AROUND THE COUNTRY

* You don't need ballz to play football and its not unislamic at all as the bigots say. They just can't keep politics and religion away from sports.

* 693 tigers were counted in Sundarban forests, out of which 419 are in the Bangladesh part.

* A latest survey by National Democratic Foundation (NDF) shows:

a) The government should not step down before term : 59%
The government should step down immediately: 32%

b) Do not support Hartal: 73%
Support Hartal: 18%

More surveys are needed from neutral quarters to understand the public opinion.

* Late by five minutes is not a delay.