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Tigers too good for Pakistanisn Minhaz Uddin Khan

Bangladesh had to wait 16 long years for their second limited-over win over Pakistan, but they had to wait only two days for their third triumph as opener Tamim Iqbal registered his second consecutive hundred to lead the Ti-gers to a comprehensive seven-wicket victory in the second ODI yesterday in Mirpur. In the process, the Tigers secured the three-match series with the � nal ODI still to be played.

The series success, Bangladesh’s � rst against Pakistan, was also the Tigers’ 17th overall as the visitors became the fourth Test-playing nation to concede an ODI series to the Tigers.

In pursuit of a modest 240, Bangladesh had yet to reach their destination when the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium crowd erupt-ed in celebration. The weekday crowd was, of course, celebrating Tamim’s delightfulhundred.

Tamim remained unbeaten on 116 while Shakib al Hasan was undefeated on seven as the Tigers romped to their target with 71 de-liveries in hand.

Yesterday’s player-of-the-match Tamim was an absolute delight to watch. The left-hander exhibited his character in a typi-cally beautiful display of shot-making, reach-ing his 50 o� just 31 balls.

Bangladesh might have lost Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah early, but their departures hardly troubled Tamim. Rather, Mush� qur Rahim’s arrival inspired Tamim to go for his shots.

The third-wicket pair of Tamim and Mush-� q, who put on a record-creating 178-run stand in the � rst ODI on Friday, carried on in the same vein yesterday adding 118 runs.

Even though Mush� q started slowly, he ended up scoring 65 o� 70 balls before be-ing dismissed with Bangladesh close to theirtarget.

From the other end, Tamim continued with his wide array of strokes and reached his sixth ODI hundred, taking 77 deliveries to go from 50-100. The opener coasted to his cen-tury in style; smacking a boundary o� Junaid Khan before jumping in the air in delight and swinging his bat vigorously.

Earlier, Pakistan won the toss and went to bat � rst, but they were never comfortable with early blows laid by the home-side attack. The � rst six overs showed the Pakistan open-ers settling to the ball coming slow to the bat and the odd bounces.

PAGE 2 COLUMN 1Tigers’ opener Tamim Iqbal follows the ball as it � ies towards boundary contributing to his back-to-back century (116*) against Pakistan in their second ODI at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur yesterday MAINOOR ISLAM MANIK

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Dhaka wants complete implementation of LBAn Sheikh Shahariar Zaman

Bangladesh expects that India would honour the Land Boundary Agreement-1974 and its pro-tocol signed in 2011 and implement those in full.

“We expect that those would be implement-ed as agreed,” State Minister for Foreign A� airs Md Shahriar Alam told the Dhaka Tribune.

Bangladesh and India had resolved the boundary issue after having intense negotiation for years and now Dhaka wants its full imple-mentation agreed by both the parties.

In recent times, several media reports sug-gested that India is considering implementation of LBA at West Bengal, Tripura and Meghalaya borders but it does not want to execute the agreement on the Assam border keeping the provincial assembly in mind to be held next year.

The junior minister said the Indian govern-ment did not communicate with Bangladesh to implement the LBA partially.

“We have no knowledge about such any ini-tiative. The Indian government did not commu-nicate with us about any other alternatives,” the state minister said.

He said on several occasions Bangladesh was assured by the top Indian authorities that imple-mentation of LBA would be a matter of time.

“It is not our concern what has been written in the Bangladesh and Indian newspaper about implementation of LBA,” he said.

Bangladesh and India signed LBA in 1974 and Dhaka rati� ed it in the same year but New Delhi is yet to do it.

The implementation of LBA will solve the problems related to enclaves, adversely pos-sessed land and un-demarcated boundary be-tween the two countries.

Bangladesh has 51 enclaves with 7,110.02 acres inside Indian territory while India has 111 enclaves with 17,160 acres of land in Bangladesh territory.

According to a LBA booklet published by the Indian foreign ministry, the Indian en-claves in Bangladesh are located in four dis-tricts - Panchagarh, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram and Nilphamari – while all of Bangladesh’s enclaves lie in West Bengal’s Kochbehar district.

According to a joint headcount conducted in 2011 determined the total population in the en-claves to be around 51,549. Out of them, 37,334 live in Indian enclaves within Bangladesh and 14,215 in Bangladesh enclaves within India.

Under the LBA, India agreed to lease in per-petuity to Bangladesh, an area approximately 3.74 acres to connect Dahagram and Angarpota with mainland Bangladesh at a token price of Tk1 per annum which has since been waived o� .

India needs to amend constitution to resolve the issue of exchange of enclaves and redrawing of boundaries to maintain status quo in areas of adverse possessions involves the transfer of ter-ritories from one state to another but no amend-ment is required for a resolution of the un-de-marcated segments of the land boundary.

“With regard to demarcation of the Lathitilla and Dumabari sector, the line drawn by Radcli� and actual position on the ground has been fol-lowed,” the booklet said. l

Dhaka-Washington dialogue on April 29-30 n Tribune Report

The fourth Bangladesh-US partnership dia-logue has been scheduled to be held in Dhaka on April 29-30 to boost bilateral relationship.

“We are making preparations for the meet-ing,” a senior o� cial of the Foreign Ministry told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday.

In the dialogue, Foreign Secretary M Sha-hidul Haque will lead the Bangladesh side while US Under Secretary of State for Politi-cal A� airs Wendy Sherman is from the other side.

Dhaka is engaged with Washington in a wide range of areas including trade, invest-ment, assistance, security cooperation and people-to-people contact.

In the partnership dialogue, it is expected that both the parties would discuss three broad areas – development and governance, trade and investment, and security cooperation.

In the two-day programme, investment climate, energy, labour and terrorism issues will also dominate the dialogue.

The last partnership dialogue was held in Washington in October last year. l

Dhaka made no complaint to Delhi about president’s security breachn Sheikh Shahariar Zaman

Dhaka did not lodge any complaint with New Delhi authorities about the alleged security breach during President Abdul Hamid’s visit to India last December as was reported by sev-eral Indian and Bangladeshi newspapers.

“This is completely a false report,” State Minister for Foreign A� airs Md Shahriar Alam told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday.

The state minister, who was a member of the president’s entourage, said Bangladesh thanked and expressed its satisfaction to the Indian government over the security arrange-ment.

Recently several Bangladeshi and Indian newspapers reported that Bangladesh had lodged a complaint with the Indian authori-ties about a string of security lapses during Hamid’s India visit.

“It should be investigated why such re-ports were published. But we are not con-fused or agitated,” the state minister said.

The respect and protocol the Indian gov-ernment provided to the president was quite satisfactory, he added.

President Abdul Hamid visited Delhi, Jai-pur, Ajmer, Kolkata and Santi Niketan during the December 18-23 visit.

It was reported in various media that some security lapses occurred during the visit.

On one such occasion, it was reported, the president was taken to the Taj Mahal by a reg-ular battery-operated public vehicle – not by a private one usually used for VIPs and VVIPs.

According to another allegation, the hotel the president stayed in in Agra had a faulty lift.

Moreover, when he visited Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan, no appropriate arrangements were made to control the crowd, the reports said. l

Activists and supporters of the ruling party demonstrate with black � ags when BNP Chief Khaleda Zia reached Uttara to campaign for Tabith Awal, the BNP-backed mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation yesterday DHAKA TRIBUNE

Tigers too good for PakistanisBut the � rst change, Rubel Hossain intro-duced in the seventh over, saw start of a de-bacle. The right-arm pacer removed opener Sarfraz Ahmed caught at slips by Soumya. But it was Arafat Sunny’s removal of Mohammad Hafeez on duck in the last ball of the next over that set the momentum.

Pakistan lost three more wickets in a short span, reeling the score on 77 for 5 and hint-ing an early innings end. But all-rounder Saad Nasim’s maiden ODI half-century and a blis-tering inning by Wahab Riaz at the tail lifted Pakistan to a � ghting total.

Nasim started his ODI career for a duck on Friday, scored an unbeaten 96-ball 77, and rebuilt Pakistan’s innings with a 77-run sixth-wicket partnership with Haris Sohail before � nishing the innings explosively in Wahab’s company.

Left-arm pacer Wahab was the aggressor in the stand of 85 o� 66 balls, and ended the in-nings unbeaten on 51 o� 40. He was the key to Pakistan to turn the momentum of the game when he walked in the 39th over. Pakistan scored 85 runs in their last 11 overs, and 49 in their last � ve. l

HC starts hearing on Khaleda’s petitionsn Ashif Islam Shaon

The High Court yesterday started hearing the pleas submitted by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in three corruption cases.

Earlier, the bench of Justice Md Nuruzzaman and Justice Zafar Ahmed rejected a defence plea to adjourn the proceedings.

The petitions were � led in connection with the Barapukuria coal mine, Gatco and Niko graft cases, � led by the Anti-Corruption Commission during the army-backed caretaker government.

Lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan stood for the plainti� while Badruddoza Badal represented the accused.

Khurshid told the court that the defence

counsels had been wasting time by lodging time petitions repeatedly. Besides, the rules issued on di� erent occasions by the High Court had al-ready been disposed of by the Appellate division.

The court asked both the sides to complete the hearing by Wednesday.

The former three-time premier, her 10 min-isters and six others were made accused of graft for awarding a contract of the Barapukuria coal mine. Charges were pressed against all the ac-cused on October 5, 2008.

The ACC pressed charges against 11, includ-ing Khaleda, on May 5, 2008 in the Niko case and in Gatco case on May 13, 2008 accusing Khaleda and 12 others. The ACC recently decid-ed to revive the cases. l

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Annisul, Khokon not bothered by Khaleda’s presencen Abu Hayat Mahmud

Awami League-backed mayoral aspirants An-nisul Huq and Sayeed Khokon say they are not worried about BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s joining the city election campaigns for her party-sup-ported candidates.

“The city dwellers will cast their votes for the capable candidates who are able to make a planned and environment-friendly Dhaka. So it is not a major issue who joins the cam-paign,” Annisul said without mentioning about Khaleda during his campaigns at Nutun Bazar in Paikpara.

“I am running ahead of other candidates based on response of the city people in social media and the streets,” the Dhaka north may-oral aspirant said.

Three-time former premier Khaleda cam-paigned for Tabith M Awal on Saturday and yesterday.

Annisul said he hoped that people would not do a mistake after witnessing a long peri-od of subversive acts in the name of political movement.

He observes that Khaleda’s campaign may create negative impression among the voters as “she has already lost her acceptability for masterminding the killing of over 120 people since January 6.”

Former FBCCI president Annisul went to Mirpur Sheer-e Bangla Cricket Stadium around 3:30pm and watched the cricket match between Bangladesh and Pakistan. Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hasan Papon was present at that time.

Annisul later campaigned in Pallabi and Mirpur areas.

Dhaka south mayoral aspirant Sayeed Khokon said he was not worried at all because of Khaleda’s presence during campaigns “be-cause, I have been attached to the people of Dhaka since my childhood.”

While campaigning in Old Dhaka, Khokon said the BNP chief had ordered the killing of innocent people across the country including the capital only a few days ago.

“The city dwellers are peace loving. They will not accept anyone who masterminded killings.” l

Mahbub, Hasan campaign for respective party hopefuls in Chittagongn FM Mizanur Rahaman

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s adviser Khandker Mahbub Hossain yesterday cam-paigned for M Manjur Alam, the mayoral can-didate who the party backed for the upcoming Chittagong City Corporation polls.

Mahbub conducted campaigns in Riaj Ud-din Bazar and Tin Poler Matha areas in the morning under the banner of Bangladesh Sammilito Peshajibi Parishad, Chittagong.

He told reporters that the campaign was aimed at saving the country’s democracy and professionals had come out on the street with the aim in their minds.

“People will vote for Manjur to uphold the law and democracy, and it will gear anti-gov-ernment agitations up as well.”

Mahbub said only army deployment could remove the anxiety that exists among voters and it would also help them cast votes in a

free and fair environment. He said he had urged the government to in-

stall CCTV cameras inside every polling cen-tre to ensure fair voting.

“The Election Commission played the role of a silent spectator during the tenth general elections but people will resist any vote rig-ging attempts this time as they do not trust the commission. The city corporation polls are the biggest challenge for the commission to prove its neutrality.”

Meanwhile, Awami League Publicity and Publications Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud also conducted campaigns on behalf of AJM Nasir, the 14-party alliance-backed candidate, in Lalkhan Bazar and Kazir Dewri areas.

He claimed that BNP-backed candidate Manjur had failed to ful� ll his pledges despite receiving enough budgetary allocation from the government. Hasan urged voters to vote for Nasir to make Chittagong a livable city. l

Khaleda faces wrath of AL supportersn Tribune Report

Former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday campaigned for Dhaka north mayoral aspirant Tabith M Awal for the second consecutive day, but faced resistance by ruling party men at least three times.

Khaleda came out of her Gulshan residence around 4:30pm and when her motorcade reached near Uttara 1 of the capital, some 25-30 motorcycles joined in.

As they moved forward, Uttara unit Awami League president Tofazzal Hossain and Gen-eral Secretary Habib Hasan along with several hundred leaders and activists staged demon-stration with black � ags in their hands.

They also tried to cordon o� Khaleda’s mo-torcade. The ruling party leaders chanted slo-gans accusing the 20-party alliance chief of instigating the killing of people in the name of government-ouster movement since January 6.

Some of the slogans included “Killer Khale-da should reply why my brother was killed,” and “Ghost of Pakistan, go back to Pakistan.”

In such a situation, Khaleda’s personal se-curity forces and police tried to bring the sit-uation under control. But the demonstrators marched forward forcing Khaleda’s motor-cade to leave the spot.

The BNP chairperson then went to Uttara 3 and sought votes for Tabith at shops and shopping centres. She distributed lea� ets among them and urged to elect Tabith as a new generation candidate.

She again faced resistance near Amir Com-plex at Uttara 7. Around 100 ruling party lead-ers and activists staged demonstration on the street. The BNP supporters retaliated with counter slogans at that time.

Then Khaleda went to North Tower area under Uttara 7. After campaigning there, she was obstructed again at Sonargaon Jonopoth intersection.

Leaders and activists of ruling party’s stu-dent wing Bangladesh Chhatra League staged

agitations with black � ags. They also engaged in a brawl with the BNP chairperson’s security personnel.

Khaleda with her supporters later went to Jamuna Future Park area for campaigning.

Regarding Khaleda’s campaign, Tabith said: “Madam Khaleda Zia’s popularity is huge. Her campaign has added new dimen-sion to the campaign. If the election is held in

a fair manner, I will be the winner.”The three-time former premier started

campaigning for Tabith, son of her adviser Abdul Awal Mintoo, on Saturday. Tabith was endorsed by the BNP as Mintoo’s application had been scrapped by the Election Commis-sion.

There have been discussions whether Khaleda’s campaigning for Tabith amounts to

a violation of the electoral codes since all lo-cal government elections are supposed to be “non partisan” as per the law.

While she heads one of the largest political parties, Khaleda is not a member of the par-liament since she boycotted the last elections. The BNP chief did not walk the streets seeking votes before any of the city elections in the re-cent past. l

For the second consecutive day, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia takes to the street to campaign for Tabith Awal yesterday as she visited various markets in the capital’s Uttara area DHAKA TRIBUNE

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BNP-backed ward councillor aspirant arrestedn Kamrul Hasan

Police arrested a BNP-backed councillor aspir-ant of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) from the capital’s Chamelibagh area on Satur-day night.

The arrestee was identi� ed as BNP leader Kazi Hasibur Rahman alias Shakil, Ward 13 councillor aspirant of DSCC.

O� cer in-Charge of Paltan police station Tofail Ahmed said police picked him up and two of his followers from near his house in the area. The two followers were later released.

Shakil is an accused in four cases in-cluding a case of sabotage and a case � led for attacking and injuring police men, theo� cial said.

He is the second BNP-backed councillor aspirant arrested since the campaigns for the bifurcated Dhaka city corporation polls had begun.

Earlier, Mirpur police arrested another BNP-backed candidate Kayser Ahmed on April 16. l

CEC: Army deployment decision within a few days n Tribune Report

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibud-din Ahmed said the election commission would decide over Army deployment during the city corporations’ polls within a few days.

“The decision to deploy the armed forces will be made by the Election Commission at a meeting which will be held within a couple of days. Law enforcement agencies have as-sured the EC that the scenario of pre-election period is normal, so we are not convinced that the army needs to be deployed,” he said while talking to journalists at the election com-mission secretariat yesterday over security arrangements for the three city corporations ahead of the polls scheduled for April 28.

Inspector generals of Police, Ansar, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Coast Guard, additional commissioner of Special Branch, National Security Intelligence (NSI) and other high o� cials of the Election Commission and the law enforcement agencies were present at

the meeting.The CEC warned that if anyone used mus-

cle during the elections, the commission will reply with double power.

He also told reporters that returning of-� cers were taking action against violation code of conduct, and requested journalists to present objective reports about the elections.

About the violations of the code of con-duct, the EC said no general allegation will be considered, candidates will have to lodge speci� c complaints to the returning o� cers.

Asked whether BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s and Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad’s participation in the campaign violates the code of conduct, the CEC said the code ap-plies to any minister or anyone of equivalent position.

At the meeting on law and order ahead of the city polls, held at NEC conference room, most of the representatives of law enforce-ment agencies opposed the proposal for de-ployment of troops during the city polls. l

Afroza Abbas: Government want to in� uence electionn Adil Sakhawat

The wife of BNP-backed mayor candidate for Dhaka south Mirza Abbas yesterday claimed that the government did not want to deploy army during the April 28 elections in a bid to bring the results in their favour.

“The ruling party activists are creating obstacles during our campaigns in di� erent areas. They also threatened our supporters,” Afroza Abbas told reporters in the capital’s Ji-gatola area.

Since morning, Afroza campaigned in Ray-erbazar, Dhanmondi and New Market areas on behalf of her husband, the city unit BNP’s convener. City BNP’s Joint General Secretary Abu Sayeed Khokon and former lawmaker Ni-lufar Chowdhury accompanied Afroza at that time.

The other BNP-backed mayoral aspir-ant, from Dhaka north, Tabith M Awal on Saturday alleged that his supporters had been killed, kidnapped, tortured andthreatened.

Afroza yesterday demanded installa-tion of CCTV cameras inside polling cen-tres and deployment of army to ensure fair election. “If the government realises that the people want the army to be in place, where is the problem to deploy them duringthe election?

“We want army personnel from at seven days before the election,” she said.

Afroza alleged that the government did not want to grant the bail plea of Mirza Abbas as “they are informed about the popularity of my husband.”

During a rally in Jigatola, Afroza also called the supporters to guard the polling centres to prevent fake votes. l

Tabith thanks Khaleda for her campaignn Munir Momtaj

Tabith M Awal, the BNP-backed mayoral can-didate for Dhaka North City Corporation, yes-terday expressed his gratitude to party chief Khaleda Zia for giving his campaign a boost by canvassing for him on Saturday.

“Heartiest thanks to madam Khaleda Zia for taking part in this election campaign. Madam has immeasurable popularity and it will add a new dimension to this election.

“We have seven more days of election cam-paigning and I hope that we will be able to reach all the people by this time,” said Tabith, son of BNP chairperson’s adviser Abdul Awal Mintoo.

With his election symbol of bus, Tabith be-gan yesterday’s canvassing from the capital’s Taltola bus stand area.

Replying to a query, he said complaints have been � led against some candidates who were violating the electoral code of conduct. He expressed hopes that the Election Commis-

sion would take rapid measures against them.“We hope that the law enforcement agencies

will control the law and order situation [during the election],” the mayoral aspirant added.

Many leaders of the 20-party alliance joined Tabith’s canvassing e� orts yesterday, as did his mother Nasrin Awal.

Ahead of the April 28 election, the mayoral and councillor candidates for the Dhaka city polls will be allowed to seek vote from their constituents until the end of April 26. l

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Campaign against sexual assault mountingn Nure Alam Durjoy and Arif Ahmed

With every passing day, more and more people, mostly those without any political a� liation, are joining the string of protest against the recent sexual assault on women on Dhaka University campus.

Yesterday, several hundred students of the DU Department of Physics, covering their mouths with pieces of black cloths, staged what they said was a “silent human chain” on the campus.

Demanding immediate punishment for the assaulters, they stood in the human chain around the Doyel intersection on the campus from 1pm to 1:35pm.

They also carried placards, some of which read: “Do not play games, protect us,” “Administration, why are you silent?” “Do not blame the dress, change mentality” and “Stop violence against women.”

Before that, teachers and students of the Faculty of Fine Arts staged a human chain of their own and drew cartoons on the street.

DU unit of the Students’ Federation, Students’ Front and Bangladesh Chhatra Union brought out separate processions and marched around the campus in the morning.

In the evening, the Gonojagoron Moncho also brought out a process and circled around the Shahbagh intersection. l

Chhatra League reins in its womenn Nure Alam Durjoy and Arif Ahmed

The central leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League – the student body of the ruling party – barred their female members from protest-ing against the Pohela Boishakh assault on women on Dhaka University campus.

For reasons unknown, the Dhaka University unit of the student organisation also cancelled its Saturday’s protest against the assault.

DU-based female leaders and activists of Chhatra League, along with general female stu-dents, were scheduled to hold the protest pro-gramme on the campus on Friday afternoon.

The presidents and general secretaries of Chhatra League’s female hall units had con-vened the other female students of the uni-versity through social media.

They talked to the senior leaders of the or-ganisation’s central committee and university chapter and publicised the programme only after getting a positive response.

However, according to sources, around 12 noon on Friday, hours before the pro-gramme’s schedule, Chhatra League’s central General Secretary Siddique Nazmul Alam called up the female leaders and lambasted them for organising the protest.

Seeking anonymity, a DU-based leader told the Dhaka Tribune: “We cancelled the pro-gramme because we were asked not to stage it. We have no option but to comply with what the seniors say.”

On April 14 – Pohela Boishakh – a woman almost bare from the assault near the TSC roundabout ran towards the nearby Rokeya Hall and took shelter in its guest room. Eshat

Kash� a Era, general secretary of the hall unit Chhatra Leauge, helped her putting on her sari again.

Era, one of the organisers of Friday’s pro-test, yesterday said such assaults on women have become common in the TSC area during major programmes.

Asked why they cancelled the protest, Era said: “We must follow the senior leaders’ commands.”

On cancelling Saturday’s programme, Me-hedi Hasan, president of Chhatra League’s DU unit, claimed that they had never planned any such programme.

“It [protesting the assault] is not Chha-tra League’s duty alone,” said Omar Sharif, a close associate of Mehedi.

When contacted, Chhatra League General Secretary Siddique Nazmul Alam denied al-legations that he had prevented the female leaders from holding protests.

“I do not know anything about this. We are very busy with the upcoming city corporation elections,” he said.

Bangladesh Chhatra Union, student front of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, has been leading the protests since Pohela Boishakh. It has scheduled a countrywide protest for today.

Several other political and non-political student and civil bodies have already staged various programmes protesting the assault.

Holding protests centring social and po-litical issues is nothing new for the ruling party’s student body. That is why many have termed Chhatra League’s silence on the Pohe-la Boishakh assault issue strange. l

MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015

Police downplay sexual assaultsn Mohammad Jamil Khan

With little to report on six days of investigating the Pohela Boishakh sexual assaults on women on Dhaka University campus, police instead claimed that the media were exaggerating the story.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah yesterday said: “After ana-lysing the two-hour long CCTV footage, we did not � nd any acute sexual harassment at the Po-hela Boishakh event. It was just a mere scu� e.”

He criticised the media for rebuking the po-lice and holding law enforcers responsible for the incident.

Addressing reporters at the DMP head-quarters, the DMP boss said the video footage showed some scu� es breaking out near the Raju Sculpture causing a woman to fall down.

He did, however, con� rm that some sort of abuse had taken place and said a case had been � led with Shahbagh police station.

Asaduzzaman requested victims and wit-nesses to come forward and share information to help with the investigation.

“We have spoken to some witnesses, but they could not o� er concrete narratives and failed to provide details,” he said.

He claimed that police had the environs of

the Raju Sculpture under CCTV surveillance and had observed the pushing and shoving when it took place.

He said police immediately rushed to the spot and charged batons to disperse the crowd.

A DMP investigation team headed by Addi-tional Commissioner Ibrahim Fatemi visited the TSC and Suhrawardy Udyan gate yesterday morning. They spoke to the Dhaka University acting proctor Amjad Ali, Chhatra Union DU unit President Liton Nandi and other leaders, several tea vendors and policemen who were on duty when the incidents took place.

Liton Nandi yesterday said police had asked him what he had witnessed.

A DMP o� cial told the Dhaka Tribune, ask-ing not to be named, that the only progress the police had made was to identify some of those involved in the scu� e. “We know that the four or � ve identi� ed people belong to DU, but we are investigating them further,” he said.

Amjad Ali, however, said police detained and then freed a youth after taking his state-ment regarding the assault.

A university investigation committee headed by Pro-Vice-Chancellor Nasrin Ahmed has also identi� ed four youths, he said.

Meanwhile, confusion remains over the fate of Shahbagh Sub-Inspector Shamsul Alam blamed for negligence of duty. Shahbagh OC Sirajul Islam had said the SI had been closed, but the DMP commissioner denied it. l

Wearing black masks, students of the physics department of Dhaka University lead a procession on the campus yesterday protesting the Pohela Boishakh sexual assaults MEHEDI HASAN

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Kazi Farms to PM: Save poultry sector from goonsn Tribune Report

Kazi Farms, the leading poultry farm in the country, has sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s intervention to get rid of extortion by the local goons and the meddling of some trade union leaders in Thakurgaon.

“Kazi Hatchery Limited and Salander Feed Mill, sister concerns of the Kazi Farms, located at Habibpur village in Pirganj upazi-la of district, have appeared on the verge of closures due to the incessant extortion and criminal activists by some local trade union leaders and goons,” said Kazi Farms Managing Director Kazi Zahedul Hasan during a media brie� ng held at National Press Club yesterday.

The farm’s Executive Director Kazi Rezaul

Hasan as well as Directors Kazi Zahin Hasan and Kazi Zeeshan Hasan were also present in the press conference.

“As local police station did not give us any assistance in this regard, we seek help from the high-ups,” the MD continued.

Zahedul also alleged that the leadersand goons have been backed by an in� uential lo-cal who dominate police and the administration.

Being failed to realise their demands in-cluding pushing their chosen workers into the factory, the miscreants were threateningtheir employees, even they were creating var-ious sorts of obstacle to enter the factory, he went on.

Meanwhile, though they sought cooperation from the local parliamentary member Romesh

Chandra, he failed to control the leaders. “Police even refused to book a general di-

ary (GD) in this regard,” said Zahedul adding that about 350 trucks used to carry materials and other products to the factory everyday, from which the miscreants were demanding extortion Tk200 from each truck.

When asked, Thakurgaon Kuli-Sramik Union Secretary Md Ahmed Ali denied the allegation of extortion, telling that they have been urging the Kazi Farms authorities to re-cruit some workers chosen by them.

According to the company, it contributes over 65% of poultry products to the country’s demand and provides 35% of parent eggs. Be-sides, it has recently exported 50,000 pieces of hatching egg to Myanmar. l

43 teachers of SUST may resign todayn Our Correspondent, Sylhet

Demanding removal of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Vice-Chancellor Prof Aminul Haque Bhuiyan, 43 teachers of the university would resign today at 10:30am, the acting proctor of SUST Emdadul Hoque told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday.

With their resignation the proctorial and provost body of the university becomes vacant.

The tension was generated on SUST cam-pus on April 13 when 19 teachers from physics department and geography and environment

department of the university went to hold a talk with the VC over space allocation be-tween the departments.

Prof Dr Syed Badiuzzaman Faruque, head of physics department, and Prof Dr Sharif Md Sharafuddin, head of geography and environ-ment science department, resigned on the same day following alleged misconduct of the VC.

The teachers placed an ultimatum that at least 43 teachers of administrative de-partments of the university would resign on Monday if Vice-Chancellor Professor Aminul Haque Bhuiyan did not resign by Sunday.

The 43 teachers abstained from work yes-terday as their demand was not met, howev-er, the teachers are now determined to resign from their posts, said the proctor.

All the classes and exams were conduct-ed in due manner yesterday. Joint convener of a pro-liberation war platform of teachers Prof Mostabur Rahman said: “The teachers would go for next course of movements after submitting their resignation letters tomorrow [today].”

The VC could not be reached over mobile phone yesterday for his comments. l

UN-ESCAP: Bangladesh’s Asian Highway routes not up to scratchn Shohel Mamun

Bangladesh’s portion of the Asian Highway fails to meet the standards of quality required of it, according to the transport division of the United Nations Economic and Social Commis-sion for Asia and the Paci� c (UN-ESCAP).

A recently published report, a copy of which has been sent to the Road Transport and Highways Division, said two of the three local highways that are part of the Asian High-way network are supposed to meet interna-tional standards while the third should meet regional standards.

Yet not a single kilometre of the Bang-ladeshi roadways that are part of the Asian Highway meets the required standards, ac-cording to the UN-ESCAP report.

The report pointed to negligence on the part of the Bangladesh authorities as a cause of the sub-standard conditions of the local lengths of the highway.

But MAN Siddique, the secretary of the Road Transport and Highway Division, dis-puted this, saying: “We have not been neg-ligent in constructing the highways. We are working to ensure that international stand-ards are maintained.”

To encourage international and region-al trade, UN-ESCAP has worked to improve Asia’s international highway network since 1959. Currently, the Asian Highway network spans some 32 countries, with Bangladesh signing on in 2009.

The network is divided into � ve classes –

Primary, I, II, III and Below III – that are de-termined according to road design standards.

Primary refers to access-controlled high-ways used exclusively by automobiles. Ac-cess to the access-controlled highways is at grade-separated interchanges only. Mopeds, bicycles and pedestrians are not allowed.

The Asian Highway runs along three routes for 1,741km in Bangladesh – but fails to meet international standards.

Highways AH 1 and AH 2 are considered in-ternational highways, while AH 41 is consid-ered a regional highway.

Yet a mere 72 kilometres of the 1,741km Bangladeshi portion of the Asian Highway is a four-lane highway.

The four-lane portion does not meet the standards for the Primary category, but is re-garded as the only stretch of class I highway in the country. The remaining 1,553km, or 89% of the highway, meets class II standards.

Highway AH 2 runs 805.59km from Bangla-banda to Tamabil via Joydebpur, Dhaka, Kanchpur and Sylhet.

For 291.34km, the highway overlaps with AH 1, whose 514.25km route links Benapol to Myanmar via Kanchpur, Comilla, Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Teknaf.

Regional highway AH 41 has a length of 744.43km, connecting Khulna to Chittagong port via Kanchpur and Daudkandi.

Under the Asian Highway network, China, Japan, Iran, South Korea, Turkey, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia have built advanced highways that meet international standards. l

RAB to get tough on drug, arms dealersn Abid Azad

The director general of RAB yesterday warned that the force would trigger magazines if an-yone was found with narcotics and arms to-gether.

Benazir Ahmed said the action would be taken irrespective of the person’s personal and political identities.

“Drugs are spoiling the lives of our prom-ising youngsters,” he said while addressing a narcotics destruction programme at RAB 11 headquarters in Narayanganj.

State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who was the programme’s chief guest, said RAB has won the trust of the masses.

RAB 11 Commanding O� cer, Lt Col An-war Latif Khan, said his battalion had so far recovered 5,132kg marijuana, 23,334 bottles of phensedyl, 4,036 bottles of recodex, 2,160 bottles of foreign alcohol, 1,130 cans of beer, 27.6 litres of homemade liquor, 877 pethidine injections, and 5,275 yaba pills. l

Charges pressed against eight war crimes suspectsn Ashif Islam Shaon

Charges of crimes against humanity including the killing and the torture of thousands dur-ing the Liberation War were pressed against eight suspected war criminals from Jamalpur.

Prosecutor Tapos Kanti Baul submitted � ve counts of charges against the men to the Inter-national Crimes Tribunal’s registrar o� ce yes-terday, also accusing the men of being involved with the al-Badr, the anti-liberation force main-ly responsible for the killing of intellectuals.

After the formal charges were submitted, International Crimes Tribunal 2 led by Justice Obaidul Hassan � xed Tuesday to decide wheth-er it would accept the charges against them.

On March 2, law enforcers arrested two of the eight war crimes suspects, hours after the tribunal issued arrest warrants against them all.

The detainees are Advocate Shamsul Haque, 75, and AKM Yusuf Ali, 83, who contested the 1970 national election from Jamaat-e-Islami for the posts of provincial assembly member and national assembly member respectively.

The other absconding accused are: Ashraf Hossain, 64, Prof Sharif Ahammed, 71, Abdul Mannan, 66, Abdul Bari, 62, Harun, 58, and Abul Hashem, 65. They were involved with Islami Chhatra Sangha and al-Badr, according to the investigators.

Also yesterday, the tribunal asked prosecu-tion to submit charges, if there is any, on May 21 against three Cox’s Bazar war crimes sus-pects – Md Rashid, 84, Salamat Ullah Khan, 80 and Moulavi Jakaria. l

Infrastructural devin cyclone-a� ected areas stressed n Shadma Malik

Speakers yesterday urged the government for taking on infrastructure development initia-tives in the Sidr- and Aila-a� ected areas rath-er than focusing on human settlement.

They made the call at a seminar on climate change organised by International Centre for Climate Change and Development (Icccad) at Independent University, Bangladesh.

“For the � rst time, we are facing climate change e� ects. We do not adapt appropriately to climate change. We need to come up with ways to ensure full collaboration among the government, civil society and the community members,” said Professor M Omar Rahman, vice-chancellor of the university.

At the seminar, a presentation on climate change impacts in Bangladesh was shown. It showed how people are still struggling to cope with the e� ects of Sidr and Aila.

“People do no die in cyclones, they die in poverty,” said Dr Atiq Rahman, executive direc-tor of Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies.

Naresh Sharma, senior agriculture econo-mist at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment in Nepal, spoke about Local Adaptation Plan for Action initiatives in his country.

“Climate change programmes start from the community level and then reaches the global platform, which is happening in Bang-ladesh. We learned how Bangladesh has fo-cused on irrigation process as a way to cope with climate change impacts. “ l

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Hasan: Battery-run rickshaws to returnon Chittagong roadsn FM Mizanur Rahaman

Despite a High Court ban on battery-run rick-shaws, Awami League Publicity and Publica-tions Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday assured owners and drivers that the vehicles would soon return to the roads in port city.

The former environment and forests minis-ter was addressing a rally at Wasa intersection in Chittagong city organised by Chittagong Battery-run Rickshaw Owners-Drivers League.

Demanding that the restriction on bat-tery-run rickshaws be withdrawn, the owners and rickshaw pullers held the rally blocking Wasa-Kazir Dewri Road in the city around 11am, which led to a tailback in the area that lasted for several hours.

Hasan said there was no restriction from the government on battery-run rickshaws but the High Court had imposed the ban last year.

“This is because we now have a fully in-dependent and free judiciary. But the court might lift the ban if the su� erings of people which resulted from the restriction is brought to the court’s attention.”

The Awami League leader also urged the owners to � x the technical faults of the vehi-cles for the sake of passengers once the court lifted the ban. Jatiya Sramik League’s Chit-tagong city unit General Secretary, Nurul Is-lam, said some 50,000 families of battery-run rickshaw pullers had been leading a miserable life because of the court ban. l

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AL, BCL now unanimous against RU authoritiesn Nazim Mridha, Rajshahi

The authorities of Rajshahi University are facing tougher stance from both the city unit Awami League and university unit Bangladesh Chhatra League, although vice-chancellor of the university have verbally assaulted by some leaders of the ruling party four days back.

Teachers and students of the RU yesterday continued their agitations on the campus for the third consecutive days, demanding pun-ishment of the leaders of Awami League who assaulted RU VC.

On Saturday, Rajshahi city Awami League leaders in a press conference claimed that the news of assaulting VC was not true. They also demanded apology from the VC and some senior teachers of the RU for misbehaving with them.

They also threatened to launch movement against RU VC for his removal, if he would not seek apology within seven days.

At the press conference, the ruling party men claimed that they had gone to VC’s o� ce to inform him about irregularities which were going on at the university, but he along with some senior teachers misbehaved with them.

Rajshahi city unit Awami League Gener-al Secretary Dablu Sarker was present at the press where Vice-President Mahfuzur Rah-man Loton read out a written statement.

Meanwhile, RU unit BCL also submitted a memorandum with seven points demand to the VC on Saturday and also threatened with tougher movement to remove him if their de-mands are not meet soon.

Several BCL leaders, however, wishing an-onymity told the Dhaka Tribune that the BCL had submitted the memorandum to put the university authorities at stake as per order of Rajshahi city Awami League.

However, students and teachers of di� erent departments and Progressive Teachers Associa-tion separately held a human chain and brought out a procession, protesting the assault to VC and demanding punishment to the AL leaders.

Speakers condemned the incident of as-sault on VC and demanded punishment of the responsible AL leaders.

They also urged the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to take action against ruling party leaders for their misdeeds and cancellation of parliament membership of Rajshahi 1 law-

maker Omar Faruk Chowdhruy.On Thursday, a group of local leaders led

by the ruling party’s Rajshahi city unit Gener-al Secretary Dablu Sarker and Vice-President Shahadat Hossain barged to the o� ce of RU VC Prof Muhammad Mizanuddin. Then, they reportedly demanded recruitment of their preferred candidates as employees and of-� cers in di� erent posts of the university.

However, when VC said the recruitment process would take place as per the university rules, then ruling party men started hurling abusive words at the VC.

During the incident, the leaders also phys-ically assaulted science faculty Dean Prof Ha-bibur Rahman and RU Students’ Adviser Prof Sadequl Are� n Matin while the teachers come forward to calm down them.

On Wednesday, Rajshahi 1 lawmaker Omar Faruk Chowdhury allegedly assaulted VC ver-bally and threatened to oust VC Mizanuddin over the university’s � ne of Tk25 lakh to one of its a� liated institution Shah Makhdum Medical College for alleged irregularities in admission process. MP Faruk is the governing body chairman of the institution. l

337 Bangladeshis return home from Yemen, 136 more to arrive todayn Adil Sakhawat

Yesterday, 337 Bangladeshi citizens who were evacuated from Yemen returned to the coun-try from Kochi port in Kerala, India and 136 more are scheduled to arrive today.

After an Indian naval ship evacuated them from Yemen, the Bangladeshis were taken to Af-rican country Djibouti and then were brought to Kerala on Indian passenger ships on Saturday.

Later, two Biman Bangladesh Airlines � ights carried them to Dhaka early yesterday.

The � rst � ight, carrying 190 of the evacu-ees, landed at Dhaka Airport around 4:30am and the second � ight carrying the rest of them

landed around 5am.State Minister for Foreign A� airs Md

Shahriar Alam, who received the evacuees at the airport, said all of them were in safe con-dition.

“Indian ships have evacuated 508 Bangla-deshis from Yemen so far,” he added.

The136 Bangladeshis include � ve women and four children and will return today via special � ights of Biman, according to a press re-lease issued by the Ministry of Foreign A� airs.

They were evacuated from Hodeida city of Yemen and taken to African country Djibouti on April 16.

The Bangladeshi evacuees are being taken

to a shelter there, arranged by the the Bangla-deshi diplomats stationed in Djibouti, led by Ambassador Maj Gen Mohammad Ashab Ud-din, to ensure safe return home for the Bang-ladeshi citizens.

War-torn Yemen became a battleground with the rise of Shia Houthis who took over capital Sanaa six months ago and ousted Pres-ident Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

After the Saudi Arabia launched air strikes in Yemen, the situation became worse.

India has carried out massive evacuation operation – not only for its own citizens, but for other nationals as well – in Yemen for a month, before calling it o� last week. l

Three of the 337 Bangladeshis, rescued from a war-torn Yemen and brought home on a special Biman Bangladesh Airlines � ight around 4:30am yesterday, seem quite relieved as they head out of Dhaka airport DHAKA TRIBUNE

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Fruit bagging tech getting popularityn Our Correspondent, Rajshahi

Fruit bagging technology is going to be pro-moted in mango orchards in Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj commercially during the forthcoming pre-harvest season to protect fruits from pest attack and facilitating the farmers to get quality yield.

The technology was � rst introduced pri-marily last year and as it had been found ef-fective, this year the technology has been in-troduced commercially, said Dr Saraf Uddin, Senior Scienti� c O� cer of Scientists of Re-gional Horticulture Research Center (RHRC) in Chapainawabganj.

“The technology is used just before the pre-harvest period to protect mango from pest attack and snow-hit,” Saraf said. “It also reduces the use of harmful chemical insecti-cides and pesticides that will help to retain the quality and color of mango,” he also said.

According to Department of Agriculture Extension sources, there are about 30 lakh mango trees of di� erent ages and varieties on some 32,816 hectares in the region with crea-tion of many more new mango orchards and increased mango farming in the homesteads in recent years.

If the bags were used substantially, use of

harmful chemical insecticides and pesticides could be reduced to a greater extent on the huge trees. Thereby, the technology will open up a new door of exporting mango.

Scientists of RHRC have released the tech-nology among the growers this year after attain-ing a remarkable success in this � eld last year.

Already, a private organization procured the specialized bags from China for supplying to the farmers at a cost of Tk3-4 per bag.

Dr Safar says pre-harvest fruit bagging is a useful approach for plant protection and im-proved post-harvest fruit quality as bagging of mango fruits for lower insect and disease damage in fruits

This is a well-known practice in many of the mango-producing countries but informa-tion is lacking on its e� ects on the external and internal characteristics of the fruits, the appropriate bagging mate-rials and the economics of its adoption.

Bagging with

di� erent paper materials resulted in fruits with lower insect and disease damage and minimized fruits quality defects. Thick waxy magazine signi� cantly prevented fruit � y damage with infestation ranging from zero to less than one percent.

Dr Alim Uddin, Principal Scienti� c O� cer of Fruit Research Station in Rajshahi, said: “Mango is one of the commercially important fruit crops in the region but the important cash crop is prone to attacks of insect pests and diseases in all stages of development.”

If the technology is used, there will be no spot on mango in the bagged ones. Besides, the mango could be protected from all kinds of diseases and pests that will boost the vol-ume of exportable mango. Apart from this, as

the market price of the bagged mango is lucra-tive the growers can sell their produce in high price of at least TK500 per mounds.

However, the concerned quarters viewed that this year the price of mango would be higher than earlier period because the use of bags would add an extra value a bit in market.

Taslim Uddin, a farmer of Kanshat of Chap-ainawabganj said: “ I have 50 hectares mango orchards and I have used the technology for about 15 heactares.”

Taslim however expressed fear that the use of the technology would impact the mar-ket prices of mango as it would add an extra production cost. Sanowa Haque, a farmer of Tanor in Rajshahi said: “I am aware of the technology as it is costly.” l

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Probe committee formed over trader’s death from alleged police torture n Our Correspondent,

Gopalganj

Police in Kotalipara upazila have been accused of torturing a man to death.

A three-member committee headed by the additional po-lice super has been formed to investigate Saturday’s death of 32-year-old Juel Fakir.

On Saturday noon, Juel, son of Taiyab Fakir, fell in a pond and drowned after police had alleg-edly chased him in Barshapara village.

Juel’s brother Sohel Fakir claimed that police had severe-ly beaten Juel for gambling and also stamped on him, which led to his death.

But Kotalipara police station Sub-Inspector, Md Sayem Su-jan, said Juel and several men were gambling by the pond and they all ran to � ee when police arrived there.

“While running, Juel slipped and hit a tree, thus fall-ing in the pond. He was taken to the upazila health complex where doctors declared him dead,” he said.

Resident Medical O� cer of the health complex, Dr Pre-mananda Mondol, said police and several others brought Juel there but he could not be treat-ed as he had died earlier.

“He had injuries in the forehead and legs but how he actually died could be known after the post-mortem,” he said.

O� cer-in-Charge of Ko-talipara police station, Md Ab-dul Latif, strenuously denied the allegation of involvement of police in Juel’s death. He said police do not use baton to beat up anyone for gambling as there are speci� c laws to deal with such cases.

“Police always follow those laws. We have detained many gamblers in the past and they all were sentenced as well as � ned by mobile courts.”

Juel’s body was sent to Go-palganj General Hospital for autopsy and OC Latif said no one had lodged any formal complaint over the trader’s death.

Md Mizanur Rahman, su-perintendent of police in Go-palganj, termed gambling a social crime, and said Juel had died while running away from a gambling session to avoid be-ing caught.

“We have formed the probe committee to look into the claim of Juel’s family that po-lice were responsible for his death. Actions will be taken against any policeman if he is found guilty of the death.” l

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Forestation project at Baikka Beel falls � atn Our Correspondent, Moulvibazar

About two years ago, the Department of For-est took an initiative to plant a huge number of trees at Baikka Beel to provide shelter and food for the birds and also to preserve the en-vironment.

However the forestation e� ort was not met with much success due to lack of planning and monitoring.

According to Climate Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (Crel), an NGO working at Baikka Beel, the forest department planted various trees during the 2012-2013 � scal year under the climate trust fund.

Hijal and Korosh trees were planted in 20 hectares of land spending Tk7 lac. And in 50 hectares a total of 12,500 Murta plants were planted spending Tk1,464,950.

A recent visit by this correspondent to this ecologically critical area could not � nd any Murta plant. Though some Hijal and Korosh trees were seen, Murta, a cane-like plant lo-cally popular for weaving � oor mats, was non-existent.

Md Shamsuddin, treasurer of Borogangina Wealth Management Association, an organi-sation involved in managing Baikka Beel, said Murta plants planted by the forest depart-ment did not exist any more.

“After the forest department planted the trees, they did not contact any of the private organisations associated with managing Bai-kka Beel. Hence there was no one to take care of them. Most of the Murta plants died within one to two years of planting,” he said.

Sylhet division forest o� cial Md Delwar Hossain said: “The trees were planted to create

shelter for the birds and enrich the ecology of the area. But we are frustrated with the Murta plants, which did not go as we planned. How-ever, the Hijal-Korosh trees are still there.”

Meanwhile, Crel planted about three thou-sands trees in 2014. Moniruzzaman Chowd-hury, an o� cial of Crel, said they took utmost care during and after planting the trees.

“We placed a stick beside each sapling and ensured that they are well taken care of. We also planted heavy trees such as mangoes, banyans, arjun etc,” he added.

The Ministry of Land declared the 250-acre Baikka Beel as a sanctuary for � shes and birds in 2003. Since then � shing and collecting aquatic plants have been banned here.

Every year Baikka Beel turns into a heaven for migratory birds ushering in a number of tourists and nature enthusiasts. l

7 get life term for Pirojpur lawyer murdern Our Correspondent, Barisal

A Barisal court yesterday sentenced life term imprisonment to seven people for killing a lawyer from Pirojpur � ve years ago.

The convicts are Kamrul Islam Khan, Mon-irul Islam Santu, Rezaul Talukdar, Al-Amin Shikdar Rony, Mizanur Rahman Jamaddar, Azizul Huq Khokon and Soharab Khan.

Barisal Speedy Trial Tribunal judge Dilip Kumar Bhoumik gave the verdict and acquit-ted three from the charges. The court also � ned them Tk20,000 each, in default, they will have to su� er one year more in jail.

Of the convicts, Rony, Mizanur, Khokon and Soharab had remained absconding during

the verdict announcement. According to the case statement, the con-

victs gunned down Pirojpur district bar asso-ciation member advocate Giasuddin Masud in Kachuakathi village in Kawkhali upazila here on October 11 in 2009.

Police later recovered the bullet-riddled body from Kawkhali bailey bridge area. In the incident, the lawyer’s brother Al-Amin Khan launched a murder case against ten people.

In 2011, local criminal investigation depart-ment � led the charge sheet in the case which in 2013 was transferred to Barisal Speedy Trial Tribunal.

The tribunal gave the verdict after examin-ing 28 witnesses and evidence. l

Two die in mudslide in Chapainawabganj n Our Correspondent, Chapainawabganj

Two people were killed in a mudslide in Ujir-pur village of Shibchar upazila, Chapainawab-ganj yesterday morning.

Chairman of Ujirpur union parishad Abdul Malek said: “Shirajul and Khudu, residents of Ujirpur village, went to put sand bank on a dam to stop erosion of the Padma River which has turned alarming in the locality over a few days.”

When they were putting sand bags, a big chunk of earth fell on them around 9am.

They died on the spot. Later, the local people recovered their bod-

ies from under the mud, he said.O� cer-in-Charge of Shibchar police sta-

tion Moinul Islam told the Dhaka Tribune that he was aware of the matter. l

One killed in clash over gambling n Our Correspondent, Gaibandha

A man was killed and 35 others got injured in a � erce clash over gambling in a local Pohela Boishakh programme at Tilakpara village in Sadullapur upazila here yesterday.

The deceased is Abu Taleb, 45, from Chak-nadi village of the upazila.

Of the injured, nine were admitted to dif-ferent local hospital and clinics in a critical condition.

Sources said there was a fair in Ragab-endrapur village on the occasion of Pohela Boishakh in which some youths from nearby Tilakpara village lost money in gambling on Friday.

As sequel to the incident, people from both villages locked in clash, leaving 15 people in-jured. However, police later brought the situ-ation under control.

Later yesterday, people from Ragaben-drapur, Kathal Lakshmipur and Chaknadi villages, equipped with indigenous weapons around 9am, swooped on Tilakpara village triggering a � erce clash that left Abu Taleb dead on the spot.

When asked, Sadullapur police station OC Latiful Islam acknowledged the incident, say-ing they deployed additional police personnel to shun untoward incident further. l

Classes are being held at Balua Choumohoni Government Primary School in Dholiya union under Feni sadar upazila yesterday although a major portion of its tin roof was blown down by the nor’wester on April 3 FOCUS BANGLA

Nor’wester kills seven in Kishoreganj, Mymensingh n Tribune Report

Seven people have been killed and 15 oth-ers injured when nor’wester swept over Kishoreganj and Mymensingh yesterday.

The deceased are Hazrat Ali, 35, and his son Lijon, 10, Shitol Bormon, 45, Abdul Man-nan and Rita Begum, 12, Abdul Karim and Jalal Uddin Bhutta.

In Kishoreganj: Five people were killed in the storm in four upazilas of the district.

O� cer-in-Charge of Pakundia police sta-tion Hassan Al Mamun said Hazrat and his son Lijon were killed as a tree fell on their tin-shed house during a storm in Jangalia village around 4am Sunday.

He said the bodies have been sent to Kishoreganj sadar morgue for autopsy.

Shitol and Abdul died in separate incidents when tree fell on them during the storm on Saturday night.

On the other hand, Rita died when a branch of a tree fell on her at night.

Additional Police Super, Koshoreganj Liton Kumar Shah con� rmed the deaths of the � ve people to the Dhaka Tribune.

He said some 500 eshatblishments includ-ed houses, schools and madrasas were dam-aged in the nor’westers.

In Mymensingh: Two were killed and 15 others injured in the storm on Saturday night.

Fulbaria police station OC Refat Kamal Ra-jib said Abdul Karim died and � ve others were injured when a tree fell on a shop at Radha Kanai bazar at night.

Muktagachha upazila OC Kamal Hos-sain said: “Jalal died and 10 others wereinjured when a tree fell on them in Shontosh-pur area.”

Besides, one Ilias Ali died in thunderstorm in Baliapara village under Trishal upazila. l

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700 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreckn AFP, Rome

As many as 700 migrants were feared drowned yesterday after their packed boat capsized o� Libya in what was described as the deadliest such disaster to date in the Mediterranean.

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and Ita-ly’s coastguard said only 28 people had sur-vived the wreck. Their testimonies suggested there had been about 700 people on board the 20-metre (70-foot) � shing boat, o� cials said.

“It seems we are looking at the worst mas-sacre ever seen in the Mediterranean,” UN-HCR spokeswoman Carlotta Sami said.

The European Union announced an emer-

gency meeting of foreign and interior minis-ters to discuss what Amnesty International blasted as an avoidable “man-made tragedy.”

Coastal authorities in Italy and Malta picked up a distress signal from the stricken vessel around midnight (2200 GMT) on Satur-day, when it was about 70 miles (126 km) o� the Libyan coast and 110 miles (177 km) south of the Italian island of Lampedusa.

The Italian coastguard instructed a nearby merchant ship to go to the scene and it was when the Portuguese-registered King Jacob arrived at the scene that the � shing boat cap-sized, most likely as a result of the terri� ed passengers stampeding to one side in their desperation to get o� , the UNHCR’s Sami said.

A total of 17 boats scoured the area for sur-vivors yesterday but only 24 bodies had been recovered so far, the coastguard said.

The disaster was the latest in a growing catalogue of mass drownings of migrants at-tempting to reach Europe on overcrowded, unseaworthy boats run by people smugglers who are able to operate out of Libya with impunity because of the chaos engul� ng the north African state.

The most serious incident prior to yes-terday occurred off Malta in September 2014. An estimated 500 migrants drowned in a shipwreck caused by traffickers delib-erately ramming the boat in an attempt to force the people on board onto another,

smaller vessel. In October 2013, more than 360 Africans

perished when the tiny � shing boat they were crammed onto caught � re within sight of the coast of Lampedusa.

That horri� c tragedy was described at the time as a wake-up call to the world but 18 months later there is no sign of a let-up in the numbers attempting the perilous crossing in search of a better life in Europe.

The latest disaster comes after a week in which two other migrant shipwrecks left an estimated 450 people dead.

If the worst fears about yesterday’s trag-edy are con� rmed, it will take the death toll since the start of 2015 to more than 1,600. l

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ISIS or Taliban? Either way, fear stalks war-weary Afghansn AFP

Claims that the Islamic State group car-ried out a deadly suicide bombing in Af-ghanistan raise questions about whether the culprits are the real deal or Taliban turncoats now waving the ISIS black � ag.

Either way, war-weary Afghans seem to be in for the bloodiest � ghting season in a decade.

The bomb on Saturday ripped through a crowd of government o� cials waiting to draw their salaries outside the Kabul Bank in the eastern city of Jalalabad, killing at least 34 people and wounding more than 100.

It was the most lethal bombing in the country to be claimed by insurgents al-legedly allied with ISIS, which has cap-

tured swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq but never formally acknowledged having a presence in Afghanistan.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani re-peated the claim by the attackers in a speech on Saturday, intensifying fears that the IS’s brutal reign of terror was creeping into Afghanistan, already in the grip of a � erce Taliban insurgency.

But analysts - and even some o� cials within the Ghani administration - view the claim with caution. It remains un-clear whether the self-styled IS attackers have the o� cial sanction of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State.

“There are two type of ISIS,” deputy Afghan intelligence chief Hesamuddin Hesam told parliament yesterday.

“One that operates in Syria and one that is in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan they are the same old Taliban who have swapped their white � ag with black, and have become more swift and deadly.”

The Taliban, which distanced itself from Saturday’s attack, have seen defec-tions in recent months - with some in-surgents apparently adopting the IS � ag to rebrand themselves as a more lethal force as Nato troops depart.

“We’ve known that IS has been in Af-ghanistan for some time. (Saturday’s) attack ... may just re� ect IS’s desire to appear active while it is under pressure in Iraq and Syria, but if we see follow-on attacks, a pattern may emerge,” said JM Berger, analyst and co-author of “ISIS: the State of Terror.” l

Indian farmers protest plans to ease land acquisitionn AP, New Delhi

Tens of thousands of � ag-waving farmers rallied in India’s capital yes-terday to protest a government plan to ease rules for obtaining land for indus-try and development projects.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said existing rules, established in 2013 to protect land owners from land grabbing and forced relocation, were creating obstacles that were spook-ing investors. He and industrial lead-ers say the rules should be simpli� ed to entice foreign business and boost manufacturing in India.

Modi passed an executive or-der in December doing away with some of the rules. The unilateral move upset opposition parties and rights groups that had long fought for legal safeguards on land acqui-

sition, and they vowed to fight any effort to make the changes perma-nent after the order expired earlier this month.

Rights activists, labor unions and many among India’s hundreds of millions of farmers say the changes effectively trample the rights of the poor. They accuse Modi of catering to corporate interests, and worry changing the law will leave them vulnerable to poor compensation packages or forced relocation from ancestral lands.

“With the single-minded agenda of kneeling before the corporates ... this government has shown that it simply does not care for the poor and toiling people, for our land, ag-riculture and nature,” the National Alliance of People’s Movements said in a statement. l

Khamenei says Iran nuclear weapons are a US ‘myth’‘The other side is methodically and shamelessly threatening us militarily ... even if they did not make these overt threats, we would have to be prepared’n Reuters, Dubai

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khame-nei told military commanders yesterday the United States had created the “myth” of nuclear weapons to portray Iran as a threat, hardening his rhetoric before nuclear negoti-ations resume this week.

Khamenei, the highest authority in Iran, has supported the talks but continues to ex-press deep mistrust of the United States.

“They created the myth of nuclear weap-ons so they could say the Islamic Republic is a source of threat. No, the source of threat is America itself, with its unrestrained, desta-bilising interventions,” Khamenei said in a televised address to a hall of several hundred

military commanders.“The other side is methodically and

shamelessly threatening us militarily ... even if they did not make these overt threats, we would have to be prepared,” he said.

Iran and six world powers including the Unit-ed States reached a framework accord on Iran’s disputed nuclear program this month and will resume negotiations in Vienna this week, aim-ing to reach � nal deal by the end of June.

The accord was a step towards a settle-ment that would allay Western fears that Iran could build an atomic bomb, with economic sanctions on Tehran being lifted in return.

Despite signi� cant progress, the two sides still disagree on several issues, including how quickly international sanctions would be lift-

ed under a � nal deal.Earlier this month, Khamenei insisted that

all sanctions be lifted immediately on a deal being reached, a condition that the US State Department dismissed. He warned of the “devilish” intentions of the United States, even as he rea� rmed his support for Iran’s negotiating team.

Khamenei also criticised US support for a Saudi-led o� ensive in Yemen, where a coali-tion of Arab countries is bombing Iran-allied Houthi rebels who seized the capital San-aa last year and took control of other parts of the country.

“Today these tragic events are happening in Yemen and the Americans are supporting the oppressor,” he said. l

Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi, accuses him of being anti-poorn Agencies

Projecting the government as “anti-farmer” and “pro industrialist,” Congress yesterday declared full scale war against it over Land Acquisition Bill with Rahul Gandhi accus-ing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of bring-ing ordinance on it to pay back ‘loan’ of industrialists.

The Congress vice-president, who just returned from a two-month absence from public life, said the new land bill is not only against the interests of farmers but also the tribals.

“I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top in-dustrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snach their land and give it to his indus-trialist friends,” he said addressing a farmers’ rally here. l

EDITORIAL12DT

MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015

It is encouraging to see continued Japanese interest in investing in new special economic zones in Bangladesh.

The indications made by the Japanese ambassador, follow the govern-ment’s purchase of land in Gazipur for allocation to Japanese investors.

We welcome the con� dence being expressed by trade partners such as China and Japan in the future of the nation.

It is vital the government make best use of all the levers at its disposal to attract more private investment, from both home and abroad.

Competitor nations such as Cambo-dia and Myanmar are enjoying consid-erable success in attracting overseas investment. With our large market and youthful population, we have huge un-tapped potential to boost FDI and create the new higher-value jobs the economy needs.

As a bare minimum, the government must overcome some of the barriers relating to red tape, actions by land grabbers, and poor infrastructure which have hampered the growth of existing SEZs.

The government should also go much further and faster with plans to set up new EPZs and industrial zones around the cuntry.

A start can readily be made by making better use of the signi� cant amounts of often idle and unproductively used land which the government owns or control through state bodies and enterprises.

The opportunity cost of failing to productively use such resources are huge. The government should pro-actively lease or sell these lands for the development of new factories and industrial parks. This would help attract new investment and provide a stronger platform for future growth.

Use unproductive state land to attract vital investment

Let private investors develop idle state land

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Ansarullah planned blogger murder for 15 daysApril 3

SujonThis does not make sense. I have to say, I am doubtful about the government’s willingness to curb these out� ts if they operate in our country. Ours is a densely populated country, people are law-abid-ing, tolerant, and have zero sympathy for terrorists. How di� cult it is to bust the dens of any terrorists if they exist? I leave it up to

the readers’ imaginations as to where the government intends to take the country. I am worried about the future of my country. Very worried.

JaguarRidiculous. I wonder who oversees this Detective Branch? Clearly a lack of oversight has transformed it into a total joke!

DTBNP demands army

deployment in city pollsApril 1

Molla A LatifBlockade is on. Hartals are called. Petrol

bombs are hurled. Innocent people are killed and burned to ashes. And why? First

it was for the fall of the govt. Then it was for a fair and free election under a CTG.

Then it came to for a meaningful dialogue. Has any of these been achieved by that

andolon? Or has the andolon failed and is now � nished? The netri is still in her o� ce.

But the delegation goes to the EC for army deployment in the CC polls! Is it the

election BNP was doing andolon for? Does this man have any common sense?

Trainee pilot killed in Rajshahi plane crash

April 2MITUL

Well, as they are saying: “Tamanna tried to land the plane but ... blah blah blah ...”

so WTF was the trainer, the retd lt colonel, doing? Sleeping?

12 mayor hopefuls face criminal cases

April 2Sam

Looks like the EC are it again. If you want to pursue candidates with dubious creden-

tials, why pick the BNP-wallahs? For God’s sake, be even-handed and go for the crooks

from the other side as well. Everytime I pin my hope on a glimmer, it’s dashed by the

thoughtless actions of the powers-that-be. The govt must be castigated for putting up a tamasha with tax payers’ money. Do it by

the book, or just install the govt’s chosen candidates and spare us from this spectacle

of another make-believe election.

Government needs sex educationApril 2

MoniraAliAll our problems in a nutshell. The govern-ment pretends it is doing something pro-gressive and unenlightened while actually reinforcing harmful prejudices.

SaleemDon’t we all!

BazbananSaleem: Speak for yourself

To catch a killerApril 2

ShammislamWell said about the need for courageous citizens. But don’t single out the transgen-dered alone, other bystanders helped also. Especially if you are going to make a fatuous party political point in praise of the AL -- the very party that talks of secularism while lock-ing people up and disparaging them when they express it. They have not helped reduce the power of religious extremists, however much they say they are against them.

Candidates raise voice against violation of polls codeApril 2SammyLol … as if the Election Code applies to BAKSAL!

It is not enough to condemn the outrageous sexual assaults which took place at the capital’s most prominent Boishaki celebrations last week.

As a society, we need to address the attitudes which embolden and en-courage some men to harass women and which deter many from using public spaces in the � rst place.

Some mayoral candidates have proposed women-only buses as a way to make public transport safer for women. We welcome the intention of their pledges to make public transport more accessible and popular. Special buses will be especially welcome for the many hundreds of thousands of factory workers who have to walk at all hours to and from workplaces.

However, we must go further than merely alleviating the problems caused by sexual harassment and begin to address its root causes.

This means rooting out the prevalence of archaic and discriminatory attitudes which allows so many public spaces and streets to be dominated by men in ways which put many women o� from using them equally.

There is no reason why cities should not generally be safer places for peo-ple of all ages. With more people out and about, everyone ought to feel safer moving around.

In order for this to happen, we have to end impunity for all types of sexual harassment. Attitudes must change so that it is perpetrators of sexual harass-ment and not its victims who are stigmatised.

We need make sure all women feel empowered and protected enough to ward o� unwanted attention to make our streets safe for everyone.

Change attitudes to � ght sexual harassment

Address the discriminatory attitudes which embolden perpetrators

OPINION 13D

TMONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015

n M Abdul Latif Mondal

On April 6, the government promoted 873 o� cials to the posts of additional secretary, joint secretary, and deputy

secretary in the Bangladesh Secretariat com-monly known as “the seat of the government.”

Everybody would welcome the promo-tions of o� cials, provided they are made following the established rules and regula-tions in this regard. Two basic conditions for promotions are, a) the availability of vacant posts, and b) satisfactory service records of the aspirants. There was hardly any violation of these conditions not only during the Pa-kistan days but also in the � rst two decades of independent Bangladesh. But during the last 24 years or so, these conditions for promotions have been violated more than honoured.

Two major political parties, the BNP and the Awami League, have been ruling the country since the early 90s almost in succes-sive politicised promotions to mid-level and senior-level posts in the administration. We � rst saw the large-scale politicisation of pro-motions to the di� erent tiers of administra-tion in early 1992. The mass upsurge against the autocratic rule of the Ershad government brought about its downfall in December 1990.

The BNP that came to power, following the national election of February 1991, promoted more than 700 o� cials of di� erent cadres

of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) in order to draw their sympathy to the new government even though there were no approved vacant posts.

As a result, many of the promoted o� -cials had to wait for a year or so as o� cers on special duty (OSD) in the then Ministry of Establishment (now Ministry of Public Administration). These OSD had to be paid their salaries and allowances in the enhanced scales even though they were not required to perform any work. This was a breach of administrative and � nancial discipline.

The AL that came to power in 1996 me-ticulously followed the practice initiated by the BNP government in promoting o� cials in the administration. After coming to power in 2001, the BNP-led four-party government changed the promotion rules more than once to facilitate promotion of those o� cers who served their political purpose or who had good connections with the right people. This happened even though there were no vacant posts.

The AL-led grand alliance that came to power in January 2009 following the national election of December 2008 did not take much time in promoting o� cials to the ranks of deputy secretary and above in the secretariat on political consideration. This was done without taking into consideration the avail-ability of approved posts. For instance, on September 7, 2009 the government promoted

60 joint secretaries, 163 deputy secretaries, and 271 senior assistant secretaries to the posts of additional secretary, joint secretary, and deputy secretary respectively when there were no required vacancies in these posts.

The latest round of promotions on April 6 was no exception. Prior to the promotions, the o� cials in the three ranks outnumbered the vacant posts. The additional o� cials were either passing their days as OSD in the public administration ministry or were working in the positions held by them prior to their promotion.

According to the Dhaka Tribune’s April 7 issue, before these promotions, there were 1,280 deputy secretaries against 830 approved posts. The number of joint secre-taries is 869 against 350 posts and additional secretaries of 229 against 120 posts.

What may happen now? There will be competition among the promoted o� cials to get postings and they will end up involved in politics. Those who will fail to get postings in the promoted duty posts will pass their idle days as OSD in the public administra-tion ministry or will continue to work in the positions they were holding before promo-tions. Both the methods go against the long established administrative discipline.

Our constitution says that parliament may, by law, regulate the appointment and conditions of service of persons in the service of the Republic (Article 33). In the absence

of such an Act of Parliament, the successive party governments in the past four decades have politicised appointments, promotions, and postings of government servants.

The AL-led alliance government that came to power in January 2009 said that it would enact a law in the parliament to regulate appointments, promotions, etc of o� cials in the administration. Even a draft law was prepared and comments were invited from the stakeholders and the people. But it did not see the light of day during the tenure of the AL-led alliance government. Enactment of the law has thus become uncertain.

The need for enacting a law to regulate appointments, promotions, and postings of government servants in the administration can hardly be over-emphasised. The enact-ment of an appropriate law will particularly mean a check on the “long arm” of the exec-utive (ie the prime minister, ministers, state ministers, deputy ministers, and persons holding these ranks) to manipulate promo-tions in the administration.

This will help promote o� cials to higher posts in the administration on the basis of their e� ciency, honesty, and seniority and prevent politicisation of the administration to a large extent. This will also lead to ful� l-ment of a constitutional obligation. l

M Abdul Latif Mondal is a former government secretary.

Too many secretaries

n Ibtisam Ahmed

The universal appeal of democratic con-sensus can be hard to argue against. In a world where unanimity is impossible

due to free thought, the next best thing, logically, is allowing the majority to make de-cisions. On paper, it sounds good enough. In reality, it is a tyrannical concept made worse by its alleged value.

Majority rule -- or, more speci� cally, keeping the majority happy -- is the mandate being used to suppress the rights of large por-tions of the global population. It is the excuse bandied about when persecuting religious minorities in the Middle East.

This includes the campaign by terrorist organisation IS to kill Christians in Iraq and the legislation by the legitamised regime in Saudi Arabia to kill atheists. It is the same logic applied by Buddhist extremists in Myanmar in their relentless campaign against the Rohingya Muslims.

Securing and preserving democratic con-sensus is why LGBTQ+ individuals are still considered criminals in most of the world’s countries and why legislation like the Indiana Right to Discriminate Bill can pass in places where they are, nominally, citizens with equal rights.

Since they represent a minority of the population, their voices are always drowned out by the majority. This is why Indian Penal Code Section 377 was reinstated in 2012. Even in cases where minorities are allowed to have a say, such as the upcoming equal marriage referendum in Ireland, there is the obvious

risk of them being overruled by sheer force of numbers.

Particularly problematic is consolidating minority rights that might go against the accepted religious and social norms of the majority, even if these rights do not actually infringe on anyone’s way of life. In these cas-es, the ideal solution would be not to inter-fere, but the integrity of majority sentiments is likelier to overrule minority freedoms than not. Such is the reality of democratising rights.

As it is, true democracy and accountabil-ity do not exist even in the most watertight political system. When this � awed concept is then applied to rights, it is not only prob-lematic, it is downright immoral. Rights, by de� nition, should be universal and unques-tionable. Minority rights, in particular, need to be protected by these principles because they a� ect disadvantaged groups.

Yet, majority rule has always been used to deny them equal treatment. Part of the movement against women’s su� rage was based on framing the female population as a minority. Black civil rights movements were similarly stalled on the notion of disrupting the way of life for the many for the bene� t of the few.

Legally, these notions should have no leg to stand on. This is why some judiciaries can be expected to uphold pro-minority rulings. Section 377 had been repealed by a Delhi High Court after all, before popular demand brought it back. The same can be said of the 2010 Bangladesh Supreme Court ruling against the � fth amendment to the constitu-

tion, e� ectively reinstating secularism but not really put in practice.

Even in the West, that bastion of de-mocracy, it has been a rejection of majority consensus that has led to greater respect for minority rights. Anti-LGBTQ+ laws like Prop 8 were voted in by referenda but eventually overturned by legal means, though that has not stopped other laws from being proposed for future ballots.

Slovenia recently ruled that any rights-based laws cannot be voted on as that goes against the spirit of universality. Unfortu-nately, this type of sense is very rare in the world.

As evidenced by the ine� ectiveness of most judicial rulings, the entrenchment of democratic decision-making in the way society thinks means there needs to be a fun-damental shift in the way people view rights and, indeed, democracy itself. Simply being part of a larger group should not give anyone a larger say. If that is how rights continue to operate, they can no longer legitimately be called so. l

Ibtisam Ahmed is a PhD student at the University of Nottingham, researching political utopianism and imperialism. He can be contacted on Twitter at @ibzor.

Might should not make right

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OPINION14DT

MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015

n Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

Robin Reda became the youngest mayor of France when he was elected from Juvisy sur Orge. After the victory, which undoubtedly

caught the attention of his countrymen, 22-year-old Reda got a phone call from no one less than former president Nicolas Sarkozy who urged him to build his career as a politician.

Not yet 40, Naheed Kurban Nenshi was reelected as mayor of Calgary in Canada’s Alberta with 74% votes in 2013. That he was successful is all but obvious.

There are dozens of other instances where voters are embracing the more youthful representatives, who in turn are changing things for the better. But in Bangladesh, barring a few exceptions like Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Shahriar Alam, and some others, there are no instances of young leaders coming to the fore.

Dhaka’s mayoral race, however, o� ers a refreshing change of scenario. The candi-dates are comparatively young. And more refreshingly, they have not been part of the noxious political machinery long enough to have become tainted themselves.

However, given all these examples, the reality in Dhaka may not be as romantic as some of these cities.

Local government elections here in Bang-ladesh are necessarily non-partisan in nature, meaning that political parties cannot directly nominate candidates unlike in the national

parliamentary polls; instead they can only extend their support to aspirants.

Despite that, since the inception of city corporations in the big cities, it has always been seasoned politicians -- Mohammad Hanif, Sadeque Hossain Khoka, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Badruddin Kamran, and Khairuz-zaman Liton to name some -- who have en-joyed the necessary political backing to have eventually triumphed in competitive coting.

But does that mean that these political stalwarts have succeeded in bringing in their decades of experience into the city adminis-tration and build truly livable cities? Nobody will dare say that they have.

Years of development rush (read uncon-trolled and unplanned urbanisation) has robbed Dhaka of its heritage and prestige, turning it into one of the most densely popu-lated and polluted cities in the world.

The air has turned poisonous; water in the rivers in and around the city has been polluted to such extents that � sh – or for that matter most marine organisms -- cannot survive.

Hundreds of skyscrapers have shrouded the city’s skyline. If Dhaka had a voice, it would have cried out in sheer agony.

The seasoned politicians who have been at the helm of city administration for decades,

must take the blame for the ordeals of a city that could have had a better fate.

So, time has come to reorganise the cap-ital, to build a more humanitarian capital; a green and livable city.

The young mayor hopefuls like Tabith M Awal, Mahi B Chowdhury, Zonayed Saki, Sayeed Khokon, and Abdullah Al Ka� do not have the experience that some of their pre-decessors had. Then again, experience has

never brought us anything good in the past.These young turks who are running for

mayor in the country’s capital have visited many modern, livable cities around the world and have seen what it takes to make a city livable.

Moreover, they are young and appear to be very enthusiastic. They have nothing to lose and nobody to fear. And they have a much better chance of taking down corruption for good than their experienced forerunners.

Of those � ve names already mentioned, Tabith, at 36, is the youngest, and none of the others is above 50.

This year’s city elections indicate another good thing about the country’s future. These young mayor hopefuls have stamped a slam on the face of those who believe that young guns are not interested in joining politics.

As the major political parties do not practice democracy within their fabric, these young leaders have taken this as a chance to come to the forefront and show people what the energy and aggression of youth can do.

Last year, Rosie Corrigan became the mayor of Selby at the age of 21 -- the youngest ever in the history of Britain. In 2008, Jeremy Yamaguchi, a college student, became the mayor of Placentia in California, at the age of 22.

Just Google their names and you will see that these two young people have not done bad at all. l

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla is a political reporter at the Dhaka Tribune

They are young and very enthusiastic. They have nothing to lose and nobody to fear. And they have a much better chance of taking down corruption for good than their experienced forerunners

Will young Turks steal the show?MEHEDI HASAN

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Remittance in� ow to see record high in 2015 Reopening of Saudi market will help earn higher remittance this yearn Kayes Sohel

Remittance in� ow in Bangladesh is expect-ed to see a record rise this year in the wake of recent reopening of labour market by Saudi Arabia and global economic recovery, says a World Bank report.

However, the country slipped one notch to eighth position, pulling US$15bn from its global migrant workers, among the top most 10 remittance-earning countries in the world, despite its 8% rise in remittances during the period, according to World Bank’s Migration and Remittances: Recent Developments and Outlook, which was released last week.

The top remittance recipient countries in 2014 are-India ($70bn), China ($64bn), the Philippines ($28bn), Mexico ($25bn), Nigeria ($21bn), Egypt ($20bn) and Pakistan ($17bn). Other large remittance recipients are Vietnam ($12bn) and Lebanon ($9bn).

Migrants’ remittances to the developing countries are estimated to have reached at $436bn in 2014, a 4.4% increase over 2013 level and remittances to South Asia rose by an esti-mated 4.5% in 2014, compared to 2.5% in 2013, driven by sharp increases in remittances to Bangladesh, according to the World Bank study.

In line with the expected global economic recovery next year, the global � ows of remit-tances are expected to be accelerated by 4.1% in 2016, to reach an estimated $610bn, rising to $636bn in 2017.

Remittance growth in South Asia region is projected to remain � at at 3.7% in 2015, sup-ported by large scale construction activities (including preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar) and � scal expansion in GCC countries and improving economic pros-pects in the United States.

The level of remittance in� ows to the developing countries is expected to reach $459bn in 2016 and $479bn in 2017.

“The resumption of migration of Bangla-deshi workers to Saudi Arabia also portends well for remittance growth in that country,” said the study.

Fall in oil prices does not appear to have reduced remittances from the Gulf Coopera-tion Council (GCC) members, especially to In-dia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, and several countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

“Remittances to South Asia Region grew despite concerns that lower oil prices might dampen remittance � ows from the GCC coun-tries. This may re� ect the concentration of

the region’s migrant workers in the construc-tion and services sectors, which are relatively less a� ected by falling oil prices.”

Remittances remain a signi� cant contrib-utor to the economy of the country as it ac-counted for more than 6% of GDP and 77% of forex reserves.

The Bangladeshi diaspora has the larg-est diaspora savings, among the low-income countries, with savings of about $9.5bn as bank deposits in destination countries. These savings build a strong case for issuance of di-aspora bonds, that can be issued by the Bang-ladeshi government like other countries—In-dia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Ghana, Nepal and Ethiopia.

United States, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Rus-sia and the United Arab Emirates remained as the top � ve migrant destination countries and apart from India, China, Philippines, Mexico and Nigeria are the top � ve remittance recipi-ent countries in terms of value of remittances, said the report.

The remittance in� ow stood at $11.25bn in

the � rst nine months (July-March) of the cur-rent � scal year, an increase of over 7% in the same period a year earlier, according to the Bangladesh Bank.

In the last � scal year, the remittance was $14.23bn, which is 1.61% down from the pre-vious � scal year’s $14.46bn due to the polit-ical turmoil and stagnant situation in man-power export.

“Stable exchange rate of the local currency against US dollars was one of the main driv-ers for the increased remittance in� ow in the country,”said an o� cial of the central bank.

The global average cost of sending $200 held steady at 8% of the value of the transaction, as of the last quarter of 2014.International remit-tances sent via mobile technology accounted for less than 2% of the remittance � ows in 2013, according to the latest available data. l

Commerce ministry asks for budget fund to end FBCCI building works n Tribune Report

The commerce ministry sent a letter to � -nance division recently requesting Tk10 crore allocation in the revised budget this � scal year to complete the construction works of the country’s apex trade body’s headquarters, o� cial sources said.

Earlier, the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry de-manded a block allocation of Tk10 crore from the state co� ers in the current � scal year’s revised budget to complete the construction.

The 13-storey headquarters building is be-ing constructed on some 14.43 kathas of land at Hatkhola close to Motijheel commercial area in the capital Dhaka.

The works are expected to end by June or July this year. The � nance division letter said the fund allocation would facilitate the works to be completed by the stipulated time.

But a Finance Division o� cial told Dhaka Tribune that the division had given Tk10 crore budget allocation in last � scal year for the same purpose. He said the division thinks the allocation was enough to complete the works.

Joint commerce secretary Khandaker Fate-ma Begum signed the letter addressing to sen-ior � nance division secretary Mahbub Ahmed.

FBCCI laid the foundation stone of the building on May 6, 2012 with Finance Minister AMA Muhith attending the function.

Finance Division regularly provides � nan-cial support to the di� erent business cham-bers and associations for the development of their infrastructures and capacity building.

The trade body provides necessary sup-ports in favour of 54 district chambers and 215 associations across the country. l

Tk10 crore budget allocation was also made for the construction works last � scal year

‘The resumption of migration of Bangladeshi workers to Saudi Arabia also portends well for remittance growth in that country’

BUSINESS16DT

MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015

Questions on India’s GDP keep coming for statisticiansn Reuters, New Delhi

Ashish Kumar, the head of India’s statistics o� ce, has faced two months of questioning about how a new way of measuring GDP cre-ated the world’s fastest-growing major econo-my overnight.

It’s unlikely to end any time soon.Until early February, when Kumar’s o� ce

changed the way it measures economic ac-tivity, India was enduring its weakest run of growth since the mid-1980s. Now it is outpac-ing China, having grown an annual 7.5% in the fourth quarter of last year.

Policymakers were � ummoxed by the sta-tistical transformation, particularly as the revised data was released without a histori-cal series, making it hard to put the number in context or understand what it was saying about the economy.

“The day starts with a question and ends with a question,” Kumar told Reuters. “Almost every week we keep getting queries from RBI and the � nance ministry about the data.”

“We are trying to compile a historical se-ries and hope to provide it by the end of De-cember,” he said.

Until then, the questions may keep on

coming - a state of confusion that is persisting to the point where it risks wrong-footing � -nancial markets and even policymakers. The statistics o� ce has set up an internal panel to audit the data and invited an International Monetary Fund team to review it. The IMF re-view starts on April 22.

Last week, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) pointed out several gaps in the new � gures, which it said clouded an accurate assessment of the economy and could lead to poor policy.

Others have been more scathing in their criticism. Morgan Stanley’s Ruchir Sharma, for example, has called the new numbers a “bad joke” aimed at a “wholesale rewriting of history”.

The statistics o� ce says the new calcula-tion, which measures GDP by market prices in-stead of factor costs, is more in line with global practise and helps to better understand the structural changes taking place in the economy.

The RBI and � nance ministry agree, and aren’t questioning the decision to change the methodology. But they can’t reconcile the data with other indicators showing less vi-brant growth.

For example, the new, robust expansion doesn’t correspond to subdued corporate

earnings and weak industrial production - and statisticians disagree over the way a new data set is used.

The statistics o� ce attributes the diver-gence to the use of an improved database of hundreds of thousands of private companies. Previously, a small sample of large � rms was used.

But R Nagaraj, an independent member of a government-appointed panel that � rst suggested using the companies database to calculate GDP, says the mismatch re� ects a decision to extrapolate the new data instead of taking it as a straight reading of output.

As a result, Nagaraj said, gross value ad-dition in manufacturing is more than double the � gure his panel’s suggested methodology would have produced.

Kumar, the head of the statistics o� ce, said the rationale was to make the samples comparable over a period of time.

“There has to be some benchmarking so that you compare the comparable,” Kumar said. “We haven’t come across any defect in our methodology.”

“We don’t have any political agenda,” Ku-mar said. “Whatever questions are coming, we are answering them.” l

A worker climbs up to a pillar of a metro railway under construction in Kolkata REUTERS

Runner Automobiles Limited has recently held an opening ceremony to inaugurate a caravan for displaying its products. The chairperson of Runners Group, Ha� zur Rahman Khan was present on the occasion

G20 powers fear volatile marketsn AFP, Washington

Finance o� cials from the G20 group of world economic powers expressed concern Friday about the risks of market and exchange rate volatility but avoided talk of Greece’s � nan-cial plight.

Meeting in Washington during the IMF-World Bank spring gathering, G20 central bankers and � nance ministers said the ap-parent strengthening in advanced economies “could support a stronger global recovery.”

But they warned the economy is still vul-nerable to “important challenges” including exchange rate volatility, stubborn low in� a-tion, high public debt and geopolitical ten-sions.

But the group avoided any o� cial mention of the biggest risk to � nancial stability at the moment, the risk that Greece could default on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of debt and drop out of the eurozone.

“This was not discussed during the o� cial sessions of the G20,” said Ali Babacan, the Turkish deputy prime minister and current G20 president.

Fresh fears that Greece will not secure more bailout funding from the European Un-ion before huge loan payments come due in have sent European equity markets falling again Friday.

While the group avoided Greece, it did say that countries need to do more to boost growth for the near term, and that major cen-tral banks need to communicate clearly their policies not to add to market turmoil.

Babacan though said that the US Federal Reserve, whose plan for raising interest rates this year has sent shivers through global � -nances, is doing “a much better job” of com-municating its intentions.

“Clear communication is very important not just for the US economy but globally be-cause of the possible spillover e� ect,” he said.

The G20, meanwhile, said it wanted the IMF executive board to continue e� orts to implement the 2010 package of quota and funding reforms, despite the continued lack of o� cial rati� cation from the United States, the Fund’s largest shareholder.

The G20 said the IMF should seek alter-nate, interim measures to implement the 2010 reforms, to give large emerging econo-mies like China and India greater voice at the Fund, rather than start a new process.

The refusal of the US Congress to ratify the reform package has angered other IMF mem-bers and warnings that Washington is eroding the fund’s e� ectiveness and credibility. l

‘Electric cars won’t spread even with rapid chargers’n Reuters, Yokohama

Battery-powered electric vehicles don’t have a practical future as a long-range alterna-tive to conventional cars even if technologi-cal breakthroughs allow them to be charged quickly, a top engineer at Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday.

Electric vehicle (EV) supporters have touted developing high-speed charging technology as the way forward for cars like Nissan Motor Co’s Leaf. But Yoshikazu Tanaka, chief engineer of Toyota’s hydrogen fuel-cell car Mirai, said that would guzzle so much energy at once as to de-feat the purpose of the EV as an ecologically sound form of transportation. l

BUSINESS 17D

TMONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015

IMF nations point to exchange rate, geopolitical risks

n Reuters, Washington

The International Monetary Fund’s member nations on Saturday warned of risks to the global economy from exchange rate shifts and geopolitical tensions as they took note of “moderate” global growth and “uneven pros-pects.”

While economies in developed countries have strengthened, some emerging nations are being hit by weaker commodity prices and exports, the IMF’s steering committee noted in a communique.

With the United States poised to hike inter-est rates, the panel - speaking for the Fund’s 188 member nations - said moves toward “policy normalization” needed to be e� ec-tively communicated to reduce adverse im-pacts on other economies.

It also said the “possibility of lower growth potential” was becoming an important global challenge, a topic the panel’s chairman said was central to talks on Saturday.

“I came out of this meeting with a sense of optimism,” the chairman, Mexican Finance

Minister Agustin Carstens, said. “The fact that a lot of the discussion basi-

cally rotated around how to increase growth ... and not only discussing risks - I think that was a very good sign.”

The spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank, which conclude on Sunday, have taken place amid growing concerns cash-strapped Greece will fail to reach agreement with its European Union and IMF creditors on re-forms that would unlock bailout cash and stave o� default.

At the same time, risks of a stronger dollar and low commodity prices have hit emerg-ing markets as China’s blistering economic growth has slowed.

Low in� ation remains a concern for many developed economies despite signs the Euro-pean Central Bank’s quantitative easing pro-gram has boosted Europe’s ailing economy, and the communique called for easy mone-tary policies to be maintained where needed.

“Global imbalances are reduced from pre-vious years, but a further rebalancing of de-mand is still needed,” the communique said.

That appeared to echo U.S. concerns over Ger-many’s huge current account surplus.

In the United States, the central bank’s moves toward a rate hike have sent the dollar soaring, and o� cials from nations around the globe warned of the risk of � nancial and eco-nomic disruptions as the path of major central banks diverge.

Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver said in a statement to the IMF panel that “among the most signi� cant downside risks (was) the potential for � nancial instability associated with asynchronous monetary policy in sys-temic economies.”

While there has been little sign at the meetings of a renewed � are-up in the “currency wars” despite a surge in the value of the dollar against the euro and yen, China’s growing economic clout has overshadowed the talks.

Beijing has touted its own development bank, a rival to the established Washing-ton-based institutions, and is pushing to in-clude the yuan in the IMF’s currency basket to re� ect its economic might. l

Bank of Mexico Governor Agustin Carstens (L) and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde attend a news conference at the conclusion of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Plenary Session REUTERS

China to accelerate reforms to support yuan in IMF currency basket n Reuters, Washington

Beijing will accelerate reforms to the coun-try’s currency as part of a push for the yu-an’s inclusion in the International Monetary Fund’s currency basket, China’s central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said on Saturday.

In a statement to the IMF steering com-

mittee, Zhou argued that Beijing had made strides toward making the yuan freely con-vertible, and that it should be included in the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights basket.

China has committed to further open its cap-ital account and liberalize the way the exchange rate for the yuan, or RMB, is managed, includ-ing reducing currency market intervention.

“China is not far from achieving its goal of RMB capital account convertibility,” Zhou said.

Winning approval for the yuan’s inclusion in the IMF’s currency basket could raise Chi-na’s standing in the global � nancial system and mark an important step in Beijing’s emer-gence as a global power.

The United States, the IMF’s top share-

holder, has said China’s currency is not yet ready to join the SDR basket. A top IMF of-� cial said China does not want to bend the rules in its favor.

Zhou had earlier commented on the cur-rency reform push in an interview with Xin-hua reporters in Washington on Friday, where he was attending a meeting of the IMF. l

Germany still has some way to go to ‘smart factories’ n AFP, Hanover

Collaborative robots and intelligent machin-ery may have wowed the crowds at this year’s Hannover Messe, but experts see German industry as having some way to go towards incorporating them on factory � oors in what could become the fourth industrial revolution.

The undoubted star of the world’s largest in-dustrial trade fair which closed its doors in the northern German city on Friday was YuMi, a collaborative dual-armed robot made by Swiss-based automation technology group ABB.

ABB says it developed YuMi primarily for the consumer electronics industry and it is capable of handling the delicate and precise parts of a wristwatch to components used in mobile phones, tablets and desktop PCs.

But it will increasingly be rolled out to cover other market sectors as well, the company said.

And it is completely safe, so that YuMi and human co-workers can work side-by-side on shared tasks without protective fencing or cages.

Chancellor Angela Merkel put its safety features to the test when she visited the stand and placed her � nger inside the gripper on YuMi’s right arm, causing it to stop.

At another stand, the German � rm Beck-ho� showed o� its automated assembly line able to adapt itself seamlessly to handle dif-ferent parts according to their shape, size and colour, while the human co-worker is equipped with a special smartwatch to moni-tor the process and intervene if necessary.

Digital revolution Industry views the merging of production and online technology as the way forward for man-ufacturing, where “smart” factories use infor-mation and communications technologies to digitise their processes, boosting quality and e� ciency at the same time as cutting costs.

Digitisation is being heralded as the fourth industrial revolution - hence the term widely used in Germany of “Industrie 4” - following the invention of the steam engine, mass pro-duction and automatisation.

With nothing less than Germany’s mighty industrial prowess at stake, politicians and business leaders are keen to wave the “Indus-trie 4” � ag.

The government has even launched a new working group of businesses, unions and re-searchers to look into ways of moving digitisa-tion forward and which will present its ideas and � ndings later this year. But German com-panies still have a long way to go, experts say.

A recent survey by the BITKOM federation for information technology, telecommunica-tions and new media, found that currently four out of 10 companies in key industrial sec-tors use Industrie 4 applications. l

BUSINESS18DT

MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015

SECTORAL TURNOVER SUMMARY

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

Bank 179.86 3.19 14.27 2.91 194.12 3.17NBFI 223.78 3.97 13.65 2.79 237.44 3.88Investment 18.62 0.33 1.09 0.22 19.71 0.32Engineering 744.36 13.21 58.49 11.94 802.85 13.11Food & Allied 160.55 2.85 9.15 1.87 169.69 2.77Fuel & Power 1608.61 28.55 157.67 32.19 1766.28 28.84Jute 4.93 0.09 0.00 4.93 0.08Textile 799.72 14.19 59.51 12.15 859.23 14.03Pharma & Chemical 698.18 12.39 35.66 7.28 733.84 11.98Paper & Packaging 21.10 0.37 11.70 2.39 32.81 0.54Service 325.04 5.77 18.56 3.79 343.60 5.61Leather 12.02 0.21 1.29 0.26 13.31 0.22Ceramic 56.24 1.00 7.37 1.50 63.60 1.04Cement 132.34 2.35 13.79 2.82 146.13 2.39Information Technology 122.85 2.18 8.24 1.68 131.09 2.14General Insurance 20.11 0.36 0.63 0.13 20.73 0.34Life Insurance 58.01 1.03 2.31 0.47 60.32 0.98Telecom 133.69 2.37 26.40 5.39 160.08 2.61Travel & Leisure 152.48 2.71 23.62 4.82 176.11 2.88Miscellaneous 159.79 2.84 26.30 5.37 186.09 3.04Debenture 1.58 0.03 0.16 0.03 1.73 0.03

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News, analysis and recent disclosuresAGRANINS: The Board of Direc-tors has recommended 10% cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2014. Date of AGM: 30.05.2015, Time: 11:00 AM, Venue: Institution of Diploma Engineers Bangladesh, 160/A, Kakrail, VIP Road, Dhaka. Record Date: 29.04.2015. The Company has also reported EPS of Tk. 1.84, NAV per share of Tk. 15.56 and NOCFPS of Tk. 0.43 for the year ended on December 31, 2014.SIBL: The Company has informed that Cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2014 has been disbursed to the respective shareholders Bank Accounts through Bangladesh Electronic Fund Transfer Net-work (BEFTN) System.UNIONCAP: The Company has informed that it has credited the bonus shares for the year ended on December 31, 2014 to the respective shareholders BO Accounts through CDBL system on April 16, 2015.SONARGAON: As per Regulation 30 of DSE Listing Regulations, the Company has informed that a meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on April 29, 2015 at 3:30 PM to consider, among others, audited � nancial statements of the Company for the year ended on December 31, 2014.TAKAFULINS: As per Regulation 30 of DSE Listing Regulations, the Company has informed that a meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on April 30, 2015 at 3:30 PM to consider, among others, audited � nancial statements of the Company for the year ended on

December 31, 2014.MERCANBANK: As per Regulation 30 of DSE Listing Regulations, the Company has informed that a meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on April 22, 2015 at 3:00 PM to consider, among others, audited � nancial statements of the Company for the year ended on December 31, 2014.IPO Subscription: Olympic Ac-cessories Limited Subscription 19.04.2015 TO 23.04.2015, NRB UPTO 02.05.2015. O� er Price per share Tk. 10.00, Market Lot (Shares) 500.Dividend/AGMABBANK: 12.50% stock, EGM and AGM: 17.05.2015, Record date for EGM and AGM: 23.04.2015.IFIC: 15% Stock dividend, AGM: 17.06.2015, Record Date: 20.05.2015. MERCINS: 10% cash dividend, AGM: 09.06.2015, Record Date: 22.04.2015. NORTHRNINS: 10% stock divi-dend, AGM: 13.06.2015, Record Date: 22.04.2015. CITYGENINS: 10% stock divi-dend, AGM: 15.06.2015, Record Date: 22.04.2015. SHASHADNIM: 20% cash and 15% stock dividend, AGM: 21.05.2015, Record date: 23.04.2015. POPULARLIF: 40% Stock divi-dend, AGM: 11.06.2015, Record Date: 23.04.2015. BGIC: 12% cash dividend, AGM: 11.06.2015, Record date: 23.04.2015. DHAKABANK: 14% cash and 10% stock, AGM: 13.05.2015, Record date: 21.04.2015.

CSE GAINER

Company Closing (% Change)

Aver-age (%

Change)

Closin-gAvg. Closing DHIGH DLOW Turnover

in MillionLatest

EPSLatest

PE

Khan Brothers-N 9.96 8.70 25.11 25.40 25.40 23.80 3.867 1.18 21.3 Argon Denims Limited-A 9.85 9.05 28.79 29.00 29.00 26.80 1.144 2.89 10.0Sonargaon Tex -Z 9.68 11.35 10.20 10.20 10.20 10.20 0.000 -0.84 -veZahintex Ind.-N 9.63 9.63 14.80 14.80 14.80 14.80 0.186 1.03 14.4Alltex Industries -Z 9.44 6.88 25.00 25.50 25.60 23.70 5.196 2.02 12.4Sa� o Spinning-A 9.09 7.55 20.37 20.40 20.50 18.40 0.114 1.24 16.4Janata Insur -A 8.77 8.83 12.45 12.40 12.50 12.00 0.019 0.37 33.6Khulna Power-A 8.73 6.19 64.80 66.00 66.40 61.30 16.824 6.36 10.2Prime Textile -A 8.72 8.38 16.16 16.20 16.30 16.00 0.040 1.00 16.2Paramount Textile Ltd.-A 8.38 7.22 19.01 19.40 19.60 17.60 1.943 1.84 10.3

DSE GAINER

Company Closing (% Change)

Aver-age (%

Change)

Closin-gAvg. Closing DHIGH DLOW Turnover

in MillionLatest

EPSLatest

PE

Shahjibazar Power-N 9.97 5.40 163.94 169.80 169.80 154.60 63.171 8.68 18.9CMC Kamal Tex. -A 9.93 7.13 16.22 16.60 16.60 15.10 12.480 1.43 11.3Envoy Textiles Ltd-N 9.89 7.94 50.58 51.10 51.10 46.40 22.012 4.84 10.5Alltex Industries -Z 9.83 6.34 24.99 25.70 25.70 23.50 46.173 2.02 12.4Zahintex Ind.-N 9.70 9.78 14.70 14.70 14.70 14.70 0.869 1.03 14.3Khan Brothers-N 9.61 6.38 24.68 25.10 25.10 22.90 36.635 1.18 20.9Sonargaon Tex -Z 9.57 9.93 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 0.008 -0.84 -veSa� o Spinning-A 9.57 4.30 19.87 20.60 20.60 19.00 13.811 1.24 16.0Khulna Power-A 9.45 5.98 64.70 66.00 66.20 60.50 317.418 6.36 10.2Zaheen Spinning -N 9.31 8.08 21.66 22.30 22.40 20.10 28.102 1.32 16.4

CSE LOSER

Company Closing (% Change)

Aver-age (%

Change)

Closin-gAvg. Closing DHIGH DLOW Turnover

in MillionLatest

EPSLatest

PE

Standard Bank -A -12.50 -12.85 9.70 9.80 9.80 9.60 0.747 1.85 5.2Islami Bank BD - A -8.85 -7.86 17.47 17.50 18.50 17.30 1.350 2.46 7.1Pragati Gen. I -A -8.79 -5.33 31.24 30.10 33.00 30.00 0.016 2.47 12.6City G Insu.-A -8.21 -5.00 12.73 12.30 13.40 12.20 0.031 1.59 8.0Mercantile Insur -A -6.92 -6.69 12.13 12.10 12.20 12.10 0.022 1.51 8.0IBBLMPB-A -6.48 -6.48 902.50 902.50 902.50 902.50 0.155 0.00 -Phoenix Insur -A -6.44 -6.44 21.80 21.80 21.80 21.70 0.011 3.88 5.6Reckitt Benckiser -A -6.21 -6.21 1,461.30 1,461.30 1,462.00 1,461.00 0.029 42.33 34.5Union Capital -A -5.81 -5.61 14.63 14.60 14.70 14.50 0.013 1.50 9.8Paramount Insur-A -5.34 -4.91 12.40 12.40 12.40 12.40 0.005 1.13 11.0

DSE LOSER

Company Closing (% Change)

Aver-age (%

Change)

Closin-gAvg. Closing DHIGH DLOW Turnover

in MillionLatest

EPSLatest

PE

Standard Bank -A -10.81 -12.12 9.79 9.90 10.00 9.60 5.415 1.85 5.3Islami Bank BD - A -9.28 -6.83 17.60 17.60 18.10 17.50 9.138 2.46 7.2Progressive Life-A -7.90 -9.04 71.95 72.30 73.00 72.00 0.059 2.30 31.3IBBLMPB-A -7.01 -7.00 901.50 901.50 901.50 901.50 1.577 0.00 -Jute SpinnersA -6.80 -7.09 41.81 41.10 42.00 40.10 0.024 -43.64 -veReckitt Benckiser -A -5.75 -4.79 1446.04 1422.60 1538.00 1418.00 6.043 42.33 34.2BD Fixed Income MF-A -5.08 -4.92 5.60 5.60 5.60 5.60 0.017 0.48 11.7Modern Dyeing -Z -4.96 -5.45 69.33 69.00 74.90 68.40 0.026 -0.50 -veUnited Finance - A -4.83 -4.72 19.99 19.70 20.90 19.30 3.864 2.10 9.5Global Insurance -A -4.76 -4.71 13.96 14.00 14.50 13.50 0.119 1.12 12.5

DSE key features April 19, 2015Turnover (Million Taka)

5,633.85

Turnover (Volume)

135,474,340

Number of Contract

141,331

Traded Issues 310

Issue Gain (Avg. Price Basis)

173

Issue Loss (Avg. Price Basis)

134

Unchanged Issue (Avg. Price Basis)

3

Market Capital Equity (Billion. Tk.)

2,491.61

Market Capital Equity (Billion US$)

30.20

CSE key features April 19, 2015Turnover (Million Taka)

489.85

Turnover (Volume)

13,495,082

Number of Contract

22,848

Traded Issues 228

Issue Gain (Avg. Price Basis)

137

Issue Loss (Avg. Price Basis)

87

Unchanged Issue (Avg. Price Basis)

4

Market Capital Equity (Billion. Tk.)

2,410.87

Market Capital Equity (Billion US$)

29.22

BUSINESS 19D

TMONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015

Stocks begin week � at with persisting volatility n Tribune Report

Stocks opened the week � at yesterday amid high vola-tility, extending the mood for the second consecutive sessions, as the political impasse continued to jitter investors.

The market lost around 34 points at open before re-covering well in mid-session but failed to sustain as prof-it-taking sell-o� cut all the gains.

The benchmark index DSEX witnessed a fraction-al rise of only 0.4 points to 4,373, hitting highest 4,396 in the mid-session and low-est 4,355 in the early trading.

The Shariah Index DSES was fractionally down 0.7 points to 1,060. The com-prising blue chips DS30 shed 12 points or 0.8% to 1,656.

Chittagong Stock Ex-change (CSE) Selective Cat-egories Index, CSCX, closed at 8,208, rising 16 points.

“The market remained extremely volatile in recent days as current political sit-uation is the only driver of the market,” said a leading stock broker.

“Investors always looked for short-term pro� t, mak-

ing the market instable. Such sentiment might con-tinue unless no positive development is seen in the political front.”

Strong selling and buying pressure helped turnover keep above Tk500-crore for the second straight session. The turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange was Tk560 crore, up more than 4% over the previous session.

The newly listed United Power Generation and Dis-tribution Company Limited � nally declined over 4%, ending its the four-day ral-ly. It was also the top traded shares for the 10th consec-utive session with turnover worth Tk60.4 crore.

Almost all the sectors su� ered marginally except power which advanced by more than 1%, driven by Shahjibazar Power Compa-ny Limited that soared near-ly 10% – the biggest gaining company of the day.

Among the losing sectors, textile experienced the high-est losses of 4.6%, followed by pharmaceuticals 1.3%, cement 1.2%, banks 1%, tel-ecommunication 0.9% and non-banking � nancial insti-tutions 0.4%. l

The market remained extremely volatile in recent days as current political situation is the only driver of the market

ANALYST

Daily capital market highlightsDSE Broad Index : 4373.65684 (+) 0.01% ▲

DSE - 30 Index : 1656.29044 (-) 0.72% ▼

CSE All Share Index: 13431.13060 (-) 0.21% ▼

CSE - 30 Index : 10991.33050 (-) 0.94% ▼

CSE Selected Index : 8198.85740 (-) 0.04% ▼

CSE TURNOVER LEADERS

Company Volume-Shares

Value in Million

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

United Power-N 432,349 91.04 18.59 198.60 -4.20 207.30 224.90 189.20 210.57WesternMarine -N 358,148 18.40 3.76 51.20 3.85 49.30 52.40 50.30 51.38UNITED AIR-A 2,298,690 17.59 3.59 8.00 8.11 7.40 8.10 7.20 7.65BEXIMCO Ltd. -A 540,953 17.38 3.55 31.90 -0.62 32.10 32.60 31.70 32.12Khulna Power-A 259,644 16.82 3.43 66.00 8.73 60.70 66.40 61.30 64.80MJL BD Ltd.-A 118,575 15.80 3.22 132.00 0.38 131.50 135.30 131.00 133.22Grameenphone-A 42,268 14.30 2.92 337.00 -1.43 341.90 349.00 333.60 338.36Ifad Autos -N 166,789 13.29 2.71 80.30 6.78 75.20 82.70 75.80 79.69Shasha Denims -N 263,697 12.23 2.50 45.60 2.01 44.70 47.30 44.80 46.38BD Submarine Cable-A 102,372 12.10 2.47 115.60 -0.86 116.60 120.30 115.00 118.17Shahjibazar Power-N 58,893 9.54 1.95 169.10 9.95 153.80 169.10 157.00 161.97SAIF Powertec-N 120,907 9.30 1.90 76.40 2.41 74.60 79.50 74.20 76.93LafargeS Cement-Z 86,899 9.27 1.89 106.20 -2.21 108.60 109.90 105.30 106.70SummitAlliancePort.-A 157,510 9.00 1.84 56.20 2.74 54.70 58.20 55.60 57.13Hakkani P& Paper -B 400,700 8.69 1.77 20.30 -7.31 21.90 20.30 20.30 21.70

DSE TURNOVER LEADERS

Company Volume-Shares

Value in Million

% of Total-Turnover ClosingP Change

% ClosingY DHIGH DLOW Avg-Price

United Power-N 2,839,384 603.06 10.70 199.30 -4.09 207.80 225.00 190.20 212.39Khulna Power-A 4,905,860 317.42 5.63 66.00 9.45 60.30 66.20 60.50 64.70Shasha Denims -N 5,130,859 238.54 4.23 46.10 3.13 44.70 47.50 45.10 46.49MJL BD Ltd.-A 1,767,830 235.36 4.18 132.40 0.84 131.30 135.40 130.50 133.14WesternMarine -N 4,111,356 211.41 3.75 51.40 4.47 49.20 52.60 49.50 51.42SAIF Powertec-N 2,261,291 172.98 3.07 76.60 2.82 74.50 78.60 74.60 76.50Ifad Autos -N 2,090,994 164.93 2.93 80.10 6.09 75.50 83.00 75.60 78.87ACI Limited- A 285,295 153.79 2.73 529.00 -3.04 545.60 560.00 525.00 539.05SummitAlliancePort.-A 2,455,359 140.25 2.49 56.30 2.18 55.10 58.50 55.30 57.12Baraka Power-A 3,501,873 114.61 2.03 32.60 4.82 31.10 33.70 31.40 32.73Square Pharma -A 433,464 111.53 1.98 255.90 -0.89 258.20 262.50 255.30 257.30Grameenphone-A 263,706 89.65 1.59 339.00 -0.88 342.00 344.50 338.00 339.97BEXIMCO Ltd. -A 2,588,628 83.21 1.48 31.90 -0.93 32.20 32.70 31.50 32.14LafargeS Cement-Z 773,190 82.27 1.46 105.20 -2.68 108.10 109.10 104.90 106.40C & A Textile -N 3,705,023 76.44 1.36 20.70 3.50 20.00 21.30 19.90 20.63

BUSINESS20DT

MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015

Call to address RMG workers’ reproductive health n Tribune Report

The reproductive health and rights of RMG workers remain uncared for and are yet to be addressed properly in order to boost their productivity, speakers said at a seminar yes-terday.

They said social barrier, inadequate treat-ment facility and service-providing agency, plus uncongenial working environment tell upon the reproductive health of the garment workers, particularly women,

The speakers observed that apart from those issues, the unwillingness of women garment workers to go for health care servic-es is also largely responsible for them to lag behind.

The observation came at a seminar organ-ised by SNV Netherlands Development Organ-isation at BGMEA conference room yesterday.

The speakers said SNV Bangladesh is work-ing on women project in order to provide

strategies for the garment factories to address the women health issues.

Several NGOs, private sector, service pro-viders, buyers, RMG factory owners and man-agement were present at the seminar.

SNV Netherlands, a development organisa-tion with � nancial aid from the Netherlands government, is trying to improve Bangla-desh’s RMG workers’ reproductive health ser-vices.

“Betterment of lives of low-income popu-

lation is what we all want. But there is a huge gap in our communication and therefore, we haven’t been able to make a big enough im-pact,” said Paul Stevens, country director, SNV Bangladesh.

Working with Women Project not only seeks sustainability but also o� ers a platform for sharing the experience gained in order to provide better solution, he added.

“The objective of today’s seminar is to keep all stakeholders informed of the SRHR scenario in factories as well as to provide up-dates on what project is functioning for the betterment of current condition,” said Farth-eeba Rahat Khan, team leader, Working with Women Project.

The project can help improve the lives of garment workers and thus it will help them increase productivity, said BGMEA Vice- Pres-ident Reaz-Bin-Mahmood.

BGMEA looks forward to the success of the project, hopes Reaz. l

Supermarket owners demand uniform VAT rate for all storesn Tribune Report

Bangladesh Supermarket Owners’ Associ-ation has requested the National Board of Revenue to ensure uniform Value Added Tax (VAT) rate for all stores by allowing them to pay VAT at a square foot-based package rate.

They said the existing VAT system is dis-criminatory as customers feel discouraged from buying products from superstores as there is 2% VAT on sales of super shops while other shops pay VAT at a � at rate.

The association General Secretary Md Za-kir Hossain recently sent a proposal to the NBR headquarters in this regard.

“Currently, a 2% VAT is applicable for all sales in supermarkets while many departmental stores and large shops do not collect the same amount of VAT from their clients which leads the customers to discourage from buying prod-ucts from supermarkets,” Zakir said, adding that this is hampering the growth of supermarkets.

He said renowned superstores like Nandan and PQS had to keep their shutters down over the last three years due to the government’s discriminatory policies.

The number of supermarkets has come down to 96 from 105 due to the political un-certainties while many more will also be closed further.

“The supermarket business is at risk as the supermarket authorities have to pay 70 times higher taxes than those by the departmental stores,” he said.

The representative, however, said they can pay VAT at a rate of 1% for supermarkets but for others, there should be package VAT system.

Currently, 2% VAT is applicable on sales of supermarkets like Agora, Shwapno and Meena Bazar while other shops including large ones and departmental stores enjoy package VAT facility under which shop owners pay VAT annually ranging from Tk3,000 to Tk12,000 based on their shops’ locations and sizes.

The association also demanded that NBR reduce duties on necessary capital machinery like electronic shelf, refrigerator, refrigerated

van, Point of Sales machines etc as the higher tax is imposed on the products, which is 65% in an average.

Currently, supermarket owners are paying the highest 107.35% duty on cooling products like vegetable freezer, fruits freezer, ice ma-chine, � sh freezer, dairy freezer etc.

The association also demanded that the board reduce the duty imposed on the import of refrigerated vans, which are used to trans-

port perishable goods like vegetables.“We have to face around 30% wastage

while transporting vegetables from rural ar-eas to Dhaka. If the refrigerated vans are al-lowed to import with bene� ts, we can provide fresh vegetables to the clients in a cost-e� ec-tive manner,” said Jakir Hossain.

The association’s other demands include withdrawal of 0.30% turnover tax and 9% VAT on shop rent in supermarkets. l

The � le photo shows the inside of a superstore in Dhaka DHAKA TRIBUNE

Bangladesh, WB to do more for infrastructural developmentn Tribune Report

Bangladesh and World Bank have agreed to do more to develop the country’s transport and energy infrastructures.

They also decided to continue the dialogue on necessary reforms that would merit a De-velopment Policy Credit, said a World Bank statement yesterday.

The decisions were made at a meeting on Friday in Washington DC.

Finance Minister AMA Muhith and World Bank managing director and chief operating o� cer Sri Mulyani Indrawati attended the meeting held on the sidelines of the Spring Meetings of the Bank and International Mon-etary Fund.

“Bangladesh’s success in overcoming pov-erty is critical for eliminating extreme global poverty and boosting shared prosperity,” said Indrawati.

“Limited energy and poor-quality trans-port infrastructure are key constraints to growth. We will work with the Government of Bangladesh in removing these bottlenecks that slow economic growth and trap many of the country’s people in poverty.”

AMA Muhith said they had “an in-depth and intensive discussion” with the World Bank about the challenges Bangladesh faces and the huge potential of the country if these are overcome.

“We intend to work with the World Bank to improve the country’s infrastructure and to further discuss the possibility of a Devel-opment Policy Credit so that we can provide more opportunity for our people.

“In addition to giving high priorities to en-ergy and transportation in recent years, the government is also giving equal importance and attention to education, health, sanitation and housing sectors,” Muhith added. l

Senior HSBC o� cial visits Bangladeshn Tribune Business Desk

Tim Evans, regional head of mid market e n t e r p r i s e s , c o m m e r c i a l banking, Asia Paci� c, arrives here today on a three-day visit to Bangladesh.

D u r i n g the visit, Tim would meet c o l l e a g u e s from Bangla-desh, a number

of HSBC clients and stakeholders, said a press release yesterday.

In his current role, Tim has responsibility over 19 markets in this segment. Before taking up his current role, Tim was regional head of trade and receivables � nance for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, which cov-ers activities of 10 di� erent countries.

During his career in HSBC, he has also served HSBC and its customers in various ca-pacities in France, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thai-land and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). l

Betterment of lives of low-income group is what we all want. But due to huge gap in communication, we haven’t been able to make a big impact

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23skin solution

Finding your foundation

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All about wisdom teeth

The rainAll you need to beat the rain

Foundation match:A step by step guide to � nding your right shade

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Renowned jewellery retailer, Gitanjali jewellers have recently inaugurated their second showroom at Mascot Plaza, in Uttara, sector 7. The chairman of Gitanjali jewellers Mrs Kusum and managing director Mr Pabon Kumar formally inaugurated the showroom. The event was graced by media celebrities, print and electronic media journalists, and other invited guests. This outlet of Gitanjali

will also o� er their vast array of jewellery collection including necklace sets, � nger rings, ear rings, nose pins, platinum rings, diamond lockets etc.

For details contact Gitanjali Jewellers Mascot Plaza branch at these numbers: Phone:02-8881759, 01678737707, 01711524955.

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Monsoon survival 101As if procrastination was not bad enough

n Farhana Shahnaz

You plan to take a � ve minute shut-eye and wake up six hours later. Yet again, your sad attempt to save your grades by pulling an all-nighter before the exam goes horribly wrong. Yes, that is very sad. Worse is when you look out the window and see ominous, gray clouds circling the sky. Oh yes, it is going to rain and it is going to rain hard! What do you do now?

Beat the nuisance Sadly, praying to the rain Gods to make the rain go away won’t help. In an event of a

sudden downpour there are things you can do to minimise damage. For starters, keep those heels aside and wear sturdy shoes, preferably gumboots. Steer clear of anything white, the chances of getting mud splattered all over you are very high. You might also want to carry a durable, water-resistant bag to save your books from getting wet.

Think aheadMonsoon is here. Love it or loathe it, you simply can’t ignore it. So it may be a good idea to plan ahead. Every Dhaka dweller knows monsoon means tra� c. When you have an important exam or class coming up, try to

start way ahead of time. This way even if you get stuck in tra� c, you will have time to spare.

Monsoon care packageWhat do you do when you are already out and about, returning home from class and down comes the rain. There is no use gritting or cursing. What you can do is take precautionary measures and carry a “Monsoon care package”. Ignore the fancy nomenclature, it is basically a kit containing amenities that will come to your rescue. In a zip-lock bag carry a change of fresh clothes, a small towel to wipe yourself, and some wet wipes. Last but not the least, an umbrella!

Health comes � rstMonsoon exponentially increases the chances of you getting sick. All your monsoon survival plans will fail if you are not � t and � ne yourself. At night, make sure you use mosquito nets and repellents to keep mosquitoes at bay. Even if you have some twisted romantic fantasy about getting drenched with your partner, hand in hand – forget it! When you get sick later on and miss an important lecture, trust us when we say, you will not like it. Eat plenty of fruits and drink a lot of green tea to boost your immunity and beat the rainy day blues! l

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Getting it right

Eat cake, don’t wear it on your face

Moisturise me!

The cracks in our foundation

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n Sabah Rahman

Yes, everyone needs to moisturise their mugs externally. Did you know, however, that you may be getting this simple process all wrong?

A sloppy a� airSlathering on some random goop at the beginning of everyday isn’t going to do your skin any favours. You need to � gure out your what your skin type is and choose products accordingly. This step is very simple. If you kind of already know that your skin is on the greasy side, and are using a heavy cream-based product, you’re in for it. Not only will that formula make your face shinier than a disco ball to the point where even a whole package of tissues will fail you, it will also require you to prepare yourself for clogged pores.

What to useWater or gel based moisturisers are the way to go in this case. There are also a whole lot of oil-control potions out there. A great bet for you would be The Body Shop’s Tea Tree Skin Clearing Lotion. This light lotion will provide the hydration you need, while � ghting imperfections, as well as soaking up excess oil.

n Sabrina Fatma Ahmad

We’ve all had moments where we look at some Facebook photo we’re tagged in and recoil in horror at the cake-face e� ect. Unless you’re entertaining in Japan, or going for a culturally-insensitive Halloween costume, no one likes looking like a geisha because of foundation � ubs. Here’s how to avoid these coverage cons:

I walk the (jaw) lineThe best place to check to see if the shade you’re buying is not on your wrist, but along your jawline. Apply the foundation tester in a stripe across your jaw. If you can’t see the stripe, you’ve found your shade. Another pro-tip; take a sample from the tester, paint the stripe, and then walk out and check the stripe in natural lighting. Sometimes in-store lighting may alter the way you see the colour.

Undermined by undertonesSo you’ve got a shade that’s light or dark enough to match your complexion. Before you fork out the cash for that coverage, take another look to see if it matches the undertone of your skin. Are you a Summer? Buy something with a yellow undertone. If your skin has a cooler undertone, reach for something more pinkish. Neutral undertones demand trials until you � nd your balance.

Formula for successNow that your shades and undertones are sorted out, take one last look at your skin before you buy. Is it oily? Look for something with a matte � nish. Is it dry? Go for something dewy. What you really want to do is not stress out your face with a formulation that exaggerates your skin

type instead of complementing it and/or o� -setting its problems.

Primed for actionAll these BB-CC-DD labels on contemporary make-up may be confusing to the beginner, so you’re forgiven for wanting to do away with that beeswax entirely. If you want your foundation to sit naturally on your face, though, you should put some kind of primer on, even if it’s just moisturiser. If you’re using the cream moisturiser, wait a few minutes before it soaks into your skin before you start with the foundation.

Tools for the jobSo many brushes, so confusing! We hear you. Invest in a retractable kabuki brush (available on sites like BD shoppers and Kaymu) or a beauty-blender, and these usually guarantee a � awless � nish. Remember to wet your sponge before you apply your make-up, unless you want an obviously powdery � nish.

Sequence mattersA common mistake a lot of people make is to apply their concealer under the foundation. Unless you want to rub out half the concealer when applying other layers, do the primer � rst, followed by foundation and then apply concealer. You’ll even be using less product in the process.

Neck-deep in itWhat’s the quickest tell-tale that you’ve got a lot of make-up on? If your face doesn’t match your neck. When applying your foundation, spare some thought to your neck and throat as well. Remember to contour the sides of your neck, because foundation alone has a way of making it look wider. l

High and dryPay good heed to weather conditions. It’s one thing to have dead scaly patches on your skin in the dead of winter, but skin that still feels uncomfortably tight in hot, humid weather, is indeed dry skin. Keep clear of overdosing on harsh astringents and the likes.

What to useA light layer of extra virgin olive oil applied before bed could go a long way to soothe taut skin and help you wake up with a glowing face. You could also try Clinique’s Dramatically Di� erent moisturising lotion, a fantastic potion that will smoothen your skin but will never feel too heavy.

For the spring chickensSo, you’re still in your early 20s, but are using anti-aging creams anyway because you may think they’ll make you appear even more youthful? Not true! While using strong concoctions that promise to take years o� your face won’t necessarily cause harm to younger skin, it’s really a waste of product and cash.

What to useIf you’re really worried about the appearance of � ne lines in the future, your best bet is to use sunscreen religiously. This applies to all skin types. Go for a regular moisturiser that covers all bases when it comes to hydrating and protecting. Olay has a great range that you may try. l

Where to buyYou can � nd all the products mentioned above at banglashoppers.com. They also have an outlet in Banani. Call +8801559-222-444 for details.

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dental health

nAmreen Rahman

Wisdom teeth appear somewhere between the age of 16 to 23 and almost always have a � air for making a grand entry. Sometimes symptoms involve a dull ache while other times it’s a full-� edged throb that leaves you with a swollen face and stu� ed mouth. However, if you’re lucky and your wisdom tooth is healthy and in the right position there is no cause for concern. It can grow right through without any intervention. Regardless, it’s always advisable to instantly get it checked by a dentist to see which course your tooth is taking.

Signs of wisdom• Pain in the jaw, a sti� feeling on either

side of the mouth• Crowding of teeth due to the growth of

the wisdom tooth• A swelling in the gum tissue that may be

infected• Pain due to a tooth growing in an uncomfortable

angle, one that rubs against your cheek/tongue/top or bottom of your mouth

What to do about itVisit a dental clinic to get it checked. Depending on the severity of the situation, you may have to take the tooth out or even make an incision to make room for the tooth. Your dentist will order an X-ray before choosing a course of action.

Embracing wisdom• The tooth usually grows really deep into

your mouth to the point that you have trouble cleaning it.

• They erupt in a crooked, awkward fashion• There’s not enough space for your tooth

to grow• Your jaw lacks space for the extra tooth

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teen health

5 steps to your toothpaste moment

nSabrina Fatma Ahmad

Long study hours, cups of co� ee from that cool new lounge, and those cigarettes your folks don’t know you’re smoking...and before you know it, you can pull o� a heist by the strength of your halitosis. Good oral hygiene is only part of the solution to the problem. Read on for � ve natural remedies for chronic bad breath.

A good ol’ cuppaThe next time you’re planning an Algebra sesh in a café (or at least that’s what you told the parents), skip the java and reach for some tea instead. Forget the milk and sugar

and just dip the bag in the hot water until it’s a nice golden brown colour, and drink that. You know that garlicky pizza you had as a side? The tea will counteract it better than the breath mints will.

Good bacteriaProbiotics. Gotta love em. Not only do they do wonders for your digestive system, they also take on the bad-breath causing bacteria in your mouth. So the next time you feel peckish, reach for some sugar-free yoghurt, and over time, particularly if you have other

A whole lot of wisdomDealing with the pain, removal and recovery of wisdom tooth

Eat your way to fresher breath

Dealing with the painThe pain of wisdom tooth is often severe and may sound di� cult to deal with. Given the right mouthwash, cleaning methods and antibiotics, you can reduce the pain to tolerable levels. You may use a mouthwash of moderately hot water with a teaspoon of salt to reduce soreness and in� ammation. When gargling with this mixture, make sure you swish the water in and around your mouth so it can reach the areas that your toothbrush can’t.

Removal and what to expectIf you must have your tooth removed, make sure you thoroughly discuss the details. Ask your surgeon what kind of anaesthesia you will need and what the procedure will entail. Also, before the surgery, plan time o� from work and school since you will need time to rest and recover. The surgery itself will take less than 45 minutes, and will entail anesthesia (local, general or IV sedation, depending on your tooth). They may have to cut the gums or teeth and there may be stitches as well. However, the stitches will heal and dissolve in a few days. After the surgery, it’s advisable to eat soft foods such as pasta or rice and drink a lot of � uids. Gently open and close your mouth to exercise the muscles and if you have swelling you can use an icepack on your face. l

health concerns that cause the funky smells, this will subside.

Fresh green feelingThere’s a reason why toothpaste ranges always have a mint option: it’s the world’s best natural breath freshener. Fresh herbs, such as pepper or spearmint, parsley, or spices such as cloves or cumin also zap the smells and make you more approachable.

An apple a day...If you’re reaching for a snack, grab one with some crunch, such as an apple or a carrot

stick. The crunchy texture acts as a mini toothbrush, and also causes more saliva production, which keeps your mouth fresh. Not to mention, they’re great options for those who want to lose weight.

Wash it awayAs is the case with just about any health concern, drink more water. There’s a reason why H2O is called a synonym for life itself. It � ushes your entire system, keeps the pipes well watered, and is in general a friend to your oral hygien. l

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SportHow do you like me now?n Minhaz Uddin Khan

Ever since making his ODI debut against Zim-babwe back in 2007, Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has experienced a roller-coaster ride. The swashbuckling southpaw has been able to mix the bad times with the good although there were two occasions when he bore the brunt of the criticism and was possibly on the verge of being ousted from the national side.

However, on both occasions, Tamim bounced back in some style.

In the 2012 Asia Cup at home, he was lit-erally dropped from the squad. The decision to sideline Tamim came as a shock and the scenario took a turn for the worst when chief selector Akram Khan resigned.

Interestingly, Tamim was originally chosen for the squad by the national selection panel but the then Bangladesh Cricket Board pres-ident AHM Mustafa Kamal intervened and dropped Tamim, citing his omission as one of his personal decisions.

Following a lot of drama, Akram decided to backtrack from his decision to resign and Tamim was reinstated to the squad. Tamim knew he had to do something special and make a statement.

The left-hander did just that and how! The 26-year old slammed four consecutive half-centuries and after reaching his fourth � fty, he celebrated by raising four � ngers, in-dicating each of his half-centuries. The crick-eter from Chittagong could not have asked for a more be� tting reply to his critics.

The second time Tamim was under the spotlight was prior to the ongoing bilateral home series at home against Pakistan. De-spite a match-winning knock of 95 against Scotland in the 2015 ICC World Cup, he was lambasted in some quarters for being unable to convert his starts into big scores.

His critics were alluding to scores of two, 13 and 25 that followed the 95-run knock against the Scots. Tamim’s place in the squad came into question again.

However, the man in question was noncha-lant, knowing a good score was just around the corner. His anticipation proved to be correct as he showed his class and character once again, smashing a brilliant 132 in the � rst ODI against Pakistan last Friday. Tamim’s scintillating knock went a long way in ensuring the Tigers’ second ever limited-over win against their nemesis.

The show did not stop there.Yesterday, Tamim hammered yet another

hundred, remaining unbeaten on 116 to pilot the Tigers to a seven-wicket win in the second ODI and in the process, seal their � rst ever ODI series victory over their subcontinent rival.

Tamim’s message to his critics seems to be quite clear – criticise him at your own peril.l

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SCORCARDPAKISTAN R BAzhar Ali c Rahim c Shakib 36 60Sarfraz Ahmed c Soumya b Rubel 7 11Mohammad Hafeez b Sunny 0 6Haris Sohail c & b Mortaza 44 61Fawad Alam b Nasir 0 6Mohammad Rizwan lbw b Shakib 13 22Saad Nasim not out 77 96Wahab Riaz not out 51 40Extras (b2, lb2, w5, nb2) 11Total (for six wickets, 50 overs) 239

Fall of wickets1-36 (Sarfraz), 2-37 (Hafeez), 3-58 (Azhar), 4-59 (Fawad), 5-77 (Rizwan), 6-154 (Haris)BowlingMortaza 8-0-52-1 (1nb), Taskin 8-1-41-0 (1w), Sunny 10-0-41-1 (1w), Rubel 7-2-27-1 (1w, 1nb), Nasir 5-0-17-1 (1w), Shakib 10-0-51-2, Mahmudullah 2-0-6-0 (1w)BANGLADESH R BTamim Iqbal not out 116 116Soumya Sarkar c Sarfraz b Junaid 17 11Mohammad Mahmudullah b Ajmal 17 28Mush� qur Rahim c Fawad b Rahat 65 70Shakib Al Hasan not out 7 5Extras (lb2, w15, nb1) 18Total (for three wickets, 38.1 overs) 240

Fall of wickets1-22 (Sarkar), 2-100 (Mahmudullah), 3-218 (Rahim).BowlingJunaid 9-0-61-1 (4w), Rahat 7-0-57-1 (2w), Wahab 8-0-36-0 (7w, 1nb), Ajmal 9.1-1-49-1 (1w), Azhar 3-0-20-0 (1w), Nasim 2-0-15-0

Bangladesh won by seven wickets, lead three-match series 2-0

Ace Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan (C) is the toast of his team-mates after the fall of a Pakistan wicket during the second ODI in Mirpur yesterday MAINOOR ISLAM MANIK

Skipper Mashrafe heaps praise on Hathurusinghan Mazhar Uddin

Bangladesh ODI cap-tain thanked head coach Chandika Ha-thurusingha following their seven-wicket win over Pakistan in the second ODI in Mirpur yesterday.

The victory enabled the Tigers to seal the series with the third and � nal match still to be played.

“I would like to thank the coach because a coach is the father of the team and when he gives everyone freedom, it becomes much more easy for us to perform. For instance, Tamim [Iqbal] was under pressure. He took time early but played well. So, I would like to give credit to the coach. He has asked everyone to play with freedom,” an elated Mashrafe told the media after the game.

The Tigers came into the bilateral home series against Pakistan on the back of an impressive campaign in the 2015 ICC World Cup and Mashrafe said it was important for them to continue the good work.

“We played well in the World Cup but the next step was always important for us. Especially after coming back to the country, at one point I was thinking, are we getting too much importance from the people? The fact that they were supporting us so much, we needed to prove to them that they were doing the right thing. So, I am thankful to the boys for their changed attitude,” he said. l

Form is temporary, class is permanentn Mazhar Uddin

“Form is temporary, class is permanent”; this old English adage best describes Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal as the dashing left-hand-er once again proved his mettle yesterday in the second ODI against Pakistan in Mirpur. Tamim blasted his second consecutive hun-dred, his unbeaten run-a-ball 116 guiding the Tigers to a seven-wicket win and in the pro-cess sealing the three-match series with a game left.

The Chittagong lad remained undefeated and smashed as many as 17 fours and a six to propel the Tigers to their maiden ODI series over Pakistan. This was Tamim’s sixth ODI hundred and it enabled him to join Shakib al Hasan at the top of the list of the Bangladeshi batsmen with the most hundreds. Tamim also became the third cricketer after Shahriar Nafees and Mahmudullah to score back-to-back centuries in ODIs.

Tamim might have been su� ering a dip in form prior to the start of the ongoing bilateral home series against Pakistan but it is a thing of the past now.

“In the last two-three months I could not play well so I was just looking to enjoy. When I was young, I used to play tennis-ball match-es. I used to get up at 6am and the enjoyment factor was always there. Somehow, I missed that in the last few months. Thanks to my team-mates, I am enjoying myself again. I

just tried to enjoy as much as I could,” said a relieved Tamim after the game.

“Honestly speaking, I was under pressure but my team-mates always gave me belief. So, I think my team-mates are a big factor behind my success. Mashrafe [bin Mortaza] and Mush� qur [Rahim] supported me a lot,” he added.

The 26-year old, who is renowned for his generosity, did not forget to spare a word for the Mirpur groundsman who worked hard to prepare a sporting wicket o� ering lots of runs and encouragement to the bowlers at the same time. He indicated the ground-sta� and asked, “Would you guys like to eat or do you want me to give you guys cash?” l

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal (L) receives the man-of-the-match award from Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hasan (C) following the second ODI in Mirpur yesterday

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Man City close on United despite Silva injury blowManchester City ended a di� cult week on a high and climbed to within one point of third-placed neighbours Manchester United thanks to a com-fortable 2-0 Premier League victory over West Ham United on Sunday. Champions City have 64 points, one behind United who lost 1-0 at Chelsea on Saturday, and two adrift of second-placed Arsenal who have a game in hand. Newcastle United sank to a sixth straight league defeat and are not yet safe from relegation after losing 3-1 to Tottenham Hotspur at St James’ Park with Harry Kane grabbing the third to reach 30 goals for the season in all competitions. Man City had cause for concern in the 67th minute, however, when play-maker David Silva was carried o� on a stretcher after being hit in the head by Cheikhou Kouyate’s elbow. Spaniard Silva, who was treated for nearly 10 minutes on the pitch, was taken to hospital and City manager Manuel Pellegrini later said they were checking if he had broken a cheek bone.

–Reuters

Czech Republic beat France to reach Fed Cup � nalThe Czech Republic reached their fourth Fed Cup � nal in � ve years when Petra Kvitova beat Caroline Garcia 6-4 6-4 to help the holders beat France 3-1 on Sunday. They will face Russia, who beat Ger-many 3-2 in the other semi-� nal, in the Nov 14-15 � nal. Lucie Safarova earned the � rst Czech point by beating Garcia 4-6 7-6(1) 6-1 on Saturday after saving � ve match points in front of a boisterous crowd at Ostrava’s CEZ arena. Kvitova swept aside Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 6-4 to make it 2-0. World number four Kvitova was barely troubled on Sunday by Garcia, who threatened a second-set comeback. But Kvitova was just too good and wrapped up victory with a forehand winner to give her team an unassailable lead.

–Reuters

Juve near title after dispatching LazioJuventus defeated second-placed Lazio 2-0 at home on Saturday to take another huge step towards their fourth straight Serie A title and boost their con� dence for Wednesday’s crunch Cham-pions League clash in Monaco. First-half goals by Carlos Tevez and Leonardo Bonucci allowed Juve to open up a 15-point lead on Lazio, who saw their eight-game winning streak come to a grinding halt. AS Roma could regain second place if they defeat Atalanta at home on Sunday but would still be 13 points adrift of Juventus with seven games left. “I’m happy, not just for tonight’s game but for ev-erything we’ve done so far,” Juve coach Massimilia-no Allegri told Sky Sports Italia. “We’re a mature team, we know how to manage games.

–Reuters

Reading keeper’s error sees Arsenal reach Cup � nalFA Cup holders Arsenal were taken to extra time before a horrendous goalkeeping error by Reading’s Adam Federici brought the Championship side’s dream to an end in a 2-1 semi-� nal defeat on Saturday. Meanwhile, Aston Villa fought back from 1-0 down with goals from Christian Benteke and Fabian Delph to beat favourites Liverpool 2-1 in a pulsating FA Cup semi-� nal at Wembley on Sunday. Villa will play Arsenal in the � nal on May 30.

–Reuters

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Dhumketu win in Citycell Fed Cup Basketball openern Raihan Mahmood

Dhumketu started their Citycell Federation Cup Basketball campaign with a massive 106-65 points win over Wraiths at Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium yesterday. The win-ners led the � rst half 52-16.

Director of Human Resources, Citycell Su-man Bhattacharjee inaugurated the event as the chief guest. Bangladesh Basketball Feder-ation president Dr. Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin, Head of Corporate Communications and Pub-lic Relations, Citycell Taslim Ahmed and oth-er o� cials of both the organisations were also present on the occasion. l

Wedson, Emeka braces propel Jamaln Shishir Hoque

Wedson Anselme and Emeka Darlington net-ted a brace apiece as Sheikh Jamal Dhan-mondi Club strolled to yet another comforta-ble victory in the Man-

yavar Bangladesh Premier League crushing bottom-side Chittagong Abahani 4-0 at Bang-abandhu National Stadium yesterday.

It was Sheikh Jamal’s fourth straight win in the top � ight and yesterday’s four goals took the defending champions’ tally to 12 for the season, an average of three goals per match. The Dhanmondi giants continued their domi-nance in the domestic circuit as they are now unbeaten in their last 16 matches, winning 15 of them with the other game ending in a draw.

Wedson and Emeka, the foreign attackers of Sheikh Jamal, carried on with their demo-lition act over the opposition while Gambian

mid� elder Landing Darboe kept on contribut-ing with his assists.

Although the � rst half ended goalless, Sheikh Jamal went close to breaking the deadlock at least four times. The holders al-most took the lead in the 28th minute when

Landing crashed his 25-yard free-kick against the sidepost.

With two goals to his name from the � rst three matches, Wedson continued his purple patch, putting his side ahead � ve minutes into the second half.

Wedson, the in-form Haitian internation-al, doubled the lead in the 73rd minute before Emeka made it 3-0 just three minutes later following a Landing cut-back.

Emeka completed the rout 12 minutes from time after receiving a � ne pass from Ma-munul Islam.

The convincing victory saw the Federation Cup champions extend their lead at the top of the points table to three. They have max-imum 12 points from four matches while the port-city out� t are languishing at the bottom with zero points from the same number of games.l

The chief guest shakes hands with one of the teams during the inuguration of the Citycell Federation Cup Basketball at Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium yesterday COURTESY

RESULTSheikh Jamal 4-0 Chittagong AbahaniWedson Anselme 50, 73 Emeka Darlington 76, 78

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Dejected Azhar compliments Tigersn Mazhar Uddin

Skipper Azhar Ali praised Bangladesh on their maiden series win over Pakistan following the home side’s seven-wicket win in the second ODI in Mirpur yesterday. The Tigers registered a comfortable victory, chasing down their tar-get of 240 with 71 deliveries remaining, and Azhar had no qualms acknowledging the feat achieved by the home side.

“Yeah, it is de� nitely a big victory for them. Pakistan are one of the best sides in the world. Whatever we say about our team, they played good cricket and we were outplayed in every form of the game,” Azhar told the media after the game.

“It’s a big blow for us. We are in a rebuild-ing process but having said that, we did not expect to lose here. We expected to win. I think the wicket was good, there is no doubt about it. It was good for batting. I think we lost wickets very quickly. I think the wicket was easily 300-plus. It was coming on to the bat nicely. We did not play well,” he said.

The 30-year old added that having lost the ODI series, the visitors will now target a win in the third and � nal match this Wednesday in order to gain some much-needed momentum heading into the two-Test series. l

Pakistan captain Azhar Ali ducks a ball during the second ODI match against Bangladesh in Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday MAINOOR ISLAM MANIK

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HAFEEZ’S DUCK DELIGHTPakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez’s dismissal for a duck in the ninth over pro-vided a lot of momentum to the Bangladesh bowlers. Left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny came on to bowl as the � rst change bowler and ac-counted for the important wicket of Hafeez in the � nal delivery of his second over. Sunny’s arm-ball skidded through and shattered the timber as Hafeez was unable to bring down his bat in time. Hafeez continued his poor start to the series as he was dismissed for four in the � rst ODI last Friday.

BANGLADESH’S FIERY START TO THE CHASEThe Tigers batsmen began the series in a dominating fashion and carried their form into the second ODI as well. Chasing a moder-ate 240 for a series victory, Bangladesh open-er Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar gave their side a blistering start. Although Soumya de-parted after making 17, Tamim and Mahmud-ullah continued to play their strokes as the

Tigers raced to 50 inside the sixth over. A con� dent Tamim was the more aggressive of the two batsmen.

UMPIRE ENAMUL SCORES HALF-CENTURYFormer left-arm spinner Enamul Haque Moni became the � rst umpire from Bangladesh to o� ciate in 50 ODIs. The 49-year old reached the milestone yesterday in the second ODI between Bangladesh and Pakistan in Mirpur. Enamul stood in his � rst ODI back in Decem-ber 13, 2006, in the match between Bangla-desh and Zimbabwe.

MOMENTS OF THE DAYBANGLADESH v PAKISTAN, 2nd ODI, Mirpur

–MINHAZ UDDIN KHANBangladesh wicket-keeper Mush� qur Rahim cuddles Humaira Mortaza, Mashrafe’s daughter, during the post-match presentation in Mirpur yesterday MAINOOR ISLAM MANIK

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MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015

Ronaldinho (L) of Queretaro celebrates his second goal against America, during their Mexican Clausura match, in Mexico City on Saturday AFP

Pastore lifts PSG back to the top in Ligue 1n Reuters, Paris

Javier Pastore’s double inspired a weary Paris St Germain to a 3-1 win at Nice as the French champions reclaimed top spot in Ligue 1 on Saturday.

PSG, who lost 3-1 at home to Barcelona in their Champions League quarter-� nal � rst leg on Wednesday, now have 65 points from 32 games and lead second-placed Olympique Lyonnais by one point.

The absence of the suspended Zlatan Ibra-himovic was barely felt as Argentine Pastore scored either side of the interval with Edinson Cavani netting from the penalty spot for his team’s third.

Nice, who are 11th on 41 points, levelled before the break through Mathieu Bodmer but were found out in the second half.

Lyon can move back to the top if they beat arch-rivals St Etienne at home in France’s hot-test derby on Sunday but they will have then played a game more than PSG.l

Injury crisis threatens Real’s trophy aspirationsn Reuters, Barcelona

Real Madrid’s trophy aspirations could well depend on how well they cope with an injury crisis that sees Gareth Bale and Luka Modric in the treatment room.

Both were substituted during Real’s 3-1 vic-tory over Malaga in La Liga on Saturday and tests are being carried out to establish the ex-tent of their injuries.

Bale appeared to hurt his calf and Modric his knee, and at the very least they are both likely to miss Wednesday’s crunch Champi-ons League quarter-� nal tie with city rivals Atletico Madrid with the contest tied at 0-0 from the � rst leg. Karim Benzema also missed the Malaga match with a knee problem but the club are more optimistic that he will be ready to face Atletico.

Real trail Barcelona by two points in La Liga with six matches still to be played and the loss of Modric as they looked to make up ground is particularly damaging. The Croatian has become a fundamental player linking the mid� eld with attack with his quick thinking and clever passes. Bale, meanwhile, has struggled for form in his second season at the club.

Meanwhile, Griezmann put Atletico ahead with a perfectly executed bicycle kick after Jose Maria Gimenez headed the ball back into the box with � ve minutes played and then doubled their advantage by slotting home a loose ball after 21 minutes.l

Mourinho hails sparkling match-winner Hazardn Reuters, London

Eden Hazard underlined his claims to be vot-ed Player of the Year with another match-win-ning display as Premier League leaders Chel-sea stormed 10 points clear with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United on Saturday.

The Belgium winger provided an e� ortless � nish in the 38th minute, side-footing the ball between the legs of keeper David de Gea from close range to grab his 13th league goal of the season.

The 24-year-old Hazard has contributed eight goals and seven assists in his last 17 league matches and was unlucky not to add a second goal against United when he � icked the ball against the bar in the second half.

Manager Jose Mourinho, who has publicly endorsed his playmaker as the league’s best player, was elated by Chelsea’s ability to ex-ecute their plans and paramount to that was his number 10.

“The game was exactly what we were working for the game to be,” the Portuguese told reporters.

“The players were magni� cent and at the top of that Eden had that magic that the top ones have, especially in big matches. I think the team was fantastic and I am the one who knows how fantastic it was because the game was ex-actly what we wanted. When you manage to play the game you want to play it is fantastic.”

Chelsea have built a seemingly unassailable 10-point lead over second-placed Arsenal.l

Second-string Bayern edge closer to titlen Reuters, Berlin

Injury-ravaged Bayern Munich beat Ho� en-heim 2-0 on Saturday, shrugging o� a string of absences and their midweek Champions League defeat at Porto to close in on the Bun-desliga title.

Sebastian Rode scored in the 38th minute and Ho� enheim’s Andreas Beck added an own goal in stoppage time as Bayern opened a 13-point lead over second-placed VfL Wolfs-burg, in action against Schalke 04 on Sunday, with � ve matches left.

The German champions were without half a dozen starters, including Philipp Lahm, Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery and Bastian Schweinsteiger.

They had more distractions this week with

their long-time team doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt quitting and saying he was made to blame for the Porto loss.

Bayer Leverkusen crushed relega-tion-threatened visitors Hanover 96 4-0 to jump into third spot on goal di� erence after Borussia Moenchengladbach, also on 54 points, drew 0-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday.

Borussia Dortmund eased past visiting Pa-derborn 3-0, in their � rst game since the an-nouncement that coach Juergen Klopp would leave at the end of the season, to keep their hopes of a Europa League place alive and climb to 36 points, in eighth.

Cologne set a record with their eighth goal-less draw of the season, this time against Her-tha Berlin, the result helping both teams move further away from the relegation zone. l

BUNDESLIGA RESULTSBorussia Dortmund 3-0 Paderborn 07Mkhitaryan 48, Aubameyang 55, Kagawa 80

Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 Hanover 96Toprak 20, Brandt 40, Papadopoulos 49, Kiessling 70

Ho� enheim 0-2 Bayern Munich Rode 38, Beck 90+3-og

Hertha Berlin 0-0 Cologne

Freiburg 2-3 MainzMehmedi 81, Okazaki 39, 45, Schmid 90+1 Malli 84

Augsburg 2-1 VfB StuttgartWerner 7, Bobadilla 73 Ginczek 22

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CALVIN AND HOBBES

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How to solve: Fill in the blank spaces with the numbers 1 – 9. Every row, column and 3 x 3 box must contain all nine digits with no number repeating.

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How to solve: Each number in our CODE-CRACKER grid represents a di� erent letter of the alphabet. For example, today 18 represents H so � ll H every time the � gure 18 appears.You have two letters in the control grid to start you o� . Enter them in the appropriate squares in the main grid, then use your knowledge of words to work out which letters go in the missing squares.Some letters of the alphabet may not be used.As you get the letters, � ll in the other squares with the same number in the main grid, and the control grid. Check o� the list of alphabetical letters as you identify them.

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ACROSS1 Ornamental coronet (5)5 Scrutinise (4)8 Large vulture (6)9 Undressed kid (5)10 Lure (4)11 Dulcet (5)12 Tree (3)15 Tear (4)18 Machines for weaving (5)21 Fish eggs (3)22 Sound car horn (4)24 Work hard (4)25 Indian currency unit (5)28 Traveller’s case (6)29 Above (4)30 Repairs (5)

DOWN1 Pendant ornament (6)2 Top card (3)3 Slender sticks (4)4 Afresh (4)5 Not intoxicated (5)6 Mouth of a volcano (6)7 Fastener (3)13 Behold! (2)14 Incentive (6)16 Denial (2)17 Postpones (6)19 Grinding tooth (5)20 Accordingly (2)23 Make neat (4)24 Also (3)26 Employ (3)27 Female swan (3)

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Rock 808, 909 and X0X unveiled

Music festival Gaan Mela concludes

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A nine-day-long music festival titled Gaan Mela, arranged by the Music Industries Owners Association of Bangladesh (MIB), brought the curtains down on April 18. Marking Pahela Boishkah, the festival’s last day saw a relatively larger crowd than the previous ones, as it was literally a hub for the country’s musicians and listeners.

A discussion was held on the same day with Shahriar Alam, the State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Arifur Rahman, the

president of MIB, Hasan Matiur Rahman, senior vice-president of MIB, poet Asad Chowdhury, composer Seikh Shadi Khan, singer Apel Mahmud, Dilruba Khan, Syed Abdul Hadi, Shahidullah Farayezi, Bappa Mazumder, Yasmin Moshtari and Asif Akbar.

The discussion was followed by a performance of various singers including Imran, Jewel Morshed, SI Tutul and Rashed. All the performers enthralled the audience with their respective musical pieces. Later, an award giving ceremony marked the festival’s wind-up. l

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If you’re scratching your head, wondering what to do this coming Thursday night, we have the perfect event for you. Bellissimo and Incursion Music bring you Fuad Live on April 23rd, at 8:30pm at the Farmers’Market in Gulshan. Don’t miss this once in a lifetime chance to enjoy some amazing tunes while enjoying a great array of food. Join Fuad and his band for a meet and greet session where you can purchase CDs and get your autographs. The first 50 guests will receive complimentary keychains. Seating is limited so contact https://www.facebook.com/events/831869863566629/ for your tickets as soon as possible. Here is your exclusive opportunity to mingle and take selfies with your favourite stars. l

WHAT TO WATCHTELEVISION

Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors CSony Max 9:30am

Inadvertently left at home by adults, young cousins face-o� against burglars.Cast: Jackie Shro� , Sarika, Saurabh Shukla

Paci� c Rim B-HBO 9:30pm

As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate e� ort to save the world from the apocalypse.Cast: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi

Hellboy II: The Golden Army BStar Mkovies 12:30pm

The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so Hellboy and his team must save the world from the rebellious creatures.Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones

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Iqbal Asif Jewel, the singer and guitarist of Miles, had previously released “Rock 101” in 2005 with bands from the new generation, which caused a huge stir in the rock music scene and this time in

succession to the effort, Mr. Iqbal graced us with three new albums, titled Rock 808, Rock 909 and Rock X0X, with 34 local bands representing today’s youth as participants.

On the occasion, an album launching event and concert took place at the

Russian Centre of Science and Culture on April 18, brought to the market by G-Series.

“The underground bands are the voice of future. The key intention of this consecutive attempt is to endorse these bands. The recognised bands who performed here today were part of Rock 101. So our endeavour has not gone in vain.” said Jewel.

Bands involved were, Black, Arbovirus, Mechanix, Avoid Rafa, Karnival, Shrapnel Method and Minerva, who performed at the concert following the launching event. l

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A � ag, vuvuzela, jersey and lots of excitement – what else does one need to be part of the celebration? Physically challenged Yamin is beaming with smile as he roams around the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital to cheer for team Bangladesh against Pakistan MAINOOR ISLAM MANIK

Bangladeshi lynched at Comilla bordern Our Correspondent, Comilla

A Bangladeshi man was beaten to death alleg-edly by Indians at Shahpur border in Comilla.

The deceased was identi� ed as Nurul Is-lam, 45, son of late Sirajul Islam of Rajpara village of Sadar Dakkhin upazila.

Subedar Mahbubur Rahman, com-mander of Bibir Bazar BOP of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said they had received a letter from the Indian Border Securi-ty Force (BSF) yesterday morning in thisregard.

According to the BSF letter, Nurul Islam crossed the border illegally and entered In-dian village Sonapur with the intention of stealing. He was then captured and beaten to death by the locals.

Nurul Islam’s relatives, however, claimed that BSF men had captured him from Shah-pur border on Saturday night and laterkilled him.

The BGB con� rmed that Nurul’s body would be handed over to them at a � ag meet-ing at Katka Bazar. l

Women and young voters could swing the city pollsn Udisa Islam

The women and the young voters, who make up a large share of constituents in both south and north parts of Dhaka, are set to play a key role in determining the next mayors of the country’s capital.

Women and young voters said when they cast their ballots on April 28, they would pick candidates who will ensure basic urban facil-ities or work to build a women-friendly and smarter Dhaka.

Analysts said women in Dhaka’s south are likely to play a vital role, as around 46% of the 1,870,364 voters in Dhaka South City Corpora-tion are women.

Keeping these numbers in mind, most candidates in the south were trying to assign their women supporters to go door-to-door and canvass to the women voters.

Afroza Abbas, who is campaigning for her husband Mirza Abbas, said: “If our message reaches 46% of the voters [who are women], a win would be possible. We are giving priority to this large section [of voters].”

On the other hand, 33% of 2,349,313 voters in Dhaka North City Corporation are young voters who might make the key di� erence in the upcoming election, analysts said.

Former election commissioner Brig Gen (retired) Sakhawat Hussain said the youth vote is important for this city polls, with most candidates trying to appeal to this particular demographic.

Naima Sultana, a banker and a constituent of the DSCC, said: “I think the young candi-dates should be given a chance. But age will not be the only determinant, I would give my vote to someone who has already worked for our area.”

She, however, pointed out that candidates who are not from the ruling party might not achieve much if they are elected to the may-or’s o� ce.

Asked what the women voters of the north want, garment worker Rokhsana said a� ordable housing would be an issue that would appeal to low-income women voterslike her.

DNCC voter Rizwana Hossain said she fa-vours Annisul Huq as the next mayor as he had both experience and enthusiasm to work for the city; being backed by the ruling party also strengthened his cause, she added.

Mirpur schoolteacher Soheli Parveen, meanwhile, wants a new face to be elected. Her preference was CPB-BSD-backed candi-date Abdullah Al Kafee as “he has been cam-paigning for a women-friendly city since the start.”

Talking to students of di� erent private universities at a tea stall, the Dhaka Tribune learnt that the favourite among the youth was Awami League-backed Annisul Haque, as he could make a “smart” Dhaka.

Zonayed Saki also had great traction among the young voters because of his promises of bringing change to the city. l

Bandwidth export deal in cabinet, $10 price proposed for per Mbps n Muhammad Zahidul Islam

The proposal to sign a deal on Internet band-width export to India’s ‘Seven Sisters’ states is going to be placed in today’s cabinet meeting and expected to be signed shortly.

The price for per Mbps is proposed at $10.Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Lim-ited (BSCCL) already signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its counterpart Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India’s state-owned telecommunications company last year.

Initially, the deal is going to be � nalised for exporting 10Gbps which will increase up to 40Gbps within a short time, Monowar Hos-sain, managing director of BSCCL, told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday evening.

“We are waiting for the cabinet nod, and after getting it, we will go for the � nal deal,” said Monowar Hossain.

Sources said initially the submarine cable company � xed a higher price, but as local market price declined they had to come up with the new price.

“We have calculated that we will earn $1,00,000 every month and it will increase up to $4,00,000,” a senior o� cial told the Dhaka Tribune, requesting anonymity.

Earlier, BSCCL calculated that it would earn $6,00,000 every month, when they signed the MoU in last May of 2014.

The submarine cable company said it had three selected points for establishing the links with Indian Eastern states but both the party agreed that � rst connection will be established between Akhaura under Brah-manbaria district and Agartala, the capitalof Tripura.

It has also plan to connect it with Shillong and Assam points also.

According to the company, it is expected

that India will take more than 100Gbps with-in a year or two when the second submarine consortium SE-ME-WE-5 will be connected with Bangladesh.

The connection is scheduled to take place by 2016.

The cable company expects a huge earning from the states when the second submarine consortium SE-ME-WE-5 will be connected.

Currently, it has 200Gbps (88MIU-km) bandwidth and Bangladesh can use only 33 Gbps or 16% of it.

Last year in February, Bangladesh govern-ment decided to export the unused internet bandwidth following a request from India in July last year seeking 40Gbps bandwidth for their eight eastern states.

BSCCL said the Seven Sisters – Arunachal, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizo-ram, Nagaland and Shilong – have a huge de-mand for bandwidth. l

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