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Poush 15, 1420 Safar 25, 1435 Regd. No. DA 6238 Vol 1 No 275
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Commuters fall off an open-top truck as they struggle to get on board it ahead of the oppositions Dhaka march. The photo was taken from the Signboard area on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway yesterday FOCUS BANGLA
seemed to have been inspired by a delusion of grandeur. The youngsters have seized a halfbaked idea of joining march to Dhaka programme which they hardly know of, but are obliged to follow instructions of their seniors. What could be extracted from a little
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PM promises second Govt urges Hefazat not Padma, Jamuna bridges to join Dhaka March
n Asif Showkat Kallol
With no sign of the first Padma Bridge, the Awami League has pledged to complete the second Padma and Jamuna Bridges in the next five years, if elected into office. The Prime Minister and AwamiLeague President, Sheikh Hasina yesterday said:Our government will construct the second Pamda and Jamuna bridges within five years if the AwamiLeague comes to power again. She was speaking at the unveiling of the partys manifesto for the upcoming 10th parliamentary election, at the Bangabandhu International Convention Centre. According to the Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA), however, the budget for the Padma Bridge project in the current fiscal year has been cut by half, as the government was unable to complete the tender process for main construction work because of political instability and other technical reasons. Officials said the tender submission date for 6.15km-long bridges construction has been re-fixed on January 9 as the previous last date for submission December 19 had coincided with the opposition-enforced blockade programme. The submission date for the Padma Bridges river training work has also been shifted to February 20 from January 6. Meanwhile, with just over a week to the general elections, Awami League president Sheikh Hasina has distanced her party from those accused of corruption in the Padma bridge project. Hasina on Thursday told a rally in Faridpur:Those accused of being involved in the Padma bridge graft case are not my relatives. Former Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain, whose name had figured in the scam, had resigned. He has not been nominated to contest upcoming elections. The World Bank had suspended its $1.2 billion loan for the bridge alleging corruption conspiracy. l
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The government yesterday requested Hefazat-e Islam Ameer Shah Ahmad Shafi to make sure that none of his activists would take part in the oppositions Dhaka March programme. Major General Mia Md Jainul Abedin, military secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, made the request as he met Shafi at his office, a central leader of the organisation told the Dhaka Tribune preferring not to be named. As the Hefazat is not a political party it has given no instruction to its activists to join any political programme, another senior leader of the Islamist organisation quoted Shafi as saying to PMs military secretary. Many people of the Hefazat belong to different political parties and if they join the programme the organisation has nothing to do, Shafi added. Around 11am Jainul Abedin went to Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Madrasa at
Hathazari in Chittagong to meet Shafi, Moulana Munir Ahmed, press secretary to Shafi, confirmed the Dhaka Tribune. During the two-hour-long meeting Chittagong district administrator MA Salam was present, he said. Hefazat-e Islam Secretary General Junaid Babunagri, Joint Secretary Moulana Mainuddin Ruhi, and central Publicity Secretary and Shafis son Anas Madani were also present at the meeting. Earlier, Shah Ahmed Shafi, chief of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, in an open letter issued yesterday urged the government to stop farce in the name of election as none was accrediting it as an election. As the parliament is still active, amend the constitution through convening parliament session to ensure an election with the participation of all parties, he said adding that otherwise Hefazat would also take to the street in association with the general people. l
chat with them was that the kids were brainstormed by the Chhatra Shibir stalwarts with ideas of saving the country from the grasp of the ruling Awami League. Unconcerned and undaunted by the enormity of the risk to join the programme, the school-going adolescents were persuaded to head for the capital. Of them was a 13-year-old, Polash, a seventh grader. The little boy said a group of 10 boys like him came to Dhaka on Thursday to join the BNP-led opposition called march for Democracy programme. The teenage boy said he along with his squad left his village Chauddogram and came to Comilla by bus and rode on a train to reach Dhaka. Our seniors (Chhhata Shibir leaders)
told us we needed to go to attend the Dhaka programme for the betterment of Islam and the country, said Polash. While talking to this correspondent yesterday morning, the boy revealed that now he had been staying at a residence in Khilgaon. The house belongs to one of their student wing leaders uncle. Asked how he was involved with Chhatra Shibir, Polash said he joined the student organisation by filing up a designated form. Three days ago, our school unit president informed us that we have to join the programme in Dhaka to save Islam and the country from the iron hand of the ruling Awami League. He said: Awami League was killing people and unlawfully hanging their innocent leaders in jail for war crimes,
and for this reason, we are here to protest, he said. The soft mind absorbed the idea of what their school unit leaders instilled into them. Being least concerned about what the fate would hold out to them, they were flying on rosy wings with the thought that they would be able to see Khaleda Zia, an opportunity they termed great. I have never seen Khaleda Zia before. It would be great if I can see her, he said. Asked whether his family knew about his joining the party programme, Polash remained silent. On being coaxed into talking about the matter, he denied making any comment. In reply to a question if he was offered any money for attending the programme, Polash also kept mum.
He, however, said this much that his leaders instructed them not to talk about the matter. A Shibir source said the party brought at least 20,000 school-going students from across the country to join the oppositions Dhaka march for what they said an effort to bring back democracy and to curb the ruling party repression on the opposition. The source added that the students would be lined up in front of the march with national flags wrapped around their foreheads. Jamaat-e-Islami also brought school- and madrassa-going students to the capital and elsewhere in the country to join their agitation programmes, often using the children as human-shield in fight with the law enforcers. l
while declaring that her party would not enact any law against the Quran or Sunnah. Hasina also said the party would ban communal politics and bar the political involvement of foreign-aided NGOs and civil society groups. Furthermore, the next government would execute the verdicts of the war crime tribunals and try those who let loose a reign of terror and destruction to block the trials of the war criminals, she said. From the podium at the conference hall of the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, Hasina took an hour to read 26 pages of the manifesto leaving out the portions containing the successes of her government between 2009 and 2013. No evil force can detract us from the peaceful path of development and progress that we have initiated, the AL chief said seeking vote for a second consecutive term to make Bangladesh free from hunger, illiteracy, malnutrition and power shortages. Awami Leagues re-election would make politics free from enmity, violence, and confrontations, and Bangladesh will come out of the morass of corruption and criminalisation. A tolerant democratic system will then be a reality, she said. She said her party over the next five years would present the people with a new vision of development upto 2041. The AL president repeated her stance against religious fanaticism, militancy and extremism. The religious rights of the people would be guaranteed. No law against the Quran and Sunnah would be enacted, said Hasina with a stress. The Election Commission has been shaped as an independent constitutional body and made stronger andmore efficient than before. The commission will be made more powerful in future, she said.
AL MANIFESTO 2014
10% GDP target by 2021 24000MW electricity by 2021 Electricity in every household in 5 years Women Policy to be implemented Two Padma bridges, one over Jamuna Public, private universities in every district E-governance to be expended to all levels No law contradicting Quran and Sunnah Religion-based politics to be prohibited Hasina said her next government would make the Anti-Corruption Commission stronger and a more effective body. Tough measures will be taken against bribery, undisclosed income, black money, loan defaulting, snatching of tender documents and muscle power, said Hasina, amid clapping from activists of Chhatra League. The AL government in November passed a law curtailing the authority of the autonomous AntiCorruption Commission to file cases against public servants charged with corruption. Hasina reiterated her 2008 pledge to make parliament effective with two short paragraphs on the constitution and parliament, with no reference to opposition parties. l
alliance suffered a massive defeat in the ninth parliamentary polls in 2008. Although she had expressed her determination to join the rally at any cost, the government last night deployed a huge number of law enforcers around her Gulshan residence. Law enforcers have put up barricades with sand-laden trucks at either ends of the road that her residence is located at. Police, however, have refused to make any comment regarding beefing up security in the area. Party sources said in case the opposition leader was eventually not allowed to attend the rally today, she would announce the next course of action in another video message. Sources also said the district-level leaders would gather at a pre-fixed place today and start marching towards Nayapaltan. If obstructed, they would seat there and form resistance if needed. State Minister for Law Quamrul Islam, meanwhile, called upon the ruling Awami League leaders and activists yesterday to come down hard on the opposition during the march. We need to fend them off like we did in 1971. We will resist them with sticks and continue to do so until the January 5 elections in January 5. Communication Minister Obaidul
Quader said: We will not attack first. We will stay organised and keep watch thoroughfares. But when they attack, we will resist them by counter attacking. Common residents of the capital now fear that stage is set for a situation so chaotic that may surpass anything they have witnessed in the recent past, with due respect to all the losses of lives and properties in political programmes. People from various professional and social spheres have called up the Dhaka Tribune office throughout the day yesterday asking what might possibly happen today. They said very little public transport, especially commercial buses, was available on the city streets throughout the day yesterday. A businessman from the capitals Fakirerpul area said he was asked by police to shut his shop down around 6pm. Local residents from the capitals Farmgate said around the same time, law enforces removed all the vendors from the footpaths and shut down all shops triggering a panic in the area. On December 24, opposition leader Khaleda Zia in a press conference announced the March for Democracy. She called upon people from all walks of life, including opposition men, to join the march.
The government moved soon after with the law enforcement agencies to restrict Dhaka-bound movement of all kinds of vehicles that ply on roads, railways or waterways. The government blockade reached its peak yesterday as reports suggest that virtually no vehicle from outside had been allowed to come in to the capital, isolating it from the rest of the country. Moreover, law enforcers with the label joint forces have been raiding one place after another and the houses of opposition leaders and activists in the capital and also around the country and making indiscriminate arrests all to prevent them from converging to Dhaka. Starting on Friday until last night, around 500 people have been arrested in separate drives in the capital and other districts. However, the opposition leaders have been claiming that nobody could stop thousands of their men from entering the capital and making their rally a grand success for which they have not got the permission at all. Chittagong city unit BNP Vice-President Abu Sufian, who claimed to be on his way to Dhaka around 7:15pm yesterday, said around 10,000 opposition men, including BNP Vice-Chairman Abdullah Al Noman, from the port city had reached the capital tactfully
after Khaleda Zia announced the programme on December 24. Chittagong city unit Jamaat-e-Islami Publicity secretary Mohammad Ullah said a few groups of their party men were already on their way to Dhaka when this report was being filed last evening. Terming the rush towards the capital illegal, police high ups said they would not allow those, who have been carrying out sabotage and creating anarchy around the country, to do the same in Dhaka. As of 6pm yesterday, no leader or activist of BNP could be seen anywhere in and around the Nayapaltan office, although leaders said making the march successful should not be a problem because apart from only about detained 30, the members of BNPs 486-strong central committee were free. Insiders say the march is an acid-test for the senior leaders of BNP. The prevailing mood within the party is that if the leaders, who the party chief had slammed in the past for not taking to streets during protests, come out this time, the programme will be successful. Meanwhile, a senior Jamaat leader claimed that more than one lakh 30 thousand leaders and activists were ready to join the programme and that they had made two lakh flags. l
However, Bangladesh Liberation War Museum Trustee Dr Sarwar Ali said currently, there was no way to stop the election as it had already been scheduled. He added that each and every election held after the 90s faced some sort of crises though currently the level of crisis was at its peak. To avoid the election, Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of TIB, suggested that people could avoid the election holding symbolic hunger strike on January 05, the day of polls to make the government understand that they had been doing a meaningless election. The recent political crisis broke out last month when the Election Commission declared the 10th parliamentary election schedule while the main opposition had been demanding for an election under the caretaker government system. BNP boycotted the polls and enforced programmes like blockades to realise its demand. Anisul Haque, former president of Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) said the business sector of the country had mostly suffered due to the continuous blockades.
The recent downgrading trajectory of economic situation shows that the countrys annual development programme would not be implemented if the violence continued, he added. Tapan Chowdhury, former advisor to the caretaker government expressed concern over the existing political crisis. The business tycoon said: Two top leaders never think about the countrys future and economy. If they thought so, they would work out a compromise. In his address, BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury said they were ready to hold dialogue over the crisis for the sake of the countrys development provided the government showed its positive attitude. Rashed Khan Menon, minister for Post and Telecommunications of the polls-time government, said the crisis had been created not only for the polls and democracy, but also for saving the war criminals though the issue had not been discussed at the forum remarkably. The government started dialogue with the BNP several times twice with the UN delegation Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, though BNP did not make it continue, he added. l
urged people from all walks of life to converge on Nayapaltan for Dhaka march to press home their demand for an election under a nonparty government. Centring the oppositions programme, police high-ups said they would not allow the troublemakers to come to Dhaka and create anarchy under the cover of a political programme. The commuters observed that they did not experience this kind of strike even during the opposition-called back-to-back nationwide blockades and Jamaat-called hartals. Talking with the Dhaka Tribune some called the transport restriction government-sponsored blockade, the same of which was created by the government to foil BNPs rally on March 12. In the capital, commuters were seen wait at different bus stations since morning. Long queues were seen at Shahbagh, Banglamotor, Farmgate, Moghbazar, Mirpur, Asadgate, Jatrabari and Mohakhali bus stations. CNG-run three-wheelers, small trucks and rickshaws capitalised on the traffic restriction. From Mirpur to Motijheel, bus fare
is only Tk20, but yesterday commuters had to spare Tk200 for the commute. We have paid Tk200 each to reach Gabtoli from Manikganj, said one minitruck rider Mozammel Haque who had two children and wife with him. He was struggling to get a vehicle to reach Sadarghat launch terminal from where he would embark on a journey by sea to Bhola to attend his fathers first death anniversary tomorrow. Sources said only 13 vessels reached the anchorage from different districts. A BIWTA traffic inspector Syed Mahfuzur Rahman said six launches left the terminal in the morning with a handful of passengers. Asked why water vessels were not plying, he said launches ceased to ply for security reason. Our Barisal correspondent reports at least 7 triple-deck launches were kept idle near Beltala shipyard, about two kilometres from the launch terminal. Barisal Launch Owners Association sources said no-launch would sail for Dhaka because of the restriction imposed by the administration. Aftab Hossain, president of the city Sramik League and Barisal Bus Owners Association, claimed that the plying of buses and launches were stopped, not by the pressure of administration, but
by the decision of the association. Many passengers thronged Kamlapur Railway Station for train, the mode of transport they could at least rely during blockades and hartals, but to no avail this time. A private company employee Syed Sahidul Alam said he bought a ticket of Gadhuli Express to go to Chittagong which was supposed to leave Dhaka at 3:20pm, but the authorities announced that it was uncertain when the train would come. I had already spent Tk600 on the fare of a CNG-auto rickshaw to go to Syedabad bus station from Gandaria, but failed to get any transport. Sahidul Alam said he had gone to Shyamoli and experienced the same situation. Several passengers at the railway station said the station master and the manager had to leave their office around 9am following protest by the aggrieved passengers waiting for trains for hours. Somehow, we managed the situation. Passengers will be given their refunds, a staff of the station managers office said, seeking anonymity. Our correspondent reports all Dhaka-bound trains from northern districts were being barred at Tangail station
from entering the capital following the authorities order. Padma Express from Rajshahi and Nilsagar Express from Nilphamari were sent back to their respective starting points after they reached Gharinda Railway Station in Tangail at 7:10am and 7:40am. On the other hand most inter-district bus companies kept the shutters of their counters down. At Gabtoli, SP Golden Lines counter Manager Arifuzzaman said the buses that left Jessore and Satkhira Friday evening were yet to reach the capital. Ferries are not plying. So, we dont know when the buses will come, he said. local Awami League and Workers League activists were seen take positions near Gabtoli to resist for what they said anarchy by the opposition in the name of Dhaka march. A highly placed source at Police headquarters said the long-distance vehicles would not ply till Sunday evening. Moreover, transport associations in Chittagong, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna called a two-day transport strike from yesterday morning, protesting the recent vandalism and arson attacks on vehicles. l
might be. SM Saleh Ahmed, private secretary to the Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia, told Dhaka Tribune that she was scheduled to go to her office last evening. But the in-charge of the special branch protection team said at about 8:30pm that the authorities have withdrawn them from duty. Ahmed said he had contacted the home secretary to know about the withdrawal of the special branch protection. The secretary said he will look into the matter. However, the secretary did not come up with any solution [till filing of this report at 12:30am], he added. Witnesses said at least five sand-laden trucks had been positioned at either ends of the street in which Khaleda Zias residence located. Ashraful Alam Liton, driver of one of the trucks, told the Dhaka Tribune that he, along with another truck, was coming to the Shahjalal airport from Ashulia. On the way he was stopped by a police sergeant. Liton said he had no idea how long he would have to stay there. Around 10pm, a group of pro-BNP journalists entered Khaleda Zias residence and stayed there for nearly an hour. After coming out, they told the waiting journalists that she was still determined to attend todays rally. Ruhul Amin Gazi, president of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union
of Journalists, said Khaleda Zia had strongly protested the lifting of security protocol and the beefing up of security around her residence. When contacted police refused to make any comment regarding strengthening security in and around the opposition leaders residence. However, seeking anonymity, a police official said at least four platoons of law enforcers, including a significant number of female members, had been stationed in the area. Earlier in the evening before security was beefed up in the area, Khandaker Lutful Kabir, DC of Gulshan police, said: No restriction has so far been imposed on the movement of Khaleda Zia; but if she wants to go out she needs to talk to us first. The BNP on December 27, released a video message of Khaleda, which had hints that the party feared she might be kept confined and not allowed to come out to join the rally. The clip, recorded at her Gulshan office a day before, was made public hours after the party was denied permission to hold todays rally in front of its Nayapaltan headquarters. The former premier announced the Dhaka March programme March for Democracy - from a press conference on December 24, which resulted in deployment of additional law enforcement officials around her house and office barring party activists from entering them. l
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vehicles in districts
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The joint forces of police, RAB and BGB have arrested around 500 people from around the country including the capital between Friday night and yesterday morning, ahead of the oppositions Dhaka march programme. The drives were allegedly focused on picking up BNP Jamaat men, especially those who were coming to Dhaka on passenger buses for joining the March to Democracy and the Nayapaltan rally. Apart from 203 people picked up from the capitals Tejgaon, 126 passengers have been arrested in Tangail from a number of Dhaka-bound trains and buses, 30 from a bus in Rajshahi that was headed for the capital, and 24 from the capitals Sadarghat after they arrived in launches. Another 95 people were arrested in Bogra, 80 in Chittagong, 20 in Savar, 14 in Joypurhat, 33 in Comilla, 16 in Brahmanbaria, six in Laxmipur, 12 in Sunamganj, 30 in Rajshahi, 12 in Jhenidah, seven in Khulna and six in Natore. Inspector General of Police Hassan Mahmood Khandker, said the law enforcers had been discharging their duties neutrally and none had been arrested unlawfully. Police has no stance either against or in favour of any political programme, the IGP said. The law enforcers are doing everything to ensure security for public and their properties. Biplab Kumer Sarkar, deputy commissioner of Tejgaon police, told Dhaka Tribune that the detained people had been taken to the police stations concerned and their identities were being verified. If any of them is found innocent, they will be released immediately. Earlier, more than 170 people were arrested early Thursday and Friday in the capitals Mirpur, Jatrabari and Demra areas by the joint forces. In Tangail, 126 passengers were picked up from different Dhakabound trains, buses and other vehicles yesterday. Nazrul Islam, OC of Sadar police station, said they had arrested them on suspicion that they might take part in subversive acts in the capital centring the march programme. In Sadarghat in the capital, 16 were detained from various launches coming in from Bhola, and eight from Eagle 2, coming from Chandpur. In Rajshahi, at least 30 passengers of a Dhaka-bound bus of Bornali Paribahan were detained at Boalia around 2:30pm yesterday. In Bogra, 95 people were arrested for their alleged involvement in arson, vandalism, violence, anarchy and attacks on police. In Savar near Dhaka, 15 people, including two municipality ward councilors, were arrested on charges of giving rise to violence during the ongoing political agitation. l
Police pick up a woman activist of opposition alliance from Matsya Bhaban area with leaflets calling people to join the March for Democracy in the capital today MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU police arrested her son, who is a bus conductor, and one of his colleague without any reason while they were returning home Friday night. She did not disclose her sons name fearing that if his name was published in the newspaper, police would not release him from. Meanwhile, law enforcers Rubayet Khaim, owner of Aziz Motors at Purana Paltan, and all his sons and employees during Fridays clash between law enforcers and banned Islamic outfit Hizbut Tahrir. The victims family members and witnesses said police shot at Rubayets house that left one of his sons injured, adding that the law enforcers also stormed the showroom on the first floor and his house at the second floor. However, Paltan police released them all at 10pm that night, Rabbi Ahmed Tushar, nephew of Rubayet, told the Dhaka Tribune. Locals said the victims had no involvement with any political parties, adding that they go for Tabligh. The oppositions, meanwhile, alleged that the government was harassing, repressing and arresting opposition leaders and activists in the name drives by joint forces only to foil the 18-partys ongoing movement. l
Not indigenous, its small ethnic groups, says AL manifesto n Muktasree Chakma Sathi
The Awami League changed the term to refer the indigenous people in its 2014s election manifesto yesterday. The charter used the terms small ethnic group and tribal instead of indigenous. Article 18 (i) of the 2008s manifesto reads: Terrorism, discriminatory treatment and human rights violations against religious and ethnic minorities and indigenous people must come to an end permanently But article 22.1 of the latest manifesto, states: The result of constitutional recognition of the small ethnic groups would ensure elimination of human rights violation of religious and ethnic people and tribal Article 19 of Awami Leagues the party charter, however, still refers to such minority people as indigenous people. The government through the fifteenth amendment to the constitution in 2011 inserted small ethnic groups referring the indigenous population amid huge criticism at home and abroad. Post and Telecommunication Minister Rashed Khan Menon said the Awami Leagues proposition became clear during the fifteenth amendment. He also opined that if the government remained sincere in ensuring indigenous peoples rights, such titling should not be considered as an issue. l
A group of pro-Awami League activists bring out a stick procession in the capital, protesting opposition called March for Democracy in front of the National Press Club yesterday MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU
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10 held with shipping valuables in Chittagong n Tarek Mahmud, Chittagong
The Bangladesh Coast Guard arrested 10 people as they were attempting to flee after stealing valuables from a foreign ship at the Outer Anchorage of Chittagong Port early yesterday. They also seized a motorboat, that was used in the crime, from the outer anchorage area, coastguard officials said. A press release of Bangladesh Coast Guard said a team nabbed the 10 alleged thieves from the bay around 12am after receiving information from MV Alam Mesra, from which the valuables were stolen. The arrestees were handed over to Karnaphuli police station and a case was lodged in this regard. l
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The decisions made by the taskforce included reducing bandwidth prices, introducing digital signatures and setting up multimedia classrooms in 20,500 schools with laptops and projectors
While declaring her partys manifesto for the upcoming 10th parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina did not mention a single word about the taskforce. Some taskforce members quipped that the PM perhaps totally forgot about it. The AL president had earlier criticised the previous BNP Jamaat government for rendering inoperative an ICT taskforce formed during her partys 1996-2000 tenure. The taskforce on ICT that was established during the Awami League rule, but rendered ineffective by the BNP Jamaat alliance, will be reactivated, the AL chief claimed in her partys 2008 manifesto. After resuming power in January 2009, the new AL government changed
No long route bus left the capital yesterday because of the ruling Awami Leagues plan to resist opposition alliance called March for Democracy. The photo was taken from Sayedabad Bus Terminal NASHIRUL ISLAM
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Outdoor patients 1285 6573 9576 16150 18750 19067 20002 24154 33655 Indoor Patients 514 626 773 1482 1679 2235 3506 4653 5543
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Six girls return after three years in Indian jail n UNB, Benapole
Six Bangladeshi girls returned home through Benapole check post of Jessore district on Friday night, after languishing for three years in an Indian jail. The returnees were Dolna Khatun, 17, Shapinur Khatun, 21, Rabeya Khatun, 22, Shahnara Khatun, 19, Parvin Akter, 20, and Dulna Begum. Nayed Subedar M Abdullah, commander of Benapole check post BGB camp, said Indian BSF handed over the Bangladeshi girls at night. They were jailed for three years after they were arrested for intruding into India, he added. Quoting the returnees, the commander said human traffickers took the girls to India in January, 2010, promising them lucrative job. Mumbai police had arrested them on charge of intrusion and later sent to jail on court orders. The decision of their release came following a joint intervention of the home ministries of India and Bangladesh. l
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Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (NIBPS) at the DMCH very soon, with primary and administrative approval already given in November to establish the NIBPS. Prof Dr Md Abul Kalam, head of the burn and plastic surgery unit of the DMCH, has been appointed as project director of the NIBPS. A detailed project proposal for a 20-storied building of the institute has been prepared by the
project director and others. Dr Kalam said a proposal has been sent to the health ministry for admitting 20 students (10 from public and 10 from private institutes) under the institute from the upcoming session. If the proposal gets final approval from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, then the NIBPS would contribute to increasing the number of burn and plastic surgery specialists.
The burn unit started at the main building of the DMCH as an eight-bed unit. At the end of the 2003, it was upgraded to a separate 50-bed unit at the building opposite of emergency of DMCH. In 2009, the unit was again upgraded to a 100-bed burn and plastic surgery unit. Seeking anonymity, several burn specialists informed that although there were currently burn units at Chittagong, Comilla, Sylhet, Barisal and Rangpur Medical College Hospitals; most of them were not running properly. The DMCH burn unit still had to take the maximum load of burn patients, they added. Sources at the DMCH burn unit administrative section said there were more than 300-350 patients admitted at the 100-bed unit. Around 70-80 burn patients come to the outdoor each day, with 10-15 of them getting admitted to the indoor section. l
Jamaat activist arrested for Jubo League leader killing in Satkhira n Our Correspondent, Satkhira
Joint forces members arrested a Jamaat activist in accusation of killing a local Jubo League leader from village Khetrapara under Kolaroa upazila in the district on Saturday afternoon. The arrested Mukul Hossain is one of the suspected fugitives of the local Jubo League leader Mehedi Hassan Jaz killing case. Shahadara Khan, officer in charge of the Kolaroa police station said Mukul was arrested on a regular drive of joint forces to Khetrapara area. He said when the joint forces members went to Khetrapara on a drive to arrest some accused of regular cases, Jamaat and Shibir activists threw brickbats on them. The law enforcers retaliated by opening fire. Mukul was later detained and then handed over to the police. Jubo League leader Jaz Miah was killed at Saraskati area under the same upazila on December 12 in a Jamaat-shibir activists attack. Police recovered his dead body from nearby his residence in the area on December 13. l
Passengers rush and struggle to get on a passenger bus in the capitals Karwan Bazar area as very few public vehicles operated yesterday because of the restrictions set to resist the Dhaka march SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN
People try to unload an overturned truck yesterday in the road underneath the Mayor Hanif Flyover. The truck overturned as the road was in devastated condition FOCUS BANGLA
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An 81% increase in global crowdfunding volumes is forecasted for 2013, with the market reaching $5.1bn
In 2012 according to research firm Massolution, 308 crowdfunding platforms across the world raised $2.7bn and successfully financed more than 1 million campaigns. The firm forecasts an 81% increase in global crowdfunding volumes in 2013, with the market reaching $5.1bn. Crowdfunding caught up with the age of connectivity with the pioneering crowd-financing platform ArtistShare in 2000 2001. This was followed by services like EquityNet (2005), Pledgie (2006), Sellaband (2006), Indiegogo (2008), GiveForward (2008), Kickstarter (2009). Because its mainstream success, a plethora of other such services have launched since. l
DT: How did you come up with the story for Remnants of Men? I was inspired by the Shahbag youth revolution in Bangladesh. I had goosebumps watching Shahbag pulsate. It was exciting to see privileged youths on streets demanding justice for decades old war crimes. This sends a strong message to the perpetrators. DT: Did your plot draw from true events? For example, the story of TarequeMasudtracking down photojournalist Lear Levin for the 1971 footage for MuktirGaan. Yep. A bit of inspiration came from that story too. Also, from the story of photographer Kevin Carter, who photographed the starving toddler in Sudan, won the Pulitzer Prize and later committed suicide. But [I was] mostly inspired by the relentless Shahbag kids. DT: Is the character named Anthony Matthews a reference to Anthony Mascarenhas, the Pakistani journalist who published the landmark report Genocide in 1971? I thought no one would notice this! They are actually polar opposites. Also, the protagonist of Remnants of Men is named Jahir Raihan a homage to the uncompromising legend. DT: Will the movie be in English or Bangla? Both. DT: How do you feel about Quader Mollas hanging? I feel good that the victims will at last find some sort of closure. But I will also not rejoice, because I know this is just the beginning. For me, closure would be saying goodbye to fundamentalism, which is closely related to the identified war criminals, but has spread out way
beyond their generation. DT: A lot of violence in the form of hartals, blockades, and protests has accompanied the war crimes tribunals. It is increasingly frustrating watching fellow Bangladeshis die out of no reason. I also find it difficult to understand why picketers risk their lives on streets, in doing the things that they do. The problem is very much socioeconomic. DT: Which Bangladeshi political party do you align yourself with, if any? I am a big fan of Bangabandhu and his ideologies. But I dont want to align myself with any of the current political parties. They still have to fulfil a lot of their promises to earn my trust. DT: NYUs Tisch School of the Arts is a fantastic film school. How did earn your place there? In 2008, I was selected by the Berlin International Film Festival as an upcoming director based on one of my early short films, a docudrama titled City Life. This led to participation in the Berlinale Talent Campus. The Berlinale experience changed everything. I finished business school [at IBA] and got a corporate job like everyone else. But I kept pursuing my filmmaking aspirations. While working full-time, I made an animated short that participated in various European festivals. All of these made into my portfolio which is an important part of the NYU Tisch application. I am the first Bangladeshi in the graduate film program [for the Masters of Fine Arts degree]. This also means a greater responsibility. l
Jahir Raihan, a Bangladeshi immigrant who writes for a small-time local newspaper in Jackson Heights, learns about video footage that could incriminate a 1971 war criminal
A set in New York City transformed into 1971 Bangladesh for the film
Art that speaks for a cause belongs in the public sphere, so it makes sense that its funding also depends on the public
Shahrier is the CEO of ParrotInMotion Studio and director of Hasna. He believes that using animation enables his story to reach to a mass audience globally, and inform people of an entrenched societal evil through entertainment. With fast dispersion of nearly infinite amounts of information, our world today is one of instant gratification, and we communicate with images more today than ever before. Hasna aims to raise awareness about child marriage and gender discrimination. At muktotohobil.com, people can submit their creative ideas and get the opportunity to raise funds from the general
Credibility: Get connected with reputable, established personalities. Hasna has affiliated itself with Haider Rizvi, a Polish film director and former assistant to Roman Polanski, who has been involved with the project as an advisor. A demonstration of credibility is reassuring for potential pledgers. Accessibility: Connect to the crowd via support from the media or active social media interactions on Facebook. Honouring contributors with badges and tokens of gratitude after the success of the campaign. Interaction: Interact with the potential contributors regularly and explain that the procedure is not complex.
A big issue is the payment process, Shahrier said. Most people here are not used to online transactions. They feel reluctant to pay via a simple bKash transaction, even though
they fully support the project and want to pay. With proper utilisation of social media and regular follow ups, this obstacle can be overcome. l
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Corruption is good
A little corruption can be good, large corruption is bad but monopolistic corruption is absolutely the worst
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n Shaqur Rahman
hose who are familiar with US Congressional politics know the term pork-barrel politics very well. In the US Congress, often when passage of a bill required support from a few or more congressmen or senators from the other side of the political divide, the leaders of the party in control, attach with the bill special spending earmarks that will benefit the constituency of those few congressmen or senators. These earmarks, which are outside federal purview, usually fund projects in the home districts like roads, bridges, airports, museums, etc. The earmarks help the politicians to go back to their partisan constituents and say to them that although he has voted with the opposing political party, he will bring in substantial federal cash that would create jobs and benefit the community greatly. These earmarks, named pork-barrel (after the barrels of salted pork meat), has been a long-standing congressional way to exchange political favours, helping embattled politicians win re-elections, and most importantly win over opposing politicians for legislations that may be unpopular to their own party supporters. Those who have watched the Spielberg movie Lincoln (2012) have seen that how a bill like the 13th Amendment, which emancipated slaves in the USA in 1865, required furious horse-trading, pork-barrel politics in the house of Congress to get the two third majority required.
The crusade culminated in a blanket ban on pork-barrel politics passed in both the Senate and the House of Representatives in late 2010 and early 2011, with broad bi-partisan support. So what has been the outcome of this sweeping of the Aegean Stable? Congressional legislative activity has come to a near halt. 2012 and 2013 have been among the least productive years in US Congressional history. Between 1999 and 2011, an average of 70 substantive bills passed every year. Now the average has dropped below 50 and only 44 substantive laws have passed the floor of Congress in 2013.
Particularly when corruption is reframed as favours done in exchange of doing a job, it can make systems of governance and economy more efficient than before. Economists have studied corruption, empirically and theoretically, for a long time but only recently they are analysing effects of corruption in all its nuances and already some of the researches have yielded surprising results. Game theoretic modelling has shown some interesting insights into the role of corruption: A society or community functions because of cooperation among its members. The models tell
Rather than revel in utopian dreams of eradicating corruption we should think soberly how to manage corruption and channel it towards directions that promote growth and efficiency
A limited amount of corruption actually acts as incentive for law enforcers to do their duty. Without this incentive, they can become totally apathetic and let law enforcement deteriorate completely
Whether pork barrels were used to pass righteous bills like the emancipation, or run-of-the-mill legislations of usual politics, there can be no denying that this practice is pure and simple political bribery. Votes of the legislators are being bought with gold from the purse of the republic; albeit not for personal use, but for constituents. As it is, the history of politicians crusading against the immorality of such naked bribery is as old as the history of pork-barrel politics itself. In recent decades, the most vocal opposition came from anti-government Republican politicians who saw in pork-barrel politics an easy target to illustrate the venality and wastefulness of government spending.
All of us are aware of the impasse in the Congress and government shutdown that happened this year. Few of us are aware of the role played by the absence of pork barrel politics in exacerbating this gridlock. There were several times when the Republican Congressional leadership were ready to compromise, but they could not convince the hard ideological party men in Congress to go along with the decision. If pork-barrel were in place, conceivably many of these recalcitrant congressmen who are from poor, rural constituencies that can greatly use federal earmarks for economic stimulus, could have budged and reached across the aisle for passing budget and other bills. They have no incentive now to compromise on ideological points and brave the inevitable confrontation with hyper partisan primary voters back in home. This is the general picture all over the country as the whole land has been divided in two sharply divided political camps with no meeting in the middle. Belatedly the politicians are learning that pork barrels, rather than the corruption polluting the Congress, was the grease that kept the gears of legislative politics running. The arguments against corruption are universal and easy to understand. Corruption is unethical, unfair, hinders meritocracy, promotes inefficiency, and many more. As intuitive the arguments against corruption are, people do not make the effort to analyse the role of corruption deeply, and see that in many situations and contexts, some form of corruption can actually be better for the polity in its presence than its absence.
us that the bulk of society cooperates consistently because the law enforcers induce them to stay in line. However, in most societies, the law enforcers themselves enjoy a de-facto privilege of avoiding the full force of law when they breach it personally. This privilege allows them to engage in corruption. Researchers have found that in spite of this corruption, overall societal cooperation is maintained as long as the extent of power and corruption is limited because the enforcers still do their duty of enforcing, although in exchange of some illegal income. Thus, a limited amount of corruption actually acts as incentive for law enforcers to do their duty. Without this incentive, they can become totally apathetic and let law enforcement deteriorate completely. But this equilibrium breaks down when law enforcers have too much power and corruption runs rampant. In a monopoly of corruption the law enforcers have no incentives to carry on their duties and overall societal cooperation becomes threatened. Empirical cross-country studies have also shown that in many third world countries corruption is actually helping economic growth by helping to circumvent inefficient rules and bureaucratic delays. When government is overbearing and inefficient, regulations are sclerotic, corruption can be a beneficial way to get around growth-retarding governance. When government size is small and/or economic freedom is already high, corruption becomes harmful to growth. Famous political scientist Samuel Huntingdon, in 1968, said: The only thing worse than a society with a rigid, over-centralised, dishonest bureaucracy is one with a rigid, over-centralised,
honest bureaucracy. In countries where civic institutions are weak and social capital is small, policy efforts for ending corruption by solving principle agent problems may not improve growth. In these countries corruption within inefficient institutions is a second best result because optimal condition is hard to attain in foreseeable future. Long-term efforts should have the objective of improving institutional quality and economic freedom. Readers may question the relevance of this article now, when the whole country is falling apart in a kingly Game of Thrones. All sane people in the country agree that the root cause of the political crisis in this country is monopolisation of power by subversion of democracy. Monopolisation of corruption is inextricably linked with this exclusive control of the power of state. Researchers have proposed that monopoly is a vital component of rampant corruption. Corruption flourished, where officials have a monopoly power over a good or service, unlimited discretion in deciding who gets that good or service or how much they get, and there is no accountability whereby others can see what that person is deciding. In the article There Will be Blood published in alalodulal.org, I argued that unprecedented cash flow from RMG export and foreign remittances is fast transforming Bangladesh into a resource-based Petro-state. We know how the easy money from resources have entrenched repressive, autocratic regimes in these countries
the people but the patrons at the top of the ruling pyramid. This, in effect, is a monopolisation of corruption where corrupt law enforcers do not feel obligation to render the service fully, even in return of the ill-gotten money. Moreover, as they primarily owe their riches from their top-patrons, and not the rent-giving public, they act as loyal vassals of the overlord. A government can literally buy off the entire organ of state now. Monopoly of power is engendering monopoly of corruption and developing a positive feedback loop to reinforce itself. Bangladesh is not going to be a cohesive, orderly country with high social capital like the Nordic countries that routinely top the list of the least corrupt. We will have corruption in our country come what may the way the future politics evolves. Rather than revel in utopian dreams of eradicating corruption we should think soberly how to manage corruption and channel it towards directions that promote growth and ef iciency. If in the distant future we attain a suf icient level of income and social cohesion, we will be able to undertake programmes to get rid of corruption for good. Meanwhile we should seriously look into the ways to mitigate effects of corruption. Just as for most of the ills afflicting the country, the answer probably lies in politics. Democratisation of politics is the best way that corruption does not get out of hand and becomes a stranglehold on the economy and society.
In a monopoly of corruption the law enforcers have no incentives to carry on their duties and overall societal cooperation becomes threatened
and hindered growth of accountable politics. In these countries, since the authoritarian leaders and their organ of government do not fear retribution from society, they can engage in forms of corruption that are very costly to society. A similar thing is happening in Bangladesh. Governments are not feeling economic pressure to be more inclusive and accountable. With the visible hand of government in every part of the growing economic pie, the ruling set has now access to previously undreamt amount of riches. And the governments are utilising this fabulous horde of money to develop and embed a huge rent-seeking class throughout the country that owes its allegiance not to the state or
A lot of research supports the view that while corruption has a greatly negative effect in authoritarian regimes, democracies can have relatively high level of corruption without crippling the economy. When corruption does not become the exclusive purview of the ruling party, when opposition also can partake in the feeding trough through decentralisation of power, an even, accountable and growth supporting corruption regime can thrive. A little corruption can be good, large corruption is bad but monopolistic corruption is absolutely the worst. The article was first published in AlaloDulal. org.
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whom he accused of involvement in an attack that killed Iraqi soldiers in Anbar. Ali was killed in the fighting, as well as one Iraqi soldier, Ghaidan said, adding that: We treated Ahmed al-Alwani well. We told him that we had a warrant for his arrest, and arrested him. He said two of Alwanis bodyguards were wounded. No members of Alwanis family could immediately be reached to give their version of events. Violence in Iraq is at its worst levels since 2006-7, when tens of thousands of people were killed in fighting between Sunnis and Shiites. Bombings, shootings and suicide attacks, many staged by al-Qaeda militants, are a near-daily occurrence. l
A man stands outside a faculty building at Cairos Al-Azhar University after student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood stormed it
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Russia says Syrian toxin removal deadline will be missed n Reuters, Moscow
Deadly toxins that were to have been removed from Syria by December 31 under an international effort to rid the country of its chemical arsenal have not yet been delivered to port to be put on ships, a Russian diplomat was quoted as saying on Friday. The deadline will be missed because toxins that can be used to make sarin, VX gas and other agents were being packed up and still faced a potentially hazardous trip to the port of Latakia, RIA news agency quoted Mikhail Ulyanov as saying. The removal has not yet begun, he said after an international meeting on the chemical arms removal effort. Syria has agreed to abandon its chemical weapons by next June under a deal proposed byRussia and hashed out with the United States, after an August 21 sarin gas attack that Western nations blamed on President Bashar al-Assads government. Damascus agreed to transport the most critical chemicals, including around 20 tons of mustard nerve agent, out of the northern port of Latakia by December 31 to be safely destroyed abroad away from the war zone. But the head of that global chemicals weapon watchdog, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, said earlier this month that the deadline could be missed. Russia, which has given Assad crucial support during the nearly three-yearold civil conflict in Syria, airlifted 75 armored vehicles and trucks to the nation last week to carry chemicals to Latakia. They will have to be taken on dangerous roads, there are several dangerous stretches, RIA quoted Ulyanov, head of the Foreign Ministrys disarmament department, as saying. l
Police blame opposition Islamist students torch Cairo in Ukraine attack campus building
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Ukrainian police have accused five suspects in the savage beating of a local journalist of having links to the opposition, just as reporter Tetyana Chornovol suggested she was attacked for documenting the opulence of Ukraines political elite. The conflicting accusations on Friday came days after Chornovol, 34, was chased down by a car and beaten, an incident that threatened to breathe new life into dwindling anti-government protests. In the course of the investigation it was established that the detained had been in close contact with members of the party UDAR, Mykola Chynchyn, the head of the main investigations department, said in a statement posted by Ukraines Interior Ministry. UDAR, or Punch, is led by heavyweight boxing champion Vitaly Klitschko, the most prominent of several opposition leaders who have seized on the public outcry over the governments rejection of closer ties with the European Union. Chornovol, meanwhile, told pro-opposition television station Channel 5 that a price had been placed on her life, suggesting the attack was revenge for her anti-government work. l
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Student supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday stormed a faculty building at Cairos Al-Azhar University where exams were being taken and set it on fire, security officials said. The students entered the commerce faculty building during an exam and set it alight before police and security forces members burst in and fired tear gas to disperse the protesters, the officials said. A police official said 60 of the students were arrested after the fire on the first two floors of the building was
brought under control. The students were trying to stop the exams, which started on Saturday, as part of their protest against the militarys overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July. They have regularly clashed with police on the university campus. The violence comes a day after three people were killed in clashes and 265 arrested across Egypt in a crackdown on Brotherhood demonstrations. The military-installed government has banned protests by Brotherhood members demanding the reinstatement of Morsi, after listing the Islamist movement as a terrorist
organisation this week. The interior ministry on Friday said legal measures are underway in accordance with the cabinets listing of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organisation. The Brotherhoods designation as a terrorist group carries harsh penalties, with the groups leaders facing possible death sentences and protesters looking at up to five years in prison. The movement has held near-daily protests since the military ousted Morsi on July 3, despite a crackdown that has killed more than 1,000 people, mainly Islamists, and seen thousands more arrested.l
The former president of Mali: Amadou Toumani Toure leader Amadou Sanogos then-headquarters in the central town of Kati were the scene of abuses and killings carried out against soldiers seen as loyal to Toure. Sanogo was arrested on November 27 and charged along with 15 other people, mostly fellow soldiers from his
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inner circle, for alleged crimes during the coup and its aftermath. The government says Sanogo has been charged with complicity in kidnappings, but a source close to the judge in the case told AFP the charges also include murder, complicity to murder and kidnappings. l
US judge says NSA phone Riots erupt in Turkey over corruption scandal n surveillance is lawful
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A federal judge ruled that a National Security Agency program that collects records of millions of Americans phone calls is lawful, calling it a counter-punch to terrorism that does not violate Americans privacy rights.
Technology allowed al-Qaeda to operate decentralized and plot international terrorist attacks remotely
Fridays decision by US District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan diverged from a ruling by another judge this month that questioned the programs constitutionality, raising the prospect that the Supreme Court will need to resolve the issue. In a 54-page decision, Pauley dismissed an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit contending that the NSA collection of bulk telephony metadata violated the bar against warrantless searches under the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution.
The judge also referred often to the September 11, 2001 attacks, in which nearly 3,000 people died, and said broad counter-terrorism programs such as the NSAs could help avoid a horrific repeat of those events. This blunt tool only works because it collects everything, Pauley wrote. Technology allowed al-Qaeda to operate decentralized and plot international terrorist attacks remotely. The bulk telephony metadata collection program represents the governments counter-punch. The programs existence was irst disclosed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who is now in Russia under temporary asylum. His leaks have sparked a debate over how much leeway to give the government in protecting Americans from terrorism. Pauley ruled 11 days after US District Judge Richard Leon in Washington, D.C. said the almost Orwellian NSA program amounted to an indiscriminate and arbitrary invasion that was likely unconstitutional.l
Turkish riot police have blasted opposition protesters with water cannons, tear gas and plastic bullets in Istanbul in scenes reminiscent of the summers mass anti-government demonstrations. Some of the protesters on Friday evening threw rocks and firecrackers at police, shouting, Catch the thief! in reference to a widening corruption scandal gripping Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogans government. Similar protests were held in the city of Izmir, and in Ankara where police also fired water cannons to disperse the crowds. Police blocked hundreds of protesters from gathering in Istanbuls central Taksim Square and pushed them away to the nearby streets. At least 70 people have been detained in the Taksim protesters. At least 31 people, including three lawyers, have been detained in Istanbul, according to the Istanbul Bar Association. Thousands of Erdogan backers, meanwhile, gathered at other spots showing their support for the embat-
Protesters throw stones from behind a barricade tled Erdogan. Twenty-four people, including the sons of two former government ministers and the head of the state-owned financial institution, Halkbank, have been arrested on bribery charges. Media reports say the probe is over alleged illicit money transfers to Iran and bribery for construction projects. Three Turkish legislators, including a former minister, from the ruling Jus-
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tice and Development Party (AKP) have resigned over the scandal and accused the Turkish government of putting pressure on the judiciary. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogans ruling party is being directed by arrogance, former Culture Minister Ertugrul Gunay said in a news conference on Friday announcing his resignation, adding that he was parting ways with the AKP. l
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Now China faces looming demographic challenges, including a rapidly increasing elderly population, a shrinking labour force and male-female imbalances. Chinas sex ratio has risen to 115 boys for every 100 girls, while the working population began to drop last year, Xinhua said earlier. The birth rate has fallen to about 1.5 since the 1990s, well below the replacement rate, it added. While the easing of the one-child policy - estimated to apply to around 10 million couples - has been welcomed, critics say that the state has retained the principle of deciding itself how many children people should have. Provincial congresses and their standing committees will decide on implementing the new policy based on evaluation of local demographic situation and in line with the law on population and family planning as well as this resolution, Xinhua said, citing the resolution document. The one-child policy reforms are expected to come into force in the first quarter of 2014, according to a senior official from the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Xinhua reported last week. The approval to end the labour camps, introduced more than half a century ago, closes the curtain on a dark aspect of the countrys modern history long criticised by human rights groups and which Chinese authorities admit is no longer viable. China began re-education through labour in 1957 as a speedy way to handle petty offenders. But the system - which allows a police panel to issue sentences of up to four years without trial - soon became rife with abuse. l
A Thai anti-government protester washes his face at a protest site outside the Government House in Bangkok
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The birth rate has fallen to about 1.5 since the 1990s, well below the replacement rate
The abolition of re-education through labour, known as laojiao, will see existing inmates freed, Xinhua said. Their remaining terms will not be enforced any more, it quoted the NPC resolution as saying. China argues its one-child limit kept population growth in check and supported the countrys rapid development that has seen it soar from mass poverty to become the worlds second-largest economy. But enforcement of the policy has at times been excessive. The public was outraged last year when photos circulated online of a woman forced to abort her baby seven months into her pregnancy.
Indian policemen inspect the charred carriage of the Nanded-Bangalore Express in Puttaparthi under Ananthpur District
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Hundreds of corpses await Delhis Kejriwal sworn in burial in the Philippines as chief minister
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More than a thousand dead victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan lay unburied Saturday, seven weeks after the region was battered by the Philippines deadliest storm, residents living alongside the stench said. About 1,400 corpses, in sealed black body bags swarming with flies, lay on a muddy open field in San Isidro, a farming village on the outskirts of the destroyed central city of Tacloban, an AFP reporter saw. The stench has taken away our appetite. Even in our sleep, we have to wear face masks, said local housewife Maritess Pedrosa, who lives in a house about 20 metres (66 feet) from the roadside city government property. Haiyan killed 6,111 people and left 1,779 others missing on November 8, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. This made the storm, which also left 4.4 million people homeless, one of the deadliest natural disasters in Philippine history. Tacloban and nearby towns were devastated by tsunami-like giant waves unleashed by Haiyan which accounted for a majority of the dead. The councils spokesman, Reynaldo Balido, said he was unsure if the official death toll already included the cadavers in San Isidro. Eutiquio Balunan, the local village chief, said government workers assigned to collect the typhoon dead began trucking them to San Isidro on November 10, where they have been exposed to the tropical heat and heavy seasonal rain showers. There, state forensics experts try to identify the corpses, he told AFP. The processed corpses are then turned over to relatives, while those that are unclaimed are tagged and taken to a mass grave at the city cemetery about three kilometres (1.86 miles) away. Our tally comprises those already tagged and processed by the local governments, Balido, the disaster council spokesman, told AFP. Balunan, the village chief, said the processing of the cadavers had been suspended over the Christmas weekend as the forensics experts went on holiday. We are requesting the city government to please bury the cadavers because our children and elderly residents are getting sick, he said. This place has become a fly factory. The cadavers are guarded by eight policemen. One officer who asked not to be named said they are under orders to prevent the cadavers from being eaten by stray dogs. l
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Anti-corruption champion Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in as chief minister of Indias national capital region in what supporters hope would mark a turning point in the nations fraud-ridden politics. Huge cheers rang out as Kejriwal on Saturday, who arrived for the ceremony on the citys subway, took the oath for office in front of tens of thousands
3 Asian workers missing after Saudi oil rig sinks n AP, Riyadh
Saudi Arabias official news agency says three Asian workers are missing while several others suffered minor injuries after an offshore mobile rig belonging to the countrys oil giant sank during maintenance work. A statement from the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., known as Aramco, says 24 workers were rescued following Fridays accident in the waters off the coast of al-Safaniya region the site of the worlds largest offshore oil field. Two of the missing are from India while the third worker is a Bangladeshi. The statement was carried by the SPA news agency. Aramco says rescue teams are still searching for the missing workers. The company says the incident will be investigated and that its not expected to affect overall production. Saudi Arabia is the worlds top oil producer. l
polls and delivering a stinging defeat to the Congress party which rules at the national level. It is the common mans victory, Kejriwal declared ahead of taking the subway to his swearing-in - unprecedented for any Indian dignitary going to an oath-taking ceremony. If we all come together then we can can change the country, he said. The former tax inspectors decision to use public transport echoes his prepoll promise to end the VIP culture of Delhis political elite and set a down-toearth tone for his new administration. No dignitaries had been formally invited to Ramlila Maidan where Kejriwal was due to take the oath. The grounds are considered ground zero of Indias corruption movement where some of the biggest rallies against a string of government graft scandals were held two years ago. Some observers believe Kejriwals victory in Delhi could be mark the start of a national election campaign. Unlike his predecessors, Kejriwal, whose backers range from taxi drivers and teachers to business proprietors and servants, has said he and his ministers will not occupy the sprawling bungalows surrounded by lush lawns built by Indias former British colonial rulers. Kejriwal plans to keep living in his fourth-storey flat in a Delhi suburb. l
Ten people in India have been arrested after a 21-year-old woman was gangraped twice in one night by two apparently unrelated groups of men, according to police officials. Six of them have been charged with gang-raping the woman on the evening of December 24, a police officer told Associated Press news agency on Friday, adding that a juvenile male was additionally detained for not informing the police about the crime. Officer Monika Bharadwaj said the arrests were made on Thursday after the woman complained that she was abducted and raped while visiting a friend in Karaikal, a port city in Pondicherry state. After nearly three hours of captivity in the first case, she was released and called for help only to be gang-raped by an apparently separate group of seven men, the official said. Police have been questioning the accused to find out whether they knew each other or belonged to two separate groups, Bhardwaj said. Police have registered preliminary cases of abduction, gang rape and criminal intimidation against the accused. The suspects are yet to appear at court. The woman has been admitted to hospital where police was also to record her statement, local media reports said. l
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enying permission to the opposition to hold their March for Democracy, was a mistake. The government must give its opposition the democratic space to protest and should have encouraged todays demonstration as a non-violent means of expressing dissent. The governments stated apprehension that the march would be used as a cover for violent acts is perhaps not without merit, and the violent tactics used by the opposition over the past few months certainly support the governments concerns, but nevertheless the government would have been better served to have permitted the protest and dealt with any ensuing violence as and when it occurred. They would thus have retained the moral high ground and be seen to have been trying to give the opposition space. In the event that the march turned violent or unruly, no one could have faulted the government for a tough response. However, to pre-emptively scotch the march seems to us not only to be undemocratic but also very likely to engender precisely the kind of violence the government claims to be trying to avoid. The statements by some senior government and ruling party officials in this respect are not at all encouraging. To call on AL party-men to resist the opposition, and not law enforcement, further sets the stage for just the kind of chaos and bloodshed that no one wishes to see. To make matters worse, in furtherance of its decision to stymie the march, the government has instituted a kind of reverse blockade to keep opposition activists from getting to Dhaka, and once again it is the common man and woman who suffers the most from this tactic. In short, the governments handling of todays march thus far strikes us as unwise and unnecessary, and we only hope that our worst fears are not realised.
December 27 Please join me in congratulating the unity among AL and BNP leaders of Sadullahpur upazilla for long-awaited peace in Bangladesh. We want to see this type of unity spread throughout Bangladesh, as this precious land belongs to all Bangladeshi alike. The peace, prosperity, and sovereignty of our beloved Bangladesh is important, political parties are not. No sensible Bangladeshi wants to see his/her Bangladesh destroyed by miscreants. Please unite at all levels to defeat all power-hungry evils. Muktijoddha Dr Emarat Hossain Pannah USA
The government must give democratic space to protest and should have encouraged todays demonstration as a non-violent means of expressing dissent
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December 23 Shanta Rahman Pakistan should beg for pardon immediately. truthbetold Why is it possible that Western nations are able to move past treason, war, and so much more (Germany/US relations come to mind) yet South Asians dont understand the simple truth? Well over 60% of Pakistanis werent even born or were too young to remember or have anything to do with East Pakistan. That generation is gone, the powers that be long removed. Its time to bury it and learn to work together. You India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are all one race. If you dont figure that out youll always remain like the three stooges. Canada, UK, and the US are now best of friends and they all fought treason, wars, and so much more against each other at one time in their history. Saifur Rehman Khan This is what I think the Pakistanis need to realise: Bangladesh is an independent state and the Bangladeshis are proud of being citizens of an independent nation; Pakistan does not have borders with Bangladesh, so it is not a neighbouring country; We can only have good, friendly relations with each other as we should have with other countries in the region; A common religion Islam can enable the two nations to have the same relationship that two Muslim countries without a common border do, like Egypt and Pakistan or Egypt and Bangladesh; The common past is a bitter, painful memory. Lets try to leave it behind. Bangladesh should not give up its demand for an apology from Pakistan, but pushing for an apology will not achieve anything. Both countries are too weak and insignificant to force each other to do anything; and hanging those who collaborated with Pakistan more than 40 years after independence will reopen past wounds and will create new divisions within Bangladesh. The time has come to move ahead, and to stop looking back. Mahbub Alam Imran Khan was my favourite cricketer but after his recent move against Bangladesh, I hate him. Its really surprising that a man of international repute who is so highly educated can be so blind. This is really sad.
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ince we are a country with very high energy demands, green technology could be the way forward for Bangladesh. In order to meet our demands, our energy production must become smarter, and so, instead of relying on expensive, and sometimes obsolete imported solutions, we should look to producing homegrown green technology. This could be the most efficient use of our scarce natural resources. A seminar organised by the information and communication technology ministry this week stressed the need for policy and guidelines to usher in green technology for Bangladesh. The ICTs initiative is a good thing, as we urgently need a solution to curb our massive electricity consumption. The government must come forward to make green buildings for residential and industrial purposes. Not only could green technology be the solution to our energy shortage, it would be greatly beneficial to the environment. Clean, green, and renewable energy is also a step towards the battle against the problem of climate change. The issues of climate change, green technology, and disaster management are interlinked and cannot be seen separately. As the rest of the world cuts down on fossil fuel-based power plants and switches to more efficient and environmentally friendly energy sources, Bangladesh should also make a commitment to green technology as it is the right way forward.
December 24 We need something similar in Bangladesh. Sick and tired of both AL and BNP. Populist
We should look to producing homegrown green technology. This could be the most efficient use of our scarce natural resources
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n Sajeeb Wazed
ecent weeks have seen people speaking about compromise, about how the two parties and two leaders are being intransigent. The fact that the Awami League has repeatedly offered the BNP multiple compromises is conveniently disregarded. The prime minister has personally invited the leader of the opposition to unconditional talks, and offered numerous solutions such as the all-party interim government. We have offered them any ministry in this interim government, including the Home Ministry. Even our offer to hold the 11th parliamentary elections early is a compromise to ensure that on January 25, we do not have an unconstitutional government. Yet, at every step that Awami League has made a constructive gesture, BNP has refused to talk and responded with ever-increasing violence. It is easy to hypothesise on the benefits of compromise, and how this political impasse is the result of stubborn parties and stubborn leaders. But let us not forget that we are in this situation because of the demands of the people. Many of the same people who today are demanding that we compromise with the BNP at all cost were for the past five years demanding that we try war criminals and ban Jamaat. Did anyone consider the consequences of those actions? Jamaat was not going to disappear quietly. The BNP Jamaat
alliance would not sit idly by while war criminals went to the gallows. We need to look at what is at stake, because compromise for compromises sake is as ill-conceived as it is damaging. There are certain things on which we will not compromise. We will not compromise our promise to the people to bring the war criminals to justice. We will not shy away from fighting for a secular and democratic Bangladesh. Had Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down as BNP demanded, Quader Molla would not have been hanged. Let there be no doubt, no one else would have had the courage and strength to stand up to the international pressure.
chose to try and crush our demands for autonomy with force. The Pakistani Army attacked first, before Bangabandhu declared independence on the night of March 26. Should Bangabandhu have compromised and given up on our rights in order to avoid war? BNP has, indeed, been consistent in their actions and demands. They have consistently shown their complete lack of democratic intent and disregard for the peoples democratic right to vote. BNP has repeatedly tried to rig elections every time it has been in power. Magura and Dhaka-10 by-elections come to mind. They rigged the 1996 national elections even though they
Make no mistake, the elections on January 5 are half-baked only because of one party: the BNP
We certainly do not want violence, but let us take a historical perspective. In our liberation movement, we did not set out demanding independence, and we did not declare war. All we wanted was the right to form a democratic government after our victory in the national elections. There were protracted negotiations between Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib, Yahya Khan and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto both publicly and in secret. Yet, no agreement could be reached, because Yahya Khan was unwilling to compromise. Instead, he
were running unopposed. In 2006, they rewrote the voters list with 14m more voters than the population of voting age. Even having a caretaker government was no protection, as they manipulated the caretaker government itself in attempting to rig the elections, leading to a military takeover. Make no mistake, the elections on January 5 are half-baked only because of one party: the BNP. It is through their unpatriotic alliance with Jamaat and their continuing arson and bomb attacks on innocent civilians that they
have denied the people the elections they deserve. Yes, these elections are not ideal but that is a topic in itself. The people will still get a free and fair election. We should not fool ourselves into thinking that this wave of unjustifiable violence that BNP Jamaat has unleashed is about elections. It is about saving the war criminals. Even if we were to somehow get BNP to participate in elections, as long as the war crimes trials are ongoing, BNP Jamaat will continue their violence. The only compromise which will stop the violence is the release of the war criminals. BNP and Jamaat have declared war on the ordinary citizens of Bangladesh. Under the pretence of fighting for elections they are terrorising the people to save war criminals. If the demand is to bring the BNP to the elections and stop the violence at all costs, are you willing to pay the price? We are not willing to pay this price because it compromises our liberation and the very spirit that makes us a nation. Such a compromise would be a betrayal of the three million who gave their lives to give us this democracy and freedom. No, we have attempted to compromise as much as possible and, just as in 1971, our compromises have been met with violence. We did not ask for this fight, but this fight was thrust upon us. Now it is time to stand our ground and fight back. Its time for the people to reclaim the spirit of 1971 and fight these anti-liberation forces. l Sajeeb Wazed is Technology Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
It will be a shame if we fail to give adequate protection to those testifying against powerful international criminals
n AK Rahim
eedless to say, Bengal is an ancient entity with a history spanning millennia. However, its new avatar as the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh is only in its mere youth. And just like many teenage nations trying to fit into this modern post-industrial society, Bangladesh too is having its fair share of identity issues. Of the many recent tantrums harrowing this youth of a nation, last weeks demand by the Ganajagaran protestors to cut off diplomatic relations with Pakistan over a provincial resolution grabbed my attention instantly. Equally voiced calls from various Bangladeshi ministers meant that this outrage was not just limited to the contingent at Shahbagh; it seemed Bangladeshis across divisions were furious at what seemed to be another
affront to their identity, another stab at their respect. This backlash got me thinking on a very simple question how much respect does a common Bangladeshi have of his own nation, and furthermore, of himself? Regardless of whether one thinks Bangladesh was solely intended for Bengali Muslims, or Bengalis regardless of religious background, or a multicultural population living in a Bengalised society, the common denominator seems to be the concept of Bengaliness. And it is this very factor that seems to carry the most controversy when it comes to self-identity and self-respect. Its not uncommon to hear a Bangladeshi nonchalantly blame Bangalir jaat (the Bengali ethnicity) for the many wrongdoings of this country. This term, Bangalir jaat, is overwhelmingly used only in a negative connotation spanning a variety of scenarios. For example:
Joking amongst friends about someone being late? Bangalir jaat. Blaming someone for scamming you in a store? Bangalir jaat. Traffic jams, air pollution, bastardised Hindi cinema? Yup, you guessed it Bangalir jaat.
This recent decry for diplomatic disruption with Pakistan, as well as these past weeks of political turbulence, are various facets of Bangladeshs youthful vulnerability. The nation was afterall born of multiple traumatic severances.
Prosecution witness against convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayedee, Mustafa Hawlader, was killed on December 10. Newspapers reported that other witnesses against Sayedee are also living under constant fear of violence in Pirojpur district. It is worth mentioning that the house of the complainant in one of the charges against Sayedee was attacked and vandalised in October this year. On December 15, petrol bombs were hurled at the house and shop belonging to Ranjit Kumar Nath, prosecution witness against convicted war criminal Ali Ahsan Mujaheed. In May this year, a key witness against another convicted war criminal, Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, was found dead in highly suspicious circumstances in Chittagong. In March, key prosecution witness against Ghulam Azam and renowned musical personality, Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbuls brother, Ahmed Miraz, was killed by unknown assailants. It will be a shame for the entire nation if we fail to give adequate protection to the brave men and women who have accepted the challenge of testifying against powerful international criminals, those with sufficient clout to successfully evade the grips of justice for 42 years. It is even sadder to see that international organisations have to remind us of such a duty (HRW issued a statement on December 24: Bangladesh: Investigate killing of Witnesses). The question that naturally arises is thus: Why arent we protecting them?
Thus, there are several legal methods available to the ICT BD using which they can take practical steps to protect the witnesses and victims who have been coming under attack in recent days. If one looks at the international criminal law order, one can find that the only notable difference between the protection mechanisms contained in the rules for the ICT BD and those of the international and hybrid tribunals like the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the tribunals in Yugoslavia (ICTY), Rwanda (ICTR), Sierra Leone (SCSL), Lebanon (STL) etc is the lack of a provision in our rules about establishing a specialised Victim and Witness Unit. Such a unit supervises the overall protective services. Additionally, as stated at the outset, since there is an absence of a specific law to protect witnesses and victims in Bangladesh, the calls from many quarters to immediately enact the draft Witness Protection Bill 2011 has increased in recent times. Dhaka Tribune reports that this bill, although drafted and sent by the Law Ministry to the Home Ministry over two years ago, is still lying in a deep freezer ever since. There is no doubt that we need to have a separate witness protection law at the earliest. And there is also no doubt that the witness protection mechanisms of the ICT BD in particular could have been better in light of international models. However, as is evident from the above discussion, it is not an absence of legal powers per se which has resulted in so many incidents or attacks. The real reason, it seems, is the absence of implementation and evaluation of the existing provisions. In my opinion, the most immediate solution (at least for the time being) is for the judges at the ICT BD to play a more robust role in this regard. The judges need to be more proactive and make suitable protection orders for every vulnerable, or at risk witness. Rule 58A(1) clearly states that the protective measures can be taken either upon application or by the Tribunal of its own initiative. Thus, the law itself provides support for such activism. Moreover, since these are trials are prosecuting international crimes as opposed to ordinary domestic crimes, the nature of the proceedings themselves allow these judges the freedom to depart from the traditional and adversarial nature of criminal proceedings, which required them to be silent referees as opposed to active case managers. The judges need to be more inquisitorial and follow up on orders made for protection, constantly monitoring whether orders made are being implemented duly or not. If we look at the wording of Rule 58A(2), we can see that it reads: The government shall if so prayed for.
There is no doubt that we need to have a separate witness protection law at the earliest
Traffic jams, air pollution, bastardised Hindi cinema? Yup, you guessed it Bangalir jaat
NASHIRUL ISLAM
Even a religion that preached ethnic and social equality didnt seem to ameliorate this case of collective low self-esteem; being Bengali somehow makes us inferior Muslims in our own eyes, as if centuries of syncretic Islam on our philosophy-sodden soil meant nothing, thus we increasingly turn to foreign-imported brands of Islam to satisfy our sense of the self. We have absorbed so much negativity within this ethnic identity that we forget that in the greater South Asian historical context, the Bengali adjective had and still has its many strengths. It wasnt long ago that Bengali was synonymous to intellectualism and the arts. Those yearly cyclones cant wear away our epitaph of resilience and perseverance. Centuries of cohabiting with people of various races and religions correctly describe us as tolerant and hospitable.
However, the people of Bangladesh have to recognise that its days of insecurity and self-degradation need to soon come to an end if it were to achieve any respect from others. Bangladesh has to work towards a mature civic society based on a strong consensual sense of identity. We have to remind ourselves that the Bangladeshi identity cannot be dictated by Begums sitting in their high thrones. It is not just contained within the man-made political boundaries zigzagging through fields and families indiscriminately. Whether or not the identity gives primacy in Bengaliness or in Islam or secular pluralism, Bangladesh has to accept that its sense of the self extends far beyond into the neighbouring nations, the region, and its position in the globalised world. l AK Rahim is a freelance contributor.
In interpreting statutes, the word shall is read as must. Thus, if the Tribunal asks for a protective measure, the government must accede to any such request. There is, in any event, the law of contempt to penalise non-compliance with judicial orders. Hence, there is no reason to doubt the efficacy and binding nature of the measures to be taken by the judges in this regard. However, before any discernible improvements become visible regarding preventing further attacks on witnesses and/or victims, increased coordination has to be achieved in this regard between law enforcers, judges, prosecutors, counsels and concerned officials from the relevant ministries of home and law, justice and parliamentary affairs. In my opinion, the registrar of the ICT is perfectly placed to discharge this coordinating role, principally because of his neutrality as an official of the state. Unless coordination is achieved, even updating the existing mechanisms will not help. l Shah Ali Farhad is a barrister and Member, International Crimes Strategy Forum (ICSF).
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Shilpacharyas widow Zahanara Abedin inaugurated the celebration while Hasanul Haque Inu, minister for cultural affairs, Ranjit Kumar Biswas, secretary of the cultural affairs ministry affairs, Liaquat Ali Lucky, director general of BSA,were present at the programme. Bengal Foundation has also chalked a year-long programme to celebrate the occasion which began in October this with the launching of a book titled Great Masters of Bangladesh: Zainul Abedin, a comprehensive publication exploring the creative evolution of the artist. Yesterday, an art exhibition titled Shilpacharya and his Outer World of Art presenting artworks of the master artist and his family members was inaugurated. l
Nisshartho Bhalobasha
The most commercially successful cinema of the year was Nisshartho Bhalobasha. Not only did it grossed highest, it was also had the biggest budget ever to hit the box office. Starring Ananta Jalil and Barsha, the film fully satisfied the fans in terms of entertainment, thus securing the top position in the list.
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Today is the 100th birthday of internationally renowned painter Zainul Abedin, also known Shilpacharya, the guru of art. Zainul Abedin, who was born in December 29 in 1914 and died on May 28 in 1976, got his breakthrough in 1944 with his paintings on the 1943 famine. Like many of his contemporaries, his paintings on the famine are his signature works. In 1948, he helped found the Gov-
Young artists pay tribute to the master artist at a programme organised by BSA
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Sensational action-romantic-thriller Dehorokkhi was a huge commercial success. The movie, starring Anisur Rahman Milon, Kazi Maruf and Bobby, created a big buzz with its trailer even before it was released.
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In Malek Afsarys Full and Final, Shakib Khan paired up with new Dhallywood heartthrob Bobby. Full N Final was one of the big-budget films of Dhallywood this year. The exciting couple had an amazing on-screen chemistry which brought them a permanent position in the hearts of movie lovers.
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My Name Is Khan
My Name Is Khan is a romantic action film directed by Bodiul Alam Khokon. The film stars Shakib Khan, Apu Biswas, Pobir Mitro and Misha Shadagor in the lead roles. it was a commercial success at the box office.
Bhalobasha Ajkal
Romantic comedy Bhalobasha Ajkal, directed by PA Kajol and produced by Jaaz Multimedia, featured Shakib Khan and Mahiya Mahi in lead roles. The film did a fair business at the box office and also gathered positive response from the audience.
Bhalobasha Jindabad
Debashish Biswass romantic comedy Bhalobasa Jindabad starred Arefin Shuvo and supermodel Airin Sultana as lead actors. The film got mixed reviews but did good business. Because the budget was low, the producer was able to get back the investment.
Antordhan
Syed Ohiduzzaman Diamonds Antardhan was not a commercial success, but was successful in a eyes of the critics. The film was about the lifestyle of people living on the banks of the once-mighty Padma River. Antardhan was screened at several film festivals around the world.
Poramon
The logo of a new private TV channel named Channel 52 was launched through a cultural programme on December 27 at the studio of Bengal Television Limited at Tejgaon Poramon has been one of the critics choice this year as well as a commercial success. The movie was chosen as the Most Loved Film of Year by Movie Bazaar. It stars Mahiya Mahi and Saimon.
Onyorokom Bhalobasha
Onyorokom Bhalobasa, directed by Shahin Shomon, was able to do a fair business at the Box Office. Apart from commercial success, the Bappy Chowdhury, Mahiya Mahi and Sara Zerin starrer made a mark in the hearts of the audience.
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Shilpacharya and his Outer World of Art Time: 12pm-8pm Bengal Shilpalaya, House 42 Road 16 (New) / 27 (old) City of Rhythm Second phase of Kazi Salahuddin Ahmed Time: 12 8pm Shilpangan, House 7 Road 13 (New) Dhanmondi
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Pacific Rim in 3D Escape Plan The Conjuring The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Star Cineplex Level 8 Bashundhara City 13/3 Ka, Panthopath Bhalobasha Ajkal Udhao Balaka Cineworld
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Mohammedan batsman Nurul Hasan Sohan plays towards mid-wicket during their Amber Victory Day Twenty20 match against Abahani at SBNS yesterday
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MSC v Abahani Abahani: 171/6 in 20 overs Soumya 52, Mizanur 41, Dewan 3/41 MSC: 172/2 in 19 overs Nurul 79*, Junaid 41, Soumya 1/19 MSC won by eight wickets UCB BCB XI v Prime Bank CC Prime Bank: 173/8 in 20 overs (Sabbir 57, Mehrab 39, Al Amin 3/45) UCB BCB: 175/5 in 19.4 overs Imrul 82*, Mithun 44, Shakib 2/28, Rubel 2/45 UCB BCB XI won by five wickets
Imrul Kayes unbeaten 82 aided UCB BCB XI to a nail biting win against Prime Bank by five wickets. Early dismissals of skipper Tamim Iqbal on duck and Rony Talukder (9) had the side reeling on their 174-run chase, before Imrul took charge and went to built two important partnerships. He added 87 runs with Mithun Ali for the
Marshal and Imrul in the middle. Prime Bank pacer Tapash Baisya conceded 11 off the 18th over followed by 14 from Shakib al Hasan in the next over which also saw the set Imrul dropped twice by Mehrab Hossain. UCB BCB needed just seven off the last over bowled by Rubel Hossain and though the quickie
dismissed Marshal early in the over, the batting side reach the winning target with couple balls to spare. Marshal scored an important 25 off 14 hitting one four and two sixes, but it was Imruls constructive 82 off 54 with eight boundaries and four over boundaries that constructed the win. Earlier, Prime Bank were put into bat in the foggy morning and were reduced to 36-3. However, Sabbir Rahman and Saikat Ali put up some resistance and steadied the innings with a 54-run fourth wicket partnership. Saikat made 41 off 21 before being run out halfway through the innings. Sabbir went onto put up another partnership and this time with Mehrab Hossain. The duo posted 63 runs to take Prime Bank to 173-8. Sabbir bagged his third half-century in the tournament and scored 57. He slammed six boundaries in his 45-ball innings. Mehrab made 39 with four fours and a six. UCB BCB pacer Al Amin picked three wickets while he was almost near to his second hat-trick of the tournament. He dismissed Sohag Gazi (1) and Mehrab on the first two deliveries before Rubel Hossain (1*) denied the feat. l
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Malaysia U 19, 50/10 in 25.2 over Abu Haider 8/5, Jubair Hossain 7/2, Mustafizur Rahman 17/2 Bangladesh U 19 51/1 in 10.2 over Shadman Islam 25 not out
Bangladesh won by nine wickets
hundreds in Pakistans total of 311. UAE could only make 179/7 in response. Meanwhile, the first upset of the tournament took place yesterday when Afghanistan U-19 side defeated a strong Sri Lanka U-19 side by three wickets after the Lankan youths posted 191/9. Afghanistan chased down the target for the loss of seven wickets in the 48th over. l
Sheikh Jamal players Nasiruddin (R) celebrates a goal with his teammates during their Bangladesh Premier League match against Chittagong Abahani at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday MUMIT M
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(164 for 9 overnight) Brad Haddin c Bairstow b Anderson 65 Nathan Lyon not out 18 Extras (lb4) 4 Total (all out; 82.2 overs) 204 Bowling Anderson 20.2 4 67 4, Broad 20 6 453, Stokes 15 4 46 1, Bresnan 18 6 24 2, Panesar 9 2 18 0
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Alastair Cook lbw b Johnson 51 Michael Carberry lbw b Siddle 12 Joe Root run out (Johnson) 15 Kevin Pietersen c Harris b Lyon 49 Ian Bell c Johnson b Lyon 0 Ben Stokes c Smith b Lyon 19 Jonny Bairstow c Haddin b Johnson 21 Tim Bresnan b Lyon 0 Stuart Broad c Clarke b Lyon 0 James Anderson not out 1 Monty Panesar lbw b Johnson 0 Extras (b5, lb6) 11 Total (all out; 61 overs) 179 Bowling Harris 10 1 34 0, Johnson 15 5 25 3, Lyon 17 3 50 5, Siddle 15 6 46 1, Watson 4 2 13 0
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Chris Rogers not out David Warner not out Extras Total (0 wkt; 8 overs) Bowling Anderson 3 1 5 0, Broad 3 0 16 0, Panesar 1 0 4 0, Stokes 1 0 5 0
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Australia's Nathan Lyon (2R) celebrates his 100th Test wicket with team mates during the third day of their fourth Ashes Test against England at the Melbourne cricket ground yesterday REUTERS
with Johnson to mow through the tail. Lyon struck to remove Ben Stokes for 19 to end a 44-run partnership with Kevin Pietersen, the spinner coaxing the all-rounder into a clumsy slog straight to Steven Smith at mid-on. The 26-year-old struck again the second ball after drinks to bowl Tim Bresnan for a duck, and three balls later had his 100th when Stuart Broad was out for another duck by offering up a catch to Australia captain Michael Clarke at slip. Lyon capped a banner day by dismissing Pietersen for 49 for his fifth wicket when the South Africa-born batsman slogged to Ryan Harris at long-off. While Lyon enjoyed most of the plaudits, Haddin continued to be the thorn in Englands side, with his first innings 65 making him the first batsman at seventh or lower in the order to post four first innings halfcenturies in a series. l
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Mourinho has admitted that he would prefer not to have to expose his team to the threat posed by Suarez. Maybe Suarez got a little injury, Mourinho joked. Im not asking for a big injury. A little injury to stop him playing for four days. Neither Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard nor young full-back Jon
Cristiano Ronaldo (R), who plays for Real Madrid and Portugal national team and former Fifa referee Pierluigi Collina (L) of Italy sit next to a handicapped man, invited by conference organisers as a guest, as they attend the eighth Dubai International Sports Conference, in Dubai yesterday REUTERS
Mark Hughes charged after touchline dismissal n AFP, Abu Dhabi Dinesh Chandimal kept his nerve to pull off a sensational two-wicket win n AFP, London for Sri Lanka in the fifth and final oneStoke manager Mark Hughes was charged with improper conduct by the Football Association on Friday following his touchline dismissal at Newcastle. Hughes was sent to the stands by referee Martin Atkinson during Stokes 5-1 thrashing at St James Park in a Premier League fixture on Boxing Day. Hughes charge relates to his conduct on the touchline and not his post-match criticism of Atkinson. The Welshman was ordered from the dug-out by the referee after he reacted furiously to the dismissal of midfielder Glenn Whelan, and he was still making his way to his new vantage point when defender Marc Wilson followed three minutes later.l
Pakistan 232 Misbah 51, Malinga 4 57 Sri Lanka 235 for 8 Chandimal 64*, Junaid 3 31 Sri Lanka won by two wickets
When on 31, Dilshan completed 8,000 one-day runs, becoming the sixth Sri Lankan to achieve the milestone. But Sri Lanka then lost three quick wickets in the space of just 24 runs, two of those to Junaid. Junaid had Dilshan caught behind and bowled Kumar Sangakkara (22)
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World number five Agnieszka Radwanska got her new season off to a fine start with a straight sets win over Flavia Pennetta as Poland beat Italy at the mixed teams Hopman Cup on Saturday. After Radwanska edged past the 31st-ranked Pennetta, the Poles clinched the tie in unlikely circumstances, when the 288th-ranked Grzegorz Panfil was handed victory over Andreas Seppi in the mens singles after the Italian retired due to illness. Panfil, who was a late call-up for the tournament following the withdrawal of Jerzy Janowicz due to injury, won the first set and scores were level in the second when Seppi retired. That gave Poland, nominally the tournaments top seeds but outsiders for the tie after Janowiczs withdrawal, an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the Group A encounter. They were also handed the mixed doubles in a walkover for a 3-0 win in the first tie of the tournament. Radwanska only arrived in Perth the night before her match against Pennetta, but looked in good touch in cruising to a 6-2, 6-2 win against the Italian, who has been ranked as high as 10th in the world. l
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The West Indies suffered a blow on the eve of the second one-day international against New Zealand with the loss of key batsman Darren Bravo. Bravo has returned home to Trinidad for personal reasons, a team spokesman said. The left-hander, whose career-best 218 was pivotal in saving the first Test for the West Indies, scored 14 when the West Indies won the first ODI in Auckland on Boxing Day by two wickets. It was their first taste of success in New Zealand after losing the three-Test series 2 0. The second of five ODIs is in Napier on Sunday. AFP
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Hull City's Tom Huddlestone (L) celebrates scoring with his teammates against Fulham during their EPL match at The KC Stadium in Hull yesterday
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Aston Villa Agbonlahor 7
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The Cameroon football federation is to send a delegation to Europe in a bid to convince players of Cameroonian origin to make themselves available for selection at next years World Cup in Brazil. FECAFOOT said they were focusing on four players in particular who had been capped by France at junior level. The quartet comprises three 20-year-olds Axel Ngando at Ligue 2 club AJ Auxerre, Samuel Umtiti at Olympique Lyon and Jean-Christophe Behebeck at Valenciennes - and the 21-year-old Paul-Georges Ntep de Madiba, also at Auxerre. We want to convince them to play for Cameroon, notably in the World Cup but also in the future, the federation said in a statement on Friday. Reuters
could celebrate their ninth consecutive home success this season. Victory took City two points above previous leaders Arsenal, who visit Newcastle United on Sunday.
Manchester United closed to within two points of the Champions League places after recording a sixth consecutive victory in all competitions with a 1-0 win at Norwich City. The defending champions were without Wayne Rooney due to a groin injury and needed the half-time introduction of Danny Welbeck to secure victory at Carrow Road. David Moyess side had laboured until then but in the 57th minute a favourable ricochet off Javier Hernandez set Welbeck free and he rounded England team-mate John Ruddy before sliding in the winning goal. The win took United level on points with fifth-place Everton, although they have now played a game more than all of the teams above them apart from City. On Sunday, Everton host Southampton while third-place Chelsea tackle fourth-place Liverpool at Stamford Bridge. Elsewhere, relegation rivals West Ham United and West Bromwich Albion played out a richly entertaining 3-3 draw at Upton Park. West Ham led twice, first through
Joe Cole and then Kevin Nolan, but on each occasion they were pegged back by the visitors, who remain without a permanent head coach following the sacking of Steve Clarke. Nicolas Anelka broke his West Brom duck with a quick-fire brace to cancel out Coles fourth-minute opener and put the away team ahead, with Saido Berahino netting a 69th-minute equaliser after goals from Modibo Maiga and Nolan had restored West Hams lead. The goal from Berahino, who later hit the post from a free-kick, prevented West Ham from climbing out of the relegation zone and left West Brom two points above the bottom three in 15th. Fulham also remain in the relegation zone after a 6-0 humiliation at Hull, who prevailed through goals from Ahmed Elmohamady, George Boyd, Tom Huddlestone and Matty Fryatt, and a Robert Koren brace. Aston Villa were held to a 1-1 draw by Swansea City, for whom Roland Lamah cancelled out Gabriel Agbonlahors seventh-minute opener with a back-post header nine minutes before half-time. l
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INDIA, FIRST INNINGS, 334 SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS (overnight 82 0) G. Smith c Dhawan b Jadeja 47 A. Petersen c Vijay b Jadeja 62 H. Amla b Mohammed Shami 3 J. Kallis not out 78 A. de Villiers c Kohli b Jadeja 74 J. Duminy lbw b Jadeja 28 D. Steyn not out 0 Extras (lb6, w1) 7 Total (5 wkts, 104.5 overs) 299 Fall of wickets 1 103 (Smith), 2 113 (Amla), 3 113 (Petersen), 4 240 (De Villiers), 5 298 (Duminy) Bowling Zaheer Khan 16 2 46 0 (1w), Mohammed Shami 19 2 62 1, I. Sharma 23 7 76 0, Jadeja 37 9 87 4, R. Sharma 9.5 1 22 0
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er generation capacity to 16,000MW within 2016, and to 24,000MW within 2021. To achieve this, deals will be signed with neighbouring countries of India, Nepal and Bhutan in addition to the increase in the power generation capacities inside Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, while reading out the manifesto yesterday, said if elected, the AL government would see through the work at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) and the coal-based power project at Rampal.
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The government has given a 20% dearness allowance to all the public and autonomous bodies and teachers under the monthly pay order in October with retrospective effect from July this year. As a result, there will be an additional spending worth more than Tk4,000 crore from the public exchequer in the current fiscal year. It will create additional demand, which may have an impact on commodity prices, analysts said. Inflation slowed 0.26 percentage points to 7.13% in September, compared to August, according to BBS. Inflation started dropping continuously from June. l
'We have already assessed 120 buildings. Findings will be placed to the labour ministry soon'
Sprinkler system is not mandatory and alternatives are adoptable. The factories will carry out fire drill in every three months and the fire extinguishers must be placed at a distance of maximum 75 feet. The staircases must be closed by swing doors and the doors will be fire rated. No sliding and collapsible doors or gates are allowed and the exit stairs will smoke-proof.
The height from floor to ceiling in a building will be 2.9-3.2 metres. No vertical or horizontal extension of an existing factory will be done before inspection by the BUET team is completed. The guideline has been formulated to save the RMG sector and to ensure safety for the apparel workers, said Mikail Shipar, adding that the buyers have supported it. This will be applicable only to the existing factories. The assessment has already been under way following the new guideline. We have already assessed 120 buildings. Findings will be placed to the labour ministry soon, said Mehedi Ahmed Ansary, coordinator of the inspection teams and a professor of Civil Engineering at BUET. Accord and Alliance will inspect 1600 and 600 factories respectively while BUET team will inspect nearly 1,000 factories, he added. l
Kuwait
Kuwait is interested to build a refinery in Bangladesh with an estimated investment of $1bn. We had several rounds of talks with them, but the progress is much slow due to uncertainty, said the diplomat.
to invest in four multi-billion dollar projects in the shipping sector. They showed interest in Chittagong seaport, Mongla seaport, setting up a dry dock and deep sea port, the diplomat said. A delegation of an UAE company, DP World, was scheduled to visit Bangladesh in October to negotiate the projects, but postponed the trip due to uncertain political situation, he added.
Oman
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Qatar being the highest per capita income country had expressed willingness to invest in the second inter-
Prince Walid bin Talal visited Bangladesh in 2012 and expressed desire to invest in tourism and power sectors. We made several presentations during his visit and he showed interest in the two sectors, he said. Bangladesh embassy in Riyadh is in touch with his company and if the situation becomes normal, he might invest $1.5bn to $2bn, he added.
Oman wanted to sign a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh on gas and oil exploration, but there is no progress as yet. Oman has expertise in oil and gas exploration and they are interested in offshore exploration, the diplomat said. The country also interested in agriculture and aquaculture cooperation with Bangladesh, he added.
Bahrain
UAE
Bahrain had proposed to invest $200m to set up a power plant in Bangladesh. Several groups including Bangladesh diaspora in Bahrain wanted to set up a bank to invest in infrastructure, but there is no progress, the diplomat said. l
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Political uncertainty, economic worries and year-end profit booking continued to have its toll on the stock market for the second consecutive week as investors went for sporadic selling. During the week that ended Thursday, the benchmark DSEX index dropped nearly 44 points or 1% to close at 4,200, which is its four-week low. The blue chip index DS30 ended at 1,448, shedding 19 points or 1%. The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) Selective Categories Index, CSCX, lost almost 87 points or 1% to 8,250. The market witnessed four trading sessions as it remained closed on Wednesday on account of Xmas Day the biggest religious festival for Christian community. Trading activities continued to decline as the DSE turnover plunged to Tk450 crore in the past week. Investors seem to be terribly worried over the latest political events as their perception of a stable government is fading out after each session, said a leading analyst at a brokerage firm. He said the market is yearning for good news from political leaders, but failed to hear even one so far. If the current tensions continue, the market could hit new lows in the coming sessions, he said. Lanka Bangla Securities in its market analysis said: Market sentiment remains more on a bearish side. Political clashes are going nowhere near any solution. Investors are not sure whether clashes will stop even after election. These sorts of situations will severely hamper corporate profitability, if continued for several quarters. It said institutional investors normally
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DSE GAINER Company Bay Leasing.-A Bank Asia -A Union Capital -A Midas Financing-Z National Housing Fin.-B Prime Islami Life -A GSP Finance-A United Leasing - A Islamic Finance-A GreenDeltaInsu -A CSE GAINER
Closing (% change) 24.92 22.22 10.96 9.45 9.21 8.21 7.99 7.80 7.74 7.61
Economic, political worries, year-end profit booking trigger selling tend to book profit towards the year-end. n Kayes Sohel Probably this profit booking tendency
is pushing market down. Many are expecting that first quarter of 2014 will be bearish for textile companies as buy orders are falling due to delivery uncertainty, it said. The brokerage firm said, according to newspaper sources, around $500m worth of RMG orders have already been shifted to India. This is going to hamper banking sector profitability also as RMG owners are the major clients of local banks. Correspondingly, political clashes will severely hamper cyclical stocks. Utility and consumer goods companies generally do better in economic hard times, it said. Activities concentrated heavily on a few stocks, especially textile sector. Interest in this sector was somewhat understandable as strong expectation for government support to the sector hit in investors mindset. However, textile sector remained turnover leader capturing 27% of total activities with a fall of 4.6%. It was the second biggest losing sector after IT that declined 5.8%. IDLC Investment said the final week of 2013 ended in dismay as looming political fear and its expected impact on national economy marred investment outlook, triggering correction in the market. Appollo Ispat made debut in the past week. Its high volume of trading helped the engineering sector capture 17% of the weeks total turnover and rally 7.4%. After Appollo Ispat, CVO Petrochemical Refinery, BD Autocars, Paramount Textile, Rahima Food, Padma Oil and Delta Spinners were the most traded stocks. l
Average (% change) 22.62 21.18 7.11 5.06 9.99 7.35 9.15 7.29 7.19 17.44 Average (% change) 21.99 20.13 10.96 22.46 9.54 9.73 7.27 15.96 6.69 5.88
Closing average 37.84 22.94 31.33 34.45 33.46 103.67 31.13 31.48 18.04 103.43
Weekly closing 38.60 23.10 32.40 35.90 33.20 104.10 31.10 31.80 18.10 96.10
Weekly high 39.70 24.00 32.50 36.00 34.50 108.00 32.90 33.00 18.70 111.00
Weekly low 29.00 17.20 27.00 30.00 28.50 94.00 26.00 27.50 16.00 88.00
Yearly high 43.7 24.0 39.9 52.5 57.7 121.8 39.0 41.2 25.8 140.0
Yearly low 22.5 14.5 18.5 24.9 18.6 81.0 20.0 22.2 12.6 48.0
Turnover in million 301.249 148.750 8.583 1.459 86.706 42.456 101.520 95.522 68.764 107.213
Company Bay Leasing.-A Bank Asia -A National Housing Fin.-B Delta Brac HFCL A GSP Finance-A Pioneer Insur -A Union Capital -A GreenDeltaInsu -A Islamic Finance-A 6th ICB M F A
Closing (% change) 23.87 19.68 10.96 10.90 10.18 9.69 9.52 7.83 6.47 5.88
Closing average 37.72 22.38 33.60 58.78 31.01 70.23 31.42 102.98 18.02 54.00
Weekly closing 38.40 22.50 33.40 59.00 31.40 70.20 32.20 96.40 18.10 54.00
Weekly high 39.50 23.00 34.90 60.00 32.30 70.40 32.20 110.00 18.80 54.00
Weekly low 30.60 18.70 30.90 50.00 28.00 69.90 29.00 90.00 17.00 53.00
Yearly high 43.5 23.0 54.5 74.0 37.0 87.4 38.0 138.0 25.7 77.0
Yearly low 23.0 14.4 20.1 48.0 22.0 64.0 18.0 49.2 13.0 42.0
Turnover in million 29.998 4.855 12.339 0.325 5.795 0.211 3.161 2.819 14.580 0.059
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(-) 1.03% (-) 1.30% (-) 1.26% (-) 0.76% (-) 1.04%
Weekly closing 18.00 615.80 29.10 52.30 63.50 258.60 37.90 40.60 33.90 44.00
Weekly high 22.20 773.00 35.50 63.70 90.00 306.00 45.70 48.80 39.70 51.70
Unchanged Issue (Avg. Price Basis) Market Capital Equity (Billion. Tk.) Market Capital Equity (Billion US$)
Weekly low 17.60 615.40 29.10 51.90 63.40 256.00 35.20 39.00 33.50 41.30
Yearly high 27.5 943.7 60.0 72.0 92.9 492.0 46.0 51.1 43.5 54.0
Yearly low 10.7 87.0 17.5 44.0 13.0 155.0 25.0 12.4 15.6 26.8
Turnover in million 3.922 100.561 5.369 359.991 54.028 189.490 194.425 28.690 3.437 183.731
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Average (% change) -11.84 -13.87 -12.93 -13.72 -9.98 -9.77 -12.41 -12.94 -9.03 -9.00
Closing average 53.71 258.83 64.74 58.79 38.16 22.73 44.26 80.72 41.12 30.93
Weekly closing 52.40 256.70 64.00 58.40 37.90 22.40 44.00 80.70 40.90 30.70
Weekly high 63.60 305.00 86.80 70.00 46.00 27.00 51.80 87.00 48.30 34.20
Weekly low 51.60 255.00 62.90 58.00 37.10 22.10 42.30 73.40 40.40 30.20
Yearly high 72.0 489.0 92.9 72.8 46.0 33.0 54.0 99.9 53.9 37.5
Yearly low 44.2 153.0 13.0 27.5 26.0 13.5 26.6 46.2 12.7 12.7
Turnover in million 78.062 16.815 12.003 6.640 27.135 6.296 22.736 0.326 23.008 2.051
SAIHAMCOT: Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited (CRAB) has announced the entity rating (surveillance) of the Company as "A3" based on audited financial statements of the Company up to April 30, 2013; Bank liability position as on October 01, 2013 and other relevant quantitative as well as qualitative information up to the date of rating declaration. SUNLIFEINS: Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited (CRAB) has announced the surveillance rating of the Company as "BBB3" in the long term based on audited financial statements of the Company up to 31 December 2012 and other relevant quantitative as well as qualitative information up to the date of rating declaration.
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Investors seem to be terribly worried over the latest political events as their perception of a stable government is fading out after each session
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GOLDENSON: The Company has informed that "GSL Export Ltd., a subsidiary company of Golden Son Ltd. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mr. Stephen Christenson, a famous German Industrialist and businessman to set up a large scale 100% export oriented toys manufacturing factory in GSL Export Ltd. Under the said MoU, Mr. Stephen has agreed to invest in 50% shares of GSL Export Ltd., Total
DSE TURNOVER LEADERS Company Appollo Ispat CL -N R. N. Spinning-A Generation Next-A Golden Son -A Tallu Spinning -A Argon Denims Limited-A LankaBangla Fin. -A Paramount Textile Ltd.-N Delta Life Insu. -A Envoy Textiles Ltd-N CSE TURNOVER LEADERS Company Square Pharma -A Appollo Ispat CL -N R. N. Spinning-A Bata Shoe Ltd. -A UCBL - A Beximco Pharma -A Berger Paints-A Paramount Textile Ltd.-N Generation Next-A Tallu Spinning -A
NPOLYMAR: The Company has informed that it has credited the bonus shares for the year ended on June 30, 2013 to the respective shareholders' BO Accounts on December 18, 2013. EHL: The Company has informed that it has credited the bonus shares for the year ended on July 31, 2013 to the respective shareholders' BO Accounts on December 23, 2013. BATASHOE: The Company has informed that it has sent the interim dividend warrants for the year 2013 on 22 December 2013. The Company has also informed that the folio holders will get dividend warrants to their mailing address by "Padma Courier Service" and the BO holders will get dividend through BEFTN to their bank account which is mentioned in their BO account. DACCADYE: The Company has further informed that due to unavoidable circumstances, the 35th AGM of the Company will now be held on December 27, 2013 instead of December 24, 2013. Other information of the AGM will remain unchanged. MONNOCERA: The Company has further informed that due to unavoidable circumstances, the 32nd AGM of the Company will now be held on December 27, 2013 instead of December 26, 2013. Other information of the AGM will remain unchanged.
DSE Million Taka 1423.07 1712.07 596.88 3301.71 846.02 1329.32 7.89 5169.52 1221.71 3.44 111.20 237.89 120.73 420.90 291.92 449.28 774.62 336.48 324.52 404.23 1.33
% change 7.46 8.97 3.13 17.30 4.43 6.97 0.04 27.09 6.40 0.02 0.58 1.25 0.63 2.21 1.53 2.35 4.06 1.76 1.70 2.12 0.01
Million Taka 400.28 194.23 52.34 577.75 139.71 126.79 0.00 593.87 807.05 0.41 14.55 168.79 14.19 35.17 68.35 14.28 98.82 26.59 55.66 76.63 0.03
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% change 11.55 5.60 1.51 16.67 4.03 3.66 0.00 17.14 23.29 0.01 0.42 4.87 0.41 1.01 1.97 0.41 2.85 0.77 1.61 2.21 0.00
Million Taka 1823.34 1906.30 649.22 3879.46 985.73 1456.10 7.89 5763.39 2028.75 3.84 125.75 406.69 134.92 456.07 360.27 463.56 873.44 363.07 380.17 480.86 1.36
% change 8.09 8.45 2.88 17.20 4.37 6.46 0.04 25.56 9.00 0.02 0.56 1.80 0.60 2.02 1.60 2.06 3.87 1.61 1.69 2.13 0.01
Volume shares 27,255,000 26,138,136 22,458,040 12,656,189 12,056,686 4,655,640 5,738,370 6,302,000 1,350,400 5,953,210 Volume shares 2,679,586 9,325,200 4,293,192 200,100 4,523,971 2,065,398 100,150 1,357,000 1,958,300 1,834,880
Value in million 1027.43 1014.91 866.44 777.84 489.91 455.93 376.52 359.99 355.85 344.07 Value in million 516.00 349.48 167.09 142.07 113.98 97.28 86.13 78.06 75.97 75.03
% of total turnover 5.38 5.32 4.54 4.08 2.57 2.39 1.97 1.89 1.86 1.80 % of total turnover 14.89 10.09 4.82 4.10 3.29 2.81 2.49 2.25 2.19 2.17
Weekly closing 38.00 37.30 36.40 62.20 38.00 96.00 63.90 52.30 254.30 54.20 Weekly closing 189.80 38.40 37.30 691.00 24.60 46.10 860.00 52.40 36.30 38.00
Price change 0.00 1.63 -6.43 2.13 -0.26 -3.71 -1.08 -14.96 -5.92 -5.90 Price change -0.89 0.00 1.91 0.07 -0.40 -1.07 4.50 -14.66 -7.16 -0.78
Weekly opening 0.00 36.70 38.90 60.90 38.10 99.70 64.60 61.50 270.30 57.60 Weekly opening 191.50 0.00 36.60 690.50 24.70 46.60 823.00 61.40 39.10 38.30
Weekly high 41.50 41.00 41.00 65.00 43.80 102.00 68.00 63.70 273.80 62.50 Weekly high 193.00 41.80 41.50 691.00 25.80 48.00 869.00 63.60 41.00 43.00
Weekly low 32.00 34.00 33.30 55.00 36.50 88.00 58.00 51.90 253.80 50.60 Weekly low 189.50 35.10 35.00 691.00 22.30 46.10 807.10 51.60 34.00 37.50
Weekly average 39.18 37.17 36.68 62.21 38.09 97.25 63.85 53.42 256.47 54.89 Weekly average 190.00 39.13 37.27 710.00 24.66 46.15 860.00 53.71 36.64 38.13
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Appollo Ispat Samata Leather dominates DSE weeks worst loser at DSE Higher commission, interest income salvage merchant bankers from sinking Q3 profits last week
Samata Leather Complex Limited was the worst loser last week amid its annual general meeting (AGM), as the stock price dropped more than 25% to Tk18 each on the Dhaka Stock Exchange on Thursday. The AGM was held on December 24 where the board of directors did not recommend any dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2013. Previously, the junk stock rose 85% in the first two weeks of December without any fundamental reason, brokers said. They said the irrational price hike and the recently held AGM resulted in the last weeks drastic fall in its prices. In its first quarter unaudited report (ended in September 2013), the company made losses of Tk2.1 lakh against a loss of Tk3.2 lakh during the same period last year. However, the management reported a net asset value of Tk12.93 per share as on June 30, 2013 despite occurring losses in most quarters last year. Earlier in response to a DSE query, the company replied there was no undisclosed price sensitive information. The DSE, however, formed an enquiry committee to investigate into the unusual price movement of the stocks. l
Brokers believe the rise in price of the stock is the reflection of its better performance last quarter
However, thelone item under the commission, exchange and brokerage income segment was commissions from L/Cs. Net interest income has improved because of a lower interest paid on deposit and borrowing against same period last year.
Its nine months (January-September) profit has slightly declined to Tk13.3 crore from Tk13.7 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. The nine months profit improved due to the contributions of the third quarterly performance despite having lower investment income and lower profit from merchant banking during the first quarter of the year. Latest news disclosed by the company was the sale of 5 lakh shares at prevailing market price through stock
exchanges by one of the sponsors of the company last month. According to the latest unaudited reports, the company stocks have earnings per share of Tk1.17 each and a price to earnings ratio of 24.74 as on Thursday. The company gave a cash dividend of 15% on the face value of Tk10 for the last year. Moreover,its net asset value per share of Tk25.55 in 2012, which is 66% of the current market price. l
Appollo Ispat shares worth over Tk102.7 crore changed hands last week, accounting for more than 5.38% of the total DSE turnover. The newly listed company made its debut in the secondary market on Tuesday with a price per share of Tk22.The stock closed at Tk38 on the last trading session with a price to earnings ratio of 23.73 and earnings of Tk0.4 per share. Its price movement ranged between Tk32 and Tk41.5 during the trading sessions since its debut. According to its quarterly financial (unaudited) report ended in September this year, the company reported net profit of over Tk9.8 crore, which is marginal profit from Tk9.7 crore in the same period a year ago. The corrugated iron sheet manufacturer accounts for 20% of the total market share of the iron sheet industry, said the companys IPO prospectus. The company used around Tk153 crore from the IPO proceeds to repay bank loans, Tk60 crore for project development and the remaining to bear the IPO expenses from the money it raised. Currently, the sponsors hold 30.47%, public 36% and institutional investors the remaining company stake. l
UK think-tank: India to be worlds Gateway Hotels launched in Kolkata 3rd largest economy by 2028 n
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India will beat Japan to grab the position of the worlds third largest economy in 2028, according to an influential British think-tank, that also forecast China to overtake the US for the top position. London-based economic consultancy Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) in its annual World Economic League Table released here Thursday, indicated that by 2028, the league table will be re-ordered. India overtakes Japan in 2028 to become the worlds third largest economy. Abenomics means that Japan is likely to follow a weak currency policy for the foreseeable future which means that its GDP in dollar terms gets overtaken by India earlier than we had previously expected, the CEBR said in reference to Indias march up the economic ladder as a result of Japanese Prime. Minister Shinzo Abes aggressive policies. In 2013, Canada has overtaken India as a result of the collapse of the rupee to retake its position as the second largest economy in the Commonwealth and the 10th largest economy in the world. However, Indias fortunes will start reviving by 2018 when it will be at the ninth position, followed by fourth in 2023, before grabbing the third spot in 2028. By 2028, the league table is being
Labourers work at the construction site of an educational institute in Gujarat reordered. China has moved to No 1; India to No 3; Mexico is in the top 10 at No 9; Korea and Turkey are 11th and 12th and have overtaken France. As symbols of the new world order, Nigeria, Egypt, Iraq and the Philippines break into the top 30, CEBR said in its report, which gives an end of year analysis on GDP in the 30 largest economies in the world. It also forecast the countries that will be in the Top Thirty for the next five, 10 and 15 years. This years research is updated to take account of the likely surplus of energy and falling oil and gas prices in the 2020s, weaker commodity prices than
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had previously been expected and the sell-off of some emerging market currencies in mid-2013. Our latest forecasts now show China overtaking the US in 2028 to become the worlds largest economy. This is later than some analysts have suggested and reflects the continuing performance of the US as the Wests strongest economy and the slowing down of the Chinese economy, it added. By 2028, the UK economy is forecast to be only 3 per cent smaller than the German economy and is likely to overtake Germany to become the largest Western European economy around 2030. l
The Gateway Hotels & Resorts, part of the Taj Group, announced the launch of The Gateway Hotel EM Bypass Kolkata. This will be the first Gateway branded hotel in Kolkata and the second Taj hotel after 24 years of the launch of Taj Bengal in 1989, says a press release. The hotel caters to the upscale segment and has expanded its footprint in Eastern India with this launch. With the opening of this hotel, The Gateway Hotels & Resorts now has 24 hotels in its portfolio. Raymond Bickson, managing director and chief executive officer of Taj Group of Hotels, said: We are extremely proud and delighted to announce the opening of The Gateway Hotel E M Bypass in the beautiful city of Kolkata. We are confident that The Gateway Hotel will not only maintain but strengthen our leadership position in the state in terms of providing a distinct service offering and experience to the new age business and leisure traveller. The Gateway Hotel Eastern Metropolitan (EM) Bypass Kolkata has 197 spacious rooms; each offering serene views of the city of Kolkata. Designed to reflect modernity with a contemporary touch, the hotel provides guests round the clock hospitality throughout the week, the company said. Guests can work out at the active
studio or the swimming pool, splash or relax at the Spa. The hotel has a spacious 6500 square feet ballroom - concord - to host up to 800 guests. Food connoisseurs can choose from a variety of local Kolkata specialties to satiate their palate at Buzz, indulge in delectable range of freshly made breads, chocolates and pastries at the Deli, or relax over a vast repertoire of drinks at Swirl the lounge.
'We are confident that The Gateway Hotel will not only maintain but strengthen our leadership position in the state in terms of providing a distinct service offering and experience to the new age business and leisure traveller'
Buzz offers a perfect cosmopolitan mix of international cuisine and authentic regional home-style delicacies including local Kolkata specialties like Purbo Banglar Khabar. Swirl, located at the lobby level, offers a relaxed and designed ambience with an eclectic lounge space and low seating couches. The launch of The Gateway Hotel in Kolkata will mark our 107th property in the country and 124th globally, said Bickson. l
Investment has also dropped drastically with bank loan defaults piling up to Tk55,000cr. Moreover, 21 commercial banks and 31 non-banking financial institutions have also incurred losses during the January-December period. According to the National Board of Revenue, for the July-November period, collection stood at Tk40,956cr which was Tk5,970cr less than target. There are major concerns about agriculture and food security as well, with a staggering 11.95 lakh tonnes of fertiliser stuck at the Chittagong port in the middle of the Boro paddy cultivation season. A rice dealer from the northern district of Naogaon said: We fear chaos on Saturday and Sunday centring the March for Democracy. So, rice-laden trucks may not ply through the highways. He said the supply of fertiliser had been badly disrupted over the last three months. Now the governments move to halt Dhaka-bound traffic had only added to the misery. Rustom Ali, general secretary of the Covered Van and Truck Owners Association, said: The operation of the Dowlatdia ferry terminal was stopped on Saturday. We do not know the reason, but a long queue of goods-laden trucks has been formed on either sides of the terminal. We do not know how long they will have to wait. He also feared that things will remain the same today [Sunday] as well. l
Jamuna Bank Limited (JBL) inaugurated its 91st branch at Bhoberchor, Munshigonj recently. Hasni properties and Developer Limited MD Mohammad Mohsin Uzzaman was present as the chief guest. Bhoberchor Union Parishad Chairman Md Gias Uddin Ahmed, OC Mamun-ur- Rashid was present while presided over by the JBL Bhaoberchor Branch Head Md Imrul Hasan
BRAC Enterprises Programme Head Nazra Mahjabeen Sabet handed awards to the top three winners of BRAC Chicken Buy & Fly campaign. Superstore category managers and BRAC officials were also present
International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) received Rapport Bangladesh Ltd (RBL) award for Excellence in Human Resource Development in a city hotel recently. Dr Akbar Ali Khan handed over the award to IIUC Treasurer Prof Md Harun-Ar-Rashid in a function at the city. In attendance former Cabinet secretary Dr Sa-adat Husain, RBL Managing Director M Mosharraf Hossain were present. l
Bangladesh Honda Private Limited (BHL), Hondas motorcycle business joint venture in Bangladesh, began sales of Honda motorcycle products in Bangladesh recently as per Meet the Press held at the city
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DHAKA TRIBUNE
Career
Some of us often enthusiastically take on too much on our plate. This may come from a desire to impress or an inability to say no to people, but taking on too much can lead to poor performance, stress, and low morale. Another reason you might have this problem is if youre a micromanager and you insist on controlling every aspect of a project. More often than not, taking on too much work results in rushed, sloppy work.
Coercive power
This is the power to compel and oblige others to do things against their will. It is often physical, but not limited to it. This is the power exercised by dictators, despots, rude bosses and bullies. Coercion often results in physical and psychological harm, but the wielders principal goal is compliance. Or else scenarios are often used to illustrate what will happen if compliance is not gained. Coercion is also the ultimate power of all governments. While the word certainly has a negative connotation, it is also used to keep the peace. For example, a coercive parent might stop their child from associating with harmful elements in school because they dont know any better. The other five forms of power are also used in coercive ways, such as when a reward or expertise is withheld or referent power is used to threaten social exclusion.
One of the most annoying feelings is the sense of foreboding that we feel when the idea that we have forgotten something important keeps nagging at the back of our heads. If you have ever felt this way at work, chances are you do not maintain a to-do list. The trick to using a to-do list effectively is by listing everything according to priority.
Addiction to busyness
Reward power
One of our primary motives to work, to put it simply, is to make the money we need to conduct our lives the way we want to. There are other forms of reward in fact anything we find de-
Legitimate power stems from a persons role it is legitimate under the law of the land. Kings, ministers, police officers and directors all have legitimate power. The legitimacy is often meted down from a higher power. A common delusion that people in such roles fall into is to forget that people are obeying the role, not the person. Legitimate power is that based on social rules and can have several different forms instead of just being based on position or role. n Legitimate position power: The social norm of obeying people in a
Referent power
This is the power that comes from another person liking you and wanting to be like you. It is the power of charisma and fame and is wielded by all celebrities as well as social leaders. In wanting to be like these people, we imitate them hoping some of it will rub off on us. Those with referent power often use it for coercion. One of the biggest fears for most people is social exclusion, and all it takes is a word from a social leader for us to be shunned by others in the group. School children are very familiar with this dynamic.
Informational power
Expert power
This is the sixth base of power that Bertram Raven added in 1965: informational power. This is providing information to a person that affects the way they think or do things. Information alone is often not enough for this and is thus supported by an argument as to why the information should be believed. If the information is accepted then socially independent change occurs as the person continues to believe this information to be true and acts accordingly. l
Setting goals is essential to managing your time well; having a goal gives us a destination to work towards. When we know where we would like to be at the end of the day, week, quarter, we can manage our priorities accordingly and allocate our time and resources more efficiently. Additionally, having long term goals helps us decide whats worth spending time on, and what is simply a distraction.
This sounds like one of those good problems to have but an addiction to busyness hardly ever means that the person is effective and is usually a sure road to stress. People who are addicted to busyness thrive on being busy, craving the rush from narrowly-met deadlines, endless emails, piled up files etc. If youre addicted to the adrenaline rush of a frantic work day, you should focus more on exciting and engaging work that matters instead of piling up to sate your fix.
Illogical scheduling
Getting distracted
We lose a few hours daily to distractions such as emails, Facebook, instant messaging, phone calls, helping out colleagues that prevent us from achieving the ideal work flow the work we do when we are 100% engaged in a task. So much as having a chat window open on another tab can distract our
We have different rhythms: we work better at different times of the day, feeling more productive and energetic at certain times than at others. Ideally, to make the best use of our time, we should schedule high-value work during our peak time and low-energy work (such as getting on top of personal correspondence) for off-peak hours. One of the most effective means we have to improve our productivity at work is to recognise and fix some of our more common time management mistakes. Once the mistakes are overcome, we will not only have more time but also have higher job satisfaction and less stress. l
The Scientist
You are brilliant at grasping complex theories and applying them to problems and coming up with long-term strategies. Unlike any other personality type you are excellent at strategising and seeing through objectively to your long-term plans. Possible career paths: scientist, engineer, professor or teacher, doctor, corporate strategist, organisation builder, business administrator or manager, military leader, lawyer, computer programmer
The Visionary
You are stable and down to earth; you value tradition, and are loyal. Because of your work ethic, you are a natural leader, but you prefer working alone. People think of you as somebody to count on. You appreciate order and structure, and hate abstract theories and plans that dont make practical sense. Youre likely to stick to the same company for years. You strength is perseverance. Possible career paths: business administrator or manager, accountant or financial officer, police, lawyer, doctor, military leader, computer programmer
The Analyser
The Nurturer
You are interested with how other people are feeling and you enjoy creating structure and order. You would be ideal in a career where you can use your exceptional people-observation skills to
You are introverted and your thinking preferences give you the ability to concentrate and work through problems which makes you good at a number of tasks. However, you need to work at your own pace and dislike external enforcement of structure. You would do best working for yourself, and your natural strength lies in applying your reasoning skills against known facts, and questioning the status quo. Possible career paths: police, forensic pathologist, computer programmer, engineer, pilot, athlete, entrepreneur
Possible career paths: sales representative, marketing personnel, police, paramedic, computer technical support, entrepreneur
You have the ability to be good at anything that captures your interest. Since you have a lot of options open to you, you will be happiest picking a profession which allows personal freedom and the use of your creativity to generate new ideas and solve problems. You cannot be happy in regimented or confined spaces. Possible career paths: lawyer, psychologist, entrepreneur, photographer, consultant, engineer, scientist, actor, sales representative, marking personnel, computer programmer
to feel as if everything you do in your life meets the high standard and ideal that you have set for yourself. You will do best in a profession that allows you to live your daily life in accordance to your principles and that supports your desire to do something meaningful with your life. Because of your intuitive sense and principles, you feel as if you know things and do best in leadership positions. However, if an individual shares your direction, you wouldnt mind following him or her. Possible career paths: teacher, doctor, alternative health care practitioner, psychologist, psychiatrist, counselor
or social worker, musician, writer, artist, photographer, childcare and early childhood development worker It doesnt matter whether youre just about to board your career, or youre middle-aged and simply reflecting, to find out your place in the world and whether youre moving along the right path or not, its important to understand yourself and your personality traits. Your personality impacts your likeliness to succeed or fail directly. Once armed with an understanding of your strengths and weaknesses, and your personality type, picking a rewarding career becomes clear and simple. l
Expert presentations
n Career Desk
Audience rapport (noun) - relationship of presenter with audience, especially when good Body language (noun) - non-verbal communication through facial expressions, body parency; sheet of film with image for an overhead projector Overhead projector (noun) - device that projects an OHT onto a screen Pointer (noun) - device (rod or electric torch etc.) for indicating things on a map, screen etc. Screen (noun) large, flat, reflective white surface on which films, slides etc. are projected Signal (verb) - to help the audience understand where one is in a presentation Slide (noun) - small (usually 35mm) photographic transparency To start with . . . - Typical phrase used to signal the beginning of a particular subject or topic Turning now to . . . - Typical phrase used to signal a change from one subject or topic to another Visual aids (noun) - things that one can look at in a presentation, like films, maps, charts etc. Whiteboard (noun) - large, flat, white surface or board on which to write or draw with markers
BIZ VOCAB
The Giver
The Artist
The Doer
Your observational skills make you good at correctly analysing and assessing other peoples motives and per-
You need to have a career which is more than just a job. Middle of the road is not where you like being, and since you enjoy savouring the current moment, fast-paced jobs are not for you. You need freedom to function in your natural realm of acute sensory awareness. You are aware of peoples feelings and reactions and are driven by an inner value to help people. Possible career paths: artist, musician, designer, writer, childcare worker, social worker, teacher, psychologist, veterinarian, pediatrician
You derive pleasure from helping others. You value structure, organisation and harmony and are effective at creating all three. You have exceptional people skills and dislike impersonal logic and theories. You are loyal and honest, and require approval. Possible career paths: facilitator, consultant, psychologist, social worker, counselor, teacher, human resources manager, events coordinator, politician or diplomat
The Protector
Like the Artist, you need more than just a job out of your career. You need
movements etc. Finally . . . - Typical word used to signal the last of several points or subjects Flip chart (noun) - a pad of large paper sheets on a stand for presenting information For example . . . - Typical phrase used to signal an illustration or sample of a particular point Handout (noun) - anything (report, sample etc.) handed or given to people at a presentation In conclusion . . . - Typical phrase used to signal the summing up or final part of a presentation OHT (abbreviation) - overhead trans-