Overcoming its division and confusion over continuing the quota reform movement, Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Council on Tuesday afternoon announced to go on with the agitation until a specific statement from the Prime Minister to this end is made.
Russia will take all political, diplomatic and military retaliatory measures if necessary should the United States deliver a strike on Syria, Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Defense Committee Chairman and former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops Vladimir…
The medical board formed by the government for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s treatment on Tuesday said Khaleda has problems on her shoulder, hand and hip bones.
BNP on Tuesday alleged that ‘government agents’ carried out the attack on the residence of Dhaka University Vice Chancellor (VC) to divert the general students’ quota-reform movement to a different direction.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said the government will re-examine the quota system of the public servant recruitment after the national budget.
The French and US presidents held fresh talks about the alleged chemical attack on Syrian civilians in Douma and expressed a desire for a “firm response” from the international community, the Elysee Palace late Monday, as pressure grows on Damascus.
Until the terrorist attack at a market in southern France on March 23, French President Emmanuel Macron had been planning to launch a new European-level political campaign. Though the official rollout has now been postponed, Macron’s latest project remains central…
Most migrants to Europe, Australia and the United States from Rangpur in northern Bangladesh leave home at a young age and return when they have just passed middle age.
Renowned writer and teacher of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) Dr Muhammed Zafar Iqbal on Monday said that quota reform is needed to protect the honour of freedom fighters.
Bangladesh and India on Monday signed six documents to strengthen development cooperation between the two countries. Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale and his Bangladesh counterpart M Shahidul Haque witnessed the signing of the documents at state guesthouse Padma after…
Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the government would examine the existing quota system in public jobs by May 7.
India cannot put too much of pressure on Myanmar on Rohingya issue considering its strategic issues with Myanmar as it might become counterproductive and China can take advantage of it, says an Indian expert.
Virtually every month it seems, new controversies emerge swirling around Facebook, Google, Amazon, Twitter and other Silicon Valley companies. The latest controversy, which involved allies of Donald Trump swiping personal data from as many as 87 million Facebook users in…
The High Court today issued a rule asking concerned authorities to show causes why they should not be directed to set up waste refineries at medical institutions and form waste management bodies in the country’s every administrative divisions.
The government, for the first time, is going to build a monument at Ashuganj of Brahmanbaria district, in memory of the foreign friends, who were killed in the Liberation War of 1971.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the Election Commission (EC) does not have any authority to call out army for election duty but could request the government for troop deployment if the law enforcement agencies fail to maintain…
For people at the Commonwealth Games, the opening ceremony was like catching up with a dear old friend celebrating a 21st birthday.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Sunday said he thinks that army should be deployed during the upcoming national elections.
The government will procure Boro rice at Tk 38, paddy at Tk 26 and coarse rice at Tk 37 per kg in the upcoming Boro season, said Food Minister Quamrul Islam.
Parliament on Sunday unanimously adopted a condolence motion expressing profound grief at the death of a former minister, seven former MPs.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday arrested Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif’s personal secretary Kutub Uddin Ahmed on graft charge.
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ursula Mueller has called for strengthening humanitarian action for Rohingyas based on the rights and needs in line with international law and humanitarian principles.
A 40-kilometer long human chain was formed in Sitakunda on Saturday demanding effective steps to prevent road accidents on Dhaka-Chattogram highway.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that their Chairperson Khaleda Zia wanted to have her medical tests conducted at a private hospital, but the government did not pay heed to it.
Bangladesh Bank’s Chief Economist Faisal Ahmed on Saturday said the diversification in Bangladeshi business beyond the RMG sector is shaping the country for a better future in the next decade.
Nazia Jabin has long been working for the education of visually impaired children through this publication Sporsho that produces the braille books.
The daughter in law of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and wife of late Arafat Rahman Koko went to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) to visit her ailing mother in law on Saturday.
Mentioning that there is no election in the country these days, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Saturday demanded that the polling system be reformed.
BNP on Saturday alleged that the government has staged a ‘drama’ by sending its chairperson Khaleda Zia to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) ‘by force’ in the name of her medical tests.
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