will be the 158th exhi-bition of the play.The ekushey podok and national award winner, Abdullah al-Mamun was a tal-ented playwright, actor and film-maker whose works are being greatly missed in the theatre world. Theatre saw it fit to celebrate his birthday since Meraj Fokirer

Ma was written and directed by the geni- us himself. l

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BLACK MONEY HITS CINEMAS TODAY PAGE 31

DIGITAL EFFORTS TO BOOST STATE BANKS’ CASE MANAGEMENT PAGE 15

Migrant shipwreck survivors arrive in Sicilyn AFP, Palermo

Survivors of a shipwreck o� the coast of Libya in which some 200 migrants were feared drowned arrived in Sicily yesterday, as tales emerged of the “horri� c” moment the boat overturned.

Their � shing boat, believed to have been carrying more than 600 people, ran into dif-� culty about 15 nautical miles o� Libya on Wednesday and tipped over when rescuers neared, after frantic migrants rushed to one side in their desperation to be saved.

Irish patrol vessel Niamh, � rst on the scene of the disaster, arrived in Palermo with 367 survivors, including 12 women and 13 children, as well as 25 bodies recovered from the sea.

Red Cross workers were ready to hand out water and shoes to those disembarking, while tents had been set up along the portside in Palermo to provide shade from the blazing sun and privacy for health checks.

Ambulances were on hand, and three vehi-cles waited to collect the bodies of those who drowned in the disaster.

The Italian coastguard said the search for survivors “continued throughout the night and will be carried out all day today.”

“The sea is warm so they can survive longer, and there’s hope they might still � nd someone alive,” a spokesman for the Inter-national Organisation for Migration (IOM) in

Italy, told AFP.Six other survivors in need of urgent med-

ical attention, including a feverish one-year-old baby and a man with a broken leg, had

been transported by helicopter to the Italian island of Lampedusa late Wednesday, accord-ing to the UN refugee agency UNHCR.

It is not the � rst time a boat making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean has overturned because of sudden movement onboard when help is in sight.

Many migrants cannot swim, making it a race against time for rescue workers trying to pull them from the water.

The MSF boat Dignity One was the second vessel on the scene and helped rescue panick-ing children and adults from the water. It was delayed by being diverted en route to help an-other boat in trouble with 94 people aboard.

More than 2,000 people have already died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe this year, according to IOM.

The Italian government has pleaded re-peatedly for more resources to deal with the unremitting wave of migrant boats.

Italy’s coast guard yesterday said it had saved 381 migrants on another boat, which sank 30 nautical miles o� the Libyan coast.

Wednesday’s disaster could be the worst in the Mediterranean since 800 migrants were feared drowned o� Libya in April. l

A Bangladeshi man, treated by the Medecins san Frontiere team aboard Dignity I after being rescued at sea, waits to be transferred for further medical attention o� the coast of Libya on Wednesday REUTERS

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