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Agrahayan 24, 1420 Safar 4, 1435 Regd. No. DA 6238 Vol 1 No 254
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UN Assistant Secretary General Oscar Fernandez-Taranco calls on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban yesterday PMO
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The two were taken to the Dhaka Medical College Hospital with splinters of rubber bullets on the forehead and head of Maher and back and legs of his father. Majed told the Dhaka Tribune: There was no procession or gathering. But suddenly, several bombs exploded. Then we tried to run to safety, but bullets hit us. Witnesses said 10-12 Jamaat-Shibir men exploded a number bombs on the road prompting police to open their shotguns.
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3 Businessmen had threatened to besiege the offices of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and opposition leader Khaleda Zia if they did not take appropriate steps soon to resolve the countrys prevailing political gridlock.
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5 Hundreds of farmers demonstrated in front of a fertiliser dealers shop and confined him by blockading the Lalmonirhat-Mogholhat road on Friday, while others demonstrated at Hatibandha in Lalmonirhat yesterday protesting the unexpected price hike of fertilisers.
The highest amount of bullets, tear gas shells, gas grenades and sound grenades were spent on the confrontation with the Hefazat-e-Islam
The purchase of arms and ammunition and other combat equipment is a regular process, but this year the police had to spend a record number of bullets and tear gas shells along with a large number of gas grenades and sound grenades in various encounters with Hefazat and the Jamaat-e-Islam, said a senior police official in the headquarters on condition of anonymity. He said on May 5 and 6, the
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The fresh spell of nationwide 72-hour road-rail-waterway blockade, called by the BNP-led 18-party alliance was marked by stray incidents of vandalism including arson attack on steamers and buses, clash between pickets and police yesterday. In Jessore, blockaders attacked a convoy of the Border Guard of Bangladesh, in response the troops fired 50 rounds of bullets. A bus helper suffered severe burn injuries after pickets set fire to the vehicle, which he was sleeping in at Louhajang upazila in Munshiganj. The pro-blockade activists also set fire to three launches, and a bus while they vandalised a water vessel in the district, a couple of hours before the blockade began at 6am. The opposition activists blasted crude bombs, vandalised vehicles, brought out processions and clashed with law enforcement force at different parts of the capital, including Rampura, Bhasantek, Khilgaon, Tejgaon and Jatrabari areas in the morning. Several people were arrested from different areas. In the capitals Dholaipar, blockaders burned a stationed bus around 4:30am in the morning. Meanwhile, a minor boy and his father suffered bullet wounds as police opened fire on a Jamaat-Shibir procession at the citys Malibagh Chowdhury Para area around 11am. The injured were, NGO employee Majedur Rahman, 45, a resident of East Nayatola in the city and his son Mahir Ahmed, 6. Besides, blockaders blasted crude bombs and set fire to a vehicle in Gabtoli. Later, Gabtoli police arrested a man along with a handmade bombs. Police in Old Dhaka and Rampura, rounded up seven people including six Jamaat-Shibir activists. At Islampur, a clash between Shibir activists and police took place around 8:45am. Jamaat-Shibir members brought out a procession in the morning, and tried to restore to vandalism in Rampura as well. After being resisted by police, they hurled several crude bombs at the law enforcers. The blockade in capital was apparently slack compared to previous ones with vehicles on road, and launches running the waterways, but no inter-district bus left the terminals. The opposition alliance has already enforced 202 hours of road-rail-waterway blockade across the country in two spells 71-hour and 131-hours. The back-to-back programmes were being
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Scared passengers jump out of the windows of a bus as blockade supporters set the vehicle on fire in citys Shajahanpur area on the first day of 72-hour countrywide blockade enforced by the BNP-led 18-party alliance DHAKA TRIBUNE enforced since the announcement of the schedule for the 10th parliamentary elections on November 25. Several incidents of clashes, arson and vandalism were also reported in Jessore, Munshiganj, Chittagong, Gazipur, Jamalpur and Satkhira. After being attacked by blockaders, the BGB fired around 50 rounds of gun shots to disperse them at Rupdia under Kotwali police station in Jessore around 3pm on Saturday. At least seven blockaders were hurt in the attack, claimed Jamaat. Lieutenant Colonel Matiur Rahman, commanding officer, 26 BGB Battalion told the Dhaka Tribune that the escorts of Brigadier General Shamsur Rahman, regional commander of Border Guard Bangladesh fired around 50 rounds in the air as his motorcade came under attack by the blockaders at Rupdia on the Jessore-Khulna Highway around 3pm. The BGB official was returning from Khulna after attending a meeting, he said. The blockaders hurled cocktails at the BGB vehicle. However, Master Noor-un-Nabi, general secretary, Jessore district unit of Jamaat-e-Islami told the Dhaka Tribune that at least seven of their activists were hurt as the BGB men charged baton on them. He, however, refused the information of attacking BGB. In Munshiganj, Alamgir, 23, a helper, was sleeping inside a bus of Great Bikrampur Paribahan parked on the Mawa launch terminal parking yard, when pro-blockade activists torched it. He was brought immediately to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital with 20% burn injuries. Doctors said his throat was critically burnt making him vulnerable. The pro-blockade activists also set fire to MV Rajib-2, MV Masum and vandalised MV Sajal-1 anchored at Mawa Terminal and torched a bus of Gangchil Paribahan parked at a petrol pumps parking. Fire service and locals put out the blaze, said Abul Kalam, officer-in-charge at Louhajang Police Station. In Gazipur, pro-blockaders torched a sub-inspectors motorcycle at Joydebpur bus stand from a procession. Police said the procession was parading from Joydebpur bus stop, where several small vehicles were vandalised. As police barred the procession, they torched the motorcycle parked beside and engaged in a clash with cops. In Chittagong, pro-blockade activists torched at least two vehicles and vandalised 10 others. They also blasted crude bombs and attempted to block roads at different areas in the port city and elsewhere in the district while police dispersed them and took control of the situation. No casualty was reported. Creating blockade on roads, chases-counter chases between AL and BNP activists, and exchanging bullets marked the blockade in Jamalpur. AL Activists chased the opposition activists to take position at Chapar Kona Jamtola intersection under Sharishabari upazila in the morning which turned into the chase-counter chase. Later, police came and fired 8-9 rounds of blanks and charged baton, leaving five people injured. Meanwhile, at Melandaho upazila, BNP activists brought out a procession wearing shrouds. They torched a local Al office. In the meantime, three youths sustained serious injuries while making bombs at an abandoned house at Laxmipur under Motbee union of Feni Sadar around 5pm. The injured were identified as Ripon, 34, Saiful, 32, and Shwapon. Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, meanwhile, has called hartals in Chittagong for Sunday and in Rangpur and Narail for Monday, demanding immediate release of the party president and general secretary. l
This correspondent tried to talk to the boy but he seemed severely traumatised from the incident. Md Ashrafuzzaman, deputy commissioner of police, said although the injuries were not serious, police could have been more responsible. I have decided to visit the child and would take measures for counseling if required, the DC said. l
election, Chunnu told the Dhaka Tribune yesterday evening. The four ministers had series of meetings with Awami League leaders and Ershad yesterday. The two others are Ershads brother GM Quader and Salma Islam. They also went to the Prime Ministers Office yesterday to meet premier Sheikh Hasina, but failed to get her appointment. Howlader told journalists that the four ministers were awaiting the premieres appointment. While briefing media after a meeting with the party chief, he said the JP min-
isters were set to submit their resignation letters to the prime minister today. Though we need to seek an appointment with the prime minister, we are yet to get it, he added. Six ministers of the 29-member polls-time cabinet, who took oaths on November 18, are from the Jatiya Party. However, Ershad is yet to withdraw the three nomination papers he had submitted to the returning officers office though timeline for withdrawal of nomination papers began yesterday. The deadline ends on December 13. Sunil Shuvo Roy, press and political secretary of Ershad, told the Dha-
ka Tribune that the party would issue a letter to the Election Commission. It would be applicable for all the JP candidates. Meanwhile, expelled Jatiya Party leader Kazi Zafar Ahmed yesterday said: I have information from reliable sources that Rowshan Ershad will replace HM Ershad as the party chairman. At a press briefing held at his Gulshan residence, he said: I have also heard that Ershad may travel abroad citing health reasons. Kazi Zafar added that several Jatiya Party ministers including Hawlader were not willing to give up their posts. Refuting the claims, Ershad said
he would remain the party chief until death. There is even no chance for anyone to take up the post of an acting chairman. Those who are spreading rumours are intending to confuse people. Speaking to journalists at his residence, the former military dictator said: The chairman of Jatiya Party is still alive. I am the chairman until death. I do not give power to anyone else. Regarding the resignation of his party leaders, Ershad said: It does not matter at all whether the ministers retain or leave, resign or not. I am all-inall in the party. l
500 SMGs, 2,000 pieces of 12 bore shotguns and 65,000 pieces of tear gas shells while a similar tender on October 13 asked for armored personnel carriers and 14 other vehicles. Besides, on September 08, police department tendered for a supply of 4,800 38mm tear gas shells, 2,000 gas grenades and 2,000 sound grenades. Accordingly, on September 10, a tender was floated for the supply of 6,500 pieces of bullet-proof vests 14,500 pieces of splinter-proof jackets, 20,000 safety head gears, 20,000 pieces of shin pads, 2,000 litres of arms cleaner oil, 2,000 litres of arms cleaner grease and 5,000 pieces of life jackets. On September 25, police asked the bidders to supply 55,000 pieces of batons, 75,000 pairs of handcuffs, 5,000 pieces of prisoners-ropes, 8,000 pieces of bandoliers for keeping bullets, 25,000 pieces of slings for carrying firearms and 90,000 pairs of boots. l
Later, the UN envoy also had one-toone meeting with Khaleda for about 10 minutes. BNP would not formally disclose the content to the media. This is not possible to say anything at this moment. It can be possible to brief the media after the process is complete, Shamsher told waiting reporters after the meeting. However, sources in the BNP said Khaleda had told Taranco that no election was possible under the current administration and the prevailing political circumstances. The BNP has long been opposing to participate in the general elections under Sheikh Hasina as the chief of interim government. Neither the BNP chief nor the UN envoy gave any formula, said sources.
Taranco will again meet the BNP chief tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Awami League briefed media twice about the meetings with the UN envoy first, after a delegation led by General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam met him, then again after the meeting with the PM. Briefing the reporters, Gowher Rizvi, who attended the meeting that held from 4:10pm to 4:49pm at Ganabhaban, said Taranco had brought with him a special message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who referred Bangladesh as a model of development, democracy and communal harmony. He said the UN wanted no change to the status. The election issue came at one stage of the meeting, the adviser said. Gowher Rizvi said the UN chief had
appreciated the prime ministers move to hold an election participated by all parties. He [Taranco] said restoration of the [non-party] caretaker government is not a necessity. He stressed whether the need for an even playing field can be ensure. Taranco has enquired whether the election date can be shifted. The honourable prime minister has replied that [Taranco should] ask the Election Commission [about it]. According to the adviser, the prime minister has made it clear that the government is not intervening in the functions of the EC to hold a free, fair and unbiased election. Our effort is to hold an election with the participation of all parties, but it must be within the [framework of the] constitution, Gowher Rizvi quot-
ed the prime minister as telling Taranco, who came to Dhaka on Friday. Immediately before meeting the premier, the UN envoy sat with a delegation of the ruling Awami League at the Sonargaon Hotel. Ashraf led the delegation that included Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Gowher Rizvi, Col (retd) Faruk Khan, Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif and Shahed Reza. We have not discussed any specific issue, Ashraf told reporters after the meeting adding that they would discuss specific issues in the next two meetings. Citing the visit of Ban Ki-moon to Dhaka in 2008, Ashraf said they had a very fruitful meeting with him, and as a result, a participatory election could be held. We hope that this dialogue will also be successful, he said.
Tarancos meeting with Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali was preceded by sittings with Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque and the Dhaka-based diplomats who reportedly briefed him about the countrys political situation. In his meeting with the foreign minister, the UN envoy said time was very limited and the door should be kept open for dialogue to reach a solution to hold a non-violent, credible and inclusive election, said a diplomat. He also expressed serious concern over the violent activities, the diplomat said, adding: He categorically said violence is not acceptable. Since his arrival on a political mission, Taranco also had meetings with the members of diplomatic community including US Ambassador Dan Mozena yesterday. l
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BNP asks public servants not to serve illegal orders n Mohammad Al-Masum Molla
Main opposition BNP has urged the government officials to not get involved with the procedures for the one sided election and also urged the Election Commission to suspend the schedule. We urge all government officials to carry out their duties neutrally to serve the people and the country. Do not be used as tools for any person or partys illegal intentions, Salahuddin Ahmed, BNPs joint secretary general, said in a video message. Urging people to get united to force the government to step down, the opposition spokesperson said: The international community does not want a one-sided election. A large section of teachers has already expressed their reservation about carrying out polls duty.
On the first day of the ongoing 72-hour nationwide rail, road and waterway blockade, more than 217 had been injured and at least 103 bullet hit
Salahuddin alleged that the government wanted to hold farcical polls because it was scared of a level playing field. Asking the EC to suspend the schedule, Salahuddin said: Suspend the election schedule immediately, otherwise you will have to face justice one day. The BNP leader claimed that on the first day of the ongoing 72-hour nationwide rail, road and waterway blockade, more than 217 had been injured, at least 103 bullet hit and over 300 opposition leaders and activists arrested. Salahuddin has been maintaining communication with the media through video messages and press releases since November 30, when BNPs crisis-time spokesperson Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was arrested from the Nayapaltan office. Designated opposition spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, also the acting secretary general of BNP, along with most of the senior opposition leaders, has been hiding to avoid arrest. l
Members of business community after holding a humane chain in front of BGMEA office join a mass signature campaign expressing their concerns over current political crisis and requesting the government and the opposition to resolve the political deadlock to create a favorable environment for business SYED ZAKIR HOSSAIN
tician would be benefitted from politics and it [the RMG industry] would be the victims. Civil society members, several chamber leaders and workers leaders expressed solidarity with the BGMEA, demanding an end to the ongoing political unrest in the country and to take necessary measures to come to a consensus. Meanwhile, the businessmen observed one minute silence to show respect to Nelson Mandela, the great South African leader, who passed away on Friday. l
The arson attack left 19 people severely burnt, of whom three had already died and several others were undergoing treatment at Burn Unit of the DMCH
However, no one was allowed to talk to the two arson attack suspects. The two were placed on a three-day remand yesterday after they had been produced before a Dhaka court. Sanwar Hossain, additional deputy commissioner of DB, said police had sought 10 days remand for each. The arson attack left 19 people severely burnt, of whom three had already died and several others were undergoing treatment at the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit of the Dhaka Medi-
A man in Chittagong expresses pent-up anger over the violent political atmosphere yesterday by holding a placard that says 'I neither support Sheikh Hasina nor Khaleda Zia; I only want to live a safe life and enjoy the rights a citizen is entitled to' DHAKA TRIBUNE
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The hearing on the case related to the Bay of Bengal maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India will begin at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in the Netherlands on Monday. A Bangladesh delegation is scheduled to leave Dhaka for Hague on Sunday to join the eight-day hearing at the five-member tribunal. Foreign Minister AH Mahmud Ali, former foreign minister and agent of the case Dr Dipu Moni and Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque are likely to be in the delegation. As Dipu Moni is the agent of the case, the government is sending her to attend the hearing considering the countrys interest, said a diplomat. The Netherlands-based PCA is expected to deliver its judgment by the first half of the next year, foreign ministry sources said. The arbitrary tribunal members are Prof Dr Rdiger Wolfrum (President), Judge Thomas A Mensah, Dr Pemmaraju Sreenivasa Rao, Prof Ivan Shearer,
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Judge Jean-Pierre Cot, according to PCA documents. Bangladesh is represented by Dipu Moni (Agent) and Deputy Agent of Bangladesh and Secretary of the Foreign Ministrys Maritime Affairs Unit Rear Admiral M Khurshed Alam (retd). On the other hand, India is represented by Agent and Joint Secretary and the Legal Advisor of the Ministry of External Affairs Dr Neeru Chadha and Co-agent Joint Secretary (BSM), Ministry of External Affairs, Harsh Vardhan Shringla and Deputy Agent Director (BSM), Ministry of External Affairs, Puneet Agrawal. On October 8, 2009, Bangladesh instituted arbitrary proceedings concerning the delimitation of the maritime boundary between Bangladesh and India pursuant to article 287 and Annex VII, Article 1 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Bangladesh won a landmark verdict against Myanmar on March 14, 2012 at the ITLOS and through the verdict, Bangladesh sustained its claim to the 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic and territorial rights in the Bay of Bengal. l
A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver tries to put off the flame as blockade supporters set his vehicle on fire in the citys Shajahanpur area on the first day of 72-hour countrywide blockade imposed by the BNP-led 18-party alliance DHAKA TRIBUNE
The board formed a three member committee in mid November following allegations of question paper leaks
The committee suggested law-enforcing agencies to take actions against coaching centres to prevent such incidents in future. We have got the report and will take action according to the suggestions of the report, said Chairman of Board of Intermediate and Secondary
Marie Harf (right) will try to rig the vote in a country which for decades has been plagued by coups and political upheaval, says the report. In the latest incident, suspected opposition activists on Wednesday derailed a train in Gaibandha by re-
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moving metal links holding the tracks together, killing at least three people and injuring dozens. The opposition movement intensified recently after the Election commission announced the polls schedule on November 25. l
Government lying about CHT accord: Santu Larma n Our Correspondent, Rangamati
Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council President Jyotirindra Bodhipriya (Santu) Larma yesterday said the government was always lying about the CHT accord. If Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council (CHTRC) and three hill districts council acts do not become effective immediately, the hill people would be deprived of their basic rights, he said. Santu Larma said this while speaking on the present condition and effective steps necessary to implement the CHT accord. The discussion was organised by Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council supported by Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility (CHTDF) to mark the 16th anniversary of the CHT accord. The civil society people and media personalities attended the programme. The government violated the accord through the 15th amendment by labelling the indigenous people inhabiting in the region as Bangalee, added Santu Larma. He also demanded that the CHTRC and there hill district council acts plus CHT accord be fully implemented in no time. l
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Sammilito Nari Samaj, a womens organisation, yesterday brings out a procession holding black flag in the citys Shahbagh area demanding cancellation of upcoming one-sided election MAHMUD HOSSAIN OPU
To protest against the ongoing destructive activities of anti-liberation Jamaate-Islami and its student front Chhatra Shibir, freedom fighters across the country will organise a rally on December 10. The rally will be held at 2pm at the Central Shaheed Minar under the banner of Muktijuddher Chetona Bastobayan Moncho, a new platform of freedom fighters formed on December 4. Shajahan Khan, shipping and liberation war affairs minister and convener of the platform, announced the programme at a press conference held at the liberation war affair ministry yesterday. The minister urged all freedom fighters and their spouses, students, political, cultural and business leaders, journalist leaders, officials and employees, and the pro-liberation people to join the rally. He claimed that main opposition BNP and its allies Jamaat-Shibir activists were conducting violence and sabotages all over the country to foil the initiative of the government to execute the war crimes trial verdicts. They are destroying the states assets, attacking the houses and business organisations of freedom fighters and believers of liberation wars spirit. We should resist them together, he said. l
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Pregnant wife strangled by in-laws n Our Correspondent, Narsingdi
A pregnant wife was strangled death by her in-laws at Baznab village under Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi yesterday over family feud. The deceased Tania Khatun, 22, wife of Rokan Mia, was a five-month pregnant. Police and witnesses said Tania married Rokan of the same village around 16 months ago, adding that Rokan works in a foreign country and in absence of her husband, her father-in-law and other in-laws used to torture her. Yesterday, Tania had a quarrel with her father in-law Benu Molla and at one stage Benu with help of other inlaws strangled her to death and tried to make up the incident a Suicide, they added. On information, Shibpur police recovered the body and sent it to Narsingdi Sadar Hospital for autopsy. A case was filed with Shibpur police station, but no one was arrested till filing the report. l
Farmers block Lalmonirhat-Burimari Highway yesterday protesting the price hike of fertiliser yesterday DHAKA TRIBUNE poration (BADC) of Lalmonirhat said there is no fertilizer crisis in Lalmonirhat as there are at least 6,500 metric tonnes of MOP, DAP and TSP fertilisers in the buffer store house. Farmers said they are now frustrat-
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Activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal blockade a road at Siddhirganj of Narayanganj demanding the release of a local leader yesterday
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wounds caused by years of bitter racial hatred. And that he donned a Springbok jersey and took to the field during the 1995 rugby World Cup final in a bold bid to unite the nation behind the mainlywhite South African team. And that he stepped down after just one term as president, unlike too many
While he passes from this physical world, his vision, his strength and courage, his perseverance and integrity, his humility and magnanimity are a shining example to all those who strive to create a better and more just world, and will remain so for generations to come. -Muhammad Yunus
1962
Standing in this great country today, I also want to be a friend of Bangladesh. While Bangladesh celebrated its independence, our democracy was in its infancy
soaked independence, I am here to say today that escaping the clutches of oppression and autocratic rule is never easy.
I have deep respect for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Standing in this great country today, I also want to be a friend of Bangladesh. While Bangladesh celebrated its independence, our democracy was in its infancy. We were just crawling from the darkness of racism towards the light of freedom. Despite being so far away, the people of Bangladesh were not callous to what South Africa was facing. You all know that freedom is not complete till everyone is free. Standing here as a friend of Bangladesh, I want to say that we will fight hunger, poverty and any other problem facing us. l
Arrested, convicted of incitement and leaving country without a passport, sentenced to five years in prison
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Mandelas former prison cell, was about four square metres big. A deep and a shallow plate, a spoon, a small wardrobe, a two-centimetrethick sleeping mat and a blanket were all that lay inside
went on to serve as transport minister under Mandelas presidency, remembers the close bonds the inmates formed in prison. All around the world, prison has got its black humour, and we did laugh a lot and rib each other in those times. With extreme suffering and physical and psychological pain it is part of your defence mechanism; to be able to laugh at yourself. Sometimes you miss it, and theres something to miss because we were forced to live so closely with each other - you had no material trappings to surround yourself with, none of the peo-
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No childs play
How handmade toys have reimagined rural employment in Bangladesh
n Farzana Nawaz
s you make your way through the narrow, crowded, muddy and unpaved streets of Dhakas Natun Bazaar, buffeted by a mixture of smells of sewage, snack stalls, garbage and sweat of the people around you, the last thing you would expect to find here is a factory that produces beautiful, handcrafted toys that are sold at upscale shops in Europe and North America. And yet, improbably, this is the neighbourhood that houses the head office and finishing centre for Hathay Bunano, a social business that does just that. The Hathay Bunano office and production/finishing centre is housed in a modest four-story building, so modest, in fact that there isnt even paint on the walls (although, I was told that they have moved in there very recently). However, its clean, with lots of windows that let in sunlight and fresh air. Inside, one would find stacks of unfinished toy parts (a bunny rabbit with a missing face), or finished toys packed in clear plastic bags, yarn in all the cheerful colours of the rainbow. In the midst, groups of women sit at tables knitting, joining pieces and putting the finishing touches on toys with assured, astonishing speed.
necessary. For children between three and six years, preschool facilities with trained teachers are also provided on the premises. In fact, one of the loveliest parts of my visit to the Natun Bazar finishing centre was to see groups of happy children noisily participating in their pre-school classroom right next to the production floor or occasionally running over to their mothers who were working. The crche for the babies is clean, bright, with lots of toys. This is a stark contrast to the conditions in the RMG sector where its not unusual for a woman to be fired for getting pregnant and childcare facilities are provided in only a fraction of the factories. The Hathay Bunano women are paid according to the number of pieces they produce, a model that incentivises the more-skilled workers. The rate of compensation is 25 percent higher than the official minimum wage and 150 per cent higher than similar work in rural areas. Considering that living costs are much lower in rural areas, this means that the disposable income available to the women often end up being much higher than their counterparts in the RMG sector. The workers are provided free training on knitting and crochet for six weeks. Women who show particular
The Pebble childrens items are labelled Made in Bangladesh, with tags that include a Bangladeshi flag, something that surely contributes to a positive branding for Bangladesh chars, refugees and indigenous people living in the hill tracts. that many surface obstacles businesses face can be overcome if the local knowledge is consulted. The innovative business model of Hathay Bunano has received accolades and praise in the international arena, including from the Clinton Global Initiative. Samantha was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for her work and most recently a detailed case study on Hathay Bunano was featured in MITs Innovations magazine.
As a social business, Hathay Bunano also makes it a point to work with the most disadvantaged and margnisalised. Their rural production model enables them to employ relatively low-skilled, sometimes illiterate women at the villages for the more labour-intensive tasks
Just like their head office, the story of Hathay Bunano is one made up of seemingly incongruent parts that still somehow come together to form a truly inspiring tale of entrepreneurship, ingenuity, and a uniquely Bangladeshi success story. Hathay Bunano is the brainchild of Samantha Morshed, a Brit, and her British-Bangladeshi husband Golam Morshed. The company was started in 2004 out of a conviction that the handicraft tradition in Bangladesh can be used to create world-class products while providing decent employment opportunities for poor rural women. On one of her first visits to Bangladesh in the mid 90s, Samantha was taken aback by the desperate poverty of rural women. Many of these women were artisans, making traditional embroidered items that were sold in the local market to tourists. However, there was little possibility that these would reach the scale where decent, sustainable income can be generated for the artisans. At the same time, Samantha was inspired by the fast-growing ready-made garment industry (RMG) in Bangladesh that was producing clothing at the scale, quality and attractiveness required for the global market. An avid knitter herself, Samantha combined these elements to come up with the idea of knitted and crocheted childrens clothing and toys that can be produced by rural women with a small amount of training. And thus, Hathay Bunano was born.
aptitude can develop and grow within the organisation by receiving further training to become supervisors or trainers themselves. Ultimately, some of these women go on to assume overall responsibility for entire production centres. Training on administrative tasks and accounting is also provided, when the role requires these skills.
One of the loveliest parts of my visit to the Natun Bazar finishing centre was to see groups of happy children noisily participating in their pre-school classroom right next to the production floor or occasionally running over to their mothers who were working
employment for disabled women. In fact, the nature of the work is particularly well-suited for the disabled. At the Natun Bazar finishing centre I met Shima, a young woman in a wheelchair who has been working with Hathay Bunano for over five years. Shima was a patient at the CRP when she found out about Hathay Bunano and decided to come to work for them. In addition to working there, she also lives on the office premises, along with a few other disabled colleagues, an arrangement she seemed quite happy about. Hathay Bunano has also teamed up with NGOs and development organisations to bring employment opportunities to the extreme poor living on
relishes telling is, in the early days of the business they received a lucrative order where the pattern required using a cable needle (a miniature knitting needle). Samantha couldnt find this type of a needle in the local market and she despaired that the order would need to be turned down as it is too expensive to import the needles. Then, a woman working at one of the rural production centres asked her what a cable needle looked like. When Samantha showed her she said she would try to see if a solution could be found. A few days later she returned with a batch of cable needles made from bamboo (at the bargain price of Tk. 2 per piece) and the order was saved. This story wonderfully demonstrates
have been also created which features animals native to Bangladesh, such as the Bengal tiger, Tokay gecko, owl, and otter. One of the remarkable aspects of Hathay Bunanos growth is that all of it happened without external investors or debt. The owners have made it their mission statement to prove that it is possible to create market-drive rural employment in Bangladesh without donor grants or bank loans. By any measure, their effort is a success. Pebble toys are now available in a growing number of stores in Bangladesh. In line with the ethos of the company, the aim is to sell them within a price range that is affordable for the middle class customers here. Samantha is determined that the toys
are not perceived as luxury items only affordable to the very rich. The story of Hathay Bunano brings together two of Bangladeshs greatest traditions handicrafts and social business. It also shows what is possible if entrepreneurs are willing to exercise creativity to make the local conditions work for their business. But most importantly, it shows that profitability doesnt have to come at the expense of the workers and that given the chance, poor rural artisan women in the villages can create products that can compete with the best in the world. And thats no childs play. l Farzana Nawaz is a GIZ returning expert and editorial fellow at the Dhaka Tribune. She can be reached at farzana.nawaz@gmail.com.
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Hagel stressed the centrality of the defence partnership in maintaining the long-standing ties between the United States and the Saudi kingdom, officials said. Hagel said he would hold talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday and also visit Qatar, but he headed first to Afghanistan, where efforts for a deal allowing NATO troops to stay in the country beyond next year have stalled. Washingtons reluctance to intervene against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a staunch ally of Tehran, as well as budget pressures and a US rebalance to Asia, have added to the doubts among Gulf governments about Americas staying power in the region. Hagel acknowledged that anxieties in the Gulf were running high. Questions have been raised about Americas intentions, strategy, and commitment to the region, he said. But he promised Washington will remain fully committed to the security of our allies and our partners in the region. Although the Pentagon faced the prospect of steep budget cuts, Hagel suggested the big presence in the Middle East would remain a top priority and largely shielded from spending reductions. In addition to keeping a robust US force in place, Hagel vowed to bolster the military strength of Gulf states, urging regional cooperation on missile defence. Hagel only briefly mentioned the popular unrest that has swept aside or challenged regimes across the Middle East. l
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Diplomacy with Iran must be backed up by US military might, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said Saturday in a speech to Gulf allies anxious over a nuclear deal with Tehran. Hagel promised the United States would maintain a 35,000-strong force in the Gulf region, as well as an armada of ships and warplanes, despite the recent accord with Tehran. Speaking at a security conference in Bahrain, he said the interim deal with Iran to roll back its nuclear programme was a risk worth taking, but that Western diplomacy should not be misinterpreted. We know diplomacy cannot operate in a vacuum, he said. Our success will continue to hinge on Americas military power, and the credibility of our assurances to our allies and partners in the Middle East. The Pentagon will not make any adjustments to its forces in the region or to its military planning as a result of the interim agreement with Iran, he added. In a trip meant to reassure Gulf allies wary of Americas diplomatic opening with Iran, Hagel highlighted an array of US weaponry and resources deployed in the region. We have a ground, air, and naval presence of more than 35,000 military personnel in and immediately around the Gulf, he said. The military footprint includes 10,000 US Army troops with tanks and Apache helicopters, roughly 40 ships at sea including an aircraft carrier battle group, missile defence systems, radar, surveillance drones and warplanes that can strike at short notice, he said. Coupled with our unique munitions, no target is beyond our reach, said Hagel, in an apparent reference to bunker buster bombs designed to penetrate deeply buried targets. A senior US defence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told reporters the speech sent a message of solidarity to Gulf allies while also conveying a warning to adversaries that any sort of mythology of American retreat is just wrong-headed.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told university students Saturday that tolerance could resolve the issue of political prisoners, as some of them chanted for opposition leaders under house arrest to be freed. My government is committed to the promises it has made to the people, but we need to create internal consensus to achieve the objectives, Rouhani told students at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. We need tolerance and patience... We need to distance ourselves from an emotional atmosphere. Reason and moderation can resolve the issues, he added during the meeting, organised to mark Students Day. He was speaking in reaction to some students chanting slogans calling for the release of political prison-
The military footprint includes 10,000 US Army troops with tanks and Apache helicopters, roughly 40 ships at sea including an aircraft carrier battle group, missile defence systems, radar, surveillance drones and warplanes that can strike at short notice
Gulf allies, especially Saudi Arabia, are concerned over the November 24 interim accord between world powers and Iran that offers limited relief from Western sanctions in return for Tehran rolling back elements of its nuclear programme. The nuclear deal has strained US relations with the mostly Sunni Gulf Arab states that view Shia Iran as a dangerous rival. The Iran accord topped the agenda in Hagels talks with Gulf counterparts on Friday, which included a meeting with Saudi Arabias new deputy defence minister, Prince Salman bin Sultan.
ers. Among them are opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, who have been kept under house arrest since February 2011 and without being officially charged. Those chants provoked opposing slogans from students affiliated with the Basij militia, who called for seditionists to be hanged. That is a term coined in the aftermath of the disputed 2009 presidential election to describe pro-reform supporters of Mousavi and Karroubi, who took to street in massive protests. In response to the chanting, some of which was broadcast on state television, Rouhani called for the resolution of this thorny issue, which has shadowed his government since taking office in August. If we cannot solve an internal issue of ours with calm and reason, within the framework of the law and with in-
ternal consensus, how can we resolve the complicated issues of the region and the world, he asked. Rouhani, a moderate mid-ranking cleric who campaigned for more domestic freedom, defeated a pool of conservatives with key backings from Irans marginalised pro-reform factions. Following the release of several prisoners in September, he expressed hope that more would be freed but made no direct promises. Government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said last week that lifting the house arrests was on the presidents agenda, adding that the administration preferred to talk less and instead take more action on such issues. People should trust this administration. For some issues, it is better for the government to act instead of talk, Nobakht said. l
US war veteran released from N Korea as Biden visits DMZ n AFP, Seoul
North Korea Saturday released a detained American veteran of the Korean War as US Vice President Joe Biden visited the worlds last Cold War frontier. US officials said Merrill Newman, an 85-year-old from California, headed home after arriving in Beijing. North Korea deported him from a humanitarian viewpoint, its official Korean Central News Agency said, citing his sincere repentance as well as his age and health condition. His release came hours before Biden visited the demilitarised zone which has split the Korean peninsula since the 1950-1953 Korean War. Wearing a baseball cap and brown bomber jacket, Biden visited a frontline hilltop observation post and surveyed the North Korean landscape through a pair of binoculars. The DPRK (North Korea) today released someone they should never have had in the first place, Mr. Newman, Biden said earlier after laying a wreath at the war memorial in Seoul. Its a positive thing theyve done, said Biden, visiting South Korea as the last stop on a three-country Asia tour that has already taken him to Japan and China. Biden also urged Pyongyang to free another US citizen, Kenneth Bae, a 45-year-old tour operator who was arrested a year ago and sentenced to 15 years hard labour on charges of seeking to topple the government. l
Egyptian women members of the Muslim Brotherhood hold roses as they stand in the defendants cage dressed in prison issue white during their trial at the court in the Egyptian Mediterranean city of Alexandria on December 7 AFP
A piano decorated with the EU flag is displayed in front of riot police during a picket held outside the presidential office in Kiev on December 7 AFP
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In Nelson Mandelas childhood village of Qunu residents are solemnly preparing for the final return of their beloved son, who will be laid to rest among them a week from now. Meanwhile, the rest of South Africa has been preparing for a funeral for the ages. Elderly men in the picturesque village dotted with traditional round huts bow their heads and lower their voices when they speak of the anti-apartheid hero who has returned to his ancestors. Here there has been no explosion of public emotion as seen in Johannesburg, no singing to celebrate Mandelas 95 years, no all-night vigils. His home, overlooking the hills and valleys of the Eastern Cape where Mandela said he spent his happiest childhood days is sombre and eerily quiet. We are in mourning, he deserves our greatest last respects, said Chief Mfundo Mtirara, Mandelas nephew. Mean while, South Africa has prepared a sweeping, emotional farewell to Nelson Mandela a funeral that will draw an unprecedented gathering of world leaders and luminaries, reflecting the anti-apartheid icons transcendent influence. Presidents, heads of government A year-long negotiation over the text of the document was thought to have been concluded last month when an assembly of Afghan tribal elders and politicians, called a loya jirga, approved the pact. But Karzai surprised everyone during concluding remarks by saying he still had important demands. They relate to a desire for the United States to kick-start a nascent peace process with the Taliban, and an end to raids on Afghan homes by US forces pursuing militants. We cannot allow business as usual for the US after the signing of the BSA, Faizi said. It simply cannot be another ten-year chapter of raids on Afghan homes, civilian casualties and seeking peace in Afghanistan. On Thursday, influential US Democratic SeNator Carl Levin questioned the Obama administrations insistence that Karzai was the appropriate person to sign a security deal, and by the end of 2013. [ID: nL2N0JK26J] In a letter to US President Barack Obama, Levin suggested Washington wait for a more reliable leader to take office. (Editing by Mark Heinrich) l
Children hold earthen lamps in tribute to former South African President Nelson Mandela, organised by Aafia Movement in Karachi December 6 REUTERS and royalty from every corner of the globe will be among those seeking to pay their respects to modern South Africas founding father, who died late Thursday aged 95, surrounded by friends and family. The sheer scale of the event and of the global attention and emotion surrounding it has had observers searching back decades for a precedent, with some citing the funerals of Mahatma Gandhi and Winston Churchill. The government announced Saturday that his coffin would be taken in a cortege through the streets of Pretoria each morning, giving the millions of South Africans still coming to terms with the death of their first black leader an opportunity to say a final farewell. l
An anti-government protester carries his breakfast past a mural near the Government House in Bangkok on December 7 AFP Suthep has repeatedly set deadlines for his movement, but protests have continued. If people turn out in their millions (on Monday) its sure that things will change, Akanat Promphan, Sutheps step-son and spokesman for the opposition protesters, told reporters Saturday. He said he was concerned there could be violent clashes and loss of life. Thailand has been periodically rocked by sometimes bloody unrest since Thaksin, a billionaire tycoon-turned-premier, was deposed by royalist generals in a coup seven years ago. His sisters government has been shaken by weeks of rallies by protesters, a mix of royalists, middle class and other Thaksin opponents, attempting to unseat her and suspend the countrys democracy in favour of an unelected Peoples Council. The unrest has left five people dead and more than 200 injured in Bangkok. Demonstrators and police in Bangkok have observed a temporary truce since Wednesday for the 86th birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who is treated as a near-deity by many Thais. Thailands political conflict broadly pits a Bangkok-based middle class and royalist elite backed by the military against rural and working-class voters loyal to Thaksin. He went into exile in 2008 to avoid jail for a corruption conviction which he says was politically motivated, but critics say he still controls his sister behind the scenes. The recent protests were triggered by an amnesty bill, since abandoned by Yinglucks ruling party, which opponents feared would have cleared the way for his return. They are the biggest and deadliest street demonstrations since 2010, when dozens of people were killed in a crackdown on mass pro-Thaksin rallies in Bangkok. l
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vidence is mounting of the damage being done to the economy by the prolonged period of blockades and hartals caused by the political crisis. The Centre for Policy Dialogue and Policy Research Institute have highlighted disruption to transport and the supply chain as the main reason for food inflation hitting a seven month high of 8.55% in November. Supplies of essentials like fish, pulse and vegetables Government are being slowed down and the economists claimed resulting price hikes are hitting consumers hard that the political Export industries have been turmoil would have particularly hard hit as they no major effect on suffer not only from lost prothe economy, but duction days when factories this data shows it are closed, but the disruption is already having a to transport is reducing both major negative impact access to raw materials and their ability to ship finished goods to market. Another concern is that Bangladesh Banks latest data shows that remittances received fell 14% in November. While this vital source of income which accounts for 11% of GDP has tended to grow throughout past periods of political strife, it will be a major concern if remittance income continues to drop. Last week government economists claimed that the hartals and unrest would have no major effect on the economy, but this data shows that political turmoil is already having a major negative impact. Regardless of the lip service political leaders are paying to the plight of innocent victims, the cost of the economic damage being done by blockades and strikes is mounting. Our leaders must wake up to reality and take action to stop damaging the country further.
Shafi Brave faces of the people of Bangladesh. We salute you, we all are with you. In every part of the country, the ordinary citizens should come out and warn politicians: End your greed for power, carry out responsible politics, and love and work for the people. Only then people will vote for you. Hanif Repon Thanks for your selfless initiative. I salute you. You are real patriots. Thanks again. May the great Allah bless you. Shopno Lok I do agree with all of the points, but if the majority of the general people like familyism in the politics, and choose their representatives from them, then what can you and I do? One just cannot force them. Shafiq Majumder Educate people, vote only for caring politicians. Tanvir Hossain Thats more like it.
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nough has been said about blockades, hartals, and the related violence in Bangladesh in talk shows, newspapers and in the media in general. Unfortunately, not enough has been done to stop it from happening.
Isnt it about time that all political parties apologise to the nation for all their misdeeds done over the years
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or the purpose of this piece, let me pretend as if I am not insulted gravely by everyone in the world telling us how to conduct an election. Let me for a moment forget how infinitely puny, petty, and self-destructive we look to an external audience. I am particularly perplexed about the sudden drum beat around the world regarding our domestic political discourse. Let me not even address the New York Timess most uninformed and childish editorial suggestions recently, about sanctions being levied on Bangladesh related to our present set of political problems. Look, I dont underestimate that the present situation is a serious problem that needs addressing, but I do not believe for a moment that we are totally impotent to resolve it ourselves. Resolution to any problem lies in facing what makes it a problem in the first place. That often means seeing circumstances to their bitter realisations without interruption. In this instance, that means, to see how far the opposition will go in its thirst for power and how hard the incumbent grabs on to it. Everyone is watching closely what is happening and when push comes to vote, they will judge what is right and what is wrong. In a one-sided election, that will mean not going to the booth as an ultimate rejection of political rhetoric and if an all party
participatory election is held, (one can only dream) the Bangladeshi people will choose, like in many instances before, the inept leaders that best suits their swinging moods. Besides, if our voting right, the only say we have in our fate as a people every half a decade, is truly taken away, the people, I believe, will resolve to fight such a move in great numbers without a doubt.
the UN has to help broker anything, there must be only one demand:All violence must stop. That demand must not be contingent on anything else. The hop on, hop off attempts of world leaders and their representatives coming to Bangladesh to help a situation will do any real measurable good, if that benchmark is the only goal. Threats, warnings and coercions
The advisable call right now would be to ask emphatically for violence to cease, to invite all parties to join theJanuary 5elections and if such a deal were to be brokered, to ask the EC to accommodate such a move
The opposition in that scenario wouldnt have to resort to the desperate measures of terrorising common people in the way they are today. People dont care about whats going on beyond being safe and going about their daily chores because they know they will have a chance to express their discontent in the booths comeJanuary 5or boycott the polls altogether. All the last minute shuttle diplomats, including Mr Taranco must acknowledge that reality. We are an disunited nation of people. There are serious divisions rooted in decades of bloodletting but that we have major consensus on one issue from every side excluding the opposition, that maiming of innocents must cease. If
to have dialogue with a petulant opposition, who have now voluntarily boycotted an election, are not going to bear any fruit because it will seem too inclusive of those who are perpetrating acts of terrorism on the people of Bangladesh on purpose and hence the discussions will not happen in good faith and will be futile. Unless the opposition publicly commits to renounce violence, they should not be party to any dialogue at all. Bending backwards cannot be a legitimate recommendation. For the UN, US, India, UK and Europe, the advisable call right now would be to under the present circumstances, ask emphatically for violence to cease, to invite all parties to join theJanuary 5elections and if
such a deal were to be brokered, to ask the EC to accommodate such a move and assist the government to have an internationally monitored elections byJanuary 24, 2014, if so invited. Under our present legal framework, if something is problematic and unacceptable than to recommend, for appropriate changes be made by any future government.If anything else is demanded, proposed or coerced, that would be intervening in the internal politics far beyond the acceptable levels that they have already done within our political landscape. We all must be alert to the ramifications of belittling democracy to a level where it is seen only to function with the assistance and interference of foreign powers. That is a most dangerous and irresponsible perception to set, and will set a preposterous precedent that we will revert to every five years without working hard amongst ourselves to reach some sort of an agreement. Finding a solution to this is part of our democratic development that we need to work out ourselves. Addressing foreign insecurities and interests must remain a distant second to our journey as a democratic nation. So feel free to help Mr Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, but tread cautiously because you may be negatively interfering in the natural course of things.l Matthew Islam is a Barrister-at-Law, a textile businessman, and a columnist at the Dhaka Tribune. He can be contacted on Twitter via @matthewislam.
What I find most disturbing, as a common citizen of this country, is that most of the politicians here care little about the people they represent and care much more about either getting to power or holding on to it by any means possible. It is no secret that some of the major political parties in this country have strong ties with foreign powers, and it is speculated that some of these external powers spend huge amounts of money during our national elections to see their favourite party in power. Understandably enough, they do this so that after the elections, decisions and policies are taken in their favour. A few days back, there was an official apology from a political party for their picketers having thrown a brick at an embassy car on a hartal day. Also, it was seen in the recent past that during the visit of foreign high officials, hartals and blockades by opposition parties were not announced, or were postponed. Very nice. As a Bangladeshi I appreciate the partys official apology to the concerned country and embassy (in the first case) and the courtesy shown to foreign diplomats by not calling hartals during their visits (the second case mentioned above). But isnt it about time that all political parties apologise to the nation for all their misdeeds done over the years during their enforced hartals and oborodhs and promise to never call for such things again? There have now been too many cocktail and petrol bomb casualties, too many thousands of working and schooling hours lost, too many
millions of Takas in financial losses, and the politicians have tested the general peoples patience far too much. The 160 million people of Bangladesh want an immediate stop to the killing, mayhem, and excessive violence that they are tired of seeing and suffering from. All we want is a guarantee to be able to come back home safe and sound after a hard days work. If the opposition really has problems, they should discuss them in either the parliament, or organise peaceful sit-in programs in public places, like it was done by the Shahbagh Ganajagaran Mancha, and press home their demands. Some might argue that if they try to do so, law enforcers would drive them away. Firstly, the people would like to see an opposition who would be brave and resilient enough to participate in sit-in programs even if the law enforcers try to drive them away. Secondly, the people would like to see a government who would listen to peoples demands and protests, not one that uses brute force to stop the peoples voice.
People of Bangladesh want an immediate stop to the killing, mayhem, and excessive violence. All we want is a guarantee to be able to come back home safe and sound after a hard days work
It is important for our politicians to understand that the vast majority of people in the country, at the end of the day, do not really care about who comes to power. They want their own and their familys safety, security, and happiness. Mad, brutal fights on the streets at the cost of human lives are only taking the people further away from the politicians and the parties. If the aam jonota really do wake up from their slumber, like they did to get rid of the colonial British and the West Pakistani rulers, they will be very difficult to control. l Mahdin Mahboob teaches engineering at ULAB.
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bid to HM Ershad is the highest. She is causing a lot of stress for the poor man and his accountant. Because of these shenanigans, HM Ershad threatened to kill himself.
A man needs one bullet from one gun to pop his clogs. This man had four pistols ready and we all know it is nearly impossible for him to make up his mind
I personally wouldnt worry too much about it though. A man needs one bullet from one gun to pop his clogs. This man had four pistols ready and we all
know it is nearly impossible for him to make up his mind. On the other hand, Begum Khaleda Zias nonchalance, while her Jamaat and Shibir men burn the country to the ground, is completely justified. After all, she is reading The Political Thought of Tarique Rahman. Reading a deep and complex political text has that effect on you. These thoughts came to author Tarique Rahman while he was either ill or being enlightened (we are not sure) during his exile in the UK. His innocent friends were in jail at the time, and that must have also affected his intellectually riveting political thoughts. Along with awe-inspiring political leaders, we also have a very active and responsible civil society. They are very civil. They have trouble accepting the political situation. Hence, they try
to do something direct about it. That direct-initiative-taking nature has led them to talk at talk shows late at night. So many talk shows and so much talking helps make this country a better place every day. Although, private property has been vandalised, minority communities attacked, railway tracks uprooted, and people have been burned alive, I am perfectly comfortable leaving this situation up to our benevolent leaders. I look forward to voting in the next election (if any) and flaunting the black mark on my thumb. That real mark of democracy fills me with pride and honour. People around the world demand jobs, a review of their tax money, better public services and so on from their governments. Such morons! Do they not know that the people in government are busy striking
lucrative business deals and grabbing resources? Where are they getting these crazy ideas? Our demands are plain simple.
People around the world demand jobs, a review of their tax money, better public services and so on from their governments. Do they not know that the people in government are busy striking lucrative business deals and grabbing resources?
Please dont kill us, and if possible, only if it is not too much trouble and only if you have other forms of entertainment, dont throw that cocktail at us. l Dwitiya Jawher Neethi is a researcher at the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
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The two-day Tareque Masud Festival ended yesterday at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy with the screening and DVD launch of Fera, a 38-minute documentary on Tareque Masud made by Proshoon Rahmaan and produced by the Tareque Masud Memorial Trust. The Tareque Masud Memorial Trust organised the festival to inspire the creative young minds by showing his works. The organisers said although Tareque died untimely, his work was still boosting the potential of young filmmakers. The last day also featured the awards giving ceremony of the Tareque Masud Short Film Competition. The festival began on December 6, to mark the 57th birth anniversary of the prolific filmmaker. On the first day, a book titled Cholochitra Lekha: Scripts & Songs by Tareque Masud was launched. Tareques book is divided into three segments: documentary, feature and short films; and his seventeen most acknowledged songs. About the book, Catherine, his wife, said: This book is about the creative process - about how a screenplay is turned into a movie. His screenplays and songs would surely benefit the institutional study of film in the country. Moreover, the first day programme featured a premiere show of the digitally remastered version of Tareque Masuds first film Adam Surot. Based on noted artist SM Sultans life, Adam Surot, subtitled The Inner Strength, was cinematographed by Mishuk Munir, who was also killed in that
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in a developed country; but instead, he chose the life of solidarity in his small hometown because he was in love with the peasants of Bangladesh. In the interview in the documentary, Sultan talks about how the peasants became the subjects of his paintings. My painting is about peasants and they are for the commoners. In every painting, their muscles grow more powerful, depicting their bravado. The programme also presented an half an hour interview, that was shown before the screening of the documentary, where Tareque talks about the making of Adam Surot in 1981. He mentioned writer Ahmed Chhafas writing inspired him to make a film on Sultan. But Sultan never wanted to be the focus of the film that was his condition. The artist wanted the peasants the subjects of his paintings to be the subject of the film as well. Travelling with Sultan, Tareque was inspired by his philosophy. The director learnt to see the graam Bangla the countryside through Sultans eyes. Tareque said it was the artists ideologies that made him give up the shortcuts and take the difficult but proven way to become a filmmaker. In the interview, Tareque also said Adam Surot was his first effort at making a film and also to uphold Sultans philosophy. But it was his next film Matir Moina subtitled The Clay Bird actually reflected the experiences that he had gained from making Adam Surot and also the time he had spent with Sultan. The DVD of the digitally remastered Adam Surot will be released next year. l
Popular band Meghdol performs at Chhobir Haat as a part of a series of programmes marking the occasion of tenth anniversary of Chhobir Haat on December 6. The programme started with the folk songs performed by a newly formed band of folk singers Lokorong. By playing Jaari song and other genres of folk songs, the band captivated the audience and gave them the feel of get back to their roots once again. The programme was followed by a lively performance of folk fusion band Joler Gaan who enchanted the city audience by performing songs having flavours of serenity of nature and simplicity of rural life. On December 16, 2003, a group of creative young minds who graduated from the Fine Art, University of Dhaka initiated Chhobir Haat as an artistic development and exchange SADIA MARIUM
Poster of Tareque Masuds landmark documentary Adam Surot road crash that took away Tareque. Catherine, also executive director of the film, said the artist himself was the first audience of Adam Surot. They showed him the film at his Narail home two decades ago. The new 47-minute remastered version is an intimate portrait of Sultan and the transition period of his style, said Khushi Kabir, one of the distinguished guests on the closing day. Adam Surot starts with a scenic portrayal of Chitra River that has always immensely influenced Sultans work. It highlights how the life and philosophy of Sultan were reflected in his creations. A confirmed bachelor, Sultan lived in a house in Narail, his hometown, and showed children how to paint. With the talent that he had, he could have lived a life of extreme grandeur and acclaim
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of experienced Aminul said, I was not nervous when the match went to tie-breakers. I played a couple of tough matches for the national U-19 team and went through the same situation. As the second choice goalkeeper I always have the feelings that I have to topple Aminul bhai whenever I get a chance, said Liton who is also the elder brother of national defender Mamun Khan. BJMC coach Ali Asgar Nasir said his team did not play to the expected level. The way we played in the quarters was not present in the semis. The foreign players of Muktijoddha played better than my foreign players. However, I also have to say they did not practice with the team for a long time, said Nasir who also thought that the referee was the best person to adjudge the penalty. Meanwhile, Ismael Bangoura reflected his thoughts on the penalty shout and said, As per the rules I dont want to touch the goalkeepers body, but I tried my best as we were trailing by a goal. I dont know whether I committed an offense as it happened in a fraction of a second. l
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Muktijoddha goalkeeper Rasel Mahmud Liton saves a penalty during the tie-breaker against Team BJMC in the Walton Federation Cup semi-final match at BNS yesterday
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fore Bipul headed the ball over the crossbar off the rebound. Four minutes later, Kingsley was again denied and this time BJMC goalkeeper parried the header away for a corner. BJMC was equal to their task and almost scored from a quick counterat-
tack, but Abdullah Al Parvezs clever back heel from a close range went straight to Aminul Islams gloves. Zahid Parvezs corner from the right found Kingsley unmarked inside the box and this time the Nigerian made no mistake in finishing the header inside the opponents net. BJMC was not to end the game without a fight and they went all out in search of the equaliser. It seemed it was Muktis goalkeeper Liton against BJMC as the goalie made two great saves, Bangouras powerful volley from 20 yards out and Samsons header, in successive minutes, 81 and 82, to keep them in the game. Offside ruled out a goal for Muktijod-
dha before Bangoura won a penalty in the next minute and converted it himself. BJMCs Aminul Rahman Shojib had the first real chance three minutes into the extra time but his shot went just wide from the edge of the box. Muktijoddha also squandered an opportunity in the 102nd minute when Nkwocha received a long ball from Biplob only to send it over the bar. The thrilling victory will definitely work as a motivation for Muktijoddha who will face a stronger Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the final on December 13 (Friday). Muktijoddha has not won the Federation Cup since 2003-04 and last reached the final in 2005 when they lost to Brothers Union. l
National all-rounder Shakib al Hasan (L) visits Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad at his Baridhara residence yesterday evening DHAKA TRIBUNE
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World Cup hosts Brazil might not admit it but they will already have one eye on the last 16 and a potential clash with holders Spain or Netherlands after a favourable draw on Friday. Brazils Group A opponents came out as Croatia, who they face in the opening match on June 12, Mexico and Cameroon and they are hot favourites to qualify in first place. If they do they will face the runnersup in Group B, which contains world and European champions Spain plus Netherlands, who lost to the Spanish in the 2010 final, Chile and Australia. The winners of Group B will face the Group A runners-up. l
Bangladesh Badminton Federation President Rubaba Dowla hands over the prize to the mens singles winner Yogendran Khrishnan after the Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh Open International Badminton Challenge final at the Shaheed Sohrawardi Indoor Stadium yesterday COURTESY
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(overnight 443 6) D. Bravo b Boult D. Sammy c Sodhi b Southee S. Shillingford c Taylor b Wagner T. Best c Taylor b Wagner S. Gabriel not out Extras (b4, lb7, w5, nb2) Total (all out; 162.1 overs)
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The second one-day international between South Africa and India will go ahead in Durban today and will be marked by a tribute to former president Nelson Mandela Cricket South Africa confirmed the fixture would be played after discussions with the government following Mandelas death on Thursday at the age of 95. We have taken this decision in consultation with Sport and Recreation South Africa, CSA chief executive Haroon Lorgat said in a statement on Friday. We will, of course, appropriately mark the passing away of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the father of our nation and one of the worlds greatest icons. Soccer and golf had already stated they would go ahead with their programmes. The League Cup soccer final between Orlando Pirates and Platinum Stars will take place on Saturday evening after an emergency meeting of stakeholders. The local Premier Soccer League also confirmed that all other matches in the top two tiers would be played as scheduled, though none will be staged on the day of Mandelas funeral on Dec. 15. l
218 80 15 3 0 18 507
Bowling Southee 29.1 4 101 2, Boult 35 1181 2 (1w), Wagner 30 3 112 3 (2nb), Anderson 14 2 29 1, Sodhi 49 7 155 2, Redmond 5 1 18 0
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P. Fulton c Ramdin b Shillingford 3 H. Rutherford c Gabriel b Shillingford 20 Redmond c Deonarine b Shillingford 6 R. Taylor not out 16 B. McCullum c Ramdin b Shillingford 9 C. Anderson not out 20 Extras (b1, lb3, w1) 5 Total (4 wickets; 30 overs) 79 Bowling Best 8 1 26 0, Shillingford 15 5 26 4, Gabriel 5 1 16 0, Deonarine 2 0 7 0 Match drawn
West Indies skipper Darren Sammy and New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum shake hands after their match was called off as draw because of rain on the fifth day of their 1st Test at University Oval in Dunedin yesterday AP
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Fulhams bid to avoid relegation from the Premier League suffered a major blow on Friday when Brede Hangeland was ruled out for another six weeks. Hangeland had already been sidelined for a month with sciatic nerve damage in his right leg, but the Norway defender has now been told he needs surgery to cure the problem. Fulham had hoped to bring the 32-year-old back to full fitness without an operation. But Cottagers manager Rene Meulensteen revealed on Friday that Hangeland has decided to have the surgery and will need six more weeks to recover. Meulensteen, whose team are third bottom of the table and three points from safety. l
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sions, Everton have lost just once, at City on October 5. Wednesdays 1-0 win at Old Trafford was Evertons first league success at United since August 1992 and will give them the belief that they can end a similar run of 17 games without victory
at Arsenal that stretches back to January 1996. Bryan Oviedo was Evertons matchwinner at United, netting in the 86th minute to claim his second goal since coming into the team at left-back in place of injured England international Leighton Baines. Baines has been linked with a move to United but manager Martinez rejected suggestions that the Costa Rica international was being groomed as his successor. Wenger, meanwhile, is likely to restore Mikel Arteta, Jack Wilshere and Olivier Giroud to his starting XI, having made five changes for the victory over Hull. However, right-back Bacary Sagna and forward Lukas Podolski are not yet ready to return from their respective hamstring injuries. l
GROUP B
VICENTE DEL BOSQUE
(Spain coach)
MIGUEL HERRERA
(Mexico coach)
VOLKER FINKE
(Cameroon coach)
ANGE POSTECOGLOU
(Australia coach)
I am satisfied with the draw. But we shall be paying close attention to the opening phase. That should give us an incentive. I am not concerned with the second phase. Mexico is a classic going way back, I am happy with the match sequence.
Brazil in the first game with the whole world watching, it will be something. We will try to make it difficult for them. Look at 2006, we gave them a very difficult game. I think Brazil is the obvious favourite but second place is wide open.
This group is hard. The teams are strong and solid, but the style will allow Mexico to play nice football. Mexico always gives Brazil indigestion.
You know when you play a group match against Brazil its more than just a normal game given youre up against the emotion of the whole country.
It is another draw, it is obviously going to be difficult to qualify. I said to people this morning we were going to get Holland and we did, in the first game no less.
Really tough group, so we will try to be competitive enough to qualify. Del Bosque didnt want Chile, but we also didnt want Spain.
Its difficult, Spain want to get to the final as do we. Even if we win the group we may have to play Brazil in the last 16. Chile are also a good side and Australia, well our history against them is very bad. We play Spain first I hope they will not be in their peak form.
This is the World Cup. Its the best football nations on the planet and we will embrace the challenge that lies ahead of us. We wanted to play some big nations. We want to test ourselves against the best nations on the biggest stage
GROUP C
JOSE PEKERMAN
(Colombia coach)
GROUP D
DIEGO LUGANO
(Uruguay captain)
YEO MARTIAL
(Former Ivory Coast coach)
ALBERTO ZACCHERONI
(Japan coach)
ROY HODGSON
(England coach)
CESARE PRANDELLI
(Italy coach)
I think it will be a very even group and attractive thanks to the styles of the teams. We have faith in our own potential, but the people of Colombia must understand that a World Cup is something different.
I am happy with the draw. There were more difficult teams than those that are in our group. Every football school is different and they say we play defensively, but we will see that in practice.
In the last two World Cups, the draw was unkind. We lost to Argentina and the Netherlands in 2006 and Brazil and Portugal in 2010. This time, God has answered our prayers. The draw has given us a good chance.
With due respect to Greece, we are pleased to have avoided a top European team. It is one thing to find the Netherlands or France in your group and completely another to take them on.
I believe this is the most difficult group, it will be the biggest challenge of our careers, of our lives. If we could have chosen, we would not have chosen to have two other former champions in our pool.
I believe in my team because we know how to act against the big teams. The other three are all world champions and we will play them with pleasure.
Its a tough group. In Italy and Uruguay its almost as though we have got two number one seeds in our group. Italy were very unlucky not to be seeded in the first eight. We know how good Italy are because we lost to them in the quarter-finals at the Euros.
Its a difficult group. It will be tough, but well be going there well prepared and determined to do well. You never win matches on paper, its 11 against 11 and if we prepare well we can win all three of our matches.
GROUP E
OTTMAR HITZFELD
(Switzerland coach)
GROUP F
ALEJANDRO SABELLA
(Argentina coach)
DIDIER DESCHAMPS
(France coach)
DANIEL AMOKACHI
(Nigeria ass. coach)
CARLOS QUEIROZ
(Iran coach)
This group will not be a stroll. Ecuador and Honduras are technically and tactically strong. France are the favourites. We hope to make the last 16 with them.
I was the coach of Honduras in 2010 and now destiny makes me face them with Ecuador. Thats football, and thats life. They will be difficult opponents. Switzerland and France? Both of them have different styles.
Its always difficult to talk about a draw but its true, I wont hide it from you (my happiness), it could have been tougher.
I leave with a good taste in my mouth, with one exception: I didnt want to face Ecuador. Not only for them, but also for the country. Ecuador helped me to develop my career, I owe them many things.
We did not go into a group of death, there are other groups which are more complicated, more difficult. Geographically, the draw was also positive.
We cant be unhappy despite the fact we are in a group with Argentina who are one of the favourites for the title. Of the other teams, one is weaker than us Iran
Its a good group for us. Argentina are the world powers, but you cannot afford to under-rate Iran or Bosnia. We will respect all the teams and take it game after game. Overall, its a good draw.
It is an honour, its just for us to enjoy now. We will play against the best teams in the world and its a great opportunity for us to progress and be a better team.
GROUP G
JOACHIM LOEW
(Germany coach)
GROUP H
MARC WILMOTS
(Belgium coach)
KWESI APPIAH
( Ghana coach)
JURGEN KLINSMANN
(USA coach)
FABIO CAPELLO
(Russia coach)
HONG MYUNG BO
(South Korea coach)
So, we will be meeting old friends. Its already something special to have the USA in our group. Klinsmann and I have had a very good and close relationship for a long time. We have always exchanged ideas on a regular basis, but that will certainly change before the World Cup match.
I consider Germany as favourites because of their potential and history. The USA and Ghana are well-organised sides who have players with lots of experience in the European leagues. We lost 1 0 to Germany in the first match of Euro 2012, but we played a good game.
All the teams in our group are good. Our opening game is against the United States, who have improved greatly, but I have total confidence in my team. I believe we will prepare very well and go past the group phase.
Thats one of those crazy stories football writes. It is a tough group, which couldnt have been harder. But we have built up our self-confidence over the last two and a half years and we have the most successful year in the 100 years of US football behind us.
It could have been worse. There are three finals to play. Belgium and Russia are perhaps the favourites. The aim is to get out of the first round. I am satisfied as all the matches are close to our base.
We could have had a much more difficult group but theres no easy group. Belgium have a lot of quality. In my opinion, they could well be one of the surprises. I also know Russia well, they have a great coach. South Korea are also very skilful, lots of passing, movement.
Im pleased with the draw. Some of the other groups consist of much stronger teams. Belgium is currently one of the strongest European teams. We have met South Korea recently in a friendly in Dubai and they also look serious and competitive.
We played a friendly against Russia in November but we will have to study them again, things changed. People may think its an easy group, but its not true.
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Arturo Vidal and Giorgio Chiellini struck in either half to hand Juventus a 2-0 away win at Bologna on Friday which gave the Serie A leaders a sixpoint lead over second-placed Roma. Four days ahead of a crucial trip to Istanbul, where Juve need a point against Galatasaray to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League, coach Antonio Conte left a host of regulars on the bench. However their absences did not hinder the champions, who opened the scoring through Vidal on 12 minutes before Chiellini headed home at the death. Fabio Quagliarella and Mirko Vucinic led Juves attack, leaving Carlos Tevez and Fernando Llorente to make later appearances from the bench, while Angelo Ogbonna replaced centre-back Leonardo Bonucci. Mauricio Isla and Federico Peluso were also deployed as wing-backs in place of Stephan Lichsteiner and Kwadwo Asamoah, while Paul Pogba took the injured Andrea Pirlos role in the centre of midfield. Despite the reshuffling, Juve had no trouble dictating play against a side that has only one home win so far this season and were sent crashing out of the Italian Cup at home by Serie B side Siena on Tuesday. Juve should have had several goals by the interval but Quagliarella and Claudio Marchisio spurned early chances against impressive home keeper Gianluca Curci. l
QUICK BYTES Woods ties course record 62 for World Challenge lead
Tiger Woods matched his own Sherwood Country Club course record on Friday with a 10-under 62 to take the lead in his World Challenge. The world number one, who started the day four shots off the lead, had 10 birdies and no bogeys for an 11-under total of 133. That gave him a two-shot lead over firstround leader Zach Johnson, who had four birdies in a four-under 68 for 135. It was good today, said Woods, who has won this 18-man tournament he hosts for the benefit of his charitable foundation five times. He set the course record of 62 in the second round in 2007, en route to one of those triumphs. I only made probably two putts that were downhill. I hit a lot of good shots, leaving myself in these spots so my putts werent really that difficult to make. Woods saw a long putt at the seventh curl around the hole and drop in the back for birdie. He kept his momentum with a key two-putt par at the par-three 12th and birdied 13 despite a tough lie in a bunker with an acorn behind his ball. AFP
Indian cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar on Friday remembered South Africas anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela as a truly inspirational human being who would live in his heart forever. Tendulkar was part of the Indian team that toured South Africa in 1992 93, the first side to play a Test series after it was brought back into the sporting mainstream following an apartheid-induced ban. The touring squad met Mandela, who was then yet to become president, at the African National Congress headquarters in Johannesburg and presented him with a bat signed by all the team members. The players got another opportunity to meet Mandela when he came to the Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg to watch a match. When I met Mr Mandela it was one of the most memorable days of my life, Tendulkar, who retired last month as the worlds leading Test and one-day batsman, tweeted on Friday. AFP
Southampton's Dani Osvaldo (L) shoots to score a goal during their English Premier League match against Manchester City at St Mary's stadium in Southampton yesterday
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Mgladbach 21 Schalke 04 Raffael 25, Farfan 17-p Kruse 45+1-p VfB Stuttgart 42 Hanover Harnik 13, Sobiech 28, Ibisevic 33, Sane 31 Traore 51, Rausch 83 Werder Bremen 0 7 Bayern Munich Lukimya 21, Buyten 27, Ribery 38, 82, Mandzukic 60, Mueller 68, Goetze 90 Hamburg 01 Augsburg Bobadilla 18 Frankfurt 12 Hoffenheim Joselu 48 Schipplock 46, Roberto Firmino 51
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Australia 1st innings 570 for 9 declared (M. Clarke 148, B. Haddin 118; S. Broad 3 98) England 1st innings (overnight 35 for 1) Alastair Cook b Johnson 3 Michael Carberry c Warner b Watson 60 Joe Root c Rogers b Lyon 15 Kevin Pietersen c Bailey b Siddle 4 Ian Bell not out 72 Ben Stokes lbw b Johnson 1 Matt Prior c Haddin b Johnson 0 Stuart Broad b Johnson 0 Graeme Swann c Clarke b Johnson 7 James Anderson b Johnson 0 Monty Panesar b Johnson 2 Extras (lb3, w2, nb3) 8 Total (all out; 68.2 overs) 172 Bowling Johnson 17.2 8 40 7 (2nb, 1w), Harris 14 8 31 0, Lyon 20 5 64 1, Siddle 14 434 1 (1nb, 1w), Watson 3 3 0 1 Australia 2nd innings Chris Rogers c Haddin b Anderson 2 David Warner not out 83 Shane Watson c Carberry b Anderson 0 Michael Clarke b Panesar 22 Steve Smith not out 23 Extras (b1, lb1) 2 Total (3 wkts; 39 overs) 132 Bowling Anderson 7 1 19 2, Broad 6 0 19 0, Swann 9 3 31 0, Stokes 7 3 20 0, Panesar 10 0 41 1
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Director-General Roberto Azevedo gestures as he is congratulated by delegates after the closing ceremony of the ninth World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali REUTERS greater market access to the developed and developing countries as the members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) closed the deal. Bangladesh, being a member of the LDCs, will also be benefited from the Bali deal, as all products from all LDCs will enjoy zero-duty under the agreement, WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo said on the sidelines of the press conference. Bali package is a strong commitment by the WTO member countries. Bangladesh will also enjoy greater market access to the developed countries under the package. According to the deal, the developed and developing countries that do not yet provide duty-free and quota-free market access for at least 97% of products originating from LDCs shall seek to improve their existing DFQF coverage to provide increasingly greater market access to LDCs prior to the next ministerial conference. The members shall notify DFQF schemes and any other relevant changes pursuant to the transparency mechanism for Preferential Trade Arrangements. Countries like Bangladesh will get the enhanced trade facilities through negotiation, said an official. He said Ticfa would provide a platform to facilitate the negotiation with USA a market Bangladesh is eagerly waiting for duty-free market access. Were satisfied... what we had proposed was accommodated, said Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed, who led the Bangladesh delegation to the ministerial meeting. Another official said it was good to see that a roadmap for Doha Development Agenda should be fixed within 12 months from the declaration. All the developing countries, including LDCs, would also enjoy the advantage until a decision is taken in this regard, he added. The other issues having interest of Bangladesh and other LDCs, were simplified preferential rules of origin for LDCs, making it easier to identify products as their own products, and qualify for preferential treatment in importing countries. In the final negotiation held Friday night, firstly, Cuba opposed the trade facilitation issue as US has some embargoes in trade with Cuba. Later, three other Nicaragua, Bolivia and Venezuela also joined in the league of Cuba and started opposing the trade facilitation issue. The deal will benefit to all of the WTO members, Azevedo told the press conference after striking the deal. According to an estimate, at least 10% to 15% cost of doing business which is nearly equivalent to $1trn of the annual global trade, is possible to save through implementation of trade facilitation agreement. In the agreement, I will focus on development issues. We have 12 months in our hands to prepare a roadmap for Bali package, he said. l
Over-disbursements mark first half of fiscal; IMF mission due this month for ECF review budget discipline could be further compromised government has to halt fund release at the end considerations were allegedly there in the fund n Asif Showkat Kallol in the coming months. of its tenure to remain in conformity with IMF releases, leading to over disbursement.
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It has also temporarily stopped disbursement of equity and entrepreneurship fund and giving money to overcome of capital shortage of four state-owned commercial banks. Foreign tours of high government officials have been halted for the time being. Former adviser to a caretaker government Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam blamed the finance division for the situation. It (finance division) has not performed its duties properly. As a result, the Such indiscipline in financial management is not new during the tenure of the present government. It also happened before this time, said Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam. In 2011 12, the national budget came under severe pressures due to heavy bank borrowings to pay subsidies on fuel oil, fertilisers and food. In the same year, the government borrowed in less than eight months Tk18,957 crore, the target set for the fiscal, to meet deficits, pushing the first quarters inflation to 11.41%. The governments budget management is now heading towards same direction of two years ago as it has already borrowed Tk9,634.11 crore from commercial banks in first three months of the current fiscal, officials fear. l
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ICCB President: Over cautious steps hamper credit flow to private sector
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Over cautious steps by the commercial banks are hampering the credit flow to the private sector of the country, said Mahbubur Rahman, president of International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB). He said so while attending an ICC workshop on credit risk management, organised by ICCB in Dhaka yesterday, according to a press release. The much needed credit flow for the private sector is very low and depressing due to over cautious steps by the commercial banks, said the ICCB President. He suggested that the commercial banks and financial institutions must develop a sound and accountable credit management system for avoiding such risks, said the press release. To avail of trade facilitation opportunities and also to become a middle-income country within the next few years, Bangladesh must create a congenial environment for development of a sustainable private sector, he added. For this, credit to the private sector as well as investment to the infrastructure is of utmost importance, he said. More than Tk4,000 crore have been siphoned out from two state-owned banks alone, he mentioned, adding such incidents have raised serious question as to the efficiency of the bank managements, including the board as well as the central banks failure to take drastic and timely action to stop such practices. Mamun Rashid, chairman of ICCB Standing Committee on Banking, Technique and Practices along with Mohammed Hossain, former National Fraud Risk Detection and Mitigation Adviser of Bangladesh Bank, among others, spoke at the workshop. A total of 88 senior and mid-level executives from banks and financial institutions participated in the workshop. l
Mercantile Bank Limited (MBL) Chairman M Amanullah inaugurated 88th branch Nawabpur Road Branch as chief guest of the opening ceremony at N B C Tower, Nawabpur Road in Dhaka
The sixth branch of NRBCB was inaugurated at Chinishpur, Narsingdi. NRBCB Sponsor Rafiqul Islam Khan inaugurated the branch on Saturday
The 300th Meeting of the Board of Directors of Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) was held at the Corporate Office of the bank on Friday. SIBL Board of Directors Chairman Major (Retd) Dr Md Rezaul Haque presided over the meeting. Managing Director Md Shafiqur Rahman, Directors, and senior executives of the bank were present in the meeting
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Uttara appealed to then regulator to take necessary steps to get their money as per the survey report. The regulator sat with the officials of Purabi Insurance and its client Uttara Cold Storage in December in the year. After reviewing all documents, the regulator directed the company to meet the claim within 30 days. There are allegations from different firms that Purabi Insurance adamantly deny to meet claims of its clients. When contacted MD of Purabi Insurance
GP brings 3G to Khulna
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Mobile phone operator Grameenphone has launched third generation (3G) mobile broadband service in Khulna. Ferdousi Ali, a social worker, inaugurated the service yesterday at a colourful function at the Grameenphones regional office. Khulna city mayor Moniruzzaman Moni, president of Khulna Chamber Of Commerce and Industry Kazi Aminul Haque, CEO of Khulna City Corporation Shapon Kumar Ghosh, commanding officer of RAB-6 Lt Col Enamul Ali and Khulna Club president Kazi Monirul Haque were present in the evening session. The areas of Khulna City and its outskirts brought under Grameenphones 3G coverage include Chanmari, Rupshaghat, Tootpara, Launchghat, Khan Jahan Ali, Sondanga, University, Kotwali, KUET, Faragi Para, New Market, Shib Bari, Moyla Pota, Boyra, Gollamari, Boikali, Kahlishpur, Notun Rastha, Fulbarigate, Shiromoni and Chalna Ferry Ghat. l
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Market recovered from previous weeks shock but investors are still fragile about future direction, said Lanka Bangla Securities, in its weekly market analysis. The week started with a huge red day in continuation of last week. Following two days were under the control of buyers. Again last two trading days were mild reds. The leading brokerage firm Lanka Bangla said investors are skeptical about the domestic business climate. If this sort of political deadlock prolongs, corporate profitability will be seriously hampered. It said RMG export is being seriously ham-
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Are you filling out your entire day with easy, low-priority tasks from your list of things to do? Do you have to read an email several times before starting work so you can figure out what to do with them? Do you feel the need to get some fresh air, stretch your legs and get a cup of coffee a minute after you sit down with a high priority task?
Are you intentionally avoiding looking at your to-do list even though you know youve left something important undone? Are you getting sucked into unimportant conversations in real life, or online, or saying yes to unimportant tasks to fill your time instead of attending to the important ones already on your list? Are you simply waiting for the mood to strike?
GraphicDesigner: Ive been into art since I was a kid, and Ive since moved to digital media, and while I was in university I worked on a ASK MENTOR number of inter-university newsletters as an illustrator. After university, I started working as a management trainee like almost all of my friends. What I really want to do is graphic designing, but my only experience with it is university newsletters and nothing professional. What are the chances of me finding a decent job as a graphics designer in Dhaka without much of a portfolio or job experience? Im very good at what I do; I just dont have any experience to prove it right off the bat. Mentor: Well, the world of such creatives in Bangladesh is divided into two, the semi skilled operators (with not much creative skill) and the creative graphic designers. The latter is as low in numbers as the number of jobs available. However, things are now gradually becoming better and you have animation companies such as Toon Bangla, and a number of firms which take outsourced work. Ideally, people think of advertising as the place to be. I feel for someone who is creative, it is a place for suffocation.You
should get into a firm, learn the skills and make the connections, and get into freelancing. MastersHopeful: I did my undergrads in the country, and assumed with my grades itd be easy to do my postgraduate work at a dream university in Canada. However, I realise that despite the grades, given my financial situation it is not feasible right away. I have about two years set out to save for my postgrads, but some friends are suggesting if I do a Masters here right now, itll be easier to get into my university of choice in two years. This doesnt sound like the smartest idea, I need to know if there is any truth to this? I love being involved in academic work, and the thought of continuing right away instead of waiting two years is appealing, but I do not want to waste money or time. Mentor: It truly depends in what you plan to major in. Canadian universities have some tricky thing when it comes to masters, usually business grads need work experience in the subject he wants to major in, unlike their counterpart in the US. Work experience always helps when it comes to masters, however if you want to study a subject that requires research (mainly scientific) then going directly for your masters is a good option.
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BANK ABBANK | 2.95 | 32.60 | Vol. 2819065 D: 27.10 1.50% | 27.33 | 29.50 / 23.50 C: 27.40 2.24% | 27.44 | 28.90 / 25.00 CITYBANK | 1.15 | 25.97 | Vol. 2501700 D: 20.60 1.98% | 20.54 | 21.50 / 18.00 C: 20.50 0.99% | 20.48 | 21.30 / 19.00 IFIC | 1.10 | 18.34 | Vol. 6984986 D: 33.20 4.73% | 33.46 | 35.70 / 29.00 C: 33.40 5.36% | 33.45 | 35.50 / 30.90 ISLAMIBANK | 3.78 | 27.16 | Vol. 1465356 D: 35.70 0.56% | 35.65 | 37.00 / 32.00 C: 35.60 0.28% | 35.67 | 36.80 / 35.10 NBL | 1.05 | 15.76 | Vol. 11565711 D: 12.20 1.67% | 12.18 | 13.00 / 11.00 C: 12.20 0.83% | 12.15 | 12.80 / 11.00 PUBALIBANK | 1.92 | 21.18 | Vol. 1944647 D: 32.30 3.86% | 32.32 | 33.10 / 28.00 C: 32.10 2.88% | 32.10 | 33.00 / 30.50 RUPALIBANK | 6.70 | 64.27 | Vol. 198250 D: 65.40 2.67% | 64.84 | 67.00 / 61.00 C: 66.20 1.85% | 66.17 | 67.90 / 63.00 UCBL | 1.90 | 21.72 | Vol. 12911761 D: 24.70 1.23% | 24.65 | 27.00 / 21.20 C: 24.70 1.23% | 24.66 | 25.90 / 23.00 UTTARABANK | 3.42 | 26.97 | Vol. 2055553 D: 31.70 3.26% | 31.81 | 33.10 / 28.00 C: 31.60 2.60% | 31.60 | 32.80 / 29.80 ICBIBANK | -1.60 | -13.03 | Vol. 4835800 D: 6.90 11.29% | 6.91 | 7.40 / 6.00 EBL | 3.91 | 28.22 | Vol. 612013 D: 29.40 4.63% | 29.38 | 30.00 / 25.30 C: 28.70 3.24% | 28.72 | 29.00 / 26.70 ALARABANK | 2.03 | 14.91 | Vol. 11496671 D: 19.60 4.26% | 19.51 | 20.90 / 16.90 C: 19.70 5.91% | 19.95 | 21.10 / 18.20 PRIMEBANK | 2.89 | 22.40 | Vol. 3887259 D: 24.50 6.06% | 24.51 | 25.30 / 21.00 C: 24.50 6.99% | 24.50 | 24.80 / 21.00 SOUTHEASTB | 1.89 | 22.66 | Vol. 4376620 D: 18.50 3.35% | 18.55 | 19.00 / 16.00 C: 18.60 4.49% | 18.47 | 18.80 / 17.10 DHAKABANK | 1.46 | 18.08 | Vol. 835041 D: 19.10 1.60% | 19.03 | 20.00 / 16.80 C: 18.90 0.53% | 18.85 | 19.50 / 17.70 NCCBANK | 1.90 | 15.88 | Vol. 3888955 D: 13.90 0.72% | 13.84 | 15.00 / 11.90 C: 13.90 1.46% | 13.88 | 15.00 / 13.00 SIBL | 2.05 | 14.47 | Vol. 3436498 D: 13.50 1.50% | 13.55 | 15.00 / 11.60 C: 13.60 1.49% | 13.53 | 14.00 / 11.90 DUTCHBANGL | 11.57 | 54.27 | Vol. 128150 D: 98.80 3.24% | 98.76 | 100.9 / 90.00 MTBL | 1.17 | 17.27 | Vol. 202296 D: 15.80 1.28% | 15.85 | 16.60 / 14.50 C: 16.20 3.18% | 16.00 | 16.40 / 14.80 STANDBANKL | 2.33 | 14.41 | Vol. 3017478 D: 15.20 2.70% | 15.13 | 16.00 / 13.20 C: 15.20 4.11% | 15.02 | 15.60 / 14.00 ONEBANKLTD | 2.35 | 15.34 | Vol. 7144752 D: 16.70 3.73% | 16.70 | 18.00 / 14.40 C: 16.70 3.73% | 16.69 | 17.60 / 15.10 BANKASIA | 1.35 | 20.80 | Vol. 1357621 D: 18.70 1.08% | 18.62 | 19.70 / 16.60 C: 18.80 0.53% | 18.80 | 19.20 / 17.80 MERCANBANK | 2.07 | 16.59 | Vol. 11522664 D: 16.40 5.81% | 16.25 | 17.20 / 14.00 C: 16.30 5.16% | 16.15 | 17.40 / 14.90 EXIMBANK | 1.80 | 14.31 | Vol. 4244900 D: 12.70 0.00% | 12.65 | 14.00 / 11.00 C: 12.80 1.59% | 12.73 | 13.50 / 11.00 JAMUNABANK | 2.47 | 18.56 | Vol. 804077 D: 16.40 0.61% | 16.37 | 17.00 / 14.80 C: 16.10 1.90% | 16.10 | 16.60 / 15.00 BRACBANK | 1.51 | 24.87 | Vol. 1308417 D: 31.70 3.26% | 31.64 | 32.40 / 28.00 C: 31.40 3.63% | 31.36 | 32.60 / 27.20 SHAHJABANK | 2.61 | 14.47 | Vol. 2980918 D: 17.40 0.58% | 17.30 | 18.30 / 15.00 C: 17.40 1.75% | 17.11 | 18.50 / 15.80 PREMIERBAN | 1.18 | 13.95 | Vol. 2866261 D: 11.50 0.00% | 11.56 | 12.20 / 10.10 C: 11.60 0.87% | 11.57 | 12.10 / 11.10 TRUSTBANK | 0.50 | 18.00 | Vol. 4949248 D: 20.90 7.73% | 20.91 | 21.80 / 17.40 C: 21.20 9.28% | 21.12 | 21.70 / 18.50
FIRSTSBANK | 1.85 | 13.89 | Vol. 4685005 D: 15.40 1.32% | 15.40 | 17.20 / 13.40 C: 15.40 0.65% | 15.35 | 16.60 / 14.50 NON BANKING F I IDLC | 4.43 | 29.18 | Vol. 504706 D: 59.80 0.33% | 59.97 | 62.90 / 53.00 C: 60.40 0.33% | 60.29 | 62.30 / 56.00 ULC | 1.80 | 14.90 | Vol. 726638 D: 28.90 0.00% | 28.95 | 31.20 / 26.00 UTTARAFIN | 7.16 | 41.54 | Vol. 338506 D: 79.00 0.13% | 79.54 | 82.00 / 71.10 C: 79.90 1.27% | 80.31 | 81.90 / 76.80 MIDASFIN | 0.16 | 10.21 | Vol. 21165 D: 29.30 1.03% | 29.33 | 30.00 / 27.50 C: 27.10 1.45% | 27.05 | 27.20 / 27.00 FLEASEINT | 2.34 | 13.93 | Vol. 3159217 D: 29.30 1.74% | 29.27 | 30.90 / 26.00 C: 29.10 1.04% | 29.20 | 31.10 / 27.00 PLFSL | 1.37 | 17.48 | Vol. 2235212 D: 23.20 0.85% | 23.28 | 25.00 / 21.00 C: 23.30 1.27% | 23.31 | 24.50 / 22.40 PRIMEFIN | 0.87 | 17.88 | Vol. 832039 D: 24.00 1.27% | 24.14 | 25.50 / 22.50 C: 24.00 0.84% | 24.15 | 25.20 / 23.10 PREMIERLEA | 0.10 | 11.37 | Vol. 539218 D: 10.00 0.00% | 10.02 | 10.20 / 9.10 C: 10.10 0.00% | 10.03 | 10.50 / 10.00 ISLAMICFIN | 1.03 | 15.48 | Vol. 1577782 D: 16.30 1.21% | 16.43 | 17.50 / 14.90 C: 16.30 1.21% | 16.47 | 17.40 / 15.90 LANKABAFIN | 1.61 | 31.07 | Vol. 1997750 D: 53.70 1.32% | 53.88 | 57.50 / 47.80 C: 53.60 0.94% | 53.84 | 56.80 / 51.20 BIFC | 0.15 | 18.58 | Vol. 634446 D: 15.90 1.24% | 15.98 | 16.40 / 14.90 C: 15.80 2.47% | 15.93 | 16.70 / 15.00 IPDC | 1.23 | 19.43 | Vol. 225027 D: 18.00 0.00% | 18.15 | 18.60 / 16.00 C: 18.30 0.00% | 18.30 | 18.30 / 17.10 UNIONCAP | 0.54 | 17.85 | Vol. 169705 D: 28.40 0.35% | 28.37 | 29.90 / 26.00 C: 27.50 4.51% | 27.53 | 28.50 / 27.50 BDFINANCE | 0.57 | 14.77 | Vol. 829167 D: 18.50 1.65% | 18.48 | 19.30 / 16.50 C: 18.30 0.55% | 18.31 | 19.00 / 17.00 ILFSL | 0.35 | 12.19 | Vol. 1153826 D: 14.30 0.69% | 14.40 | 15.20 / 12.80 C: 14.50 0.00% | 14.51 | 15.40 / 12.80 PHOENIXFIN | 2.46 | 19.39 | Vol. 1254179 D: 31.90 1.27% | 32.12 | 34.20 / 28.00 C: 32.20 2.55% | 32.18 | 34.00 / 30.00 FASFIN | 0.19 | 13.56 | Vol. 1419691 D: 13.70 0.72% | 13.82 | 14.30 / 12.90 C: 13.80 0.73% | 13.85 | 14.60 / 13.00 DBH | 4.47 | 21.27 | Vol. 183874 D: 54.30 1.50% | 54.35 | 55.00 / 48.00 C: 55.50 2.59% | 55.50 | 56.00 / 54.70 NHFIL | 0.57 | 12.70 | Vol. 941927 D: 30.40 1.67% | 30.57 | 31.00 / 28.00 C: 30.50 1.33% | 30.57 | 31.00 / 29.00 BAYLEASING | 0.72 | 25.55 | Vol. 508053 D: 28.30 0.00% | 28.33 | 30.00 / 25.00 C: 28.40 1.05% | 28.34 | 31.00 / 26.00 ICB | 89.23 | 607.74 | Vol. 14400 D: 1499 1.20% | 1505 | 1529 / 1480 C: 1520 0.61% | 1520 | 1520 / 1500 GSPFINANCE | 1.63 | 22.23 | Vol. 386371 D: 25.10 1.18% | 25.33 | 26.50 / 22.40 C: 25.50 0.39% | 25.43 | 26.10 / 24.20 FAREASTFIN | 0.68 | 13.64 | Vol. 4482500 D: 14.20 2.16% | 14.26 | 14.80 / 13.50 C: 14.20 2.16% | 14.28 | 14.90 / 13.50 INVESTMENT 1STICB | 75.63 | 942.30 | Vol. 450 D: 878.0 0.92% | 878.00 | 878.0 / 878.0 2NDICB | 44.10 | 253.11 | Vol. 1000 D: 272.0 1.38% | 272.00 | 272.0 / 265.0 3RDICB | 26.16 | 235.16 | Vol. 450 D: 190.4 2.46% | 191.11 | 192.0 / 190.0 5THICB | 23.45 | 188.92 | Vol. 2100 D: 150.0 3.29% | 150.00 | 150.1 / 146.5 6THICB | 10.99 | 60.14 | Vol. 46100 D: 53.00 0.38% | 53.00 | 54.00 / 51.50 8THICB | 12.47 | 70.07 | Vol. 29000 D: 53.80 1.51% | 53.78 | 55.00 / 52.50 AIMS1STMF | 3.02 | 15.70 | Vol. 1139000 D: 38.70 0.51% | 38.69 | 39.90 / 37.70 C: 38.20 2.05% | 38.21 | 39.00 / 37.50
ICBISLAMIC | 2.21 | 26.81 | Vol. 147000 D: 18.00 0.56% | 18.00 | 18.50 / 17.40 GRAMEEN1 | 6.26 | 33.23 | Vol. 562500 D: 43.10 0.00% | 43.27 | 44.80 / 42.00 C: 43.10 0.23% | 43.13 | 44.80 / 42.10 ICB1STNRB | 4.06 | 35.31 | Vol. 21000 D: 25.30 2.69% | 25.30 | 26.00 / 25.20 ICB2NDNRB | 2.49 | 16.24 | Vol. 576500 D: 9.80 1.01% | 9.84 | 10.10 / 9.70 C: 9.90 0.00% | 9.86 | 9.90 / 9.50 GRAMEENS2 | 2.17 | 16.41 | Vol. 2034350 D: 16.00 1.23% | 16.14 | 16.70 / 14.50 C: 16.20 0.00% | 16.19 | 16.60 / 15.80 1STPRIMFMF | 0.64 | 11.63 | Vol. 2838000 D: 21.90 3.79% | 22.01 | 22.90 / 20.50 C: 22.00 3.77% | 22.30 | 23.00 / 19.10 EBL1STMF | 0.55 | 12.62 | Vol. 1637284 D: 7.10 1.43% | 7.17 | 7.40 / 6.40 C: 7.10 1.43% | 7.10 | 7.30 / 6.80 ICBAMCL2ND | 0.60 | 12.12 | Vol. 416500 D: 5.90 0.00% | 5.93 | 6.10 / 5.80 C: 5.90 0.00% | 5.90 | 6.00 / 5.90 ICBEPMF1S1 | 0.52 | 11.32 | Vol. 333000 D: 5.90 1.67% | 5.98 | 6.10 / 5.90 C: 5.90 3.28% | 5.90 | 6.10 / 5.90 TRUSTB1MF | 0.75 | 11.65 | Vol. 1902837 D: 7.30 0.00% | 7.40 | 7.80 / 6.70 C: 7.50 1.35% | 7.48 | 7.70 / 7.00 PRIME1ICBA | 0.42 | 11.18 | Vol. 1001000 D: 5.60 3.70% | 5.63 | 6.00 / 5.20 C: 5.50 0.00% | 5.52 | 5.90 / 5.40 DBH1STMF | -1.12 | 10.15 | Vol. 846500 D: 5.60 0.00% | 5.65 | 5.80 / 5.60 C: 5.60 0.00% | 5.57 | 5.80 / 5.50 IFIC1STMF | 0.83 | 11.88 | Vol. 1215113 D: 6.70 3.08% | 6.74 | 6.90 / 6.00 C: 6.60 0.00% | 6.61 | 6.80 / 6.20 PF1STMF | 0.51 | 11.11 | Vol. 696000 D: 5.50 1.79% | 5.57 | 5.80 / 5.50 C: 5.60 0.00% | 5.59 | 5.80 / 5.40 ICB3RDNRB | 0.00 | 10.60 | Vol. 1007000 D: 5.30 0.00% | 5.33 | 5.40 / 5.10 C: 5.30 0.00% | 5.30 | 5.40 / 5.20 1JANATAMF | 0.78 | 10.68 | Vol. 589500 D: 6.00 0.00% | 6.00 | 6.10 / 5.90 C: 6.10 0.00% | 6.22 | 6.30 / 5.90 GREENDELMF | -0.82 | 9.72 | Vol. 704000 D: 5.40 1.89% | 5.40 | 5.60 / 5.30 C: 5.50 1.85% | 5.45 | 5.50 / 5.30 POPULAR1MF | 0.77 | 11.38 | Vol. 2274276 D: 6.10 0.00% | 6.11 | 6.60 / 5.50 C: 6.10 3.17% | 6.14 | 6.50 / 5.90 IFILISLMF1 | 0.00 | 10.45 | Vol. 2287500 D: 5.70 1.72% | 5.78 | 6.10 / 5.60 C: 5.80 0.00% | 5.80 | 6.10 / 5.70 PHPMF1 | 0.63 | 10.92 | Vol. 2362500 D: 5.60 0.00% | 5.67 | 5.80 / 5.50 C: 5.60 0.00% | 5.58 | 5.80 / 5.50 AIBL1STIMF | -0.07 | 9.25 | Vol. 102500 D: 7.00 0.00% | 7.08 | 7.40 / 6.90 C: 6.90 0.00% | 6.81 | 6.90 / 6.50 MBL1STMF | -0.16 | 9.08 | Vol. 355000 D: 6.20 0.00% | 6.27 | 6.30 / 6.00 C: 6.40 0.00% | 6.40 | 6.40 / 6.10 SEBL1STMF | 0.94 | 11.85 | Vol. 1724200 D: 8.00 1.27% | 8.03 | 8.30 / 7.20 C: 8.10 0.00% | 8.08 | 8.20 / 7.90 EBLNRBMF | 1.07 | 10.88 | Vol. 215000 D: 7.50 1.35% | 7.55 | 7.80 / 7.40 RELIANCE1 | 0.95 | 10.33 | Vol. 1281700 D: 8.50 1.16% | 8.55 | 9.00 / 7.70 C: 8.50 3.41% | 8.52 | 8.80 / 8.40 LRGLOBMF1 | 0.45 | 10.78 | Vol. 319500 D: 6.70 1.47% | 6.70 | 6.90 / 6.60 C: 6.70 0.00% | 6.70 | 6.70 / 6.70 ABB1STMF | 0.92 | 10.63 | Vol. 1115728 D: 7.20 2.70% | 7.21 | 7.50 / 7.00 C: 7.40 1.37% | 7.40 | 7.80 / 7.40 NLI1STMF | 1.17 | 12.22 | Vol. 3317750 D: 9.10 1.11% | 9.18 | 9.70 / 8.30 C: 9.10 1.11% | 9.10 | 9.40 / 8.90 FBFIF | 1.30 | 10.27 | Vol. 22000 D: 8.90 1.14% | 8.91 | 9.20 / 8.40 NCCBLMF1 | 1.16 | 10.48 | Vol. 71000 D: 8.20 0.00% | 8.25 | 8.60 / 8.10 ICBSONALI1 | 0.00 | 10.39 | Vol. 1401500 D: 7.90 1.25% | 7.96 | 8.40 / 7.70 C: 8.00 1.23% | 7.98 | 8.30 / 7.70
EXIM1STMF | 0.00 | 10.91 | Vol. 52500 D: 7.80 1.30% | 7.88 | 8.00 / 7.80 ENGINEERING AFTABAUTO | 4.03 | 56.91 | Vol. 2096800 D: 101.7 1.26% | 102.37 | 108.0 / 92.00 C: 101.6 1.17% | 102.39 | 103.9 / 100.0 AZIZPIPES | 0.39 | -42.04 | Vol. 35350 D: 17.40 0.58% | 17.63 | 17.80 / 17.40 C: 17.80 1.66% | 17.80 | 18.30 / 16.90 OLYMPIC | 5.23 | 14.73 | Vol. 959964 D: 152.6 0.78% | 153.00 | 156.3 / 140.0 C: 152.8 0.71% | 152.69 | 156.1 / 146.0 BDLAMPS | -5.31 | 37.07 | Vol. 128198 D: 141.0 10.76% | 140.31 | 144.0 / 120.0 C: 140.2 6.45% | 140.53 | 142.8 / 124.5 ECABLES | 2.04 | 18.87 | Vol. 320200 D: 84.90 6.13% | 84.97 | 87.90 / 80.80 C: 80.10 10.79% | 80.05 | 88.00 / 73.30 MONNOSTAF | 5.31 | 44.78 | Vol. 7300 D: 315.9 2.66% | 316.47 | 329.0 / 296.0 SINGERBD | 9.99 | 45.74 | Vol. 325934 D: 195.9 1.45% | 196.66 | 198.5 / 182.0 C: 193.2 0.10% | 193.90 | 197.6 / 188.0 ATLASBANG | 9.14 | 222.05 | Vol. 85454 D: 163.2 2.39% | 162.63 | 165.0 / 146.0 BDAUTOCA | -0.43 | 5.68 | Vol. 500550 D: 35.80 23.45% | 35.48 | 36.00 / 28.70 QSMDRYCELL | 1.06 | 52.31 | Vol. 1007201 D: 35.50 1.14% | 35.54 | 37.00 / 32.00 C: 35.40 0.00% | 35.45 | 38.40 / 33.00 RENWICKJA | 5.77 | -31.13 | Vol. 65700 D: 149.3 6.64% | 152.71 | 159.0 / 138.0 NTLTUBES | 0.67 | 311.00 | Vol. 318864 D: 76.30 6.42% | 76.33 | 77.90 / 68.00 BDTHAI | 0.43 | 39.35 | Vol. 1662892 D: 28.30 5.60% | 28.41 | 29.00 / 24.00 C: 28.40 5.19% | 28.44 | 29.10 / 25.70 ANWARGALV | 0.52 | 8.10 | Vol. 1966000 D: 29.30 20.08% | 29.50 | 30.20 / 24.30 C: 30.10 22.86% | 29.65 | 30.60 / 24.30 KAY&QUE | -3.89 | 6.03 | Vol. 46500 D: 15.60 1.30% | 15.60 | 16.00 / 14.60 C: 15.90 7.43% | 15.90 | 15.90 / 15.00 RANFOUNDRY | 2.84 | 18.62 | Vol. 706000 D: 99.20 20.39% | 100.97 | 104.9 / 82.00 C: 98.50 28.42% | 101.65 | 110.0 / 83.50 SALAMCRST | 3.31 | 20.00 | Vol. 1379160 D: 42.70 2.95% | 42.79 | 44.00 / 38.00 C: 42.80 2.51% | 42.94 | 45.40 / 37.90 GOLDENSON | 3.70 | 28.70 | Vol. 2744714 D: 49.00 2.78% | 49.14 | 51.00 / 44.00 C: 49.00 2.97% | 49.09 | 52.00 / 47.00 BSRMSTEEL | 3.06 | 19.53 | Vol. 1019394 D: 71.40 0.83% | 72.01 | 76.00 / 65.00 C: 71.30 0.28% | 71.39 | 76.00 / 68.00 NAVANACNG | 4.09 | 27.04 | Vol. 474591 D: 65.90 2.51% | 66.60 | 69.50 / 60.00 C: 66.00 0.75% | 66.28 | 67.50 / 62.00 DESHBANDHU | 0.26 | 10.67 | Vol. 2799750 D: 19.10 4.95% | 19.12 | 19.50 / 16.30 C: 19.10 3.80% | 19.08 | 19.40 / 17.50 GPHISPAT | 2.11 | 15.27 | Vol. 2942690 D: 56.00 7.44% | 56.61 | 62.00 / 51.00 C: 56.20 6.80% | 56.66 | 61.00 / 53.90 BENGALWTL | 3.85 | 24.30 | Vol. 9159400 D: 61.90 3.00% | 62.54 | 67.00 / 58.20 C: 62.00 3.33% | 62.55 | 66.80 / 58.40 BDBUILDING | 1.33 | 12.70 | Vol. 8489000 D: 71.60 8.32% | 71.18 | 76.60 / 63.50 C: 71.70 8.14% | 71.31 | 76.50 / 63.60 NPOLYMAR | 2.38 | 32.89 | Vol. 1818889 D: 61.80 11.96% | 63.25 | 64.50 / 54.00 C: 62.00 13.76% | 63.90 | 65.60 / 54.90 FOOD & ALLIED APEXFOODS | 2.54 | 90.81 | Vol. 273950 D: 95.00 8.70% | 96.10 | 97.80 / 85.70 C: 95.90 10.10% | 96.27 | 98.00 / 86.00 BANGAS | 7.20 | 50.27 | Vol. 426357 D: 497.5 12.33% | 501.77 | 511.9 / 415.0 C: 496.0 12.55% | 500.33 | 510.0 / 441.1 BATBC | 65.69 | 117.22 | Vol. 97150 D: 1702 2.46% | 1753 | 1757 / 1635 GEMINISEA | -15.39 | -5.70 | Vol. 5100 D: 164.0 2.56% | 164.21 | 174.5 / 152.0 NTC | 29.88 | 110.05 | Vol. 3000 D: 815.4 0.77% | 815.24 | 820.0 / 800.0 C: 815.0 0.83% | 815.00 | 815.0 / 815.0
ZEALBANGLA | -28.94 | -221.34 | Vol. 2100 D: 7.50 0.00% | 7.50 | 7.70 / 7.50 AMCL(PRAN) | 6.85 | 57.14 | Vol. 414980 D: 198.8 9.35% | 202.86 | 207.8 / 179.3 C: 196.6 8.98% | 202.20 | 209.9 / 175.1 SHYAMPSUG | -45.77 | -396.49 | Vol. 10900 D: 7.00 4.48% | 7.00 | 7.30 / 7.00 RAHIMAFOOD | 0.52 | 4.45 | Vol. 4620650 D: 64.30 39.18% | 64.41 | 65.90 / 48.30 C: 64.60 38.92% | 64.39 | 66.00 / 49.00 FUWANGFOOD | 0.94 | 12.28 | Vol. 2358635 D: 23.50 0.00% | 23.71 | 24.00 / 21.00 C: 23.50 0.00% | 23.66 | 24.00 / 22.50 MEGHNAPET | -0.50 | -1.52 | Vol. 125000 D: 6.50 1.52% | 6.58 | 6.70 / 6.40 MEGCONMILK | -7.48 | -23.70 | Vol. 123000 D: 7.20 1.41% | 7.18 | 7.40 / 7.10 BEACHHATCH | 1.01 | 12.48 | Vol. 2296877 D: 21.50 1.90% | 21.57 | 23.00 / 19.00 C: 21.50 1.42% | 21.65 | 22.00 / 19.70 FINEFOODS | 0.05 | 10.63 | Vol. 4512801 D: 21.70 16.04% | 22.33 | 23.20 / 18.30 C: 21.90 16.49% | 22.33 | 23.00 / 19.00 RDFOOD | 0.91 | 16.84 | Vol. 3194532 D: 24.30 1.67% | 24.27 | 25.00 / 21.90 C: 24.10 0.84% | 24.23 | 24.70 / 22.80 GHAIL | 2.31 | 24.36 | Vol. 4416450 D: 43.00 1.38% | 43.10 | 45.50 / 38.00 C: 43.10 1.15% | 43.21 | 45.60 / 41.00 FUEL & POWER LINDEBD | 31.71 | 144.00 | Vol. 37286 D: 632.9 1.82% | 632.99 | 635.0 / 600.0 PADMAOIL | 27.62 | 79.74 | Vol. 983399 D: 317.7 1.18% | 320.51 | 330.0 / 298.0 C: 318.7 2.25% | 320.29 | 329.9 / 309.0 EASTRNLUB | 5.33 | 71.01 | Vol. 2100 D: 324.3 4.58% | 323.75 | 338.0 / 308.0 BDWELDING | 0.33 | 16.82 | Vol. 1727080 D: 22.00 0.92% | 22.18 | 23.00 / 19.90 C: 22.10 1.38% | 22.14 | 22.60 / 21.10 SUMITPOWER | 3.17 | 19.26 | Vol. 3620124 D: 38.70 2.03% | 38.84 | 40.60 / 35.00 C: 38.70 1.28% | 38.87 | 40.60 / 37.00 DESCO | 2.34 | 31.27 | Vol. 484469 D: 59.60 0.17% | 59.81 | 60.40 / 55.00 C: 60.30 1.01% | 60.45 | 63.60 / 54.00 POWERGRID | 2.19 | 63.69 | Vol. 508726 D: 54.80 3.18% | 54.96 | 55.80 / 49.00 C: 54.10 4.08% | 54.23 | 57.00 / 52.00 JAMUNAOIL | 19.83 | 57.32 | Vol. 2118871 D: 210.2 13.60% | 210.84 | 242.5 / 200.0 C: 209.1 13.99% | 210.57 | 246.0 / 208.4 MPETROLEUM | 21.34 | 59.26 | Vol. 3983938 D: 225.1 20.26% | 227.12 | 238.5 / 210.0 C: 226.3 19.75% | 227.32 | 232.9 / 220.0 TITASGAS | 9.20 | 46.26 | Vol. 1509478 D: 75.20 0.80% | 75.06 | 75.50 / 66.10 C: 75.20 0.67% | 74.88 | 75.50 / 72.50 KPCL | 4.73 | 15.86 | Vol. 1113807 D: 49.40 1.40% | 49.55 | 51.40 / 44.00 C: 49.10 2.58% | 49.24 | 51.60 / 45.00 BEDL | 1.48 | 19.43 | Vol. 4089940 D: 32.10 2.43% | 32.12 | 34.50 / 28.30 C: 32.20 2.13% | 32.18 | 34.00 / 29.50 MJLBD | 2.73 | 30.24 | Vol. 534333 D: 75.60 3.56% | 75.13 | 77.00 / 66.00 C: 75.40 4.29% | 74.81 | 75.80 / 68.20 GBBPOWER | 1.86 | 22.63 | Vol. 3498354 D: 29.00 1.69% | 29.20 | 30.50 / 26.00 C: 29.10 1.36% | 29.34 | 30.50 / 27.00 SPPCL | 3.81 | 23.34 | Vol. 4358890 D: 61.20 2.86% | 61.36 | 64.30 / 55.00 C: 61.00 3.63% | 61.18 | 64.20 / 58.00 JUTE JUTESPINN | -48.14 | -39.89 | Vol. 45500 D: 85.70 7.39% | 85.21 | 86.00 / 77.10 NORTHERN | -9.98 | -18.22 | Vol. 7000 D: 32.00 0.31% | 32.00 | 32.80 / 29.30 SONALIANSH | 2.65 | 226.00 | Vol. 133680 D: 149.7 11.80% | 147.38 | 150.0 / 130.0 TEXTILE AL-HAJTEX | 2.22 | 16.53 | Vol. 574233 D: 79.70 9.48% | 79.17 | 80.60 / 65.00 STYLECRAFT | 20.00 | 287.30 | Vol. 100 D: 1077 6.25% | 1077 | 1077 / 1077 RAHIMTEXT | 4.65 | 56.68 | Vol. 11350 D: 250.6 13.19% | 246.29 | 251.5 / 224.0
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DHAKAINS | 2.84 | 18.02 | Vol. 351350 D: 40.80 0.97% | 40.73 | 42.70 / 37.00 C: 40.80 0.73% | 40.80 | 43.30 / 39.90 LIFE INSURANCE NATLIFEINS | 12.34 | 80.99 | Vol. 57824 D: 264.5 6.83% | 263.66 | 269.0 / 245.0 C: 260.0 4.00% | 260.00 | 265.0 / 248.0 DELTALIFE | 38.53 | 189.40 | Vol. 7562540 D: 289.4 9.83% | 292.83 | 313.0 / 259.8 C: 290.1 8.77% | 292.65 | 313.4 / 260.0 SANDHANINS | 2.39 | 28.22 | Vol. 279990 D: 72.60 2.98% | 73.16 | 75.90 / 65.00 C: 72.60 1.26% | 72.60 | 75.60 / 68.00 POPULARLIF | 3.70 | 715.41 | Vol. 90736 D: 230.9 0.35% | 230.54 | 248.0 / 217.0 C: 225.0 9.27% | 225.00 | 246.1 / 225.0 FAREASTLIF | 9.21 | 60.79 | Vol. 306473 D: 100.2 1.73% | 101.43 | 105.9 / 88.00 C: 98.10 0.10% | 98.11 | 108.1 / 95.00 MEGHNALIFE | 10.82 | 48.87 | Vol. 327640 D: 111.2 3.83% | 112.04 | 114.8 / 100.0 C: 109.0 1.87% | 109.00 | 113.0 / 105.0 PROGRESLIF | 2.30 | 31.45 | Vol. 54023 D: 115.4 3.87% | 115.63 | 128.0 / 105.0 C: 115.6 21.56% | 115.60 | 130.0 / 110.1 PRAGATILIF | 0.60 | 30.15 | Vol. 141379 D: 155.4 3.90% | 155.59 | 176.9 / 145.0 PRIMELIFE | 5.51 | 27.10 | Vol. 98057 D: 100.1 3.84% | 101.10 | 105.0 / 90.00 C: 100.0 3.75% | 100.00 | 100.0 / 94.00 RUPALILIFE | 3.75 | 31.25 | Vol. 653300 D: 113.8 11.02% | 114.62 | 123.0 / 92.50 C: 112.4 7.05% | 112.20 | 122.0 / 101.1 PADMALIFE | 1.63 | 25.76 | Vol. 2168420 D: 65.40 13.94% | 66.64 | 72.80 / 51.90 C: 65.40 13.94% | 66.72 | 69.30 / 57.00 SUNLIFEINS | 0.00 | 0.00 | Vol. 2198600 D: 61.00 9.32% | 61.27 | 64.50 / 50.00 C: 60.60 9.19% | 60.91 | 65.00 / 54.60 TELECOM GP | 12.96 | 26.26 | Vol. 1933000 D: 206.4 1.57% | 205.82 | 208.1 / 199.5 C: 206.3 2.03% | 205.51 | 208.2 / 199.6 BSCCL | 5.82 | 26.38 | Vol. 1300074 D: 173.7 1.64% | 174.67 | 180.1 / 155.0 C: 173.2 2.12% | 175.03 | 184.8 / 155.0 Travel & Leisure UNITEDAIR | 1.10 | 12.87 | Vol. 16724388 D: 16.50 2.37% | 16.61 | 17.30 / 14.80 C: 16.60 1.78% | 16.64 | 17.40 / 15.30 UNIQUEHRL | 4.02 | 86.29 | Vol. 2308868 D: 81.70 2.97% | 82.28 | 84.50 / 74.00 C: 81.80 2.73% | 82.12 | 84.50 / 81.00 MISCELLANEOUS ARAMIT | 16.07 | 99.93 | Vol. 28700 D: 342.8 1.39% | 352.27 | 369.9 / 333.0 C: 327.0 2.19% | 327.00 | 327.0 / 310.0 BSC | 1.77 | 565.82 | Vol. 292480 D: 441.5 2.14% | 444.12 | 450.0 / 426.0 C: 442.3 2.50% | 443.60 | 453.0 / 425.0 GQBALLPEN | 6.55 | 250.45 | Vol. 292570 D: 152.1 7.64% | 149.46 | 152.9 / 132.0 C: 152.5 8.23% | 150.45 | 153.8 / 138.5 USMANIAGL | 3.45 | 27.20 | Vol. 347002 D: 138.5 7.53% | 139.25 | 141.7 / 124.0 C: 138.7 9.90% | 139.33 | 140.9 / 127.0 SAVAREFR | 0.14 | 10.57 | Vol. 3850 D: 60.50 4.49% | 60.00 | 61.90 / 53.20 BEXIMCO | 3.24 | 86.74 | Vol. 7716531 D: 33.40 3.47% | 33.56 | 36.00 / 29.70 C: 33.50 2.33% | 33.60 | 35.50 / 31.00 SINOBANGLA | 1.75 | 21.01 | Vol. 630500 D: 22.40 2.75% | 22.39 | 22.60 / 21.10 C: 22.60 3.67% | 22.55 | 22.80 / 21.20 MIRACLEIND | 0.09 | 14.41 | Vol. 1875657 D: 17.10 11.76% | 17.07 | 17.60 / 15.00 C: 17.30 11.61% | 17.18 | 17.90 / 15.20 BOND IBBLPBOND | 0.00 | 1000.00 | Vol. 985 D: 986.0 0.38% | 985.71 | 990.0 / 970.3 C: 1002 0.20% | 1002 | 1004 / 1000 ACIZCBOND | 0.00 | 1000.00 | Vol. 1104 D: 882.0 0.23% | 888.89 | 890.0 / 880.0 C: 880.0 0.00% | 880.00 | 900.0 / 880.0 BRACSCBOND | 0.00 | 0.00 | Vol. 10 D: 1010 1.00% | 1000 | 1020 / 1000
DEC 01-05, 2013 Sectotal Index: BANK: 37,670.50 5.08% NBFI: 20,108.15 2.66% INVS: 4,796.07 1.01% ENGG: 6,359.78 3.14% FOOD: 10,013.85 3.10% F&P: 10,347.59 1.63% TEXT: 3,549.23 4.58% PHAR: 18,233.82 2.11% PAPR: 1,124.84 7.72% SERV: 3,036.77 2.00% LEAT: 5,332.73 0.42% CERA: 534.23 3.69% CMNT: 4,346.28 3.20% INFO: 7,514.36 2.85% GINS: 9,127.86 0.04% LINS: 122,294.16 2.79% TELC: 1,365.28 3.04% MISC: 6,538.04 1.90% SAIHAMTEX | 2.75 | 29.50 | Vol. 1653900 D: 27.90 4.45% | 28.04 | 28.90 / 27.00 C: 28.00 4.11% | 28.17 | 29.00 / 27.00 MODERNDYE | 0.91 | 10.37 | Vol. 18300 D: 101.1 9.06% | 102.33 | 109.9 / 95.00 DSHGARME | 0.88 | 12.12 | Vol. 382400 D: 73.50 10.53% | 75.60 | 77.90 / 66.40 DULAMIACOT | -1.90 | -29.70 | Vol. 26500 D: 7.80 2.63% | 7.76 | 8.00 / 7.30 TALLUSPIN | 1.75 | 16.17 | Vol. 6999643 D: 38.20 5.52% | 37.85 | 38.70 / 32.50 C: 38.30 5.51% | 37.88 | 38.80 / 34.40 APEXSPINN | 2.01 | 49.32 | Vol. 53000 D: 72.40 6.63% | 72.33 | 73.40 / 66.80 C: 73.00 9.77% | 73.00 | 73.00 / 73.00 MITHUNKNIT | 2.87 | 20.53 | Vol. 885480 D: 83.00 14.96% | 82.80 | 85.00 / 70.50 C: 83.60 16.60% | 84.05 | 86.70 / 69.00 DELTASPINN | 3.06 | 26.84 | Vol. 2055900 D: 30.00 0.67% | 29.85 | 30.70 / 26.50 C: 30.00 0.00% | 29.90 | 31.60 / 27.90 SONARGAON | 0.27 | 34.50 | Vol. 760590 D: 17.90 1.13% | 17.93 | 18.20 / 16.50 C: 17.90 0.00% | 17.94 | 18.50 / 16.50 PRIMETEX | 1.21 | 59.34 | Vol. 668000 D: 25.10 0.40% | 25.06 | 25.70 / 24.20 C: 25.20 0.80% | 25.18 | 25.50 / 24.40 ALLTEX | -1.26 | 8.10 | Vol. 460000 D: 7.20 2.70% | 7.21 | 7.30 / 7.10 C: 7.20 1.37% | 7.23 | 7.50 / 7.10 ANLIMAYARN | 1.36 | 11.99 | Vol. 1247530 D: 28.50 9.20% | 28.42 | 30.10 / 23.50 C: 28.70 10.38% | 28.49 | 29.00 / 25.70 HRTEX | 2.08 | 14.92 | Vol. 1947350 D: 43.10 5.12% | 41.64 | 43.20 / 37.00 C: 43.40 5.85% | 41.75 | 43.50 / 37.20 CMCKAMAL | 1.37 | 19.31 | Vol. 7101714 D: 32.10 4.18% | 32.24 | 35.00 / 29.00 SAFKOSPINN | 0.95 | 21.78 | Vol. 1194078 D: 26.10 1.95% | 26.06 | 27.20 / 22.50 C: 26.20 1.95% | 26.14 | 27.40 / 24.50 SQUARETEXT | 4.32 | 31.82 | Vol. 397532 D: 92.60 0.00% | 92.67 | 94.60 / 89.00 C: 92.40 0.11% | 92.62 | 94.90 / 91.20 METROSPIN | 0.56 | 17.71 | Vol. 4129974 D: 20.90 5.43% | 21.07 | 22.10 / 20.00 C: 21.10 4.95% | 21.14 | 22.70 / 20.40 MAKSONSPIN | 0.16 | 20.55 | Vol. 16699139 D: 19.20 2.13% | 19.11 | 20.00 / 16.40 C: 19.10 1.60% | 19.07 | 19.70 / 17.50 DACCADYE | 0.93 | 25.85 | Vol. 2462258 D: 24.80 12.06% | 24.91 | 26.20 / 23.00 C: 24.80 12.37% | 24.70 | 26.00 / 24.10 RNSPIN | 2.80 | 16.58 | Vol. 21817203 D: 35.90 3.23% | 36.09 | 38.10 / 32.00 C: 36.10 2.43% | 36.22 | 37.90 / 34.80 BXSYNTH | 0.93 | 25.42 | Vol. 2093167 D: 16.50 4.07% | 16.63 | 17.50 / 15.00 C: 16.60 2.92% | 16.73 | 17.40 / 16.40 MALEKSPIN | 2.81 | 43.48 | Vol. 5912750 D: 28.00 3.11% | 28.24 | 29.80 / 25.00 C: 28.20 2.42% | 28.33 | 29.70 / 25.00 ZAHINTEX | 1.20 | 31.07 | Vol. 1009650 D: 26.80 1.47% | 26.82 | 28.70 / 25.00 C: 26.80 1.47% | 26.95 | 27.10 / 26.00 SAIHAMCOT | 1.92 | 23.62 | Vol. 2658750 D: 23.90 5.16% | 24.01 | 25.00 / 23.30 C: 24.00 4.38% | 23.97 | 25.10 / 23.30 GENNEXT | 1.68 | 15.15 | Vol. 24519880 D: 33.40 3.09% | 33.35 | 33.90 / 28.50 C: 33.50 4.04% | 33.39 | 34.10 / 29.70 ENVOYTEX | 3.10 | 37.86 | Vol. 5755670 D: 55.10 10.41% | 54.60 | 59.50 / 48.50 C: 55.30 9.49% | 54.75 | 59.50 / 53.00 ARGONDENIM | 1.89 | 38.86 | Vol. 6550035 D: 80.60 14.33% | 78.75 | 80.90 / 63.00 C: 81.20 14.04% | 78.27 | 81.80 / 67.90 FAMILYTEX | 3.72 | 14.68 | Vol. 3728000 D: 53.00 1.34% | 53.22 | 54.60 / 48.10 C: 52.40 1.16% | 52.35 | 53.90 / 48.00 PTL | 2.12 | 20.06 | Vol. 21224250 D: 63.10 12.48% | 61.13 | 63.20 / 49.80 C: 62.80 11.74% | 60.59 | 62.80 / 49.70 Pharmaceutical & Chemical AMBEEPHA | 3.94 | 26.15 | Vol. 85916 D: 285.7 8.96% | 292.31 | 298.0 / 257.0 C: 284.0 10.94% | 289.00 | 295.0 / 266.0 BXPHARMA | 3.77 | 52.55 | Vol. 1116156 D: 46.40 2.93% | 46.61 | 50.00 / 41.80 C: 46.50 1.90% | 46.51 | 48.70 / 43.00 GREENDELT | 4.05 | 64.44 | Vol. 806758 D: 86.10 1.53% | 85.84 | 96.00 / 78.00 C: 84.50 0.24% | 84.56 | 96.00 / 84.50 UNITEDINS | 2.47 | 21.04 | Vol. 28110 D: 45.50 5.32% | 46.00 | 46.30 / 41.50 PEOPLESINS | 2.05 | 20.72 | Vol. 539114 D: 34.90 0.57% | 35.44 | 37.50 / 31.60 C: 34.90 0.29% | 35.13 | 36.00 / 33.00 EASTERNINS | 2.22 | 35.88 | Vol. 70099 D: 37.90 0.00% | 37.91 | 38.80 / 34.50 C: 37.70 0.79% | 37.72 | 40.00 / 35.30 JANATAINS | 0.78 | 17.07 | Vol. 476800 D: 27.50 1.43% | 27.59 | 28.70 / 25.50 C: 27.50 1.43% | 27.49 | 28.80 / 27.00 PHENIXINS | 2.70 | 20.96 | Vol. 191686 D: 42.30 0.71% | 42.05 | 45.00 / 37.00 C: 42.50 2.75% | 38.44 | 42.50 / 40.40 EASTLAND | 4.06 | 23.29 | Vol. 334182 D: 47.90 0.42% | 48.12 | 51.70 / 43.50 C: 48.10 3.22% | 48.06 | 49.00 / 47.80 CENTRALINS | 1.54 | 19.04 | Vol. 74021 D: 29.20 0.68% | 29.27 | 30.30 / 26.80 C: 29.20 0.69% | 26.30 | 29.20 / 29.10 KARNAPHULI | 1.56 | 19.42 | Vol. 190776 D: 24.10 0.00% | 24.05 | 25.20 / 22.00 RUPALIINS | 2.76 | 23.38 | Vol. 344983 D: 33.30 1.48% | 33.48 | 34.90 / 31.80 C: 34.70 3.27% | 33.39 | 34.70 / 32.50 FEDERALINS | 1.10 | 10.98 | Vol. 634157 D: 24.20 1.63% | 24.30 | 25.90 / 22.00 C: 24.30 0.41% | 24.23 | 25.50 / 23.50 RELIANCINS | 3.93 | 61.52 | Vol. 13357 D: 72.50 3.57% | 69.90 | 73.90 / 69.00 PURABIGEN | 1.05 | 18.71 | Vol. 614516 D: 23.50 0.42% | 23.53 | 24.20 / 22.00 PRAGATIINS | 2.01 | 50.30 | Vol. 32771 D: 57.00 1.21% | 57.13 | 59.50 / 55.00 C: 56.00 8.05% | 56.00 | 56.00 / 56.00 PRIMEINSUR | 2.14 | 14.14 | Vol. 212604 D: 32.00 0.31% | 31.99 | 32.90 / 30.00 C: 31.00 7.74% | 31.00 | 31.00 / 31.00 PIONEERINS | 3.11 | 23.84 | Vol. 328420 D: 67.00 0.30% | 67.17 | 70.80 / 63.00 C: 65.00 7.14% | 65.00 | 65.00 / 65.00 MERCINS | 1.53 | 14.50 | Vol. 300368 D: 26.90 1.47% | 27.08 | 28.60 / 24.50 C: 28.40 1.43% | 28.22 | 28.40 / 25.70 AGRANINS | 1.73 | 14.39 | Vol. 250642 D: 26.90 1.10% | 27.03 | 29.00 / 24.30 GLOBALINS | 1.09 | 11.78 | Vol. 145185 D: 28.20 0.71% | 28.28 | 29.00 / 25.90 NITOLINS | 2.59 | 15.41 | Vol. 66085 D: 34.30 1.18% | 34.37 | 35.00 / 32.50 C: 37.00 5.71% | 37.00 | 37.00 / 35.00 ASIAPACINS | 1.84 | 13.76 | Vol. 202750 D: 29.70 2.62% | 29.84 | 31.10 / 28.00 C: 29.90 4.47% | 29.20 | 29.90 / 28.50 SONARBAINS | 1.68 | 13.38 | Vol. 395881 D: 24.20 1.63% | 24.34 | 26.00 / 22.00 C: 24.40 1.67% | 24.40 | 24.40 / 24.40 PARAMOUNT | 1.26 | 13.19 | Vol. 183579 D: 24.00 2.83% | 24.20 | 25.50 / 22.00 C: 26.70 9.88% | 26.70 | 26.80 / 23.70 CITYGENINS | 1.65 | 14.26 | Vol. 468912 D: 27.30 2.50% | 27.17 | 28.20 / 24.90 C: 27.50 2.48% | 27.15 | 28.90 / 26.80 CONTININS | 1.41 | 15.68 | Vol. 454835 D: 29.40 1.67% | 29.43 | 30.90 / 27.50 C: 29.80 0.67% | 29.76 | 31.00 / 29.00 TAKAFULINS | 2.19 | 15.17 | Vol. 713201 D: 38.30 0.78% | 38.56 | 40.00 / 35.00 C: 38.50 1.28% | 38.45 | 39.90 / 36.00 STANDARINS | 2.58 | 13.99 | Vol. 166668 D: 40.90 0.24% | 39.96 | 42.90 / 37.00 C: 40.00 0.00% | 38.00 | 40.00 / 40.00 NORTHRNINS | 1.77 | 11.15 | Vol. 147175 D: 41.20 1.20% | 41.20 | 45.00 / 37.50 C: 41.50 0.48% | 43.57 | 44.60 / 40.40 REPUBLIC | 2.14 | 12.42 | Vol. 399763 D: 42.10 0.94% | 42.27 | 44.00 / 38.50 C: 42.20 0.71% | 41.84 | 43.00 / 41.00 ASIAINS | 1.56 | 17.34 | Vol. 165685 D: 27.20 0.37% | 27.39 | 28.30 / 24.50 C: 27.20 1.45% | 27.15 | 28.10 / 26.00 ISLAMIINS | 1.29 | 11.96 | Vol. 142725 D: 33.30 0.30% | 33.43 | 36.00 / 30.00 C: 33.00 1.23% | 33.00 | 33.00 / 33.00 PROVATIINS | 1.90 | 14.30 | Vol. 322759 D: 28.20 0.35% | 28.35 | 31.00 / 26.00 C: 28.50 0.71% | 28.50 | 29.50 / 27.30
GLAXOSMITH | 20.25 | 123.32 | Vol. 3000 D: 964.6 1.05% | 965.00 | 970.0 / 921.0 ACI | -5.82 | 126.42 | Vol. 39242 D: 174.1 0.93% | 173.99 | 183.0 / 158.0 C: 171.0 0.58% | 171.00 | 175.0 / 166.2 RENATA | 33.57 | 138.83 | Vol. 46859 D: 738.6 1.03% | 737.70 | 741.0 / 700.0 RECKITTBEN | 27.16 | 78.89 | Vol. 700 D: 890.4 0.04% | 890.00 | 902.0 / 881.0 PHARMAID | 1.39 | 26.19 | Vol. 350250 D: 181.3 13.60% | 177.03 | 181.3 / 156.6 KOHINOOR | 11.46 | 15.99 | Vol. 3130 D: 348.7 1.77% | 348.45 | 350.0 / 340.0 IBNSINA | 3.44 | 34.02 | Vol. 523196 D: 107.7 6.42% | 108.13 | 110.3 / 96.00 C: 107.2 5.51% | 109.73 | 111.1 / 100.4 LIBRAINFU | 4.21 | 1567.59 | Vol. 10000 D: 456.7 17.10% | 456.88 | 470.0 / 410.0 ORIONINFU | 1.27 | 7.00 | Vol. 592600 D: 41.70 0.48% | 41.73 | 43.50 / 38.60 C: 41.50 0.95% | 41.50 | 42.90 / 39.40 SQURPHARMA | 6.93 | 37.18 | Vol. 2199503 D: 194.9 0.83% | 194.56 | 200.1 / 179.0 C: 195.0 1.30% | 194.79 | 196.0 / 188.0 IMAMBUTTON | -1.51 | 4.16 | Vol. 88500 D: 7.20 4.00% | 7.29 | 7.60 / 7.00 C: 7.20 1.37% | 7.20 | 7.50 / 7.20 KEYACOSMET | 1.55 | 21.54 | Vol. 5730116 D: 27.00 0.74% | 27.13 | 29.00 / 23.90 C: 27.00 1.46% | 27.01 | 28.10 / 24.00 BERGERPBL | 32.46 | 100.20 | Vol. 5900 D: 835.0 1.42% | 835.00 | 859.0 / 825.0 ACIFORMULA | 3.33 | 38.08 | Vol. 149070 D: 77.90 6.13% | 77.11 | 79.00 / 73.00 C: 78.00 5.69% | 77.56 | 79.00 / 73.00 MARICO | 27.53 | 62.47 | Vol. 21400 D: 761.8 0.73% | 762.18 | 765.0 / 746.3 BEACONPHAR | 0.04 | 12.01 | Vol. 1215400 D: 12.90 3.73% | 12.98 | 14.30 / 11.70 C: 13.10 0.00% | 13.03 | 13.40 / 11.90 ACTIVEFINE | 3.23 | 13.89 | Vol. 1669251 D: 86.90 3.58% | 87.22 | 90.00 / 75.00 C: 86.20 4.11% | 86.78 | 88.00 / 81.00 GHCL | 2.14 | 57.31 | Vol. 3206250 D: 58.50 5.60% | 58.55 | 62.00 / 54.90 C: 58.40 5.04% | 58.82 | 61.40 / 55.00 ORIONPHARM | 5.02 | 68.68 | Vol. 5969945 D: 60.80 2.56% | 60.98 | 63.50 / 54.00 C: 60.80 2.41% | 60.91 | 63.80 / 55.00 JMISMDL | 1.12 | 12.83 | Vol. 1330000 D: 225.8 19.03% | 226.53 | 232.0 / 190.0 C: 226.5 18.46% | 228.24 | 231.9 / 193.0 CENTRALPHL | 1.62 | 12.24 | Vol. 11099175 D: 41.90 2.56% | 41.46 | 45.00 / 35.10 C: 42.00 2.10% | 41.68 | 44.20 / 37.90 PAPER & PACKAGING HAKKANIPUL | 0.51 | 31.01 | Vol. 450000 D: 32.60 18.12% | 32.39 | 32.70 / 27.00 C: 33.30 16.43% | 32.52 | 33.30 / 27.40 SERVICE SAMORITA | 2.49 | 57.42 | Vol. 444602 D: 99.80 9.91% | 100.42 | 105.0 / 88.30 C: 100.0 10.86% | 100.28 | 101.3 / 91.00 SAPORTL | 1.23 | 38.39 | Vol. 2091884 D: 29.60 1.33% | 29.88 | 33.00 / 27.00 C: 29.70 0.67% | 29.93 | 31.00 / 29.00 EHL | 2.81 | 18.44 | Vol. 3349733 D: 57.30 9.14% | 56.08 | 58.00 / 49.00 C: 57.20 8.95% | 56.29 | 58.00 / 48.00 LEATHER APEXTANRY | 6.57 | 69.38 | Vol. 595950 D: 124.7 4.53% | 125.47 | 129.0 / 115.0 C: 124.7 4.97% | 125.68 | 133.3 / 115.1
BATASHOE | 49.12 | 135.53 | Vol. 70300 D: 726.2 0.28% | 726.72 | 747.0 / 719.9 C: 706.5 3.65% | 706.50 | 752.0 / 706.5 APEXADELFT | 23.01 | 203.26 | Vol. 338810 D: 400.1 6.69% | 399.65 | 407.9 / 370.0 C: 400.0 2.56% | 401.00 | 405.0 / 400.0 SAMATALETH | 0.22 | 12.93 | Vol. 89000 D: 16.70 19.29% | 16.75 | 16.80 / 14.00 C: 16.50 19.57% | 16.45 | 16.50 / 13.90 LEGACYFOOT | 0.63 | 17.19 | Vol. 4038674 D: 43.00 17.17% | 43.59 | 44.50 / 35.00 C: 42.90 16.26% | 43.24 | 44.50 / 36.80 CERAMIC MONNOCERA | 0.35 | 95.30 | Vol. 272350 D: 34.00 0.59% | 34.73 | 35.40 / 32.60 C: 34.00 0.29% | 35.24 | 35.80 / 32.60 STANCERAM | 1.12 | 15.49 | Vol. 24020 D: 39.30 1.81% | 38.98 | 39.90 / 36.60 C: 37.50 0.54% | 37.50 | 37.50 / 35.30 FUWANGCER | 0.65 | 12.70 | Vol. 10308373 D: 21.50 1.42% | 21.82 | 23.00 / 17.90 C: 21.70 1.88% | 22.05 | 22.90 / 19.20 SPCERAMICS | 0.62 | 30.92 | Vol. 1849848 D: 18.10 4.23% | 18.25 | 19.50 / 16.40 C: 18.20 2.67% | 18.33 | 19.20 / 17.60 RAKCERAMIC | 1.98 | 16.76 | Vol. 734137 D: 52.70 0.96% | 52.82 | 53.80 / 46.00 C: 52.60 0.96% | 52.59 | 53.80 / 50.00 CEMENT HEIDELBCEM | 22.85 | 111.50 | Vol. 210860 D: 386.3 0.91% | 386.17 | 394.0 / 375.1 C: 386.0 0.34% | 385.17 | 390.5 / 375.0 CONFIDCEM | 6.23 | 90.76 | Vol. 589559 D: 123.6 1.90% | 124.35 | 126.5 / 117.0 C: 123.8 1.89% | 123.91 | 125.2 / 118.4 MEGHNACEM | 6.28 | 33.81 | Vol. 281700 D: 128.9 4.88% | 129.02 | 132.0 / 122.1 C: 128.3 2.64% | 129.27 | 131.0 / 121.5 ARAMITCEM | 3.03 | 14.65 | Vol. 1349425 D: 86.30 23.64% | 86.97 | 89.00 / 69.50 C: 87.00 24.11% | 87.00 | 87.00 / 70.10 LAFSURCEML | 1.60 | 7.22 | Vol. 3239000 D: 32.90 0.92% | 33.14 | 33.80 / 32.20 C: 32.90 1.54% | 33.22 | 33.50 / 32.00 MICEMENT | 4.48 | 37.67 | Vol. 568137 D: 82.80 0.24% | 83.35 | 87.00 / 74.00 C: 82.70 0.00% | 82.65 | 83.90 / 80.30 PREMIERCEM | 5.00 | 32.60 | Vol. 772800 D: 101.7 1.90% | 102.61 | 106.4 / 96.50 C: 102.1 2.10% | 102.74 | 105.0 / 96.00 IT IINDUSTRIES ISNLTD | 0.28 | 17.31 | Vol. 1065368 D: 18.90 10.53% | 19.10 | 19.50 / 16.00 C: 19.10 11.70% | 19.21 | 19.50 / 17.30 BDCOM | 1.40 | 14.41 | Vol. 692218 D: 25.90 0.38% | 26.04 | 28.00 / 23.40 C: 26.30 4.37% | 25.81 | 26.50 / 23.50 INTECH | 0.94 | 10.08 | Vol. 1202327 D: 16.30 4.49% | 16.40 | 16.80 / 14.20 C: 16.40 3.80% | 16.41 | 16.70 / 15.60 AGNISYSL | 0.96 | 14.90 | Vol. 981384 D: 21.30 0.47% | 21.46 | 22.00 / 19.00 C: 21.30 1.84% | 21.39 | 21.70 / 20.00 DAFODILCOM | 0.85 | 10.99 | Vol. 1311789 D: 13.50 1.50% | 13.56 | 14.50 / 13.20 C: 13.50 0.00% | 13.55 | 14.50 / 12.30 GENERAL INSURANCE BGIC | 1.65 | 20.33 | Vol. 197690 D: 29.50 1.01% | 29.85 | 30.10 / 27.00 C: 29.30 0.68% | 29.28 | 30.40 / 28.50
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Trade ministers and representatives attend the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Ministerial Meeting in Singapore on December
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over patent issues, in particular on medicines. US negotiators, backed by the powerful pharmaceuticals industry, want drug companies to extend patent protection beyond the typical 20-year limit. Drug firms say this is necessary to allow them to recover investments and continue research for fresh cures. But activist groups like humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) say such patent protection would restrict access to cheaper generic drugs for millions of poor people. Negotiators are ironing out kinks over a provision that allows companies in any of the TPP countries to bid for government procurement contracts within the trade grouping. There are also disagreements over textiles as well as on the treatment of state-owned enterprises deemed to have an undue advantage over private firms, analysts said. Activists monitoring the talks criticised the US for its negotiating tactics. Nobuhiko Suto, a Japanese former MP from the opposition DPJ party, said the US was breaking the rules by holding parallel talks with individual countries on issues that should be discussed multilaterally. The US acts as if it knows everything, he told reporters at a press briefing on the sidelines of the talks. Jane Kelsey, a law professor at the University of Auckland, called the talks a very manipulative process because it marginalises those that are potential critics and makes it harder for them to continue rejecting compromised deals. l