Disparity upsets govt officers

Complaints are growing that the officers in all but one cadre service were once again discriminated during promotions given on November 27.

PM wants to visit India in first half of Feb

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday expressed her desire to visit India in the first half of February next.

NCC polls: CEC says ‘no’ to army deployment

The Chief Election Commissioner, Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, on Saturday said that the law and order situation in Narayanganj was not that bad which needed army deployment in the city corporation polls, slated for December 22.

Museum-library for Bir Sreshtha Nur Mohammad Sheikh: Bumpy road holds back visitors

The bumpy journey because of the potholes on the road leading to the museum built in memory of Bir Sreshtha Nur Mohammad Sheikh in Narail keeps visitors away from it.

Rohingya influx: Fleeing women lack treatment

Rohingya women who entered Bangladesh recently with critical health conditions caused by rape and torture in the Rakhine state in Myanmar continued to suffer having no access to treatment other than local quacks.

Trump on 'lock her up' chant: 'Now we don't care

Donald Trump said Friday he doesn't care about prosecuting Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, after attendees at his rally chanted "lock her up."

Mass shooter Dylann Roof, with a laugh, confesses,'I did it'

Dylann Roof wasted no time confessing to the massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, according to an FBI video shown Friday at his murder trial in Charleston, South Carolina.

Why Russia plays by its own rules

Rules don't apply to Russia. But Russia applies rules to other people. That, put crudely, is the Kremlin's outlook on life, exemplified by the latest bombshell from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). In a sense, it's no surprise.

Rotterdam: Man held in suspected terror plot

Dutch police have arrested a 30-year-old man in Rotterdam on suspicion of planning a terror attack, the Interior Ministry said Friday.

Female suicide bombers kill 31 in Nigeria market

Twin bombings killed at least 31 people at a market in Madagali, Nigeria, on Friday in an apparent suicide attack carried out by two females, a military spokesman said.