No quota in public service recruitment: PM

Prime minister Sheiklh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that there would be quota system in public service since nobody wants it.

Protests continue across the country

Protests for reduction of quota to 10 per cent from the existing 56 per cent in government jobs continued across the country on Wednesday for the fourth consecutive day of the protests and spread from public universities to private universities.

QUOTA REFORMS FOR GOVT JOBS Protests resume, spread to pvt univs

Protests for reduction of quota to 10 per cent from the existing 56 per cent in government jobs continued and spread from public universities to private universities Tuesday, the third consecutive day of the protests

DU hall unit BCL chief expelled for ‘torturing’ anti-quota protester

The Dhaka University authorities have expelled a leader of Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League, ruling Awami League-backed student organisation, for allegedly torturing a female protester inside the hall early Wednesday.

Muhith backtracks on VAT on pvt univs

Finance minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday backtracked on his position on imposition of value added tax on private universities hours after prime minister Sheikh Hasina ruled out bringing private educational institutes under VAT net.

Severe waterlogging looms over capital

The capital would face unprecedented waterlogging in the coming monsoon mainly due to its unplanned and insufficient drainage facilities, their poor maintenance, disappearance of the canals as a result of land grabbing and uncoordinated development activities carried out by government agencies, anticipates urban planners.

RAPE IN BUS Five to be quizzed for 3 days

A Dhaka court on Tuesday granted police three days to question five suspects, who were reportedly held for raping a 24-year-old female garment worker on a moving bus of Jatriseba Paribahan at Dhamrai in Dhaka

Pacific Senate fails its Zuckerberg test

Mark Zuckerberg emerged unscathed from Tuesday's Senate committee hearing, and he did so in large part because most of the senators who asked him questions had no clue how Facebook worked, what the solutions to its problems are

President Trump, now is not the time for half-baked military action

Moscow (CNN)You don't have to be writhing in the visions of Armageddon to suffer more than a shudder when reading the words of Irish poet W.B. Yeats against the backdrop of the latest American threats aimed at Syria

Video shows Israeli sniper shooting Palestinian as soldiers celebrate

Jerusalem (CNN)With international criticism of Israel's response to the Gaza protests growing, video emerged on Monday appearing to show an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) sniper shooting a Palestinian man standing near the border fence.