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Police: Publisher Tutul's attacker heldn Arifur Rahman Rabbi

A member of banned militant out-� t Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) who was “directly involved” in the attempt on publisher Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury Tutul's life has been arrested, police have said.

Counter Terrorism and Transna-tional Crime Unit (CTTC) Addition-al Commissioner Monirul Islam announced at a press brie� ng yes-terday that the suspect had been identi� ed as Md Sumon Hossain Patwari alias Shihab alias Saiful ali-as Shakib.

On May 13, detective police ar-rested two ABT members who were the leaders of the militant group's Chittagong area unit. Based on their interrogation and further in-vestigation, the Detective Branch arrested Sumon Patwari from the airport bus stand area on Wednes-day night around 8:30pm.

Suman is one of the six ABT men whose photographs and iden-tities were released by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police seeking public support to nab them on May 20. A Tk200,000 bounty was put on his head, said Monirul.

A Dhaka court yesterday put Suman on a � ve-day remand in an attempt to murder case.

The ADC claimed that Suman had admitted to taking part in the attack and hacking at the victim Tu-tul three times with a meat cleaver.

Apart from Suman, four other people took part in the assassina-tion attempt against Shuddhashar

Publication's publisher Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury Tutul.

ADC Monirul said Suman had passed HSC from a college in Chit-tagong and was working in a pri-vate company till early 2015 when ABT recruited him. He was trained in Chittagong.

After that the ABT leaders sent Suman to Dhaka. Before the attack on the publishers, he rented a � at in Mohakhali for training. Basical-ly, he was trained by Sharif and Sal-im. 5 people

CT unit chief Monirul said that the attacks on Tutul's publishing house Shuddhashar and Jagriti Prakashani's publisher Faisal Are-� n Dipan was planned by Moham-mad Salim, one of the wanted men, and it was coordinated by another named Mohammad Sharif.

Dipon murder was led by Salim and the attack on Tutul was led by Sharif, he said.

After the attack, Suman went back to Chittagong and rejoined work.

Sharif was angry about the failed mission and told Suman he should be accountable for this mis-take, ADC Monirul said.

Asked about the other � ve want-ed men, Monirul Islam said they had received much information about them. “Some of their addresses have also been found,” he said.

Suman had given the police some names of ABT members and important information about them, the o� cer said.

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High Court slams 154 tanneries with Tk50,000 daily � ne n Ashif Islam Shaon

The High Court has slapped a daily � ne of Tk50,000 on each of the 154 tanneries that are yet to relocate to Savar from Hazaribagh.

Owners of these tanneries will have to deposit the amount to state fund until their industries are shifted.

The court yesterday also ordered the industries secretary to submit a report on July 17 on whether the owners had paid the � ne. The High Court also asked the environment secretary to � le a separate report on July 17 on the damage the tan-neries had in� icted on the Burigan-ga River.

A total of 154 tanneries in Dha-ka's Hazaribagh are yet to be relo-cated despite a court order.

Justices Syed Muhammad Das-tagir Husain and AKM Shahidul Huq's bench issued the order after hearing a petition by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh.

Manzill Murshid, who repre-sented the petitioner, said until these tanneries are relocated, their owners would have to deposit Tk50,000 daily to state fund as compensation for damaging the environment.

In this regard, Bangladesh Tan-ners Association (BTA) General Secretary Md Shakhawat Ullah yes-terday told the Dhaka Tribune: “We just got to know about the court or-der through media. We will take de-cision on the next course of action after receiving details of the order.”

On March 31, the government deployed police at entry points of Dhaka to prevent rawhide-laden trucks from entering Hazaribagh as the deadline for shifting the tannery units to Savar Tannery State ended.

Earlier, the Industries Minis-try extended the deadline sever-al times but decided to go tough

PAGE 2 COLUMN 5Detective Branch of police escort a wanted member of Ansarullah Bangla Team arrested yesterday in connection with attempted murder of publisher Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury Tutul. The photo was taken at DMP Media Centre MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU

Hizb ut-Tahrir men hacked Madaripur teachern Tribune Desk

The youth who was caught by lo-cals while � eeing following the hacking of a Hindu college teacher in Madaripur town on Wednesday is a member of banned militant out� t Hizb ut-Tahrir, police say.

The arrestee, Ghulam Faizullah Fahim, 18, was an HSC examinee from Uttara High School and Col-lege, but did not complete the exam-inations. He remained missing since June 11, according to a GD � led by his parents with Dakkhinkhan police.

On that day, Faizullah sent an SMS to his father’s phone saying

that he was going abroad. His family members came to know about him from newspapers on Wednesday.

Three attackers hacked Naz-imuddin College mathematics teacher Ripon Chakrabarty, 45, with machetes at the gate of his house in College Road area around 4:30pm. They � ed the scene quickly as locals gathered hearing Ripon’s screams.

Critically injured, Ripon was � rst taken to Madaripur Sadar Hospital and later to Barisal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital. Doctors said he is now out of danger.

He received six wounds – four

on the head and two on an arm and an ear, Associate Professor of sur-gery unit Dr Nazmul Haque said.

Faizullah was caught while � ee-ing on an easy bike. The locals also caught another attacker but he es-caped, after claiming that he had no involvement in the attack. He told the people that he was trying to escape a clash taking place at the college.

Police later recovered a machete from near the scene.

This is the � rst time the police have come to learn about the in-volvement of Hizb ut-Tahrir mem-bers in any of the targeted killings

being carried out by militant organ-isations. The group was declared outlawed in 2009 for its anti-state activities.

Earlier, a leader of the group, Sha� ur Rahman Farabi, was ar-rested for instigating the murder of secular writer Avijit Roy.

Police suspect outlawed groups Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Ansarullah Bangla Team for the recent attacks even though international groups Islamic State and al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcon-tinent (AQIS) claimed responsibili-ties for the attacks.

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High Court slams 154 tanneries with Tk50,000 daily � neagainst the errant tanners recently considering the damage to the en-vironment.

Following pressures from en-vironmentalists and rights groups as well as buyers, the government decided to relocate tanneries from Hazaribagh to Savar to save adjoin-ing rivers and the dwellers of the area from health hazards.

The government has already al-located plots to 155 tannery owners through Bangladesh Small and Cot-tage Industry Corporation (BSCIC) at the industrial park established on a 200-acre land in Savar. l

Police: Publisher Tutul’s attacker held“We are checking the information and trying to arrest them.”

Tutul’s publishing house Shud-dhashar, whose publications were deemed blasphemous by extrem-ists, had published writings of local secular writers.

Suddhashar won the Shaheed Munir Chowdhury Award in 2013. Tutul was nominated for the IPA Freedom to Publish Prize 2016.

Faisal Are� n Dipan’s publishing house Jagriti Prakashani published slain writer-blogger Avijit Roy’s book Biswasher Virus (The Virus of Faith).

They were attacked in their of-� ces in Dhaka last October. l

Cops yet to link Gunnu, Robin to Mitu murdern FM Mizanur Rahaman,

Chittagong

Police have yet to ascertain the involvement of Abu Nosor Gunnu and Shah Zaman Robin in the grue-some murder of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, wife of Superintendent of Po-lice Babul Akter, who was stabbed and shot to death on June 5.

There has been no signi� cant progress in the investigation in the 11 days since the murder took place in the heart of Chittagong city.

Speaking to reporters at his of-� ce in the Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) headquarters yester-day, CMP Commissioner Md Iqbal Bahar said: “Police could not yet con� rm how Gunnu and Robin were involved in Mitu’s murder.” Police have not yet learn anything important regarding the murder from the remanded suspects ei-ther, he added.

Gunnu, caretaker of a local Shrine in Chittagong’s Hathazari upazila, was arrested by detectives in Farhadabad, Hathazari on

June 8.Robin, who police believe is one

of the trio who killed Mitu before � eeing the scene on a motorcycle, was arrested in the city’s Shital Jharna on Saturday.

The duo were placed on remand for seven days for interrogation by a Chittagong court on Sunday.

“We have four more days of the remand period left to interrogate the suspects. Police are trying to glean further information from them regarding the murder,” the CMP chief said.

“If we learn anything signi� cant during the interrogation, the media will by duly informed,” the CMP commissioner told reporters.

He said police have been looking into all possibilities regarding the murder motive as well as verifying and analysing the evidence they have in the case.

“We are not ruling out any pos-sibilities. Several law enforcing agencies are working on this case to � nd the motive of the murder as early as possible.” l

Hizb ut-Tahrir men hacked Madaripur teacherHowever, two intelligence reports recently mentioned that the at-tacks were led by trained members of Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is at the helm of a platform of banned mil-itant out� ts eyeing to establish an Islamic state in the country.

On Sunday, Hizb ut-Tahrir distrib-uted lea� ets and pasted posters in Dhaka and elsewhere, saying that they would make an announce-ment on June 17.

Sarwar Hossain, superinten-dent of police in Madaripur, said: “Faizullah is a Hizb ut-Tahrir ac-tivist. He came to Madaripur along with his two other associates on the day of the incident.”

The killers might have visited Ripon’s house and followed his movement for some time, police said.

Sources said a special team of DB police conducted drives in Ma-daripur and Dhaka accompanying Faizullah to nab his associates and the mastermind, but to no avail.

Faizullah gave them informa-

tion about at least 10 dens of the banned group. But the law enforc-ers found no one at those places.

DB sources said that during pri-mary integration Faizullah said that he left Dhaka on June 12. He was recruited by his senior col-lege-mate Jubair Ahmed and two sta� at a book shop named Mishkat Library in front of his college.

The arrestee also admitted that he had attended a programme with some foreign members of the group recently.

Prof Nurul Huq Mia of Nazimud-din College told the Dhaka Tribune that when taken to the police sta-tion, Faizullah told the people that no one would be able to keep him inside jail.

‘I am not a blasphemer’The injured college teacher spoke to the DB police o� cials at the hos-pital. “The attackers are not known to me. I think they were following me from my college. The swooped on me all of a sudden when I was entering my house.”

Ripon said he sometimes per-formed religious rituals in the area as a Brahmin. “But I do not write blogs [on religious issues] and have no activity on Facebook,” he told the police.

In the morning, teachers, stu-dents and general people of the district demonstrated in the town. They held a procession demanding punishment for the attackers.

On the other hand, members of the religious minority groups formed a human chain in front of the deputy commissioner’s o� ce. l

MP Musta� zur gets bail n Anwar Hussain, Chittagong

A Chittagong court yesterday granted bail to ruling Awami League lawmaker Musta� zur Rah-man Chowdhury after he surren-dered in a case � led for assaulting an election o� cer.

Banshkhali Senior Judicial Mag-istrate Sazzad Hossain issued the bail after the accused surrendered before the court.

Two other accused in the case – Tajul Islam, Awami League nomi-

nated chairman candidate from Ba-harchhara union under Banshkhali upazila and also the upazila Juba League president, and Akhter Hos-sain, Banshkhali chapter president of Ulama League – also received bail.

On June 1, the High Court ordered Musta� zur Rahman MP to surrender before the trial court by June 20.

MP Musta� zur and his followers allegedly assaulted Banshkhali Elec-tion O� cer Jahedul Islam on June 1 when the o� cer did not comply with the lawmaker’s demands. l

Alleged extortionist killed in ‘gun� ght’ n Tribune Desk

A suspected extortionist has been killed in a “gun� ght” with Rapid Action Battalion in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area in Dhaka early yesterday.

The deceased is a Aidul Islam alias Mama Sagor, an alleged ex-tortionist of Karwan Bazar area and an associate of top criminal Ashik. However, sources at Dhaka Medical College Morgue said RAB identi� ed the victim’s name as Rubel.

Rab 2 ops o� cer Yasir Arafat said a patrol team noticed some suspicious people at a � eld adja-cent to Sher-e -bangla Nagar sta� quarters and when the RAB team approached them they ran away

prompting the patrol team to chased after them.

During the RAB chase, the group of men began to � re at the law en-forcers and RAB � red back at them. In the midst of this, two of the RAB members – ASI Hasibul and Corpo-ral Zia sustained gunshot wounds.

The group of men � ed while leaving behind an injured individ-ual and foreign pistols with three rounds of bullets, Yasir said.

The victim on his way to the hos-pital only could said his full name, Aidul Islam and was known as ‘Mama Sagor’ at Karwanbazar, Dhaka.

Yasir said that they have launched operation to arrest the other mem-bers of the criminal gang. l

Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal brings out a procession in front of National Press Club yesterday protesting India’s water policy which they say would turn Bangladesh into a desert DHAKA TRIBUNE

‘Faizullah is a Hizb ut-Tahrir activist. He came to Madaripur along with his two other associates on the day of the incident’

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Now Ramakrishna Mission chief gets death threat n Arifur Rahman Rabbi

Law enforcers have tightened se-curity at the Ramakrishna Mission and Ramakrishna Math in Dhaka after its chief got death threat in a letter received on Wednesday, when the country is experiencing a series of violent attacks perpetrat-ed by di� erent militant groups.

The RK Mission authorities � led a general diary with Wari police on Wednesday night, OC Jihad Hos-sain told the Dhaka Tribune.

Swami Guru Sebanando Mridul Maharaj, assistant secretary of Ramakrishna Mission who � led the GD on behalf of the authorities, said that they were not afraid of such threats. “We hope that the police will take necessary action regarding this,” he told the Dhaka Tribune.

DMP’s Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit chief Monirul Islam yesterday said that they were looking into the inci-dent.

Even though the letter, sent by one AB Siddique of Islamic State of Bangladesh (secret agent) from Gazipur, mentions the recipient as the top religious leader of the Ram-akrishna Mission, it did not have

his name. The writing pad had Ei-dgah Market at Chandana intersec-tion of Gazipur as ISB’s o� ce.

International militant group Is-lamic State has claimed the murder of 20 people, mostly non-Muslim and non-Sunni preachers, in 22 at-tacks perpetrated by its members in Bangladesh since September last year. Of the victims, six were Hin-du priests and followers.

Earlier, Hindu and Christian priests in di� erent parts of the country were issued death threats in letters sent reportedly by banned militant out� t Ansarullah Bangla Team. Ansarullah is believed to be representing al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) which claimed 13 attacks killing 11 people, mostly the secularists.

The Singapore police recent-ly arrested several Bangladeshi workers for raising a group named Islamic State of Bangladesh for plotting terror attacks in Bangla-desh against state machinery and non-Muslims and disbelievers.

The latest threat issued to the Ramakrishna Mission and Math chief comes at a time when rad-ical Islamists are inciting violent attacks on the Hindu population

of Bangladesh in general and par-ticularly the Hindu people engaged in di� erent professions, especially teaching. Meanwhile, the incidents of attacks on Hindu houses and temples to grab land and to cerate panic have been a common phe-nomenon.

Belur Math in West Bengal of India is the headquarters for Ram-akrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. These twin organisa-tions form the core of a worldwide spiritual movement (known as Ramakrishna Movement or Vedan-ta Movement started in 1899), aim-ing at establishing harmony of re-ligions for all-round development of human faculties, social equality, and peace for all humanity, with-out any distinctions of creed, caste, race or nationality.

The Ramakrishna Mission in Dhaka, founded under the direct patronisation of Swami Viveka-nanda in 1916, runs a school and a medical centre while also conducts discourses, seminars, various cul-tural programmes. On the other hand, Ramakrishna Math has been engaged in performing religious programmes and various spiritual disciplines so as to help grow the

spirituality of its monks, devotees, and other aspirants.

There are 14 branches of Ram-akrishna Mission and around 100 monasteries set up under individu-al initiative across the country.

Swami Dhrubeshananda Maha-raj, principal of the Ramakrishna Mission, said that religious extrem-ist activities had increased mani-fold across the globe, so in Bangla-desh. “We have asked the devotees to be cautious and take help from the law enforcers when needed,” he told German newspaper DW.

The letter issued on June 12 asked the mission chief to leave the country and go to Hindu-majority India without delay since “it is an Islamic country and you will not be allowed to preach Hinduism here.”

It says that the chief would be hacked to death inside his resi-dence between June 20 and 30, and “so eat whatever you like [before you die].”

Identifying himself as an army personnel, the sender claims that he is the son of a cattle thief named Morchhob Ali from Boulai of Noyapara in Kishoreganj and used to claim the lives of the non-Mus-lim preachers. l

Bangladesh-India transshipment kicks o� n Shohel Mamun

With little infrastructure and al-most no equipment for weighing or handling goods, the Ashuganj river port has o� cially been opened for transshipment Between Bangla-desh and India.

Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan formally inaugurated trans-shipment at Ashuganj river port premises in Brahmanbaria yester-day.

The cargo vessel MV Newtek-6, carrying iron rods from India’s Kol-kata, arrived at the port for the � rst time in Bangladesh history.

Cargo will arrive at Ashuganj from Kolkata by water and go to Akhaura land port in the district to enter Tripura.

Transshipment through Bangla-deshi territory will reduce the car-go’s travel time from 25-30 days to 10-15 days.

The Ashuganj river port is in poor condition and lacks the necessary infrastructure for the handling of heavy goods. There are no machines for weighing the goods.

The 3,336 square feet terminal only contains a storage facility and two compartments for o� cials.

Besides, the road network for carrying goods from Ashuganj to Akhaura is � lled with potholes.

The distance between the two ports is 56km, but the two lane road is almost un� t for heavy ve-hicles.

Bangladesh and India agreed under the Protocol on Inland Wa-ter Transit and Trade (PIWTT) that goods to be transshipped will have to pay a total amount of Tk192.22 per tonne to the government of Bangladesh as transit fee.

However, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has proposed a Tk700 per tonne fee.

Addressing the inauguration ceremony, Shipping Minister Sha-jahan Khan said: “We have just be-gun a bilateral journey. When the inland container terminal is built and machines are installed in the port, the transit fee might be raised to more than Tk700.”

The minister said Bangladesh would be able to earn foreign ex-change from the transit but more importantly by exporting transport services beyond the border.

It is estimated that during the initial years at least two million tonnes of cargo will be trans-shipped annually.

Prime Minister’s Economic Af-fairs Adviser Mashiur Rahman and Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shrin-gla were also present at the pro-gramme. l

A worker prepares himself with adhesive to repair interior seats of a bus. As Eid-ul-Fitr approaches, bus owners are repairing old vehicles and giving them a new look in a bid to cope with the Eid holiday rush. The photo was taken yesterday from Dhaka’s Aminbazar area MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU

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BANASREE SIBLINGS MURDERS

Police press charges against mothern Md Sanaul Islam Tipu

Detective Branch of police yester-day have submitted a charge sheet against Mahfuza Malek Jesmin, 35, on charges of killing her two chil-dren at their Bansree house in the capital in February.

DB inspector Md Lokman Hakim, also the investigation of-� cer in the case, submitted the charge sheet yesterday to Dha-ka chief metropolitan magistrate court against Mahfuza.

Sub-inspector Mukul Hossain,

general recording o� cer of Dhaka CMM court con� rmed the submis-sion of the charge sheet and told the Dhaka Tribune “that the charge sheet would be produced before the metropolitan magistrate on Sunday where the next course of action will be decided.”

According to the case, Nusrat Aman Oroni, 14, and her brother Alvi Aman, 6, were found uncon-scious at their Banasree home in Dhaka on February 29.

The siblings were declared dead after being rushed to Dhaka Medi-

cal College Hospital.Later, the father of the children

� led a case against his wife, Mah-fuza with the Rampura Police Sta-tion on March 3. The case was later handed over to the DB.

Police arrested Mahfuza the day the case was � led and placedher on a 10-day remand in two phases in police custody for inter-rogation.

Mahfuza made a confessional statement before Dhaka Metro-politan Magistrate Golam Nabi on March 13 confessing that she mur-

dered her children out of depres-sion about their future.

In her three hour long state-ment before the magistrate she also stated the reason for killing her children stemmed from being disappointed by their school exam-ination results.

Mahfuza also told the magis-trate that she was delighted when her daughter was admitted to Viqa-runnisa Noon School and College, but disappointed when she was unable to achieve high scores in her exams. l

PM for strengthening Dhaka-KL cooperationn UNB

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yes-terday underscored the need for further strengthening the coop-eration between Bangladesh and Malaysia in various � elds, includ-ing the socioeconomic and power sectors.

The Prime Minister came up with the view when newly appoint-ed Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Nur Ashikin Binti Mohd Taib met her at her Jatiya Sangsad o� ce here in the morning.

PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul

Karim briefed reporters after the meeting.

Sheikh Hasina also underscored the need for boosting trade and business ties with South East Asian nations alongside enhancing con-nectivity.

Mentioning Bangladesh-Bhu-tan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Ve-hicle Agreement and setting up of Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) Economic Corridor, she said, “ Those initiatives will open up a new horizon in the � eld of connectivity with the Southeast Asian nations alongside neigh-

bours,” she said.Reiterating her government’s

‘zero tolerance policy’ against ter-rorism and militancy, Sheikh Hasi-na reiterated that no one will be allowed to use Bangladesh’s soil for terrorist acts against any country.

Pointing out the power, health and education sectors’ coopera-tion between the two countries, she said a coal-based power plant is being set up at Moheshkhali with Malaysian cooperation.

The Prime Minister mentioned that a huge number of Bangladeshi students are studying at public and

private sector institutions in Malay-sia strengthening people-to-people contact between the two countries.

Hasina said Sheikh Fazilatun-nesa KPJ Memorial Specialised Hospital has been established with Malaysian support on the outskirts of capital Dhaka to provide bet-ter healthcare services to people at low cost as her government has been striving to reach the health-care services to the people’s door-steps.

The Prime Minister recalled the visit of Father of the Nation Bang-abandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

to Malaysia in 1973 and said the tour has laid the foundation of ex-cellent relations that still exists be-tween two brotherly nations.

The new Malaysian high com-missioner said she would work to further consolidate bilateral ties and cooperation between Bangla-desh and Malaysia.

Ashikin said there are many are-as of cooperation between the two countries, including public admin-istration, training and agriculture.

Prime Minister’s O� ce Secre-tary Suraiya Begum was present at the meeting. l

Verdict on Tarique’s money laundering case any dayn Ashif Islam Shaon

The High Court is set to deliver its verdict any day now in a money laundering case against BNP lead-er Tarique Rahman and his friend Gias Uddin Al Mamun.

The High Court bench of Jus-tice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Amir Hossain � nished the hearing of appeals yesterday and kept the verdict pending.

There was no lawyer present for Tarique, the son of BNP Chairper-son Khaleda Zia and also the par-ty’s senior vice-chairman, as he has been absconding.

The hearing of the appeals start-ed on May 25.

In October 2009, the Anti-Cor-ruption Commission � led a case against Tarique and his business partner Gias for laundering mon-ey to Singapore between 2003 and 2007.

On November 17, 2013, the Dhaka Third Special Judge Court acquitted Tarique, who has been living in the UK for the lasteight years, and sentencedMamun to seven years’ imprison-ment and slapped him with a Tk40 crore � ne.

The ACC � led an appeal against Tarique’s acquittal, while Gias – who is currently in jail – � led an-other one against his conviction on December 5.

On January 19, 2014, the High Court asked Tarique to surren-der before the trial court after the ACC’s appeal.

But he did not respond.The High Court on January 20

and 21 published notice in newspa-per asking him to surrender while the trial court sent summons to Tarique’s Dhaka and London ad-dresses. l

Detective Branch of police escort two members of a dope gang after arresting them during a drive from Dhaka’s Shapla Chattar area in Motijheel. The photo was taken yesterday from DMP Media Centre MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU

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THUNDERSHOWER WITH RAIN

BD-US PARTNERSHIP DIALOGUE

Security, trade, development on agendan Sheikh Shahariar Zaman

Bangladesh and the United States will sit in a high-level political con-sultation to cement ties between the two countries and discuss is-sues of security, trade and invest-ment, and development.

Bangladesh will focus on devel-opment, and trade and investment, while for the US side, security would be the top agenda, Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and US Ambassador to Dhaka Marcia Bernicat said.

The foreign secretary said Bang-ladesh considers security from a broad perspective and it is related to the development of the people.

Security can be discussed from aspects including counter-terror-ism, countering violent extremism, peacekeeping and peace-building; but for Bangladesh, security for development of the people is the most important thing.

The � fth partnership dialogue will be held in Washington on June 23-24 where Shahidul Haque would lead the Bangladeshi delegation and the US side would be led by US State Department Undersecretary Thomas A Shannon.

US Ambassador to Dhaka in an interaction with a selected group of journalists said yesterday: “Se-curity is at the top of agenda of the partnership dialogue.”

Terrorism is a global phenome-non and both the countries have to stand together to � ght the menace.

“If we do not, terrorists will win. From day one, Bangladesh and the US are working together to � ght transnational crimes,” she said.

Bangladesh and the US have ro-bust security cooperation aimed at � ghting terrorism, violent extrem-ism, money laundering, and terror � nancing, the ambassador said.

“A new area of cooperation is cy-ber security,” she said.

The ambassador said human rights, mass arrests and other is-sues related to rule of law and gov-ernance would be discussed at the partnership dialogue.

“The number of arrests is im-pressive. Our concern is that are these arrests [are] being done in a transparent manner. In the United States, there are rules about how deaths during such operations have been investigated and, when wrongdoing is found, what correc-tive actions were taken as is done in the United States,” she said.

People should have con� dence in the investigation process and Bang-ladesh should be getting the credit if transparency and proper investiga-tions are ensured, she added.

About the security of the US of-� cials in Bangladesh, she said: “We want to make our security as ro-bust as possible and contract with

Bangladeshi security � rms. We comply completely with the local law to protect US o� cials.”

About regional cooperation to � ght the terrorism, she said: “We are considering what type of mech-anism will work for regional coop-eration.”

Bangladesh, India, and the US – all three were � ghting terrorism, but there was no common mecha-nism, she said.

“We will continue to look for ways to have regional cooperation.”

The ambassador said health, education, climate change, mi-gration, environment and other relevant issues would also be dis-cussed in the dialogue. l

PLOT TO ABDUCT AND KILL PM'S SON

DB asked to submit probe report July 26n Md Sanaul Islam Tipu

A Dhaka court yesterday once again asked the Detective Branch of po-lice to submit probe report before the court on July 26 in a case � led over an alleged plot to kill prime minister's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

Metropolitan Magistrate SM

Masud Zaman passed the order as the DB Assistant Commissioner Hasan Arafat, the investigating o� cer, failed to submit the probe report on the scheduled date yesterday.

On April 16, DB police arrested Sha� k Rehman, former editor of Bangla newspaper Jaijaidin from his Eskaton house; two days later

they also showed acting editor of Amar Desh Mahmudur Rahman ar-rested in the case.

On August 3 last year, DB � led a case with Paltan police station against Mohammad Ullah Mamun, vice-president of JASAS, for his al-leged involvement in the “conspir-acy to abduct and kill Joy.” l

Three private medical colleges to reopenn Abid Azad

The government has withdrawn its previous instruction on clos-ing three private medical colleg-es, after taking into consideration the academic and future lives of the students currently enrolled in these respective colleges.

The Health Ministry issued a press release yesterday, saying Health Minister Mohammed Nasim has decided to reopen the three col-leges for the sake of the students.

On June 13, Rangpur Northern Medical College, Gazipur City Medi-cal College and Ashulia Nightingale Medical College were instructed to shut down their operations because they did not comply with the medi-cal college management rules.

However, the instruction to postpone the admission process of these medical colleges for the 2016-17 session will not be changed. l

An array of di� erent fruits, including jackfruits and pineapples, are displayed at the three-day National Fruit Exhibition 2016 in Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council in Dhaka's Khamarbari area yesterday DHAKA TRIBUNE

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Homeopathic doctor shot deadn Abdul Aziz, Cox’s Bazar

A homeopathic doctor was shot dead at Eidgar, Ramu upazila, Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

Locals said the deceased Mo-hiuddin, 45, son of Foyez Ahmed Miaji of Eidgar, had a dispute with a Saudi expatriate Asaduzzaman of the same locality over a piece of land. Mohiuddin has started build-ing a house on the disputed land recently.

Being informed that he was alone in the under-construction

house, relatives of Asaduzzaman made an attack on him and shot him around 4am.

The attackers � ed the scene while local people came forward to rescue Mohiuddin hearing his scream.

He succumbed to his injuries at Chittagong Medical College and Hospital around 10am.

O� cer-in-Charge of Ramu po-lice station Probhash Chandra Dhar said police had detained Dilowara Begum, 40, wife of Asadizzaman, in this connection. l

Water stagnant on Krugram Chief Judicial Magistrate Court premises after heavy monsoon showers in the district yesterday. The water cannot be released as the drainage lies in dire state DHAKA TRIBUNE

15 YEARS INTO NARAYANGANJ BOMB BLAST

Trial goes at snail pace, victims facing hardshipn Tanveer Hossain,

Narayanganj

Fifteen years have passed since Narayanganj bomb blast at a Awa-mi League party o� ce that left 20 people killed and injured over 50, but trial of the case is going at snail pace, much to create frustration among families of the victims.

Victims’ family members al-leged that both Awami League and BNP are doing business capitalising the issue.

Court sources said as main ac-cused of the case Mufti Hannan was accused in several cases across Bangladesh, it was not possible to present him before the court dur-ing each hearing which delays trial process of the case.

Public Prosecutor of the case Advocate KM Fazlur Rahman said Mufti Hannan was accused of 51 cases which had been � led with di� erent police stations across the

country. He said: “Trial of the case is still

going on the right track.” Assistant Police Super of Crim-

inal Investigation Department and also Investigation O� cer of the case Ehsan Uddin Chowdhury told the Dhaka Tribune that police submitted charge sheet of the case accusing six people and acquitting 31 others on May 2, 2013, almost 13 years after the bomb explosion.

Other accused of the case are militant leader Obaidullah Rah-man, Narayanganj City Corpora-tion Councillor Shawkat Hashem Shaku, Shahadatullah Jewel, and twin brothers – Anisul Morsalin and Muhibul Mottakin.

Of the accused, Anisul Morsalin and Muhibul Mottakin are in a Del-hi jail while Shawkat Hashem Sha-ku and Obaidullah Rahman have been released on bail.

Investigation o� cer of the case Ehsan Uddin Chowdhury said the

militants had carried out the bomb attack as Shamim Osman imposed a ban on the entrance of senior Jamaat leaders, including Golam Azam, Delwar Hossain Saydee and Mujahidul Islam, in the district.

“Mufti Hannan, leader of Har-kat-ul-Jihad-al Islami, was the mastermind and � nancier of the attack,” said the IO.

In reply to a question why any Jamaat leader had not been ac-cused in the case, he said: “Har-kat-ul-Jihad-al Islami has emerged with the assistant of Jamaat, but we did not � nd any direct involve-ment of Jamaat in the attack.”

During the investigation, police found involvement of eight people, but they had to press charge sheet against six people as two people – Moninullah David and Kajol had died earlier.

He also claimed that police did not face any political pressure dur-ing investigation. “We have sub-

mitted impartial charge sheet,” he added.

Chandon Shil who has become lame in the bomb explosion said: “I had to go through hardship af-ter the attack. I could not complete my treatment in Germany due to � nancial crunch. Once, I had to pass days with family in starva-tion. I could not provide rent of my house. Moreover, during the ten-ure of BNP-backed four party alli-ance, I faced harassment.”

Ratan Kumar Das, another vic-tim, said: “I could not walk proper-ly as my two legs got injured dur-ing the attack. Still, I can hear the groaning of injured people.”

Imtiaz Hossain, son of Delwar Hossain who was killed in the ex-plosion, said: “We are running live-lihood with help of our relatives.”

Hamida Begun, widow of Naz-arul Islam, said she was maintain-ing her family by doing private tu-ition.

People who had been killed in the blast include Saidul Hasan Bappi, the then Narayanganj dis-trict unit president of Bangladesh Chhatra League, Nazrul Islam Bac-chu, singer, Poly Begum, a leader of Mohila Awami League, Delwar Hossain Bhasani, joint-secretary of Fatullah police station unit Awami League, Shawkat Hossain Mukta, poet, Halima, owner of a tea stall.

Khokon Saha � led two case accusing 27 leaders and activists of BNP, including Taimur Alam Khankar with Narayanganj police station.

In April, 2001, the case was closed saying that none of 27 peo-ple who had been made accused in bomb blast case that took place at Awami League party o� ce in Chasara on June 16, 2001 were not involved with the attack.

Later, the case was reopened on June 2, 2009 after Awami League led 14 party assumed power. l

60 streams in Khagrachhari disappearing fastn Jasim Majumder, Khagrachhari

At least 60 streams in hill district Khagrachhari are disappearing due to deforestation and hill-slide.

According to the district admin-istration sources, the water bodies streaming from hills connected with Chengi, Feni and Mainee riv-ers have lied in dire situation.

People who live in remote areas under nine upazilas of the district are facing acute water crisis due to its rapid disappearing, the sources said.

Dr Sudin Kumar Chakma, ex-principal of Khagrachhari Gov-ernment College said the streams

were the heart of indigenous peo-ple in the district.

“Most of the hill families not only ful� lled their water demands from these water-bodies but also mitigated their � sh or other de-mands related to water,” he said.

He urged the government to take steps to plant more environ-ment friendly trees in the hill area to save the water bodies.

Editor of Khagrachhari Pratidin Tarun Kumar Battachariya echoed the words of Sudin.

He also blamed both forest and district administration’s negligence for disappearing the streams.

“Hills of Khagrachhari became barren while more than hundred wild lives lost their habitat as forest reduced rapidly by unscrupulous timber traders with the close assis-tant of forest o� cials,” he added.

Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Md Abul Amin said district administration was trying their level best to save forests.

“We are continuing mobile courts against tree and hill plun-ders,” he added.

He wanted cooperation from all corners to take action against the forest enemy aiming to save the streams and rivers. l

Strike in Bandarban continues for 2nd dayn A Basu Das, Bandarban

The Awami League and its asso-ciate bodies observed transport strike in Bandarban yesterday for the 2nd consecutive day, demand-ing immediate release of a party leader who was kidnapped by an armed group.

Local sources said no transpor was seen plying steets of anywhere in the district. Moreover, no long-route bus left Bandarban bus station.

Demanding release of Mongpru Marma The Awami League and its associate bodies brought out sever-al processions in the district town.

However, shopping malls, mar-kets, o� ces and educational institu-tions were remained open as usual.

The district administration de-ployed additional police across the district to avert any untoward inci-dent.

Abduction has become regular incident in the Bandarban.

On Sunday, separatists in My-anmar abducted a Bangladeshi na-tional from Naikkangchhari area.

Earlier, three cattle traders were kidnapped by miscreants on April 15.

Later, they were found dead in Deem Hill area of Thanchi upazila On April 18. l

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Garments workers seen busy making dresses at a factory in Darji Para area under Khalifa Patti in Chittagong ahead of upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. The picture was taken yesterday RABIN CHOWDHURY

Dope gang active in port city ahead of Eidn FM Mizanur Rahaman,

Chittagong

Notorious dope gang popularly known as ogyan party or molom party have become active in the port city Chittagong especially in the busy market areas ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Members of the gangs snatch money and valuables from people after making them unconscious through sedatives.

The gang members especially operate at shopping centers and

bus terminals in the city where shoppers and passengers throng ahead of Eid.

According to police, the gang members come to the city from ad-joining districts every year on the eve of holy month Ramadan.

The miscreants conduct their criminal activities riding unregis-tered CNG-run auto rickshaw or motorbikes and � ee the scene soon after accomplishing their mission.

In most of the cases, the inci-dents go unrecorded as the victims do not prefer to lodge complaint

with the police station after the in-cident.

Several mugging incidents took place in last few days in the city’s CRB area and Love Lane area under Kotwali police station during the time of Tarabi prayer, said police.

However, the police said they had taken additional security measures in the strategic points of the city and shopping malls to nab the miscreants.

To check the evil trends of the miscreants, lawenforcers had al-ready beefed up their vigilance in

the entry points of the city, said the police o� cials.

Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP)’s Additional Commission-er (Crime and Operation) Deb-das Bhattacharia said police had increased its vigilance in the all entry points of the city including Notun Bridge, City Gate, Kalurghat, Bayezid-Oxygen and Patenga area.

On Sunday, Rapid Action Bat-talion (RAB) arrested four alleged robbers along a CNG-run auto rickshaw from Kuiash Mor area of Hathazari, one of the entry points

in the city. The RAB personnel also recov-

ered two shooter guns, eight bul-lets from their possession.

CMP’s Assistant Commissioner (AC) of Kotwali Circle Kazi Md Ab-dur Rahim said police were kept alert to detain the criminals.

“Our foot-patrol team, bike-pa-trol team, and regular police have been deployed in the key points while additional forces have been also installed before the every shopping mall to ensure custom-ers’ safety”, added he. l

‘Tough actions to be taken against wrongside driving on highways’n FM Mizanur Rahaman,

Chittagong

Chittagong district police yester-day warned transport owners and drivers of plying vehicles on the wrong side of the highways during Eid rush.

Like previous years, movement of truck, lorry and covered van will be halted for the three days before and after Eid to ease the tra� c chaos on the three highways while emergency vehicles, includ-

ing medicine and perishable items, will ply during the time, said AKM Ha� z, Chittagong district’s superin-tendent of police AKM Ha� z Akter.

He said this after a meeting that was held at the Chittagong district police headquarters in the after-noon where transport leaders and owners were present.

SP Ha� z Akter said driving in the wrong side was the prime cause of road accident.

Police would take stern action against them who ply the vehicle

on the wrong way of the highways, he said adding that additional po-lice have also been deployed to check irregularities on the high-ways.

“Zero tolerance will be showed for rampant extortion on the high-ways during the Eid rush.

“Police will not allow any un� t vehicle on the highway for the sake of public safety,” he added.

Ha� z Akter also requested the transport owners not to hike the tickets’ price before the Eid.

He also asked bus owners to take footage of the passengers be-fore departure from the counter to check Molom Party and Ogyan par-ty’s activities on the transport.

Mrinal Chowhdury, president of Transport Worker federation’s East Zone, Moza� ar Ahmed, secre-tary general of Covered Van Goods Laden Owner Association andAbu Bakar Siddique, joint secretary of Prime Mover Owner Associa-tion, addressed the meeting amongothers. l

Tk12,000 pro� t in a single dress n Anwar Hussain,

Chittagong

‘Sarara Lehenga’, a dress for women, was purchased at Tk 6,995. However, the same dress was being sold to the Eid shoppers at an exor-bitant price of Tk19,500.

The seller was earning pro� t Tk12,505 from a single dress.

A mobile court of Chittagong dis-trict administration discovered the malpractice after conducting a drive at ‘Young Lady’, a cloth shop of the city’s Mimi Super Market, yesterday afternoon. The same shop had another dress which was selling at Tk14,500. However, the wholesale price of the dress was Tk4,550.

The mobile court led by Execu-tive Magistrate Tahmilur Rahman conducted a drive at 20 shops at Mimi Super Market, Afmi Plaza and Sanmar Shopping Complex.

The mobile court only warned the sellers instead of slapping any � ne.

Admitting earning excessive pro� t to the mobile court, Md Nurussafa of Young Lady said, “I have made a mistake. I will adjust the price within 24 hours.”

Besides, a Sari was selling at Tk41,000 at a shop named ‘Achal’ in the same market. However, Joynal Abedin, owner of the shop and president of Mimi Super Market, could not show any purchase docu-ment to the mobile court.

While conducting the drive, Tahmilur asked all errant sellers to adjust prices of their products.

The magistrate told the Dhaka Tribune that the traders wrote the prices of their products in di� erent secret codes and then they � eece the customers at their sweet will.

“The traders are seen to ask ex-orbitant prices from the customers in case of Indian dresses. We have warned the errant traders since it was the � rst day of the drive. We will not excuse them next time,” he warned. l

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SOUTH ASIA

Pakistan woman arrested over acid attack on manPolice on Thursday arrested a 36-year-old woman in Multan for throwing acid on a man allegedly for refusing her marriage proposal. The woman reportedly threw acid on a 24-year-old youth after calling him at her house on Wednesday night. The acid attack victim re-ceived 50% burns and was shifted to Nishter Hopsital. -DAWN

INDIA

5 suspected rebels, 2 Indian soldiers die in Kashmir clashesThe Indian army says 5 suspect-ed insurgents and 2 soldiers have been killed in two separate gunbattles near the line of control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. Army spokes-man Colonel Nitin N Joshi says 4 militants were killed in � ghting with soldiers after they entered India’s portion of Kashmir from the Pakistani side in the Tangdhar sector on Thursday. -AP

CHINA

China: Navy conducted routine operations in area of US joint drillsChinese naval vessel was conducting routine operations in the Western Paci� c at the time of US joint drills with Japan and India, the country’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday, responding to claims that the ship shadowed a US aircraft carrier. China has been angered by what it views as provocative US military patrols close to the islands. -REUTERS

ASIA PACIFIC

US � ghter planes arrive in Philippines for training missionUS � ghter planes have arrived in the Philippines for a training mission and operations to ensure access to the disputed South China Sea, the US Navy said Thursday. The Philippines’ longtime ally deployed the aircraft to train Filipino pilots as Manila re-mains locked in an increasingly tense maritime dispute with Beijing. -AFP

MIDDLE EAST

UN: IS committing genocide against Yazidis Islamic State is committing gen-ocide against the Yazidis in Syria and Iraq to destroy the religious community of 400,000 people through killings, sexual slavery and other crimes, United Nations investigators said on Thursday. The Yazidis are a religious sect whose beliefs combine elements of several ancient Middle Eastern religions -REUTERS

Q&A

Why the frontier between Eritrea and Ethiopia a con� ict zonen Tribune International Desk

Throughout the country’s 25-year history, Eritrea’s border with Ethio-pia has been a hotly-disputed region.

Eritrea shares a 1030km bound-ary with its Horn of Africa neigh-bour, from whom it only gained independence in 1991. The two countries fought a bloody two-year war over border boundaries between 1998 and 2000, since which bilateral relations have been characterised by a “no war, no peace” situation.

Now, Eritrea has blamed Ethi-opia for clashes in the Tsorona region, about halfway along the border. The reported clashes have raised the spectre of con� ict in a re-gion where tension is always high.

Until 1991, Eritrea was consid-ered an autonomous region with-in Ethiopia. The latter’s decision to attempt to annex the former in 1961 sparked a 30-year independ-ence war. Against a much-larger and better-equipped Ethiopian army, the Eritrean People’s Liber-ation Front won the war and top-pled Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam, with the assistance of Ethiopian rebels. Eritrea was recognised as an independent state by the international commu-nity in 1993 following a United Na-tions-backed referendum vote in favour of independence.

Why is the border a flashpoint?A full-scale war broke out between Ethiopia and Eritrea in May 1998 and focused on the town of Bad-me, which both sides claimed be-longed to them. Eritrea was found to have triggered the war by at-tacking Ethiopian troops around Badme, according to a 2005 rul-ing by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission, a body based in The Hague that was established to deal with the con� ict’s fallout. Over the next two years, tens of thou-sands of soldiers were killed on both sides in a bloody battle that achieved very little in terms of concrete boundary changes. The con� ict ended in December 2000 after a peace accord known as the Algiers Agreement was signed by both parties. One condition of the agreement was the establishment of a boundary commission that in 2002 ruled that Badme was part of Eritrea. While both countries initially accepted the ruling, Ethi-opia later said it was dissatis� ed with the boundary and Badme continues to be occupied by Ethio-

pian troops. “Eritrea and Ethiopia have essentially been in a Cold War since the last war in 1998-2000,” says Ahmed Salim of political risk consultancy Teneo Intelligence.

What has happened this time?Following reports from residents living on the Ethiopian side of the border of hearing heavy gun-� re, Eritrea accused Ethiopia of infringing its territory over the weekend. “The TPLF regime has... unleashed an attack against Eri-trea on the Tsorona Central Front,” Eritrea’s Information Ministry said in a statement released over-night Sunday. The TPLF refers to the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front, a member of Ethiopia’s rul-ing coalition. Besides the claim from the Eritrean government in the capital Asmara, however, there is very little con� rmed detail of what happened. Ethiopia’s Infor-mation Minister Getachew Reda told the BBC he was not aware of any � ghting, and details coming out of Eritrea have been scant, with the country having a notori-ously closed media.

What could the clashes lead to?If signi� cant � ghting has occurred, it is unlikely that either side will want to escalate the con� ict, ac-cording to Jason Mosley, a Horn of Africa expert and associate fel-low at Chatham House. “It’s not in [Ethiopia’s] interest to precipitate

the collapse of the Eritrean state. The Eritreans are certainly not in a position militarily to want to es-calate to a full-scale con� ict with Ethiopia,” says Mosley.

Eritrea is notorious for its con-scription programme. The com-pulsory national service pro-gramme, which can often last for decades, continues to be inde� -nite, according to Amnesty Inter-national, despite the government in Asmara pledging in 2014 to limit national service to 18 months. The programme is an oft-cited reason given by migrants and refugees � eeing the country—in 2015, Eri-trea was the African country with the highest number of people applying for asylum in Europe. According to Mosley, “episodic re-minders” of the “existential threat from Ethiopia” are useful to the

Eritrean government in justifying its programme. “Whatever the mechanics of what has or hasn’t happened... the Eritrean state will probably try to portray this to the fullest extent it can as evidence of a very aggressive Ethiopian pos-ture,” says Mosley.

Are the clashes connected to Ethiopia’s Oromia crisis?Since November 2015, Ethiopia has been dealing with large-scale pro-tests among members of the Oromo ethnic group, the country’s majori-ty ethnicity. These have resulted in a crackdown in which hundreds of people have been killed, according to Human Rights Watch. The Ethi-opian government has said that Eri-trea has backed the protests, which were initially sparked by plans to expand the capital Addis Ababa that would entail relocating Oromo farmer families. But according to Mosley, the Oromia crisis is an in-ternal a� air and has nothing to do with Ethiopia and Eritrea’s border disputes. “[The Oromo protests] is the reaction from a certain educat-ed strata of Ethiopian society about being completely blocked out of negotiations around the develop-ment planning,” says Mosley. “It’s not an Eritrean plot, this is an Ethi-opian ruling party failing. l

This is an excerpt of a Newsweek article, which can be found at http://bit.

ly/1Ym5hk0

A HISTORY OF TENSION

1991Eritrea gains independence from Ethiopia after long civil war

1998-2000

Border war leaves an estimat-ed 80,000 dead

2002Boundary commission draws border and puts hotly-disput-ed Badme in Eritrea

2004Ethiopia accepts border ruling "in principle" but calls for dialogue with Eritrea

2006Boundary commission gives the countries a year to implement ruling

2008UN ends peacekeeping mission without border demarcated

2012Ethiopia attacks positions inside Eritrea targeting "subversive groups"

2016Ethiopia and Eritrea blame each other for border clash

500 kmRed Sea

ADDIS ABABAADDIS ABABA

SOMALIA

ETHIOPIA

SUDAN

ERITREAASMARAASMARA Tsorona

Eritrea was recognised as an independent state by the international community in 1993 following a United Nations-backed referendum vote in favour of independence

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FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2016World

USAUS Senate Republicans agree to vote on gun control US Democratic Senator Chris Mur-phy ended a � libuster of the Senate after nearly 15 hours on Thursday, saying Republicans had pledged to hold votes on gun control measures to expand background checks and prevent people on US terrorism watch lists from buying guns. A vote on gun control measures in the US Senate seeking to prevent the sale of � rearms to potential terrorists is like-ly to be held on Tuesday. -REUTERS

THE AMERICAS1 dead as gunmen raid Brazil indigenous campA group of indigenous Brazilians squatting on a ranch they claim as their ancestral land was attacked by gunmen, who killed one and wound-ed several others, rights groups said Wednesday. Around 70 armed men surrounded the camp on the Ivy ranch in west-central Brazil on Tues-day, torched it, then opened � re. -AFP

UKMerkel warns Brexit would deprive UK of EU gainsGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged Britain to stay in the EU, warning it would miss out on the bloc’s past and future gains if it left. “A few days ago I already pointed out what an exit would mean,” said Merkel, “that everything related to the common market, and to the mutual bene� t to Britain and all other European member states, would no longer be available to Britain.” -REUTERS

EUROPECroatian lawmakers oust PM, 30 day deadline to form new governmentThe Croatian parliament ousted technocrat Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic and his government on Thursday in a no-con� dence vote put forward by the ruling coalition’s biggest party, the conservative HDZ party. If a new cabinet cannot be formed within 30 days, which many see as a possibility, President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic must call a snap election. -REUTERS

AFRICA34 migrants found dead in Niger desert34 migrants, including 20 children, have been found dead in Niger’s vast desert after being abandoned by their smuggler, the govern-ment of the West African nation said on Wednesday. Agadez in the landlocked country’s arid north is a popular waystation for migrants attempting to traverse the Sahara Desert and reach Libya and eventu-ally Europe. -REUTERS

Anxious EU appeals to Britons to stay, warns of costs

n Reuters, Brussels

Anxious European leaders issued a chorus of calls to Britons on Thursday to stay in the European Union rather than risk years of economic damage, but the prime minister whose country will chair the EU from July said it must pre-pare for a Brexit.

From German Chancellor An-gela Merkel, to the heads of the EU institutions in Brussels and the man who forged the modern EU, Jacques Delors, they said remain-ing would be better for Britain and Europe - though aware that outside pressure may be counter-productive, all stressed it was for voters to decide.

Most European leaders have previously muted appeals to the British for fear of being coun-ter-productive. But a swing to-ward Brexit in opinion polls a week before the June 23 referendum has sparked deep anxiety about the impact on the EU, prompting a greater readiness to warn Britons of harsh consequences.

Merkel, who did her best to help Prime Minister David Cameron ne-gotiate a special status deal for Brit-ain in February, said the UK could be shut out of the prized single market on which its large � nancial

services sector is heavily reliant.She added that that any nego-

tiation of future terms of access would start with Britain being on the outside.

Finance ministers from the 19 EU states using the euro currency met in Luxembourg on Thursday but their chairman, Dutch minis-ter Jeroen Dijsselbloem, said they would not discuss any contingency plans for Brexit. He acknowledged concern about the British vote but said there was no “Plan B” to deal with it, adding he was con� dent Britons would vote to remain.

That con� dence is not wide-ly shared in Brussels, especially in the past two weeks since polls have swung toward Brexit.

“We are approaching the point of no return. Brexit is now a visible scenario,” one senior EU diplomat said. “We are talking, loudly but not in public. But there is nothing we can do.”

Breaking silenceBreaking that taboo was Robert Fico, the outspoken prime minis-ter of Slovakia, who met Merkel on Thursday. His country’s six-month presidency of EU councils starting in July would give it some role in the start of negotiations with a Britain set on leaving the Union, and Fico said polls showed it was now time to be “realistic” about preparing for that eventuality.

“If you’re watching soccer and your team is three behind in the 90th minute of the game, it’s un-likely that there will be a turna-round and that suddenly you will win,” he said.

European Commission Presi-dent Jean-Claude Juncker, the Un-ion chief executive, told a ques-tioner at an economic forum in Russia that Brexit would not put “the EU in danger of death” -- but he cautioned against a rise of eu-roscepticism across Europe.

And, like European Council President Donald Tusk, who chairs EU summits, Juncker warned that a Leave vote would unleash “ma-jor uncertainty”.

Juncker’s distant predecessor from 1985-95, Jacques Delors,

issued a statement to dispel ru-mours he favoured a Brexit to let other states to integrate further.

“I consider the UK’s participa-tion in the European Union to be a positive element both for the Brit-ish and for the Union,” the architect of the euro single currency said.

Tusk, a former Polish prime minister, made one of his most impassioned calls yet for Britons to stay.

“Europe without the United Kingdom will be distinctly weak-er. This is obvious. Equally obvi-ous is that the UK outside the EU will be distinctly weaker, too,” he said on a visit to Finland, warning that Brexit would bring “seven years of limbo and uncertainty in our relations,” he said. l

British lawmaker dead: What we know so farBritish member of House of Commons Jo Cox has died in hospital after being at-tacked in the street in her constituency.

This is what we know so far–

Who is Jo Cox?Cox, 41, is the member of parliament representing the constituency of Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire, northern England.

On Twitter she has 10,400 followers and describes herself as: “Mum. Proud Yorkshire Lass. Labour MP for Batley and Spen. Boat dweller. Mountain climber. Former aid worker.”

She entered the House of Commons in the May 2015 general election, win-ning 43.2% of the vote.

Cox co-chairs the newly-formed cross-party parliamentary group on Syria.

She is also part of parliamentary groups working on Palestine, devolu-tion, Pakistan, Kashmir and Yorkshire’s economy.

She was one of 36 of Labour’s 232 MPs who nominated veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn to become party leader last year.

Like the vast majority of Labour MPs,

she is campaigning for Britain to stay in the EU in the June 23 referendum.

What happenedThe attack took place in Birstall, a large village in her constituency. It happened near the library, where she regularly holds meetings with her constituents.

Police said they were called at 12:53 pm (1153 GMT) on Thursday to reports of an incident where a woman in her 40s had su� ered serious injuries.

A man in his late 40s to early 50s also su� ered slight injuries.

British newspapers reported that the MP had been shot, quoting locals, but this has not been con� rmed by police.

Who has been arrested?Armed o� cers attended the scene and a 52-year-old man was arrested.

What is Cox’s personal story?Cox is from the textile town of Batley, which has a large South Asian Muslim population.

Her father Gordon worked in a tooth-paste factory and her mother Jean was a school secretary.

She graduated in 1995 from the Uni-versity of Cambridge, where she � rst got interested in politics.

She helped to launch the pro-Euro-pean campaign organisation Britain in Europe, and spent two years with Eu-ropean Parliament member Glenys Kin-nock in Brussels.

She then spent a decade working for the aid agency Oxfam in New York, Brus-sels and war zones as the head of policy and of humanitarian campaigning.

She was the national chair of Labour Women’s Network for four years and worked with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation before standing for parlia-ment.

What has been the reaction to the attack?The EU referendum Remain camp has suspended all campaigning.

The o� cial Vote Leave campaign has withdrawn its battle bus.

Conservative British Prime Minister David Cameron cancelled a pro-EU rally in Gibraltar.

“It’s right that all campaigning has been stopped after the terrible attack on Jo Cox,” he said.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was “utterly shocked”. “The thoughts of the whole Labour Party are with her and her family at this time.”

European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said he too was “deeply shocked” and was thinking of her husband and children. His thoughts were echoed by Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said: “Deeply shocked to hear about the attack on Jo Cox. Heartfelt thoughts and prayers of all here are with Jo and her family and friends.” l

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The $46bn tie that binds China and Pakistann Tribune International Desk

The partnership between Pakistan and China is one of the strongest in Asia. Pakistani Prime Minis-ter Nawaz Sharif once said that his country’s ties with Beijing are “higher than mountains” and “deeper than oceans.” In May 2015, those sentiments were given form when Chinese president Xi Jinping, on his � rst visit to Pakistan, signed $28bn worth of agreements as part of the proposed $46bn China-Paki-stan Economic Corridor.

The ambitious project, which when complete would link China with two Pakistani ports, faces an array of challenges. But if complet-ed as planned, it will help stimulate Pakistani economic growth, par-ticularly in its more impoverished western region. It would also fur-ther strengthen Chinese in� uence in the region and give it an export corridor to the Arabian Sea.

Foundations of the CPECThe two b-Genranches of the Chi-na-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) consist of a network of roads, railways, energy pipelines and other infrastructure projects that will run from the city of Kash-gar in China’s western Xinjiang province through each of Pakistan’s major cities before terminating at the Arabian Sea ports of Gwadar, near Iran, and Karachi, to the east. The initiative demonstrates the ex-pansion of the already-deep part-nership between the two nations. The CPEC, which, broadly speaking, is divided into eastern and western corridors running the length of Pa-kistan, � ts into the Chinese trade diversi� cation strategy dubbed the Belt and Road Initiative.

The project is vital to Pakistan’s economic ambitions and could provide the basis for an econom-ic boom. Estimates suggest that the country’s current 4.5% annual growth rate could climb three per-centage points if the country can overcome the energy supply prob-lems plaguing the nation. Available electricity, for instance, falls short of peak demand by some 7,000 megawatts, leading to daily black-outs. Energy infrastructure invest-ments associated with the CPEC are meant to ameliorate a portion of that shortfall. The CPEC can also help Pakistan achieve its goals of be-coming a major regional energy hub connecting the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia and China. The pro-ject would give China access to en-ergy supply routes linking Central Asia with South Asia as well.

Notably, the United States has pursued this same objective for two decades, seeking to connect energy-abundant Central Asia to energy-de� cient South Asia by pro-

moting the Turkmenistan-Afghani-stan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. But its construction has languished under the enduring threat of militan-cy throughout Afghanistan and Paki-stan. Beijing fears that the militancy could spill across its border gives it an incentive to stabilise the region, hence its investment in Pakistan.

CPEC constitutes the largest pro-posed investment package in Paki-stan’s history and is being brand-ed as a solution for the country’s economic problems, one that will create jobs, grow the economy and reform the energy sector. But un-less Pakistan implements structur-al reforms - further democratizing the country, uprooting corruption, strengthening civilian institutions and bolstering the economy of its largest and poorest province, Ba-lochistan - the e� ect of those ben-e� ts could be blunted.

Implementation DifficultiesWhile CPEC has been touted as a “game-changer” for Pakistan, Is-lamabad will need to overcome sev-eral problems standing in the way of its implementation. The � rst is regionalism. Rivalries among Paki-stan’s provinces of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Sindh and Balochistan - each with its own strong cultural identities - have long stood in the way of forging an overarching national identity. In particular, Balochistan, the coun-try’s least-populous province, has long accused Punjab, the wealth-iest and most populous province, of marginalizing its people. One grievance Balochis hold is that Pun-jabis expropriated the operations of the Gwadar port, which is being expanded under the CPEC, and del-egated the port authority’s admin-istration, cutting Balochis out of the equation. (In November 2015, a Chi-nese � rm signed a 43-year lease for the rights to operate the port.)

Those regional rivalries have taken on a political dimension in regard to the CPEC. In November, the Pakistani Senate Standing Com-mittee on Communication derided CPEC; one senator who represents Balochistan called the project the “China-Punjab” corridor and lamented the fact that its eastern corridor will be prioritized over the western one. Indeed, political considerations could help explain the unequal pace of development: Punjab is the base of Prime Min-ister Nawaz Sharif’s support, and development there could boost the popularity of his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party ahead of 2018 elections.

Di� culties in implementing the CPEC’s constituent projects have presented another obstacle. For instance, two high-priority electric power infrastructure projects faced

delays or cancellations because of bureaucratic snags. That includes a land-lease issue that imperiled a 1,320-megawatt generation plant planned by the Port Qasim Electric Power Company, a project at the top of the CPEC’s priority list. A wa-ter project under the Gwadar Port Authority faces a quandary over the source of its funding. Any un-dertaking on the enormous scale of CPEC will inevitably run into simi-lar obstacles. But the basic nature of the issues hampering these projects suggests systemic problems.

Security concerns pose another challenge. CPEC’s western corri-dor crosses through KPK and Ba-lochistan, which have a history of militancy. Chief of Army Sta� Gen. Raheel Sharif assembled a 12,000-troop force to guard Chi-

nese engineers working on CPEC, demonstrating the importance the military gives the project. In 2004, attacks by the Balochistan Liber-ation Army killed three Chinese engineers, while in 2007 militants bombed a bus carrying Chinese en-gineers. In 2015, pipelines were tar-geted 10 times in militant attacks, and in March 2015, attackers set � ve fuel trucks on � re and kidnapped four of their drivers. But under the military’s watch, there have been no reported attacks this year on pipelines in Balochistan. And in April, 144 Balochi militants surren-dered to the army.

The military wants to expand its involvement in CPEC beyond handling security, seeking a project management role as well. Because CPEC has been advancing slowly,

the military’s proposal, which � ts squarely into Pakistan’s military-ci-vilian dynamic, could be seen as a way to boost progress. However, Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistan’s minister of planning, development and reform, argued against giving the military a role in development, saying that the accompanying increase in bu-reaucracy would only further slow CPEC’s progress. Even so, it is like-ly that the Chinese have requested that the military take on a manage-ment role, given the civilian gov-ernment’s di� culties.

Going ForwardBecause Pakistan’s political, eco-nomic, and human capital is con-centrated along the Indus River, which runs longitudinally through the country’s eastern half, it is nat-ural that the eastern segment of the CPEC will develop faster. Indeed, in � scal 2015-2016, Islamabad allocat-ed only 15% of the $1.24bn in CPEC funding to the western route, with the remainder going to the eastern route. The eastern corridor’s termi-nus, the Port of Karachi, is already the country’s busiest, processing 60% of Pakistan’s seaborne cargo. Islamabad recently signed agree-ments with China worth $4.2bn for highway construction projects in the eastern corridor. The western route, on the other hand, ends at the underdeveloped port at Gwa-dar, which is expected to process about 1m tonnes of cargo next year, a fraction of its envisioned capacity of up to 400m.

The large troop contingent de-ployed along the western route of development may contain the im-mediate security concerns there, but it is only a temporary solution to a longer-term problem. If under-lying issues in Balochistan, includ-ing political and economic exploita-tion and a lack of autonomy, are not addressed, the region will grow even more restive. Concerns about unrest give politicians from the more powerful and in� uential Pun-jab and Sindh regions an excuse to push more development east, leav-ing western provinces to languish. This in turn means that Balochistan would remain underdeveloped, sustaining the grievances of the Ba-lochi secessionists.

Whether or not the proposed CPEC projects materialise, it is im-portant to consider that such an un-dertaking, massive though it may be, is only one of the many ties that bind Pakistan and China together. The strategic interests of both na-tions dictate that their relationship, especially in economic develop-ment, will only improve. l

This is an excerpt of an article published by Stratfor, an Austin-based geopolitical

analyst agency

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Port Qasim Coal-FiredPower Plant

Peshawar-KarachiMotorway(Multan-Sukkur section)

Karakoram HIghway Phase 2 (Raikot-Islamabad section)

ML-1 Railway Project

Gwadar InternationalAirport

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$1.9bn $2.6bn

$3.5bn

$3.7bn

$230m

$1.6bn

$360m

$1.8bn

Sahiwal Coal-FiredPower PlantGwadar Coal PowerProject

Suki Kinari HydropowerStation

The China Pakistan Economic Corridor comprise more than 35 energy and infrastructure projects. Of its $46bn price tag, $34bn will go energy projects and $12bn will go infrastructure projects.

CHINA-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR

If completed, the ambitious project, which would link China with two Pakistani ports, will strengthen Chinese in� uence in the region and give it an export corridor to the Arabian Sea

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US gun debate revolves around 27 words If there’s one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on when it comes to guns, it’s their proclaimed respect for the Second Amendment.

Ah, but then there’s the trickier matter of what they think those 27 words mean.

Lawyers, scholars, judges, politi-cians and ordinary Americans have been puzzling over that question for much of two centuries.

And so it is that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton can both pledge fealty to the same sentence in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights yet still be sharply at odds on gun control.

Here’s a closer look at what the Sec-ond Amendment means and where it came from -

27 WORDSThe Second Amendment states: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not

be infringed.” It was adopted in 1791.

Definition, pleaseYou think it’s that simple? “When people say ‘Second Amendment rights,’ they could mean anything,” says Adam Winkler, a UCLA law professor whose scholarship on the Second Amendment has been cited in Supreme Court cases. The apex court has o� ered at least some help: In a 2008 ruling, it declared for the � rst time that Americans have the right to own a handgun for self-de-fence at home. But recently deceased Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in the major-ity opinion that the Second Amendment doesn’t allow citizens “to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose.” That leaves a lot of open questions. What about being armed in public? What about concealed weapons? What about as-sault-style weapons? What about buying, selling and making guns? What about gov-ernment regulation of gun ownership?

Common groundWhile the Second Amendment remains subject to varying interpretations, there’s been an overall shift toward broader ac-knowledgment it protects an individual right to bear arms. At the country’s found-ing, there was little thought of using � re-arms for self-defence, says UCLA’s Win-kler. Back then, he says, guns just weren’t very useful for self-defence because peo-ple had to reload after every round.

Big divideThe public remains split over what limita-tions on gun ownership are appropriate. A poll in December found that 50% of Amer-icans think that laws limiting gun owner-ship don’t infringe on the public’s right to bear arms under the Second Amendment and 46% think they do. At the same time, 58% of Americans would favour stricter gun laws, 25% want no change and 14% say the laws should be looser. Proposals for stronger laws on background checks

before people can purchase a gun draw large majority support. But with the NRA opposed to the idea and � exing extraor-dinary muscle on Capitol Hill, it has been a no-go in Congress.

The 2016 campaign o� ers an oppor-tunity for voters to consider where the US should place itself on the spectrum of a wide open V a constricted reading of the Second Amendment. On one end, Clinton, o� ering herself as the candidate willing to stand up to the gun lobby and

arguing that the Orlando shooting shows the need for stronger restrictions on guns. On the other, there’s Trump, playing up his NRA endorsement. Still, there was evidence Wednesday of a potential spot of common ground between the two can-didates, with Trump tweeting that he’ll be meeting with the NRA to discuss “not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no-� y list, to buy guns.” l

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ANALYSIS

Legal doubts over Trump’s immigration proposalsn Reuters, Washington, DC

Republican presidential candi-date Donald Trump’s proposal for suspending immigration from parts of the world with a history of terrorism could have a legal basis, but his assertion that it be part of a broader ban

on Muslim immigrants makes it constitutionally untenable, legal scholars say.

The new twist in Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric came in the aftermath of a weekend shooting massacre at a Florida nightclub by the American-born son of Afghan immigrants.

In a � ery speech on Monday, the day after the Orlando massacre, he expanded on his proposed temporary ban on Muslims entering the US, vowing if elected to halt immigration from any area of the world where there is a “proven histo-ry of terrorism” against America or its allies.

He also accused the Muslim-American com-munity of broad complicity in attacks such as the Orlando shooting, which was carried out by a gunman pledging allegiance to Islamic State, and threatened “big consequences” for those who fail to inform on their neighbours.

Many legal experts said Trump’s proposal for a religion-based ban would be unlikely to pass the test of US constitutional guarantees of religious freedom, due process and equal protection and would likely be struck down by the courts if he tried to implement them by presidential decree.

However, a ban on immigrants from cer-tain countries has some precedent and might pass muster.

Some see that new proposal as reminiscent of the congressional Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which was used for years to halt the in-

� ux of Chinese labourers and has been widely considered a black mark on America’s immi-gration record.

But Trump’s overall immigration plan would go beyond that, targeting not just a country or a region of the world but also a religion, some-thing that no modern US president has done.

But US presidents have wide latitude on immigration matters, and some conservative scholars said that the fate of any proposed ban would hinge on how narrowly Trump framed it.

They note, for instance, that Democratic President Jimmy Carter barred Iranian nation-als from entering the US during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.

In Monday’s speech in New Hampshire, Trump showed little sign of scaling back his call to ban Muslims from entering the US, which he � rst laid out in December after an Islamic State-linked deadly mass shooting in San Bernardino, California.

Debate over the legality of Trump’s proposals was complicated by the vagueness of his pro-nouncement and questions on how broadly he would extend any immigration ban if elected.

Under the broadest interpretation of Trump’s pronouncement, immigration could be barred not only from the Muslim world but from US-allied countries in Europe and Asia where militant attacks have taken place. This could include India, the source of many skilled engineers for the US technology sector.

Legal experts also raised doubts about the legality of Trump’s demand that members of the American Muslim community “cooperate with law enforcement and turn in the people who they know are bad” or else they will be “brought to justice” themselves.” Critics have accused him of anti-Muslim fear-mongering to win votes. l

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MoU signed for mini China in Bangladesh A formal agreement has been struck � nally to develop an exclusive zone for Chinese investment near the port city of Chittagong which, a high o� cial said, will be a “mini China” in Bangladesh. PAGE 13

Government expert: China’s debt is 250% of GDP and could be fatalChina’s total borrowings were more than double its gross do-mestic product (GDP) last year, a government economist said, warn-ing that debt linkages between the state and industry could be “fatal” for the world’s second largest economy. PAGE 14

Digital is not rescuing troubled US newspapersThe grim news for newspapers: digital is doing little to rescue them from their deepening woes. PAGE 15

Survey: 25% remittance invested n Ibrahim Hossain Ovi

Over 25% of total remittance re-ceived in 2015 was invested by the remittance receiving households in many sectors, mostly construc-tion, says a survey report.

The report, however, said: “10.87% of total remittance was used for repaying loan that was borrowed to meet the expenditure for going abroad.”

Of the total amount, nearly 75% of remittance was invested in con-struction or reconstruction of kat-cha, semi-pacca or pacca houses, buildings, � ats, boundary walls and personal roads, according to the � ndings of the survey.

At the national level, 40.71% remittance receiving households reported that they had saved part of the remittance they received in 2015, while 59.29% did not save any amount from their remittances.

In 2015, average investment from remittance at national lev-el accounted at Tk76,546. The highest investment from remit-tance was recorded in Dhaka at Tk98,469 followed by Barisal Tk75,713, Sylhet Tk75,288 and Chittagong Tk74,401.

However, the lowest was re-corded in Rangpur at Tk44,194, which is substantially lower than the national average investment from remittance.

Planning Minister AHM Musta-fa Kamal yesterday formally un-veiled the report titled ‘Survey on Investment From Remittance (SIR) 2016’ in the capital. Bang-ladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Statistics and Informatics Division (SID) and Ministry of Planning jointly conducted the survey.

The objective of the survey is to identify the proportion of invest-ment that are directly invested from the remittance by the house-holds at the micro level.

While the survey also focused on identifying the nature of in-vestments from the remittance, estimating the share of savings in total remittance received and � nding out the socio-demograph-ic characteristics of expatriates.

“The survey is aimed at bringing the remittance in the economic development as it’s the main driv-ing force of the national econo-my,” said Kamal while launching the report.

The minister said: “We want to convert remittance into assets and initiatives would be taken to provide easy way to create invest-ment.”

According to the survey report, there are about 8.6 million Bang-ladeshi migrants who are spread over the globe. While about two million additional young peo-ple are added to the labour force every year but the country is una-ble to create jobs to accommodate all of them.

According to the survey, the av-erage remittance received by the Remittance Receiving Households

(RRHHs) in 2015 was Tk3,02,183 of which Tk2,89,493 was received in cash and Tk12,690 in other forms.

Among the divisions, the high-est average remittance received is recorded in Dhaka Tk3,59,833 followed by Sylhet Tk3,33,125 and the lowest in Khulna Tk2,33,235.

The average remittance re-ceived has been increased from Tk2,05,642 in 2013 to Tk3,02,183 in 2015, which implies 46.95% rise over the last three years.

Most expatriates had chosen banks as best means to remit as 50.72% sent their money through banks, while 14.31% remitted their earnings by using mobile banking (bKash), 12.66% by Western Union or MoneyGram and 0.21% by post o� ces.

In addition, much amount of the remittance was sent through

informal channels, 22.09%, of which Hundi occupies the larg-est share with 12.31% followed by friends or relatives 5.45% and the known person 3.85%.

At the national level, bank is the biggest custodian of savings made out of remittances. Most of the savers kept their money with banks in di� erent forms as like as savings account 49.86%, DPS/SDPS 11.86%, � xed deposit 7.24% and purchase of savings bond 5.31%.

The characteristic of the remit-tance receiving households show that 51.78% are female-headed households compared to only 15.58% female heads in general households.

As per the study � ndings, 97.38% of the migrant workers are males, of which more than 54.90% are below 35 years. In case of females 55.11% are below 35.

The majority of the migrants are less educated while insigni� -cant portion of them have attained higher education. The highest, 63.89% are educated lower than SSC level and only 2.58% have obtained graduation degree and 9.64% have no education at all. l

Gold prices hiked again n Tribune Business Desk

Gold prices in Bangladesh mar-ket has been increased again by around Tk1,225 per bhori (11.664 grams) following the rise of prices in international market.

Bangladesh Jewellers Samity (BAJUS), in a statement yesterday, said the new rates for gold and silver

would be e� ective from Saturday. As per the new rates, each bhori

(11.664) of 22-carat gold will now cost Tk47,123 while the price of 21-carat gold will be Tk45,023.

“We have no other choice but to increase the prices following global market,” said Dilip Kumar Roy, member of Bangladesh Jew-ellers Samity. l

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There are about 8.6m Bangladeshi migrants who are spread over the globe. While about two million additional young people are added to the labour force every year but the country is unable to create jobs to accommodate all of them

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MoU signed for mini China in Bangladesh n Syed Samiul Basher Anik

A formal agreement has been struck � nally to develop an exclu-sive zone for Chinese investment near the port city of Chittagong which, a high o� cial said, will be a “mini China” in Bangladesh.

Once established, the zone in Anwara will accommodate around 400 factories and is expected to at-tract around $2bn Chinese invest-ment in three years, creating more than 150,000 jobs.

China Harbor Engineering Com-pany Ltd (CHEC) will develop the project as it inked a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) yesterday.

Chinese Economic and Indus-trial Zone (CEIZ), as it is named, will be the country’s � rst econom-ic-industrial zone developed under government-to-government (G2G) category on a 774-acre land.

“You will be having a ‘mini Chi-

na’ in Bangladesh after the exclu-sive economic zone project work in Anwara is complete,” Paban Chow-dhury, BEZA executive chairman, said after signing the MoU.

He said:“Under the MoU, both parties will form special purpose companies (SPC) for next 50 years with chance to extend, to imple-ment the project on equity basis.”

Paban said China government has also agreed to provide � nancial assistance to develop o� set infra-structure so CEIZ project work can smoothly run.

The government has identi� ed 77 sites for economic zones in the country.

Paban said to attract both local and foreign direct investment, the government has o� ered a bunch of incentives, competitive in the Asian region, to developers and unit investors of economic zones.

The move to set up an exclusive economic zone for Chinese inves-tors was undertaken after Prime

Minister Sheikh Hasina had made such a pledge during her visit to China in 2014.

In September, 2015 Executive Committee of the National Eco-nomic Council (Ecnec) approved the project.

Later on May 30, 2016 Finance Divi-sion released a fund of over Tk420 crore under the revised annual de-velopment programme for which is also known as Anwara-II Economic Zone.

The proposed site of the zone is 39km o� Chittagong port, 28km o� Chittagong city and 46km from

Shah Amanat International Airport.The CHEC will develop di� er-

ent industries including chemicals, pharmaceutical and garments, telecommunication, agricul-ture-based factories, electronics factory, plastic, IT-related indus-tries in the zone.

Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Md Abul Kalam Azad termed the MoU as a milestone in G2G economic zone project and hoped the CHEC will attract Chi-nese investment once the zone is in operation.

CHEC Vice-President Bai Yin-zhan said the MoU signing has cleared way for “lots of develop-ment work.” He said the work will start in full swing now and hoped to complete in two years.

Charge d’A� aires at Chinese Embassy in Dhaka Yang Shichao said China views Bangladesh as its important partner and considers a priority in industrial cooperation.

He hoped the China economic

zone will be a “great platform” in such cooperation.

Bangladesh Garment Manufac-turers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Md Siddiqur Rahman also spoke at the MoU signing ceremony. He described Bangladesh as “an ideal place for investment” in high-value added apparel and textile industries.

He suggested the authorities making it sure that the industries being set up in the economic zone be compliant of social, safety and environmental standards.

The government has a target to set up 100 economic zones in the country on more than 30,000 hec-tares of land and expects to gener-ate employments for around 10m people and add $40bn to annual export.

Secretary at Prime Minister’s Of-� ce Suraiya Begum and BEZA Ex-ecutive Member (investment pro-motion) Muhammad Abdus Samad also addressed the function. l

The work will start in full swing now and hoped to complete in two years

Bestec to lose IGW licence n Ishtiaq Husain

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has decided to cancel the licence of IGW operator, Bestec Telecom Limited, for failing to pay its dues in time.

Bestec owes the regulator Tk177 crore. It is one of the major default-ers of all International Gateway (IGW) operators.

BTRC has already sought Posts and Telecommunications Divi-sion’s permission for the licence cancellation.

Earlier on October 28, 2013, the

regulatory body suspended Bestec’s all types of operational activities.

Asking not be named, a high-up at BTRC told the Dhaka Tribune the regulator will not allow any com-pany to continue their operational activities if they fail to pay dues in time.

The regulator will get tough with major defaulters, he added.

The regulatory commission � led separate cases against Telex Limit-ed, Vision Tel Limited, Bestec Tel-ecom Limited, Ratul Telecom and Kay Telecommunication, accord-ing to Bangladesh Telecommunica-tion Regulatory Law 2001. l

BSEC approves ETF norms n Tribune Business Desk

Bangladesh Securities and Ex-change Commission yesterday approved the guidelines on the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to attract more investment to the cap-ital market.

The details, however, will be published soon as a gazette no-ti� cation since the regulator has incorporated eligible public com-ments on draft ETF regulations.

ETF is an open-ended invest-ment funds listed and traded on a stock exchange.

Under the draft norms, the regu-

lator proposed that the initial fund size under the ETF will be at least Tk50 crore.

The fund size, however, will be allowed to change through crea-tion and redemption by authorised participants like stock dealer or broker.

The fund will be formed through private placement from eligible in-vestors.

If the fund formation remains incomplete, even after the private placement, general investors will be allowed to participate into com-pleting fund formation, but subject to the regulatory approval. l

Beximco Pharma begins export to gulf market n Tribune Business Desk

Beximco Pharma has started ex-porting its product to the gulf mar-ket for the � rst time as a Bangla-deshi pharmaceutical company.

The company entered the mar-ket with an exporting target of half a million dollar primarily to Kuwait at the beginning, said Sal-man F Rahman, vice-chairman of Beximco Group, while addressing a press conference held on the facto-ry premises in Gazipur.

Earlier at the press conference yesterday, three new Beximco drugs were launched in presence of Kuwait Ambassador Adel Mo-hammad AH Hayat.

The three are two metered dose inhalers named Azmasol (Salbuta-mol) and Bexitrol-F (Salmeterol plus Fluticasone) and one blood pressure drug Amdocal (Amlodipine). The

inhalers were meant for asthma and respiratory patients. The products will be exported to Kuwait.

Beximco Pharma’s Managing Di-rector Nazmul Hassan, lawmaker,

Chief Operating O� cer Rabbur Reza and other high-ups of the company were also present at the function.

Salman expects Beximco Phar-ma to export medicine worth $1

billion within the next � ve years. He said the company is o� ering

drugs at the lowest price compared to other medicine exporters in the gulf market.

He claimed that Beximco Pharma is providing drugs in the local mar-ket at the lowest price of the world.

In his address, Nazmul Has-san said the company expects to launch additional products in Ku-wait later this year.

The total pharma market of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) consisting of six Arab nations is cur-rently valued at around $9 billion, while Kuwait has a pharma market worth about $1 billion, he said.

Adel Mohammad said Beximco Pharma will compete in the gulf market with price and quality. He expect that the company can pro-duce more hundreds products in Kuwait. l

Kuwait Ambassador in Dhaka Adel Mohammad and Beximco Group Vice Chairman Salman F Rahman at a product launching ceremony yesterday as Beximco Pharma starts export to gulf market SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN

DSEX slips to 3-week lown Tribune Business Desk

Stocks fell amid volatility yester-day with the benchmark index DSEX slipping to three weeks low.

After lingering � at over the last one week, the DSEX lost over 16 points or 0.4% to 4,395—its lowest since May 25 this year.

The blue-chip comprising index DS30 was down 5 points or 0.5% to 1,080. The DSE Shariah Index DSES shed nearly 9 points to 1,729.

The Chittagong Stock Exchange Selective Category Index CSCX closed at 8,234, dropping 26 points.

Trading activities improved signi� cantly as the DSE turnover crossed Tk500 crore after four and a half month.

It stood at Tk530 crore, a sharp increase of almost 50% over the previous session on the back of block trading of Renata and Glaxo SmithKilne.

The two multinational � rms accounted for around 30% of total trade at DSE.

The large cap sectors performed negative except banks that re-mained almost unchanged.

Telecommunication was the highest loser with a drop of nearly 1%, followed by engineering 0.7%, power 0.4%, non-banking � nancial institutions 0.3%, food and allied 0.2% and pharmaceuticals 0.07%.

Of the total 318 issues traded, 83 advanced, 156 declined and 79 re-mained unchanged.

ACME Laboratories Limited was the most traded share with a turno-ver worth Tk56.7 crore despite 62.5 lakh shares freed after expiry of their lock in period. l

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CORPORATE NEWS

JCI Dhaka North has recently initiated a campaign named, Spreading Life Spreading Happiness in Korail slum, said a press release. Students living in the slum were provided with products including hand wash to improve sanitation under the campaign. Chairperson of national media and PR committee of JCI Bangladesh, Rebeka Sultana Binti was present on the occasion

Apex Footwear Limited has recently opened a new outlet at Kandirpar in Comilla, said a press release. The company’s chief operating o� cer, Rajan Pillai inaugurated the outlet

Prime Bank Limited has recently organised a discussion session on Ramadan, said a press release. The bank’s chairperson, Azam J Chowdhury was present at the session as chief guest

Bankers can learn from miners about culture changen Swaha Pattanaik

Imagine an industry where bad practices cause huge harm, whose reputation is in the mud, and which desperately wants to change its cul-ture. In the late 1990s that was min-ing. Today it’s banking. Finance can learn a thing or two from the likes of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.

Mining deaths in the United States halved per hour worked be-tween 1990 and 2011, according to the Department of Labor. Four principles made this possible. First, aim for higher standards than the law requires. Some of the biggest miners applied tough rules glob-ally, even when local norms were

less stringent. A similar approach in � nance would make a welcome change from bankers exploiting le-gal loopholes, herding to less oner-ous regulatory regimes, or skirting as close to the wind as possible.

Second, make protecting the company from reputational dam-age a priority for everyone. Mining chief executives and senior manag-ers are accountable when disaster strikes, and often meet families of those killed in mining accidents. Those lower down the pay scale are encouraged to blow the whistle and own up to mistakes. The latter will require banks to discriminate between genuine errors and delib-erate violations of policy.

Third, pick the right metrics to measure progress, and don’t leave out near-misses. That’s a tough-er lesson to transpose to banking since the number of regulatory in-fringements never tell the whole

story. Yet this is vital, since linking remuneration from the highest lev-el down to such measures, as min-ers do, is a necessary, though not su� cient, condition for changing culture.

Finally, show shareholders there need not be a huge trade-o� between pro� tability and high-er standards. Investors already hate unexpected � nes. Miners can plausibly argue that reducing fa-talities shows good management, which ought to translate into en-ticing pro� t margins. At least at the top, the message is starting to get through and e� orts are being made. Take Standard Chartered Chief Executive Bill Winters’ recent

scathing attack on misconduct and the new clampdown by the bank.

Deaths and injuries were stark levers that helped change min-ing culture. Reforming bankers is harder because they can argue that their misdemeanours create no victims – or at least, they don’t kill anyone. But mining demonstrates that the key is to be better than the least one can get away with. l

Swaha Pattanaik is a columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. She has been covering � nancial markets and policymaking for 22 years, reporting on key economic and monetary milestones and breaking market-moving news. The article was initially published at Reuters.

Miners can plausibly argue that reducing fatalities shows good management, which ought to translate into enticing pro� t margins

Government expert: China’s debt is 250% of GDP and could be fatal

n AFP, Beijing

China’s total borrowings were more than double its gross domestic product (GDP) last year, a govern-ment economist said, warning that debt linkages between the state and industry could be “fatal” for the world’s second largest economy.

The country’s debt has bal-looned as Beijing has made getting credit cheap and easy in an e� ort to stimulate slowing growth, un-leashing a massive, debt-fuelled spending binge.

While the stimulus may help the country post better growth num-bers in the near term, analysts say the rebound might be short-lived.

China’s borrowings hit 168.48tn yuan ($25.6tn) at the end of last year, equivalent to 249% of the economy’s GDP, Li Yang, a senior researcher with top government think tank the China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), told reporters Wednesday.

The number, while enormous, is still lower than some outside es-

timates. Consulting � rm the McK-insey Group has said that the coun-try’s total debt was likely as high as $28tn by mid-2014.

CASS in a report last year said China’s debt amounted to 150.03tn yuan at the end of 2014, according to previous Chinese media reports.

The most worrying risks lie in the non-� nancial corporate sector, where the debt-to-GDP ratio was estimated at 156% including liabil-ities of local government � nancing vehicles, Li said.

Many of the companies in ques-tion are state-owned � rms that borrowed heavily from govern-ment-backed banks and so prob-lems with the sector could ulti-mately trigger “systemic risks” in the economy, he said.

“The gravity of China’s non-� -nancial corporate (debt) is that if problems occur with it, China’s � -nancial system will have problems immediately,” Li said.

He added that the problem will also a� ect state co� ers because

Chinese banks are “closely linked to the government”.

“It’s a fatal issue in China. Be-cause of such a link, it is probably more urgent for China than other countries to resolve the debt prob-lem,” he said.

Speaking earlier this week, Da-vid Lipton, � rst deputy managing director with the International Monetary Fund, also singled out China’s corporate borrowing as a major concern, warning addressing the issue is “imperative to avoid serious problems down the road”.

Despite the concerns, China is having di� culty kicking its cred-it addiction. On Wednesday, the People’s Bank of China announced that new loans extended by banks jumped to 985.5bn yuan last month, up from 555.6bn yuan in April.

The country’s economy grew 6.9% last year, the slowest rate in a quarter of a century, and weak-ening economic � gures have sig-nalled the slowdown has contin-ued this year. l

An employee works on an assembly line producing automobiles at a factory in Qingdao REUTERS

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Oil at $45-$50 a barrel needed to reach H2 2016 supply de� citn Reuters

Goldman Sachs yesterday said it expects the oil price recov-ery to stall near recent price levels, and crude will need to trade between $45-$50 per

barrel for the market to reach a supply de� cit in the second half of 2016.

The bank said it continues to expect that non-OPEC pro-duction excluding the United States will decline by 430,000

barrels per day this year to help put the market into the de� cit.

Goldman said the market is likely to remain close to balance in June as Canadian production restarts and pro-duction elsewhere remains resilient.

A series of production dis-ruptions in Nigeria, Venezue-la, Libya and Canada pushed oil to a 2016 high of $52.86 last week.

“We continue to view the recovery in prices and funda-mentals as fragile,” analysts at the investment bank said.

“In particular, we expect that the de� cit in second half of 2016 will remain modest at current prices and that a re-turn into surplus is likely in the � rst quarter of 2017 before inventories normalize by end-2017.” l

Digital is not rescuing troubled US newspapersn AFP, Washington

The grim news for newspapers: digital is doing little to rescue them from their deepening woes.

Reeling from weak circulation and ad revenue, the traditional newspaper world faces an ugly pic-ture while social media and tech � rms bene� t from the shift to dig-ital, a Pew Research Center study released yesterday found.

Average weekday newspaper circulation - print and digital com-bined - fell seven percent in 2015, the greatest decline since 2010, Pew’s annual “State of the News Media” report found.

Although digital circulation gained a slight two percent, that amounted to just 22% of total cir-culation, and online subscriptions have done little for the overall rev-enue picture, Pew said.

It found that total 2015 advertis-ing revenue among publicly traded newspaper companies declined almost eight percent, re� ecting weakness in digital as well as print.

To make matters worse, news-paper newsroom employment fell 10% last year, the biggest drop since 2009, the researchers found.

“Newspapers had a near reces-sion-level year,” Pew researcher Jesse Holcomb said.

Tech firms reap gainsMajor tech companies are reaping most of the revenues from online news, Pew found.

“There is money being made on

the web, but news organizations have not been the primary bene� -ciaries,” the report said.

Total digital advertising spend-ing grew 20% last year to around $60bn, a higher growth rate than in 2013 and 2014, Pew said.

“But compared with a year ago, even more of the digital ad revenue pie – 65% - is now swallowed up by just � ve tech companies,” the re-port said, naming Facebook, Goog-

le, Microsoft, Yahoo and Twitter.“Increasingly, the data suggest

that the impact these technology companies are having on the busi-ness of journalism goes far beyond the � nancial side to the very core el-ements of the news industry itself.”

Facebook took in some 30% of digital display ad revenue last year, or $8bn, according to Pew. Google accounted for 16%.

Some news publishers still make

pro� ts “but it’s a mixed picture,” while a handful of digital compa-nies “are sucking up the oxygen,” Holcomb said.

Part of the reason for the rev-enue shift is due to how people discover news - often by happen-stance on social networks or by searching online - the researcher added.

“Our relationship with news is in a state of change,” he said.

“Most people who say they get news on a platform like Facebook are not necessarily looking for news, news is just one of the things they stumble across.”

Since the Newspaper Associa-tion of America stopped reporting revenue � gures for the newspaper industry as a whole in 2013, Pew tracked data from the seven public-ly traded newspaper groups, which owned some 300 dailies at the end of last year.

The data accurately tracks the sector even though a majority of newspapers are privately held, the research � rm said.

Mixed newsThe picture was more nuanced elsewhere in the media industry.

Some digital news startups ap-pear to be generating revenues and pro� ts, although data has been spotty, Holcomb said.

“Even among these promising digital news startups, there is a feeling of uncertainty,” he said.

“The market hasn’t become clear nor has the business model,” he added.

“These companies are still ex-perimenting, they are still pivoting. There are some superstars, but it’s not entirely clear if there is a wider path to pro� tability.”

Those digital news operators include BuzzFeed, Vox Media and Business Insider. Although several have raised capital from investors, as private � rms they are not re-quired to report � nancial results. l

Average weekday newspaper circulation - print and digital combined - fell seven percent in 2015, the greatest decline since 2010 AFP

‘We continue to view the recovery in prices and fundamentals as fragile’

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BOOM BEACH!Ischool dushcool

One evening, a little boy named Niloy was studying by the window and suddenly, there stood a ghost. Had the ghost come to scare him? No, the ghost was looking at Niloy’s books. Niloy thought, “Does it want to read my books?”

The ghost spoke, “My name is Habang.”

Niloy replied, “Are you here to scare me? Do you go to Ischool?”

Habang said: “No! I don’t scare people, I am shy. I go to Duschool. We are taught how to scare people. But I don’t like it. I want to go to Is chool.”

Niloy happily said, “I’ll take you! But � rst, let’s be friends!”

What will happened next? Read “Ischool Duschool” by Nur Siddiqui to know more about thwir friendship! With lovely pictures of Niloy and Habang drawn by Shubho Saha, this will be fun read for you. l

If you’ve been glued to your phone for who-knows-how-long playing Clash of Clans (COC), wait till you get a load of Supercell’s “Boom Beach.” This strategy game is similar to Clash of Clans (COC) with a modern touch to it.

Just like COC, you can “upgrade” your troops and defenses and other buildings,

attack on other bases in a multiplayer combat mode, and even play against your app’s bases. The currency used in the game is diamond which you’ll need to upgrade your base.

Available in the android and iOS app store, the game can be considered second to COC and the best part- It’s free!

Asphalt 8: AirborneJust like Asphalt 6: Adrenaline and Asphalt 7: Heat, the latest of the lot is a hit as well! If you’re into racing games, this is the best app for you to, as our parents would like to say, waste our time with.

It has tilt to steer, tilt and icons, on-screen controls, and tap to steer options.

The graphics of the game is o� the charts! And it o� ers plenty of options for the gamers to choose what they are comfortable with. So, don’t wait to think about it! This game is a must play. l

Kids

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Students have their class in the shade of a tree, right on the bank of a pond at Rupgonj area. PHOTO: MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU

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FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2016Kids

I have my own bank mister!

FUN FACTS: WATER

Invisible Ink

MILK

Don’t you get really upset when mom and dad don’t buy you that remote control car or that Barbie you wanted for months? Well, how about you buy it? You can just save up money and get one yourself!

What you need:• An empty PET (or coke) bottle• Acrylic paint• Buttons • Cardboard paper• Paint brushes• Scissors Step 1 (needs an adult!)Cut an empty Coke or Pepsi bottle into three parts of the same size with an anti-cutter. Keep the bottom and the top part only and throw away the middle part.

Step 2 (needs an adult!)Make a cut in both the parts.

Then � t in both the parts into the cut and join them. They should look like a really � attened bottle.

Step 3Paint the squished bottle you created with acrylic paint and let it dry. After it has dried glue two buttons on both sides for the eyes.

Step 4 (needs an adult!)Cut the cardboard paper in the shape of ears and legs and glue it to the front of the bottle with the cap and to the bottom. Colour the ears and the legs.

Step 5Cut a small hole in the top of your piggy bank and you are done! Put all your money in your cute piggy bank! We all know what happens to that money, don’t we? l

magic trick

trivia

diy

What you’ll need:• Half a lemon• Water• Spoon• Bowl• Cotton bud• White paper• Lamp or other light bulb What to do:• Squeeze some lemon juice

into the bowl and add a few drops of water.

• Mix the water and lemon juice with the spoon.

• Dip the cotton bud into the mixture and write a message onto the white paper.

• Wait for the juice to dry so it becomes completely invisible.

• When you are ready to read your secret message or show it to someone else, heat the paper by holding it close to a light bulb. l

Why should you drink milk? Well, because it is “nature’s wellness drink.”

This means that milk is natural, and will keep you healthy and keep away sickness!

Milk contains calcium, vitamin D and other important minerals that help to build your bones and teeth, and maintain healthy muscles and bones.

So next time, when you want to eat something unhealthy like soft drinks or your favourite potato chips, drink a glass of milk instead. l

fun science

68.7% of the fresh water on Earth is trapped in glaciers.

70% of the human brain is water.

70% of the human brain is water. NASA has discovered water in the form of ice on the moon.

A swimming pool naturally loses about 1,000 gallons (3,785 liters) a month to evaporation.

In some countries, less than half the population has access to clean water.

A person can live about a month without food, but only about a week without water.

If everyone in the US � ushed the toilet just one less time per day, we could save a lake full of water about one mile long, one mile wide and four feet deep.

Water is the most common substance found on earth.

Water makes up about 66 percent of the human body.

Ten percent of homes have leaks that waste 90 gallons or more per day.

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Don’t let your locks be the sacri� ce this Ramadann Features Desk

Fasting provides the human body with a plethora of bene� ts – spiritually, emotionally, and physically. By fasting, you detox the body of all the harmful elements (the chemicals and additives) found in our daily diet. One can immediately feel the improvement in their body, skin, and hair once these toxins are ejected.

This year, Ramadan takes place during the hot summer season. On top of battling the soaring temperatures, there is also the issue of the extended summer daylight hours, which means that it is even more important to keep your hair hydrated throughout the day.

The following are three ways to keep yourself healthy and ensure that your hair remains gorgeous right through to Eid.

Hydration is your friendDuring non-fasting hours, stick to water and herbal teas. It will keep you hydrated while replenishing the body. Avoid the temptation of sugary or ca� einated drinks as these will only dehydrate your body and cause a host of problems from migraines to break-outs.

If water doesn’t do it for you, go for some coconut water. Coconut water has been proven to be more hydrating for the body than water itself, and is also rich in electrolytes and minerals. Professional athletes embrace coconut water as a natural alternative to isotonic sports drinks for good reason.

Eat right to � t rightIt’s easy to get carried away and overindulge at iftar, but all that salty and fried foods will do for you is dehydrate you. They will also fail t o o� er you the nutrients that your body needs.

Your hair needs a good balance of Omega 3, essential fatty acids

and vitamins to stay strong and fabulous. Break your fast with dates and a glass of warm water mixed with ginger and lemon to cleanse your organs � rst. Focus on fruits and vegetables with a good mixture of grains and lean proteins.

Love your hairThe combination of heat and fasting is no good for your hair! This means extra care and attention is needed to keep your hair looking its best. A hot coconut oil massage works wonders for your hair and prevents the scalp from drying and � aking. The massage improves blood circulation, which in turn helps in making the hair shaft and roots stronger with its deep conditioning properties.

Additionally, most shampoos and conditioners strip the natural oils from your scalp and dry it out. Hence, using a sulfate-free cleansing routine is crucial during Ramadan. l

Ramadan Special

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On June 14, a service contract agreement has been signed between Friendship andDet Norske Veritas (DNV) Germanischer Lloyd (GL), at Hotel Swiss Garden in Banani, Dhaka. The agreement is aimed to provide all necessary survey services for classi� cation and statutory requirements for Rongdhonu Friendship Hospital, as part of DNV-GL’s corporate social responsibility.

Rongdhonu Friendship Hospital is a � oating ship hospital which provides primary and secondary healthcare services to marginalised people in southern coastal areas of Bangladesh. It is operated by observing all the national and international maritime rules, regulations, and codes, as required by the Government of Bangladesh and the International Maritime Organisation. This involves regular surveys of the hull and machinery of the ship for ensuring maintenance of seaworthiness of the ship, and for issuing statutory certi� cates on behalf of the government to enable the ship to

ply nationally and internationally. The ship presently operates in focal areas of the coastal belt of Bangladesh.

The agreement has been signed for the next � ve years commencing from August 2016. Friendship’s relationship with erstwhile Germanischer Lloyd (GL) started in the year 2011 and they are continuing to provide their survey and certi� cation services to Friendship. C F Zaman, Technical Consultant of Friendship and Marijan Samardzic, Area Manager of DNV GL; have signed the agreement while Md Shahid Hossain, Country Manager of DNV GL; was also present. From Friendship, Muhammad Shameem Reza, Director and Head of Organizational A� ars; Dr Kazi Golam Rasul, Deputy Director and Head of Health, Dr Naheed Nazrul, Team Leader-Hospital Services; Md Salahuddin, Fleet Engineer, Mahbubur Rahman Turza, Assistant Manager to Executive Director; and Suman Ghosh, Communications O� cer; also took part in it.l

The High Commission of Canada made their � rst visit to the Canadian University of Bangladesh (CUB) today. The Vice Chancellor Designate,

William H Derrenger; the Chairman, Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat; treasurer and former ICB’s Managing Director; Md Fayekuzzaman; and the senior

management of the university were present at the event to discuss matters of mutual interest and to visualise areas of future collaboration.

The team from High Commission of Canada comprised of the Trade Commissioner, Md Kamal Uddin, Political and Economic Advisor, Syed Shahnawaz Mohsin; and Trade O� cer, Quazi Gulam Farhad.

Canadian University of Bangladesh is a UGC and government approved private university that aims to provide high-quality, application oriented, Canadian-standard education for the selected students of Bangladesh. l

On June 17th and 18th, ERA HOUSE will be organising a fest of shopping, focusing on the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. The fair will be held at ACCL (All Community Club Ltd), House 40, Road 35, Gulshan 2, Dhaka.

The main attractions for the visitors will be the very best designers’ party wear, wedding wear, regular wear, sarees, bags, shoes, modern and ethnic jewellery, home décor products, branded make up

products, etc. Designers will be showcasing products keeping the upcoming Eid and season in mind. The free-to-attend event will be open 11am –10pm, each day. This event joined hands with renowned fashion labels and retail outlets, featuring Viola, Suvastraa, Sparkling Emotions, Muskaan Boutique, Zayna’s, Sheer Couture, Kinara, Diba’s and 22 other brands. Famous actors and models, Toya, Ishika, Riba, Shrabosti, Abony, Nusrat, Benzir will be present there as specials guests, to boost con� dence of women at work. This is the 13th fair organised by ERA HOUSE to encourage more and more young entrepreneurs, especially women, by becoming a part of a successful platform of exposition. l

With the tag line ‘Shop Till You Drop’, Panache Events, Dhaka once again is hosting Panache Eid Fashion Festival, at the Six Seasons Hotel on June 17th and 18th.

It will be open for all, from 10am to 10pm on both days.

This time, more than 52 stores from niche boutiques of Dhaka, Chittagong, Kashmir, Kolkata, and Pakistan will be joining.

Internationally acclaimed designer, Anshu Jain will showcase her bridal and heavy formal dresses at the event for Dhakaities.

City dwellers will � nd the most exclusive women clothing, accessories to home décor items under one umbrella.

Telecom partner Robi-Axiata

will tag in their premium customers for this event who can avail 10% discount on purchase by showing their SMS.

Radio Shadhin 92.4FM already hosted a one hour long special live programme on it, which will broadcast at the event live on June 17.

To entice more customers, they will select top buyers and giveaway various gifts on the second day of the event. Besides visitors can also avail gift vouchers by dropping their business cards on the ra� e draw.

This year, Panache will host a bridal fashion show apart from other exhibitions for the brides getting hitched in the coming seasons with the most famous designers from home and abroad.l

Friendship and DNV GL sign agreement

High Commission of Canada visits CUB

ERA HOUSE Eid fashion exhibition

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Kenny’s Ramadan o� ersKenny Rogers Roasters brings you fascinating platters for iftar meals. Book your table soon as the o� er is limited. Enjoy 20% discount on SCB and Brac Bank Cards.

Kenny’s beef steak is delicious, competitively priced, and excellent in taste. All the regular meals are available during Ramadan. Visit their Facebook page to see the menu they are o� ering. l

TODAY

It is deplorable that children in our slums, some of the most vulnerable in our country, are unable to get their birth registration -- a most basic national right.

It costs Tk300-400 for birth registration. But due to the � nancial decrepitude of those residing in slums, this is a huge amount, for which many of them would have to go without food for several days.

The situation persists despite the fact that the government had issued an order last year requiring authorities charge no fee for registering the births of slum-dwelling children. They are still having to pay.

The e� ects of this are manifold. An education, which is a child’s most basic inherent right, goes

amiss. This is because schools require a birth registration number for enrolment. As a result, many children are forced to drop out of school and instead become labourers, further deteriorating the country’s child labour situation.

Some children even work just to save up enough money so that they can have their births registered.

Furthermore, this is problematic when it comes to marriages, since a birth registration number is also required to make the marriage o� cial.

It is the government’s responsibility to ensure that those most in need of its help get the aid they deserve. Aspirations of middle-income status are vacuous if a nation is unable to look after its most powerless citizens.

The government needs to implement a more pro-active approach so that no more children and no more individuals are forced into an undesirable future trying to obtain this most basic national right.

The government needs to implement a more pro-active approach in ensuring that all children are registered during birth

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Stop criticising, unite against terrorWhat the super-powers need to do is to stop bossing third world countries like Bangladesh around. Instead, give the countries intelligence and/or any other appropriate support. The world must unite against terrorism instead of tarnishing the image of another country

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n Nadeem Qadir

The world witnessed one of the deadliest peace-time massacres in the history of the United States when

a fanatic went berserk and killed 50 people in a gay club.

Bear in mind that this incident occurred in a country that possesses the most e� cient and modern intelligence.

The Orlando killing in a gay club was carried out by Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old Afghan-American. Reports suggest he had a troubled life and a confused mind.

He, however, called the police before the shooting and said he was a supporter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Now, a debate is raging through the US about his true motive, and whether he himself was gay or not.

He had visited the club and mixed with other men. He had divorced his wife. He was an unpredictable character.

All said and done, the fact is, just like in Bangladesh, IS has claimed responsibility by saying that Mateen was their man.

Still, FBI Director James Comey has said that Mateen had made comments favourable to multiple

armed Islamist movements and people, which “adds a little bit to the confusion about his motives.” President Barack Obama said Mateen was likely a “home-grown extremist.”

“So far, we see no indication that this was a plot directed from outside the United States and we see no indication that he was part of any kind of network,” Comey told reporters in Washington.

“We’re highly con� dent this killer was radicalised, at least in some part, through the internet.”

Where does Bangladesh stand on this? The stand is clear -- there is no IS, and the home-grown extremists are behind the recent targetted killings.

Who are these “home-grown” extremists? It has been proven

through police investigation that they belong to JMB, born during the regime of BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami, or they are Jamaat’s student activists from Islami Chhatra Shibir.

When Dhaka says the opposition BNP and Jamaat are behind this terrorism, it is washed away as if it is a political statement.

Why don’t they think about who the bene� ciary is? Who has patronised the home-grown terrorists like JMB? Who sponsored the 2004 grenade attack on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other senior leaders of the Awami League?

But the US insists that there is IS in Bangladesh. It has issued travel warnings on Bangladesh and Secretary of State Kerry even

called Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, condemning the killing of Xulhaz Mannan, a USAID o� cial and a gay rights activist. President Obama also sent a letter of sympathy to Xulhaz’s family,

which was a welcome gesture.They should look deep into

where Sheikh Hasina has taken Bangladesh, and how she has been the only leader who stands � rm on secularism with zero tolerance on terrorism.

The world must acknowledge that she is the hope of Bangladesh who has stood � rm on her commitments as well as her electoral pledges.

Today, after this saddest of incidents in US history, have we issued a travel alert or insisted IS is present in the US? That is for them

to judge, and it is for Bangladesh to judge its internal matter.

Social media reacted in similar tones after the Orlando killings, which means a huge number of Bangladeshis think the same way I do. Sheikh Hasina has condemned the killings and sympathised with the a� ected families.

Is Paris or London safe against Islamist terrorists? Paris has been attacked and a police o� cer was killed immediately afterwards. London remains on alert, with security o� cials toting automatic guns, guarding many key institutions.

What the super-powers need to do is to stop bossing third world countries like Bangladesh around. Instead, give the countries intelligence and/or any other appropriate support.

The world must unite against terrorism instead of tarnishing the image of another country, or making issues which a� ect its economy as foreign investors run away. l

Nadeem Qadir, a senior journalist, is a UNCA Dag Hammarskjold Scholar in journalism. He is the Press Minister of Bangladesh High Commission in London.

What happened in Orlando was terrible. But it doesn’t speak for all of America REUTERS

What the super-powers need to do is to stop bossing third world countries like Bangladesh around. Instead, give the countries intelligence and/or any other appropriate support. The world must unite against terrorism instead of tarnishing the image of another country

The West needs to stop bossing around third world countries and start supporting them

Stop criticising, unite against terror

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n Zia Hassan

One of the sorriest tales of Bangladesh is that, in spite of growing need, the country has failed

to build a deep sea port within its territory even after 45 years of independence.

The $60 billion trade is carried out through smaller vessels, and it hurts Bangladesh’s global export competitiveness and raises the cost of imported goods due to a higher cost of transportation on secondary vessels.

Since the early eighties, the issue of deep sea port has been a contentious one.

Politicians, at various spectrums, often raised a spectre that by awarding the lucrative contract of setting up a deep sea port, we are e� ectively handing over our sovereignty to foreign powers.

However, very few people understood who is opposing whom, and construction of a deep sea port has never gained momentum beyond political rhetoric.

The inactivity of government, in spite of the fatigue shown by the Chittagong port, intensi� ed a perception that pressure from con� icting global and regional players is the key reason for not building the port. That all seems to have changed now.

What’s changed?After ascending into power through a dubious election in 2014, which was boycotted by most opposition parties, the ruling party has fast-tracked a number of high pro� le projects, and building up a deep sea port is again on the agenda.

However, to the surprise of many, the available and often discussed options of Matarbari and Sonadia have been disregarded, and the deep sea project located at Payra seems to have taken the front seat in the government’s plans.

While topographical features dictate Sonadia as a natural location for a deep sea port, Payra o� ers a number of technological challenges.

Analysts have suggested that a deep channel would have to be cut through the heavily-silted port to ensure the movement of large vessels.

There are concerns about the need for regular dredging in the area due to heavy silting from the Himalayas.

Before this government pushed the Payra project, no other government had interest in Payra, because Sonadia or Moheshkhali channels are much more suitable due to their natural and topographical features.

Back in 2006, a Japanese � rm, Paci� c Consultant International,

conducted a 31-month study on Sonadia, and concluded that a harbour with nine 300-metre jetties could be constructed to allow the berthing of nine mother vessels, four containers, and � ve general cargo vessels immediately to serve the need of the country, and another nine harbours of similar size could be built in subsequent years.

The draft � nal report of the techno-economic study was published in 2009 in a highly pro� le seminar participated by government o� cials and industry professionals after the current government ascended in power.

So, the government is very well aware about the potential of Sonadia channel.

The survey concluded that around Tk13,000 crore may be required in the � rst phase, which included two break-waters -- one 1,950 metres and the other 2,250m -- to protect the deep sea port from tidal upsurge and waves.

The channel inside each

U-shaped harbour would measure 1.5 kilometres by 0.5km. The draft of the channel would then be raised to 16m from 10m after the proposed works.

On the other hand, a � gure of $3bn (Tk24,000cr) has been touted by the government for setting up the Payra deep sea port, and still now, there is no master plan in hand. The government has already allocated around Tk1,000cr in to develop the port, at the October 2015 ECNEC meeting.

Much of it has already been released and spent. So, technically, around one-tenth of the money that would have required to set up Sonadia has already been spent from our own co� ers.

No o� cial explanation has been given as to what has prompted the government to change its plan.

It has also been widely reported that around 10 companies, including three Indian companies have shown their interest in setting up Payra deep sea port.

As per media reports, India’s

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar expressed New Delhi’s interest in developing the Payra port project during his talks with Sheikh Hasina last month.

Based on newspaper reports from India, it appears the Bangladesh authority has indicated its willingness to work with Indian companies.

A major shiftThis is a major shift for the government, which has earlier worked closely with China to build the � rst deep sea port in Sonadia -- a plan that was scrapped this year. Earlier, in June 2014, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina signed an $8bn MOU with China to set up the deep sea port in Sonadia.

During the visit, Bdnews24 reported: “The project will be executed in three phases. Phase one will cater to the shipping demands till 2020, phase two till 2030, and phase three till 2055.” It also indicated that state-owned China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd was likely to win the contract to construct the port.

Al-Jazeera, the international

channel reported that the deal “represents a strategic maneuver by Dhaka in response to criticism in the US and the EU to parliamentary elections in Bangladesh in January, which was boycotted by the opposition.”

The trip was seen “as a part of an e� ort by Hasina to strengthen ties with countries that do not share Western concerns about the legitimacy of her government, such as China, Russia, and Japan.”

Since then, China has completed another feasibility study and o� ered a subsidised loan with an interest rate of 2% to complete the $8bn project.

This would have been the largest infrastructure project in the country, and it involves/requires setting up the industrial commercial zone and other major activity in the area.

However, in February, the government declared that the $8bn deep water port has been scrapped.

The o� cial reason cited was

The game of deep sea port-building involves wading through murky waters

Deep politics of deep sea ports

The economic consideration, the � nancial strength, the terms of the deal, and a sound technical study based on comparative analysis of the available locations should be the primary criteria by which such a major decision is taken

There are many technological challenges to building a functional deep sea port BIGSTOCK

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disagreement on � nancial terms, but security analysts across the globe, including analysts from India, unequivocally said the Indian government persuaded Bangladesh to scrap the deal to protect “Indian strategic interests” in the Bay of Bengal, and to ally with “Indian security concerns.”

In The Times of India, Indrani Bagchi wrote: “The cancellation of Sonadia is clearly a strategic decision by Bangladesh, doubtlessly helped along by India, Japan, and the US.”

China mattersIn a bid to appease China, for whom the deep sea port in Bangladesh was their last bid in the “String of Pearls,” the government announced that Payra would be built by China. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said: “We will soon select one Chinese company for Payra’s deep sea port construction among four such state-owned Chinese � rms who submitted their proposals.”

However, this plan of selecting a Chinese company has also been scrapped, and the government is now talking with India and other countries, and has come up with the idea of a consortium-based PPP approach, which will be shared by many countries.

A few of the commentators

have indicated that one of the reasons to scrap the deal is that the government has already granted Japan the contract to build a deep sea port in Matarbari, which is 24km away from Sonadia.

However, this could not be the reason for the cancellation, because Matarbari deep sea port in its current form will only cater for coal to be transported to a prospective coal-� red power plant, and the topographical characteristics of Matarbari do not support a deep sea port the way Sonadia channel o� ers.

Nobody denies that the cancel-lation decision has been taken to appease the Indian establishment, which is now backed by the US.

The US has adopted a policy of not interrupting Indian interest in the region and Japan, who is pushing some aggressive � nancial and trade deals in Bangladesh.

From where we stand, it is clear that the decision to scrap the Sonadia deep sea project was a political one taken by the government, which constantly feels insecure about its international standing due its dubious poll from 2014.

It is also clear that the long-term infrastructure consideration to build capacity for this country’s international business is of little

interest to the government, and all of its decision are based on political exigency to gain leverage.

Henry Kissinger once famously said: “America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.”

A study of contemporary history would indicate, most of the countries have adopted this line of foreign policy, prioritising national economic interest over dogmatic identi� cation of enemy or friend.

Judging from the events, it is clear that the deep sea project, which was kept in limbo for 45 years by successive governments, was � aunted by an insecure govern-ment to create legitimacy imme-diately after the election, and has been shoved in the mouth of China after the international community has grudgingly accepted the gov-ernment, and now is being o� ered to India, the key ally of the ruling party.

Politics or people?It is a sad turn of events, because Bangladesh needs much deeper consideration as to what the right location is for setting up the deep sea port, and who the right partner to build it.

Bangladesh needs neither to be a “string of pearl” of China, nor to play the � ddle to serve Indian strategic interests.

The economic consideration, the � nancial strength, the terms of the deal, and a sound technical study based on comparative analysis of the available locations should be the primary criteria by which such a major decision is taken, as this decision will have major technical, � nancial, and infrastructural rami� cations for years to come.

However, the ruling party has little concern as to what is in the interest of the country and its future.

All of its concerns stem from its insecurity of an unpopular government disconnected from the people, which considers only the interest of the pillars that holds its power.

People and their interest are not part of those pillars.

From the perspective of the government, it has again proven itself to be a master tactician. It has played carefully in murky waters and has gained back international standing by � aunting and manipulating the key assets of the country, which still interest the international powers.

The question is: What price will the people will pay for these reckless decisions in the future? l

Zia Hassan is a political and cultural analyst.

Long Form

While topographical features dictate Sonadia as a natural location for a deep sea port, Payra o� ers a number of technological challenges. Analysts have suggested that a deep channel would have to be cut through the heavily silted port to ensure the movement of large vessels

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Spin-king Tahir leaves Windies in a tangleImran Tahir wrote his name in the record books as South Africa completed a comprehensive 139-run victory over the West Indies in the sixth match of the Tri-Nation One-Day International series at Warner Park in St Kitts on Wednesday. PAGE 29

Spain eye last 16 against TurkeyEuropean holders Spain are often slow starters at major tournaments, but after Gerard Pique’s late winner in their opener, Vicente del Bosque’s men already have the last 16 in sight when they take on Turkey today. PAGE 26

Corinthians fury as Tite accepts jobCorinthians manager Tite has accepted an o� er to coach Brazil but his appointment was met with fury at his former club, who accused the Brazilian Football Confederation of underhand tactics. PAGE 28

Mahi braces for US Junior GolfSeventeen year old Bangladesh golfer Afnan Mahmud Mahi is on the verge of realising his dream as he is set to feature in the US Junior Golf Tour, which gets underway tomorrow in Florida, United States. PAGE 27

Legends of Rupganj duo Junaid Siddique (C) and Mehedi Hasan Rana (L) chase the ball during the ongoing Dhaka Premier League. Against all odds, Rupganj have climbed to the top of the Super League points table MAINOOR ISLAM MANIK

Rupganj, against all oddsn Mazhar Uddin

Despite all the hurdles placed in their path, Legends of Rupganj have reached the top of the Dhaka Premier League. They are now on 18 points, one better than Victoria Sporting Club whom they beat by two wickets on Wednesday.

One of the most balanced side in the Dhaka league, Rupganj have played some outstanding cricket throughout the � rst phase and have won both their Super League matches, having already crushed Mohammedan Sporting Club by 104 runs in their � rst game.

Rupganj doesn’t have any of their batsmen among the top 10 run-scor-ers or wicket-takers in this competi-tion. But their team’s top scorer Mo-hammad Mithun has scored 394 out of 469 runs in matches won. Asif Ahmed’s 310 runs out of 440 have also come in these matches. Abu Haider and Taijul Islam have taken 15 wickets each.

Seasoned campaigner Moshar-raf Hossain, Rupganj’s captain, has taken 12 wickets and scored 331 runs. His allround showing has saved them on a number of ocassions, just like in their last game when his 148-run seventh

wicket stand with Pawan Negi helped them out of a hole and took them to victory.

Unlike some of the other clubs, the Rupganj players are happy be-cause the club is one of the very few to have already paid the 60 per cent of the scheduled payment. They have a small band of support-ers too, hailing from Rupganj itself.

So far it sounds like a normal Dhaka club, paying their players properly while getting good per-formance out of them. But Rup-ganj is no ordinary club.

It is owned by Lutfar Rahman Badal, banned for life by the Bang-ladesh Cricket Board in December last year, for his outburst against board president Nazmul Hassan and two other directors. Their general secretary Tarikul Islam and team manager Sabbir Ahmed were also handed � ve- and three-year bans respectively. It is not the healthiest place for players when o� cials are in trouble.

Players are wary of playing for Rupganj given their record of antagonising the current cricket board, but due to the players’ draft this year, the cricketers didn’t re-ally have a choice to make.

This year though the players

have been impressed by their ability to clear payments on time. More importantly, controversial decisions in some of their match-es also galvanised this unit.

The captain Mosharraf said they have great unity, which could help them to the DPL title this season.

“We have gone through all the di� culties but still we want-ed to give our best for Rupganj. You may have noticed the two games - one against Kalabagan Krira Chakra where few decisions went against us and the aban-doned match against Brothers Union. If things went our way in these games, we might have been the champions already. Our main strength is unity which helped us to give our best and I hope we have the ability to clinch the title this time,” Mosharraf told Dhaka Tribune yesterday.

In their game against Kalaba-gan, Mashrafe Mortaza’s overthrow should have been given them six runs instead the umpires awarded them � ve. In the same game, Rup-ganj complained that the umpires called play o� early after it stopped raining, awarding Kalabagan the win through Duckworth/Lewis method.

Two days later, the Cricket

Committee of Dhaka Metropolis slapped Mosharraf and Mithun with a one-game suspension each and � ned Khaled Mashud and their manager Sabbir, though he is already suspended.

In their next game against Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, Soumya Sarkar was one of three batsmen to give out leg-before, for which he protested and was duly � ned for the outburst against the umpires and match referee. Still they won the game by seven wickets and made it to the Super League stage.

They couldn’t make it to the top of the points table in the � rst stage after their game against Brothers Union was abandoned after two days of washout.

There is strong rumour that Brothers Union o� cials allegedly forced the BKSP-3 groundsmen to leave the ground and not pro-tect the pitch, to ensure one point which helped them stay above the relegation zone. The game robbed Rupganj of a point, which could have helped them further in the competition’s business end.

But as they showed in their nar-row win over the in-form Victoria, Rupganj will not give up without a proper � ght. l

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Musta� zur’s wait grows by a monthn Tribune Report

Bangladesh’s strength and condi-tioning coach Mario Villavarayan has said it would take Musta� zur Rahman four weeks to be fully � t.

When asked about a time-frame of his recovery, Villavarayan said his improvement will be assessed every week and recovery could be complete in the next four weeks.

“Ideal [time to be fully � t] would be one month,” Villavarayan said. “But we will see how he does this week and take it from there.

“As of today, there’s marginal improvement. It was a long season for him, so we are working on him. We assessed him yesterday and he has improved, and we will assess him again next week and take it from there. He has responded well.”

Musta� zur, who has already missed four Royal London Cup and � ve NatWest Twenty20 Blast matches for Sussex, will be una-vailable for another six T20s and the rest of the one-day tourna-ment. He would then be available for three T20 games in the end of July, unless Sussex progress to the next stage in both competitions.

Last month while playing the Indian Premier League, Musta� zur informed some of his close ones in Dhaka that he was getting tired which prompted Sussex to give him some leeway in his contract, at least up to June 10.

Last week, Bangladesh’s physio Bayjidul Islam said he would be as-sessed for the upcoming two weeks before any decision is taken on his stint with Sussex.l

N. Ireland shock Ukrainen AFP, Lyon

Northern Ireland shocked Ukraine 2-0 in Euro 2016 Group C on Thurs-day thanks to goals from Gareth McAuley and Niall McGinn to keep alive their hopes of reaching the knockout phase at Euro 2016.

A � ying header from veteran West Bromwich Albion defender McAuley and McGinn’s injury-time strike at a hailstone-battered Stade de Lyon gave Ireland their � rst ever goals at a European championships � nals.

Having recovered after losing their Euro 2016 opener 1-0 to Po-land, Michael O’Neill’s Irish now have everything to play for against world champions Germany in their � nal group game on Tuesday.

Meanwhile the Ukrainians must now beat Poland in Marseille next Tuesday, and hope the Irish lose heavily to Germany, to have any chance of progressing. l

England striker Daniel Sturridge bundles home the winning goal against Wales during their Euro 2016 Group B match in Lens yesterday AFP

Vardy, Sturridge rescue England against Walesn AFP, Lens

Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge rose from the bench to score as England came from behind to de-feat neighbours Wales 2-1 in yester-day’s all-British Euro 2016 clash in Lens.

Just as he had in Wales’s open-ing 2-1 win over Slovakia, Gareth Bale put Chris Coleman’s side ahead with a long-range free-kick that England goalkeeper Joe Hart could only fumble into the net.

But Vardy and Sturridge came on at half-time and after the for-mer had equalised in the 56th min-ute, the latter smuggled in a stop-page-time winner that � red Roy Hodgson’s men to the top of the group.

Wales are a point back in second place, above Slovakia on head-to-head record, and need to beat Russia in Toulouse on Monday to guarantee one of the two automat-ic qualifying berths.

A draw against Slovakia in Saint-Etienne will su� ce for England and they will approach the game with renewed optimism after belatedly kicking their tournament into gear.

It was the 102nd meeting be-tween the teams, but the � rst at a

major championship, and the boxy, British-style Stade Bollaert-Delelis provided an ideal setting on a day when fears of fan violence failed to materialise.

Wales recalled � rst-choice goal-keeper Wayne Hennessey after he

missed the win over Slovakia ow-ing to a back spasm, as well as Joe Ledley and Hal Robson-Kanu, who came o� the bench in Bordeaux to score the winner.

While it meant that Wales were at full strength, they were con-tent to let England, who were un-

changed, force the issue and it was Hodgson’s men who bossed the � rst half on a sunny afternoon in northern France.

They should have taken the lead in the seventh minute when Harry Kane freed Adam Lallana to cross for Raheem Sterling, but from sev-en yards out the Manchester City man could only slide the ball over the bar.

Gary Cahill and Chris Smalling threatened with headers, while the most contentious incident of the � rst period saw Kane denied a pen-alty when his close-range header struck Ben Davies’s outstretched left hand.

Bale, Welsh antagoniser-in-chief in the build-up to the game, had been a peripheral � gure, save for a shot that was blocked by Cahill, but three minutes before half-time he strode onto centre-stage.

Wayne Rooney’s foul on Rob-son-Kanu gave Wales a free-kick 35 yards out in a central position. Though Bale’s shot had vicious pace and dip, Hart should have done better than palm it inside his left-hand post.

It made the Real Madrid for-ward the � rst Wales player to score against England since Mark

Hughes, on his debut, in May 1984.When the half-time whistle

came, it drew a cascade of boos from the England end.

Hodgson was quick to react, sending on Vardy and Sturridge for Kane and Sterling at the break, and after Rooney had seen a low curler palmed behind by Hennessey, his side equalised.

Sturridge’s � ighted cross from the left was knocked down at the back post and Vardy swivelled to tuck away his fourth international goal.

He was standing around four yards o� side, but replays showed that the previous touch had come from Wales captain Ashley Wil-liams.

The on-pitch scene soon resem-bled the Alamo as Hodgson threw on teenage Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford for Lalla-na, leaving England with four of their � ve named forwards on the pitch.

Despite the charge it seemed Wales would hold out, only for Sturridge to collect Dele Alli’s clever � ick and steer a shot past Hennessey in the � rst minute of stoppage time, silencing the Welsh hordes. l

England 2-1 WalesVardy 56 Bale 42Sturridge 90+1

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France forward Dimitri Payet (8) shoots to score their second goal during their Euro 2016 match against Albania at the Velodrome stadium on Wednesday AFP

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Deschamps satis� ed after another late shown Reuters, Marseille

France coach Didier Deschamps was more than just relieved after his team scored two late goals to beat a stubborn Albania team 2-0 on Wednesday and reach the sec-ond round of Euro 2016.

The hosts laboured in the � rst half and Deschamps sent on mid-� elder Paul Pogba and forward An-toine Griezmann in a tactical ploy that paid dividends in the Group A match.

“It shows the players are pre-

pared to keep working right to the end,” Deschamps told reporters.

“We are not stuck with playing one formation. We had a much bet-ter balance in the second half and were more aggressive.”

Griezmann broke dogged Alba-nian resistance with a deft header in the � nal minute and Dimitri Pay-et grabbed the second goal deep into stoppage time after claiming a late winner in France’s opening victory over Romania last Friday.

“Payet is becoming more con-sistent and he has a lot of con� -

dence,” Deschamps said.“I am going to put him on ice to

keep him fresh and maintain his

performance levels.”Man-of-the-match Payet rel-

ished his return to the home of his former club Olympique de Mar-seille.

“It was a special feeling to come back here and it was a very emo-tional moment to score a goal,” he said.

“I am very happy because we pushed hard in the second half and were rewarded. In the second half we tried to work down the � anks more and we got more crosses in. That’s why we were able to score.”l

Griezmann and Pogba give best possible responsen Reuters, Marseille

Mid� elder Paul Pogba and forward Antoine Griezmann gave the best possible response after they were left out of the starting lineup for France’s 2-0 win over Albania on Wednesday.

Pogba came on at halftime and immediately injected new life into a French mid� eld that had struggled to create chances against the sort of well-organised, compact team which has been typical of the so-called minnows at Euro 2016.

Griezmann, brought on midway through the second half, went one better when he ended 90 minutes of stubborn Albanian resistance by heading the � rst French goal.

If France coach Didier Des-champs wanted to see how his team would cope without the pair, who both disappointed in their opening 2-1 win over Romania, then he did not have to wait long for the answer.

France barely created a clearcut chance in a poor � rst-half and were jeered o� at the break.

Pogba has struggled to recre-ate the impact he has with Juven-tus when he plays for the national team while Griezmann may be suf-fering the after e� ects of a long, ex-hausting season at Atletico Madrid under the demanding leadership of Diego Simeone.

Nobody, however, had expected either player to be left out altogeth-er and there were more than a few raised eyebrows when both were missing from the starting lineup.l

n AFP, Nice

European champions Spain are often slow starters at major tournaments, but after Gerard Pique’s late winner in their Euro 2016 opener, Vicente del Bosque’s men al-ready have the last 16 in sight when they take on Turkey today.

An opening defeat at the 2010 World Cup, and draw at the 2012 European Champion-ship ultimately counted for little as Spain won both tournaments.

But after a disastrous 5-1 thrashing at the hands of the Netherlands provoked a � rst-round exit from the 2014 World Cup, Spain breathed a sigh of relief with the 1-0 win against the Czech Republic in Toulouse on Monday.

Spain are now unbeaten in 13 European Championship games, but question marks remain over the potency of their attack to give veteran coach Del Bosque plenty of selection headaches for their second Group D tie.

The two-time defending champions dominated possession and managed 17

shots on goal, but had to wait until the 87th minute for centre-back Pique to head home at the back post.

One of several new Spain faces making their major � nals debut, Athletic Bilbao striker Aritz Aduriz sat on the bench as Ju-ventus marksman Alvaro Morata spurned a hatful of chances in front of Petr Cech’s goal.

Aduriz replaced Morata for the last 20 minutes, but failed to make a big impact as he sent a speculative overhead kick wide of the target with his best e� ort.

“The important thing is we won and took the points. That’s crucial for any � rst game,” Aduriz said.

Del Bosque also handed European Cham-pionship debuts to Celta Vigo winger Nolito and Bayern Munich mid� elder Thiago Al-cantara, although neither are guaranteed to start against Turkey.

Despite the new-look Spain, it was the 32-year-old Andres Iniesta who ran the show for Spain, even without his retired long-time partner Xavi at his side, as he made the goal for Pique with an inch-per-fect cross.l

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Spain’s Juanfran (L) and Cesc Fabregas joke during a training session at Saint Martin de Re’s Stadium on Tuesday AFP

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Barred Russian stars struggling for formAs hammer thrower Sergey Litvinov tries to prepare for the Rio Olympics, Russia’s suspension from international athletics competitions over alleged state-sponsored doping is proving a real pain in the glute. Just over seven weeks ahead of the games in Brazil the 30-year-old should be hitting peak form - but instead he is so short of opportunities to perform that he even had to compete with a painful gluteal spasm at a meet near Moscow this month.

–AFP

Hadlee says sun setting on Tests is a good thingDay-night Test is the future of cricket’s longest format but the boards should not rush it, according to New Zealand pace great Richard Hadlee. Australia played the � rst day-night Test against New Zealand at Adelaide Oval last November and have agreed another � ood-lit match with South Africa at the same venue during the home summer.

–REUTERS

India shortlist 21 head coach candidatesA panel including former captains Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly will select India’s next head coach from a shortlist of 21 candidates by June 22, the country’s cricket board has said. The BCCI received 57 applications and despite recommending a smaller pool of nominees, all of the petitions will still be available to a panel which also includes former Test batsman VVS Laxman, board secretary Ajay Shirke said in a statement.

–REUTERS

‘Murray can end Djokovic’s dream’Andy Murray has what it takes to ruin Novak Djokovic’s dreams of sweeping to a “golden slam”, coach Ivan Lendl has said as the Scot prepares for another tilt at the Wimbledon title. Murray has not won a grand slam since parting ways with Lendl in March 2014.

–REUTERS

Riot police disperse England fans in LilleFrench riot police charged and used tear gas to disperse rowdy English soccer fans in Lille on Wednesday, though the northern city was spared feared clashes with Russian supporters.

–REUTERS

QUICK BYTES Mahi braces for US Junior Golfn Tribune Report

Seventeen year old golfer Afnan Mahmud Mahi is on the verge of realising his dream as he is set to feature in the US Junior Golf Tour, which gets underway tomorrow in Florida.

The “World Junior Golf Tour” invited Mahi to the tournament fol-lowing his brilliant third placed � n-ish in the “Faldo Asian Grand Final” held in Shenzhen, China last year.

He will become the � rst ever Bangladesh golfer to attend a tour-nament in the USA.

During the tour, Mahi is also scheduled to take part in a golf clinic for 45 days under the super-vision of renowned golf coaches Tom Barnett and Reid Whitakerin.

He has been a member of the Bangladesh golf team since March

last year. He started playing golf in 2008 at the age of nine. His crown-ing moment came last April in In-dia where he became champion in the Amateur Group of the Profes-sional Tour of India.

Regarding Mahi’s participation in the USA, ace Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman said, “It is a mat-ter of pride for any golfer. I played with Mahi. He will do good in fu-ture. If he can bring out his best per-formance, he will do good there.”

On the other hand, Bangladesh golf coach Habibur Rahman said, “I have coached Mahi. He is the very best among juniors (Under-18). His swing is excellent and he possess-es the character to perform with a cool head. If he can keep his con-sistency, one day he will achieve fame, just like Siddikur. I wish he will do good in the USA.”l

Sukur on trial for insulting Erdogann AFP, Istanbul

Former Turkey football star Hakan Sukur went on trial yesterday at an Istanbul court in absentia on charg-es of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on social media.

Sukur is one of several thousand people including journalists, politi-cians and the occasional celebrity, to face legal proceedings on hugely controversial accusations of insult-ing the Turkish leader.

The lawyer of Sukur, one of the stars of Turkey’s third place perfor-mance in the 2002 World Cup, told the court that his client had moved to the United States. Ali Onur Gun-cel said his client could give testi-mony from the United States if evi-dence provided by the defence was found to be insu� cient.

According to Turkish media, Sukur had accused Erdogan of theft in a tweet in February 2015, without naming him directly.

Prosecutors have asked in the indictment for Sukur to serve up to four years in jail.

Sukur, a striker whose foot-ball career stretched from 1987-2007, was by far the most proli� c goalscorer in the history of the Turkish national side, � nding the net 51 times in 112 appearances.

His goal after just 11 seconds of play against South Korea in 2002 remains the fastest goal in World Cup history.

After football, Sukur went into politics and was in 2011 elected an MP with Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party.

But he resigned in 2013 after a vast

corruption probe that targeted Erdo-gan and his inner circle, siding with the movement of his arch-foe, the US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen.

Sukur had voiced objections to the government move to shut down schools run by Gulen’s move-ment Hizmet.

His lawyer’s comments con-� rm that Sukur has left his home country for the United States have ended uncertainty over his where-abouts. Sukur had previously in-sisted his presence there was mere-ly temporary to learn English and open a football academy.

Opponents say Erdogan has be-come an increasingly polarising � gure in Turkey since becoming president in 2014, showing zero tolerance for any criticism on social media or on the streets.l

12-team top-� ight football starts July 24n Tribune Report

The forthcoming Bangladesh Pre-mier League 2015-16 season will get underway on July 24 with the par-ticipation of 12 teams, con� rmed the Bangladesh Football Federa-tion yesterday following a meeting of its professional football league committee at the BFF House.

The top-� ight will be held across six di� erent venues in the country.

The committee also announced that the opening ceremony of the top tier will take place in Chit-tagong’s MA Aziz Stadium along with the tournament opener.

Among a total of 132 top-� ight matches, 24 will be hosted in Dhaka’s Bangabandhu National

Stadium while the remaining 108 games will be held in the � ve other

venues – MA Aziz Stadium, Sylhet Zila Stadium, Rajshahi Stadium,

Barisal Stadium and Mymensingh/Gopalganj Stadium.l

A scene from yesterday’s meeting of the Bangladesh Football Federation’s professional football league committee at BFF House

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Italy's Leonardo Bonucci (L) jumps over Daniele De Rossi (bottom) during a training session at the team's training ground in Montpellier, southern France yesterday AFP

Grieving Croatia ready to seal last-16 berthn Reuters, St Etienne

Rocked by a second family be-reavement in three days, Croatia will be determined to seal a last-16 berth when they meet the Czech Republic in their Euro 2016 Group D clash today, defender Domagoj Vida said.

Following the death of captain Darijo Srna’s father on Sunday dur-ing Croatia’s 1-0 win over Turkey, the team’s media o� cer Tomislav Pacak said goalkeeping coach Mari-jan Mrmic’s father had also died during Tuesday night.

Srna, accompanied by coach Ante Cacic, went to his father’s funeral on Monday and returned to the team’s Deauville base camp in northern France ready to face the Czechs.

Vida, a tough-tackling centre back personifying Croatia’s will-power in the face of adversity, said the team would go the extra mile for their skipper and Mrmic, who trav-elled home early on Wednesday.

“We all mourn when someone here su� ers a loss because we are one big family,” Vida told a news conference on Wednesday.

“We will be galvanised to play for our captain and put him straight back on the rails. He is a great char-acter and I am totally convinced he will be at his best on Friday.”

However, the Czechs must come up with a bolder approach, having conceded a late goal against the Spaniards after working hard to con-tain the champions. Striker Tomas Necid said he hoped coach Pavel Vrba would � eld a more adventurous formation to haul them back into the race for a knockout stage berth.l

Italians ready for Ibra's Swedenn AFP, Montpellier

He terrorised opposition defences in Serie A for seven seasons but Zlatan Ibrahimovic will face sti� resistance to his e� orts to rescue Sweden’s Euro 2016 campaign against Italy today.

“Zlatan can put a whole team under pressure just by himself, but we have to concentrate on our own game ... and try to limit their strengths,” Lazio winger Antonio Candreva said.

After a frustrating 1-1 draw with Republic of Ireland in which Ibra-himovic failed to sparkle despite playing a decisive role in Ciaran Clark’s late own goal, the Swedes are under pressure ahead of today’s Group E clash in Toulouse.

A defeat would leave the Scan-dinavians needing to beat Belgium, ranked number two in the world, in their last group game and hope they get among the four best third-placed group � nishers to sneak into the last 16.

Sweden coach Erik Hamren is already dubious.

“Even though we managed to

come back and equalise, I am dis-appointed. We will need to play at 300 percent to get through,” he said after their opening draw.l

Corinthians fury after Tite accepts Brazil coaching jobn Reuters, Sao Paulo

Corinthians manager Tite has ac-cepted an o� er to coach Brazil but his appointment was met with fury at his former club, who accused the Brazilian Football Confederation of underhand tactics and unethical behaviour.

Tite, who led Corinthians to two Serie A titles, the Copa Libertadores and the World Club Cup, will replace Dunga, who was � red on Tuesday after Brazil were knocked out of the Copa America at the group stage for the � rst time since 1987.

The 55-year-old Tite, whose proper name is Adenor Leonardo Bacchi, was expected to sign a deal

yesterday, although details have yet to be hashed out, the CBF said in a statement.

Corinthians president Roberto de Andrade, however, hit out at the confederation.

“I am furious with the CBF,” An-drade told reporters. “They didn’t even call us once. It wouldn’t have changed anything if they’d called us and asked for permission to talk to the manager. Of course I’d have said yes.

“Tite deserves the national side for the work he has done and for the person he is,” Andrade added. “The national side doesn’t deserve Tite. The CBF doesn’t deserve a person like Tite. They aren’t used to dealing with ethical people.”

The CBF responded by saying they had tried calling Andrade on Wednesday morning after spend-ing three hours in talks with Tite but were unable to reach him via phone or text.

“The CBF has only respect for Brazilians clubs and their inter-ests,” the governing body added in a statement.

Although Andrade’s comments were unusually outspoken they were not the � rst public criticism of the CBF over the last six months.

The last three CBF presidents - including the current boss Marco Polo Del Nero - were indicted in the United States for bribery and racketeering o� ences as part of the FIFA corruption scandal.

Tite himself was one of 100 peo-ple who signed an open letter last December calling for Del Nero to resign.

Del Nero did not respond to the letter, which was signed by Pele, Zico and Rai among others, and he did not accompany Brazil to the U.S. for either the Copa America or friendly matches played there.

Tite, who has a reputation as an honest man who knows how to organise even limited sides, will have his work cut out at the national team.l

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SOUTH AFRICA INNINGS R BAmla c Narine b Pollard 110 99de Kock b Taylor 71 103Morris c Carter b Brathwaite 40 26du Plessis not out 73 50de Villiers c Charles b Pollard 27 19Duminy not out 10 5Extras (b-4, lb-2, w-4, nb-2) 12

Total (50 overs, 4 wickets) 343

Fall of wickets1-182, 2-185, 3-245, 4-309

BowlingTaylor 8-0-72-1, J. Holder 6-0-51-0, Narine 10-0-46-0, Brathwaite 10-0-69-1, Benn 7-0-35-0, Pollard 9-0-64-2

WEST INDIES INNINGS R BFletcher c Behardien b Tahir 21 30Charles c du Plessis b Shamsi 49 41Bravo b Parnell 11 19Samuels c wkpr de Kock b Tahir 24 30Ramdin c Morris b Shamsi 11 18Pollard c Behardien b Tahir 20 34Holder lbw Tahir 19 31Brathwaite b Tahir 0 1Narine not out 18 13Benn c Shamsi b Tahir 0 2Taylor b Tahir 16 11Extras (b-1, lb-2, w-10, nb-2) 15

Total (38 overs, all out) 204

Fall of wickets1-69, 2-82, 3-90, 4-121, 5-128, 6-169, 7-169, 8-170, 9-182, 10-204.

BowlingParnell 6-0-43-1, Rabada 7-0-46-0, Tahir 9-0-45-7, Morris 7-0-26-0, Shamsi 9-0-41-2

ResultSouth Africa won by 139 runs

Next matchSunday - Australia v South Africa

SCORECARD IN NUMBERS6-16South Africa’s previous best bowling � gures in ODIs - by Kagiso Rabada against Bangla-desh last year. Imran Tahir’s 7 for 45 is the � rst instance of a South Africa bowler taking more than six wickets in an ODI.

3 This is only the third time that a spinner has taken seven wickets in an ODI. Tahir’s � gures are ninth in the list of 10 sev-en-wicket hauls in ODIs.

14Number of innings Hashim Amla has taken to complete 1000 runs against West Indies - the fewest by a batsman to score 1000 runs against an opposi-tion in ODIs. Viv Richards had completed 1000 runs against England in 15 innings.

2Number of � ve-wicket hauls by South Africa spinners in ODIs before Tahir’s seven-for.

58Matches needed by Tahir to complete 100 wickets - the fourth fewest by any bowler and the second by a spinner in ODIs. Saqlain Mushtaq is the fastest

bowler and spinner to reach the 100-wicket mark; he achieved the feat in his 53rd ODI.

87.25

Amla’s batting average against West Indies - the highest for a batsman with at least 1000 runs against an opposition in ODIs. Mohammad Yousuf’s average of 73.78 against Zimbabwe is second on this list.

6 Number of batsmen who have recorded more ODI centuries than Amla. Among batsmen with active ODI careers, only Virat Kohli (25) and AB de Villiers (24) have more centuries. Amla has taken just 132 innings to notch up 23 ODI hundreds - the fewest by any batsman, and 25 innings fewer than Kohli, who is next best.

9 Wickets taken by South Africa’s spinners in this match - the most they have taken in an ODI.

139Margin of defeat for West Indies in this match - the second biggest at home while � elding � rst. Their biggest loss had also come at this venue - 169 runs to Australia in 2008.

South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir celebrates their victory after dismissing the last West Indies batsman Sulieman Benn (not in picture) in the sixth ODI of the tri-nation series at the Warner Park stadium in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on Wednesday AFP

IMRAN TAHIR7/45In 9 overs

Billy Bowden dropped from NZ’s int’l paneln Agencies

Flamboyant umpire Billy Bowden may have stood in his last interna-tional match after being dropped from New Zealand Cricket’s inter-national panel yesterday.

The 53-year-old Bowden, who o� ciated in 84 Tests and 200 one-day internationals over 21 years, amused cricket fans with his eccentric signals, especially the

crooked � nger with which he indi-cated dismissals.

Bowden insisted he couldn’t ex-tend the � nger because of arthritis.

He was dropped from the Inter-national Cricket Council’s elite pan-el in 2013, returned in 2014 but was omitted again after umpiring the Test between the West Indies and England in Barbados in May 2015.

Bowden umpired his 200th one-day international in February. l

Spin-king Tahir leaves Windies in a tanglen AFP, Basseterre

Imran Tahir wrote his name in the record books as South Africa com-pleted a comprehensive 139-run victory over the West Indies in the sixth match of the Tri-Nation One-Day International series at Warner Park in St Kitts on Wednesday.

Defending a formidable total of 343 for four, the leg-spinner feast-ed on an inept Caribbean batting e� ort with outstanding � gures of seven for 45 o� nine overs, the best-ever returns by a South Af-rican bowler in the history of ODI

cricket.Along the way, Tahir, in his 58th

match, surpassed the record of Morne Morkel as the fastest South African to 100 ODI wickets in terms of matches played.

Earlier, Hashim Amla’s 23rd ODI hundred highlighted a domineer-ing batting e� ort from the Proteas after they were put in by home cap-tain Jason Holder.

Tahir and Tabraiz Shami (two for 41) then extinguished the West Indian reply after a bright open-ing start, Tahir’s record harvest including three in one over as the

hosts were dismissed for 204 o� 38 overs.

Tahir and Shamsi, in just his second match, e� ected the break-through after the rousing start of 69 in less than 10 overs by openers Johnson Charles (49) and Andre Fletcher (21).

Only 24 from Marlon Samuels among the accomplished batsmen represented any form of resistance to the spinners.

By virtue of the margin of their victory, AB de Villiers’ team moves to the top of the standings on 10 points, one ahead of Australia and

two more than the West Indies.Competition shifts to Barba-

dos for the � nal three preliminary matches, beginning with South Af-rica versus Australia on Sunday at Kensington Oval, ahead of the � nal at the same venue a week later.

Amla’s e� ortless innings of 110, which came o� 99 deliveries and included 13 boundaries, set the Proteas on their way to the for-midable total in partnership with Quinton de Kock.

Bristling with aggression in con-trast to Amla’s serene progress, the left-hander contributed 71 in an

opening stand of 182.Their partnership established a

new record for the � rst wicket in an ODI at the venue, eclipsing the previous standard of 160 set by for-mer South African captain Graeme Smith and De Villiers against Aus-tralia at the 2007 World Cup.

All-rounder Chris Morris, back in the team after recovering from an injury sustained in the � rst match of the tournament in Guyana two weeks earlier, was promoted to number three in the order to accel-erate the scoring and responded by belting 40 o� 26 deliveries. l

Murray can end Djoker’s golden slam dreamn Reuters

Andy Murray has what it takes to ruin Novak Djokovic’s dreams of sweeping to a “golden slam”, coach Ivan Lendl has said as the Scot pre-pares for another tilt at the Wim-bledon title.

Murray has not won a grand slam since parting ways with Lendl in March 2014 after two years in which he won the 2012 Olympic

gold, the 2012 U.S. Open and the 2013 Wimbledon titles.

The two rekindled their part-nership on Sunday and are already plotting to stop Djokovic, the � rst man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four grand slam titles at the same time. The Serb has won the French and Australian titles this year and victory at Wimbledon and the US Open in August would give him a calendar-year grand slam.l

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ACROSS1 Cicatrix (4)5 Ran away (4)10 Augury (4)11 Land measure (3)12 Small branch (5)13 Forefront (arch) (3)14 Book of maps (5)16 Smother (6)18 Implies (6)21 Wanderer (5)23 Drinking vessel (3)24 Break out (5)26 Metal-bearing rock (3)27 Poke (4)28 Curve (4)29 Prophet (4)

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Titbits of Jago Hua Savera

n Showtime Desk

Jaago Hua Savera, a co-production between the two halves of what was a geographically-divided Pakistani state in 1958, made its mark at the recent Cannes Classics section of the Cannes Film Festival. A restored print of the � lm was shown at the prestigious event more than half-a-century after its release.

Although o� cially a Pakistani production, majority of its unit comprised Bangladeshi actors and music directors while in black and white, it was shot on the banks of the majestic Meghna River in then East Pakistan, today’s Bangladesh.

Jago Hua Savera, which means “the day shall dawn,” was shot in Dhaka by the East Pakistan Film Development Corporation and scripted in Urdu language, which is native to the West.

Little did people know back then that the � lm that was a box o� ce � op in the country in 1959 would turn out to be one of the greatest classics in the South Asian region later. The � lm was screened at quite a few festivals and last it was screened at Cannes.

The � lm, directed by AJ Kardar was inspired by a story by popular Bengali actress and featured a debut performance by Khan Ataur Rahman. Bangladeshi � lm legend Zahir Raihan began his journey as an assistant director.

The legendary Khan Ata mesmerised the audience across the globe by portraying his character Kasim opposite

to legendary Indian actress Tripti Mitra. Famous German cinematographer Walter Lassley also worked on the 87 minute-long � lm as the director of photography. It was completed within a year and was released in 1959.

Lassley, in an autobiography, wrote that there were a lot of di� culties communicating as the crew members either spoke Bengali, Urdu, or Panjabi. Alamgir Kabir in his book Films in Bangladesh wrote that the use of both Urdu and Bengali dialogues can be one of the reasons for its failure in the box o� ce.

Inspired by the early works of iconic Indian director Satyajit Ray, Jago Hua Savera is moulded in neo-realism, a genre shaped by Italian greats like Luchino Visconti and Vittorio De Sica. The � lm portrays the hardships of a � shing community in Saitnol village near Dhaka. Anjum Taseer, son of producer Nauman Taseer, feels that the lives of the � shing communities in the three countries have not changed much.

“The � shermen of today have mobile phones, but the same loans,” says Taseer. He told the BBC that the � lm was a combination of the e� orts of the people of the three countries and wanted to show the � lm in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

“There are several young and talented people in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. I want to produce a � lm on the lives of these � shermen with the help of these talented � lmmakers,” Taseer says.

Iconic poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz, who was a known revolutionary, had written the script, lyrics and dialogue of the � lm. “Gen Ayub Khan imprisoned my father and many other artists,” said Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s daughter Salima Hashmi to the BBC. l

Source: BBC

Sohana Saba paired with Dev

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WHAT TO WATCH

n Mosharraf Kabir

The casting news of Chokher Jol, an upcoming romantic family drama to be produced under an Indo-Bangladesh joint venture, has fans waiting in anticipation. For the � rst time, Dev, the leading man of Tollywood, will be paired with the Bangladeshi diva Sohana Saba.

The � lm also marks Dev’s debut in a joint production venture which will be released at the theaters in Bangladesh as well in India.

Saba shared: “This role is in sheer contrast to the big screen roles I’ve played in the past.”

Saba, who is well known for choosing quality over quantity when selecting movies, said, “This time, on

screen, I want to discover a di� erent Saba. That’s why I have signed the � lm. It de� nitely feels good

to know that I’ll be working with Deb.”The � lm is to be jointly produced by Digital

Movies and Sree Venkatash Films while the local company, Digital Movies,

informed that it’s scheduled to go on

the � oor at the end of this year. The

other members of the cast and crew are yet to be con� rmed while it has been

revealed that Basudeb

will direct the feature as a

rep of the Indian producer. l

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1% arable land lost each yearn Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

Unless remedial measures are taken soon, estimates show that Bangladesh risks losing almost one-third of its arable land over the next 25 years.

Increasing deserti� cation as well as conversion of arable land to other purposes are threatening food security in the near future.

Bangladesh is losing agricultural land at a rate of nearly 1% per year, according to data from Bangla-desh Bureau of Statistics and also backed by independent data.

But Salim Rashid, an economics professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, argues that the danger is far greater for Bang-ladesh, with at least 30% of its ag-ricultural land under risk of being gone over the next 25 years.

Quoting data from the Soil Re-source Development Institute (SRDI) data, Prof Rashid said the loss of land in Bangladesh has gone through a � ve-fold increase since 2000.

Over the course of 24 years be-fore 2000, Bangladesh was losing arable land at an annual rate of 13,413 hectares; but since 2000, the rate has jumped to 68,690 hectares per year, according to SRDI.

Khandker Moyeen Uddin, di-rector of SRDI, said: “Every year, 0.73% agricultural land is turned into non-agricultural land. Every year, around 12km land comes un-der salinity. The situation is getting worse everyday.

“The more dreadful point is that the fertility of land is degraded every year. One will see that every year new type of fertilisers are being used in our lands. If such situation continues, then the future food security of Bangladesh will threatened,” Moyeen warned.

The comments come as the world is set to observe the World Day to Combat Deserti� cation to-day with the slogan “Protect Earth. Restore land. Engage people.”

To mark the day, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a statement said: “Deserti� cation, land degradation, drought and cli-mate change are interconnected. As a result of land degradation and climate change, the severity and frequency of droughts have been increasing, along with � oods and

extreme temperatures. “More than 50% of agricultural

land is moderately or severely de-graded, with 12 million hectares lost to production each year.”

Ban said nearly 800 million peo-ple are chronically undernourished as a direct consequence of land degradation, declining soil fertility, unsustainable water use, drought and biodiversity loss.

He also warned that over the next 25 years, land degradation could reduce global food produc-tivity by as much as 12%, leading to a 30% increase in world food prices.

“On this day, I urge cooperation among all actors to help achieve land degradation neutrality as part of a broader e� ort to achieve the

Sustainable Development Goals and build a future of dignity and opportunity for all,” the UN chief added.

On the occasion, Monique Bar-but, executive secretary of United Nations Convention to Combat Deserti� cation (UNCCD), said 193 countries pledged last year to strive to become land degradation neu-tral by 2030.

“Ninety countries have already signed up to the challenge and are setting their national targets. This is admirable. But it is not enough when at least 169 countries are a� ected by land degradation or drought, and all countries are indi-rectly impacted by them.”

She also said: “Actions to avoid, halt and reverse land degradation must begin now with everyone ful-ly engaged. The prospect of a land degradation neutral world grows dimmer if we procrastinate. But it shines brighter each time a person or country joins the campaign to restore degraded land or the battle against the degradation of new land.

“Land degradation neutrali-ty should be a top policy goal for every nation that values freedom and choice,” Barbut added. l

British MP dies of attack in her constituencyn Reuters, Bristall

Jo Cox, a lawmaker for Britain’s op-position Labour Party, has died af-ter she was attacked on Thursday, police said.

The member of House of Com-mons from Batley and Spen sus-tained critical injuries earlier in the day when she was shot and stabbed in her constituency in northern England, according to British po-lice and media reports.

Cox, a 41-year-old mother of two, was attacked as she prepared to hold a meeting with constituents in Birstall near Leeds.

In an immediate reaction on Twitter, British Prime Minister Da-vid Cameron said the death of Cox is a tragedy.

West Yorkshire Police said a 52-year-old man had been arrested by armed police.

BBC TV and other media showed a picture of the alleged suspect, a balding white man, being appre-hended by police.

British lawmakers are not in parliament ahead of next week’s referendum on whether Britain should remain in the European Union.

The rival referendum campaign

groups said they were suspending activities for the day and Prime Minister David Cameron said he would pull out of a planned rally in Gibraltar, the British territory on the southern coast of Spain.

One witness told Sky News that Cox had intervened in a scu� e be-tween two men, one of whom had pulled a gun from a bag which had then been � red twice.

Media reports citing witness-es said the attacker had shouted out “Britain First”, which is the name of a right-wing group that describes itself on its website as “a patriotic political party and street defence organisation”. l

US DoJ probes BB cyber heistn Reuters

The US attorney's o� ce in Manhattan has opened an investigation of the cyber heist of $81m from Bangladesh Bank's account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a law enforcement source said.

Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York, is investigating the Febru-ary crime, in which criminals used the SWIFT fund-transfer network to steal money from Bangladesh's central bank. Bharara's o� ce de-clined to comment.

The Federal Reserve and other � nancial regulators last week told banks to review cyber-security pro-tections against fraudulent money transfers. The FBI last month pri-vately urged banks to look for signs of attempted cyber thefts.

Last week, an FBI o� cial speaking in Washington said the agency is investigating "a number of di� erent tentacles." A US congressional committee has also launched a probe into the New York Fed's handling of the heist.

Unknown hackers in early Febru-ary peppered the New York Fed with fraudulent payment instructions, prompting the bank to transferred $81m held by Bangladesh Bank to accounts in the Philippines. l

THE WRONG AND THE RIGHTWhen someone begs to break the law, it truly becomes a sad sight. A driver of a sedan is seen pleading with a tra� c sergeant so that he allows him to take a prohibited turning at a roundabout near the Dhaka airport. The sergeant, abiding the law, denied the driver passage and directed him to follow the right route SYED ZAKIR HOSSAINIn the future, land

degradation could reduce global food productivity by 12%, leading to a 30% rise in food prices

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