Ending the debate on quota system
THE government has a two-tier administration system. The upper tire is the central secretariat at the national level consisting of the ministries and divisions to provide policies and to perform clearing-house functions
Nor’wester kills eight
At least eight people were killed during nor’wester which, coupled with thunderbolts, lashed different parts of the country in 24 hours ending Wednesday afternoon
QUOTA REFORM Protesters give a week to withdraw cases
Protesters for reduction of quota in public service recruitment on Wednesday extended for seven more days their ultimatum to the authorities to withdraw all cases filed against unnamed protesters or to face tougher protests
2 deadlines missed to upgrade weather forecasting system
Bangladesh Meteorological Department is set to miss yet another deadline for automatizing its thunderstorm and lightning forecast systems.
Road management not responsible for Rajib’s accident: Quader
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader has said there is no link of road management to the accident of Rajib.The youth (Rajib) might have made a mistake. Perhaps his standing position on the bus was wrong,’ he said.
Bangladesh wants to bring back Tarique from UK: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said Bangladesh wants to bring back Bangladesh Nationalist Party's acting chairperson Tarique Rahman from the UK as he is convicted by Bangladeshi court
Rajib laid to rest
Govt Titumir College student Rajib Hasan, who died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital early Tuesday after getting his right arm lost being pressed between two buses in the city
Bangladeshi photojournalist in Pulitzer winning photography team
Mohammad Ponir Hossain, a Bangladeshi photojournalist, is one of the photography staff of Reuters team that won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography documenting the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh, reports United Ne-ws of Bangladesh and Reuters.
GAZIPUR, KHULNA CITY POLLS BNP demands army deployment 7 days before polls
A Bangladesh Nationalist Party delegation on Tuesday met chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda and placed six-point demand to ensure a level-playing field for all parties
Now transport worker loses arm as truck hits bus
A transport worker lost his arm as a truck sideswiped the bus he was travelling on in Gopalganj on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Khaled Hasan Ridoy, 20, assistant of Tungipara Express bus
