SSC QUESTION LEAK Probe body to submit report at end of exam

Government committee formed to investigate allegations of question leak in the ongoing Secondary School Certificate examinations will submit its recommendations, including one regarding if the exam would be cancelled or not, at the end of the exam

BB, state-owned banks asked to check info leaks

The Financial Institution Division has directed the state-run financial entities to check any leak of ‘confidential’ information as reports on scams frequently grabs the headlines in local and international media tarnishing image of the ruling party.

Pentagon asks for major budget increase amid threats from Russia, China and North Korea

Washington (CNN)Citing increasing threats from China and Russia, the Pentagon is asking for a major boost in military spending for 2019, requesting Congress approve a budget of $686 billion -- one of the largest in US history.

Trump budget would privatize US space station operations

The Trump administration wants to let the private sector run U.S. operations on the International Space Station. Under the administration's budget proposal, released Monday, NASA would stop paying for the space station by 2025.

Funding al-Shabaab: How aid money ends up in terror group's hands

Baidoa, Somalia (CNN)The murderous al Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab is making millions of dollars each year by exploiting foreign aid money sent to Somalia by the very western nations who are trying to eliminate the terror group

Obama admin discussed how much to share about Russia with incoming Trump team

(CNN)President Barack Obama met in January 2017 with then-FBI Director James Comey and other top national security officials to discuss sharing information related to Russia with the incoming Trump administration

Satellite observations show sea levels rising, and climate change is accelerating it

(CNN)Sea level rise is happening now, and the rate at which it is rising is increasing every year, according to a study released Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

ZIA ORPHANAGE CASE SENTENCE Khaleda not given verdict’s certified copy in 4 days

The trial court did not provide former prime minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia with a certified copy of its verdict in last four days to enable her to appeal against her jail term.

BNP allies extend support to protests for Khaleda’s release

Allies of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday expressed solidarity with BNP’s programmes for unconditional release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia.

In opposition of book censorship

LEARNING does not always lie in reading books that conform to ruling narratives. It can also be there in anti-orthodox thoughts and books that contain such thoughts. The concept of the geocentric, or earth-centred, model of the universe, which came to be known after Claudius Ptolemaeus