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Quota reform: Committee for abolishing quota in 1st, 2nd class jobs
03:42 PM, 17 Sep 2018 MondayThe quota observation committee has recommended for abolishing quota in first and second class government jobs. The committee led by the Cabinet Secretary Shafiul Alam on Monday submitted its report to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Bengali, Afghan refugees to get ID cards, passports in Pakistan
02:47 PM, 17 Sep 2018 MondayThe Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has announced that the government will issue national identity cards and passports to immigrants from Bangladesh and Afghanistan...
89pc fail in DU C unit admission test
01:09 PM, 17 Sep 2018 MondayAround 89.2 per cent students failed to secure the pass mark as the results of admission tests under ‘C’ unit of Dhaka University were published on Monday. DU Vice-Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman formally announced the result at the central admission office at the administrative building...
SC upholds jail division one facilities for Shahidul
12:39 PM, 17 Sep 2018 MondayThe Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that had granted division one jail facilities to noted photographer Shahidul Alam. Appellate Division’s vacation judge-in Chamber Justice Muhammad Imman Ali passed the order on Monday. The court also directed the government to file a regular application seeking...
DU files leave-to-appeal against HC order over DUCSU polls
12:21 PM, 17 Sep 2018 MondayDhaka University on Monday filed a leave-to-appeal petition before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court against the High Court order that directed the university authorities to take steps to organise DUCSU elections by six months...
142 prisoner released from Sylhet central jail
10:41 AM, 17 Sep 2018 MondayA total of 142 prisoners were released from Sylhet Central Jail on Sunday night. The prime minister recently issued a directive for releasing the prisoners, who were serving in the jail for minor offence, considering them from humanitarian ground and if they confessed their offences to the court and promised to be honest in future...
Aamir Khan reveals why he will not join politics
08:29 AM, 17 Sep 2018 MondayBollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who has in the past ruled out the possibility of joining politics, on Sunday made it clear why. He said he is just not cut out for it...
Philippines says typhoon destroys 250,000 tons of paddy rice
08:19 AM, 17 Sep 2018 MondayThe Philippines said on Monday a total of 250,730 tons of paddy rice has been lost due to the strong typhoon that hit the Northern provinces over the weekend, according to initial estimates. The Department of Agriculture said the estimates put the total crop damage at about 5 billion pesos ($92 million), including 1,204 tonnes of corn...
MP Bodi served show-cause notice
09:25 PM, 16 Sep 2018 SundayThe Teknaf Upazila Awami League has served a show cause notice to Cox’s Bazar-4 constituency lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi and Teknaf Upazila Chairman Jafar Ahmed for not to criticize the remark of the upazila AL leader over Prime Minister during a meeting on last September 8...
Transgender delegation calls on PM
09:21 PM, 16 Sep 2018 SundayA five-member transgender delegation today called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to....
Hong Kong set 117 target for Pakistan
09:07 PM, 16 Sep 2018 SundayHong Kong set a target of 117 runs for Pakistan after the latter bowled them out for a paltry...
Result of DU Ga unit Monday
08:07 PM, 16 Sep 2018 SundayThe result of undergraduate admission test of 2018-19 academic session of Business Studies...
Stocks open the week with falling trend
08:04 PM, 16 Sep 2018 SundayStocks opened the week down on Sunday as all indices on the country’s two bourses–Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE)–were in red zone...
JS body for procuring quality larvicide to eradicate mosquito menace
07:36 PM, 16 Sep 2018 SundayThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Local Government, Rural Development (LGRD) and...
“Paribesh Parishad” meeting on DUCSU polls held at DU
07:13 PM, 16 Sep 2018 SundayDhaka University (DU) authority conducted a meeting of “Paribesh Parishad” on overdue Dhaka University Central Student Union’s (DUCSU) election here on Sunday. With Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman in the chair...
Govt has a plan to constitute primary education board, says Mostafizur in JS
06:25 PM, 16 Sep 2018 SundayThe government has plan to constitute a board under the Primary and Mass Education Ministry...
EC to conduct polls, govt to do routine work: Quader
05:47 PM, 16 Sep 2018 SundayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the Election Commission (EC) will conduct the polls and the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will run the routine activities during the election period, as per the constitution...
Barcelona fight back to beat Real Sociedad, Real held in Bilbao
05:33 PM, 16 Sep 2018 SundayBarcelona came from behind to beat Real Sociedad on Saturday as Real Madrid lost ground in...
Amir Khasru to face ACC grilling
05:31 PM, 16 Sep 2018 SundayBNP leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury now has to face Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) questioning over his alleged graft charge as the High Court today summarily rejected his plea challenging ACC notice in this regard...
Bangladesh role model of development: Ranga
04:52 PM, 16 Sep 2018 SundayState Minister for Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) and Cooperatives Md...